of him 1 Joh. 5. 18. and they were born of the word of God and of the incoruptible seed 1 Pet. 1. 23. and they were created in Christ Iesus unto good works Eph. 2. 10. and they were new Creatures 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 things were done away 2 Cor. 5. 17. they had put off the body of sin and death â—…oll 1 18. and were the servants of rightâ—… and free from sin Rom. 6 22. as you may read But now also woful are you Christians degenerated from this for thousands upon thousands of you are not born nor begotten of God though you have the name of Christians neither are you born of the word of God which lives for ever nor of the incoruptible seed neither are created again nor become new creatures nor have put off the body of sin and death neither are the servants of righteousness nor free from sin But on the contrary are the servants of sin and free from righteousness and are in the corruptible state and are old creatures and are not washed nor purified as the Saints were as you may read 1 Cor. 6. 11. and here is a woful degeneration of the Christians now from what the Christians were in the beginning the Christians then were new creatures and put off the body of sin and were washed and sanctified but the Christians now are not so but the contrary to wit unwashed and unsanctified remaining in the pollutions of the world and are of the birth which is born of the flesh and are in the old nature serving sin and the lusts of their own hearts and thus are you fallen from that which the true Christians possessed for being compared to them you are not agreeable but rather contrary to them in all these things and the Lord is now come to search you and to try you and to all people shall you be discovered for the Lord is now risen to bring all to tryal and to judgement And again herein will the Apostacy of the Christians appear in respect of unity and fellowship for the Christians in their beginning while yet the life of God was not darkened amongst them they were of one heart and one mind and one soul as you may read Acts the 4. 32. and the Lord promised that he would give unto his people one heart and one way and Ezek the 11. 19. the Lord promised to give his people one heart and a new spirit which promise the Christians received and they that believed were of one bea rt and there was no lack amongst them but some sold their possessions and distributed to them that had need and they were members of Christ and he was head amongst them and over them and they were flesh of his flesh and bone of his bones Eph. 5. 23. 30. and all the Christians were of one faith Eph. 45. and had unity and fellowship in the life which was made manifest in them for they had tasted and handled and seen and heard the word of life and they had fellowship with the father and with his son Jesus Christ But all ye Christians upon earth how are you degenerated and how great is your fall in this for you are not of one heart and mind nor in unity and fellowship one with another but are of divers sorts sects and are run into many opinions and devisions and are of many ways and minds and hearts divers sorts there are of Papists and divers sorts of 〈◊〉 so called which are all divided in opinions and striving and contending about faith and Religion and the worship of God and are opposing one another and putting one another to death because of a difference in those things how great is the difference through many nations amongst Christians about those things which sheweth that the Christians are wofully fallen in respect of unity and it is manifest such Christians have not received the promise of God as the Apostles had for now the Christians can suffer one another to lack and to perish and die and starve for hunger and want 〈◊〉 in this all ye Christians generally how you are fallen then in the beginning of Christianity no lack nor want was amongst them they that had much sold it and gave to them that had none but now thousands are oppressed through want while others have too much some are feeding and cloathing excessively with their multitude of dishes and changes of rayment while others hath scarce whereon to feed or to cover their nakedness and this manifesteth that you are not members of the body of Christ neither is he head in you nor amongst you but you are members of an harlot and joyned to a hâ—…rlot and one with a harlot for you profess many faiths some say they believe Christ is given to all others believes not so some say they believe he died for all others they say they believe contrary to that and thus the one faith which the Apostles had the Christians of this generation have lost and they have lost the one head Christ and hath many heads every Sect hath their head many heads among the Protestants many heads among the Papists but thus it was not in the beginning of Christianity therefore you Christians are subverted from the true life of Christ the Christians then were of one faith but now of many the Christians then had one head Christ but now the Christians so called hath many heads the Christians then could lay down their life one for another and were written in the hearts of one another by the spirit of the living God but the Christians now are in envy one towards another and in strife one with another the great men doth oppress the poor and they go to Law one with another for earthly things and one stealing from another and one hanging another and murdering one another and making slaves one of another and robbing one another and seeking utterly to destroy one another and yet such hath the name of Christians amongst whom all this is acted but consider how woful is your fall and how wicked is your degeneration from the life of God and from the true Christian life and unity which was amongst them in their beginning then they were of one heart and of one way but now divided and in strife and contention about Religion and the worship of God and also about earthly things for which they destroy one 〈◊〉 and seek so to do then they could lay down their life one for another but now they are taking the life one from another through wickedness a woful Apostacy and great night of darkness is upon you then none amongst them had lack of any thing nor none destroyed through wasting any thing upon their lusts but now thousands perisheth for want while others hath too much and are destroying it upon their lusts then had the Christians one head Christ but now the bâ—…ast reigns that hath many heads then they were of one faith but now the Christians profess many faiths then the
but onely sought the people to God but now mens mâ—…ney and riches are sought and taken â—…rom them by violence without regard of seeÌ„king people or bringing people to God then to eat and drink in a house that was worthy such thingâ—… as were set before them and to reap carnal things as meat and drink and necessaries by a free gift from them that received their Ministry thiâ—… was a sufficient maintenance for the Christian Ministers but now so many hundred pounds by the year to maintain themselves and their families in pride and idleness and to reap it by compulsion and injustice from poor people in this manner are the Christian Ministers now maintained which iâ—… maniâ—…est to be quite contrary to the practice of Christian Ministers in the Apostles dayes Behold your fall ye Christians and how you are degenerated the Lord is come to try you and to search you yâ—…u are weighed and are found too light you are measured and are found wanting what the Christians were once in their purity you are noâ—… in many things but the contrary which sheweth that you have the name of Christians 〈◊〉 â—…y tradition but are without the life and being paralelâ—…'d with the Christians who truly followed Christ you are no whit equal to them in any thing but wholly contrary in all things shewing you follow another spirit then they who were followers of the spirit of Christ so 〈◊〉 to the whole world that you are degenerate out of Christ the true Vine and are branches in a degenerate stock which brings frâ—…it forth through you which honours not God but grieves his pure spirit and be ye witnesses against your selves that you are fallen and degenerate from that life and practice which was amongst the Apostles and Christians Again as concerning your worship which is now practiced amongst you Christians through the world herein also will your Apostacy greatly appear for the worship of the Christians was one and guided by one spirit and was in the spirit and in the truth saith Christ Iohn 4 concerning the worship of Christians God is a spirit and they that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth and saith the Apostle We are the circumcision that worship God in spirit and rejoyces in Christ Iesus and hath no confidence in the flesh Phil. 3. 3. And these were Christians and also Rom 6 7. They worshipped God not in the oldness of the Letter but in the newness of the Spirit and the spirit guided them in all thingâ—… and was their teacher in all their worship for the Spirit taught them to pray and they prayed in the spirit and they knew not 〈◊〉 they should pray for as they ought but the spirit made intercâ—…ssion for them Rom. 8. 26. and the Christians were exhorted to pray in the Holy Ghost Jud 20. and the preaching of Christians it was in the spirit and by the teachings of the Spirit for they preached as the spirit gave them utterance Acts 2. And Philip was led by the spirit and the Spirit of the Lord moved Philip to go and preach to the Eunuch Acts 8. And the Apostles went up and down as they were moved and led by the Spirit and preached and prayed in what place and at what time and season as the spirit moved them and gave them utterance sometime in the fields and sometime in houses this was the practice of the Christians in their preaching and praying and also the Apostle said I will pray with the spirit and with understanding and I will sing with the spirit and with understanding and he exhorted the Christians to 〈◊〉 in psalms and spiritual songs singing to the Lord and making melody in their hearts to him Eph. 5. 19. Nâ—…w this is the â—…mony concerning what the worship of Christians was its manifest that it was in the spirit and by the teachingâ—… of 〈◊〉 spirit their preaching praying and singing were in the 〈◊〉 taught and exercised therein by the spirit which they had received from God But now the worship of Christians at this day is not agreeable to this but being laid to the line of judgement is proproved contrary for first the Christians now are divided in their worship and hath many forms of worship some worshipping after one manner and others after another so that amongst the Christians there are divers forms of worshipping and they are striving and contending about their worship every one praising their own form and striving one against anothers form of worship and this sheweth that the Christians now are not guided nor exercised by the own spirit of God in their worship and this shews that the Christians now are degenerated from the true worship of God in spirit which once the Christians worship stood in for then the worship of Christians was one and in one spirit but now the worship of Christians are many and divers and divided one from another and they are not in unity in their worship but in striâ—…e and division and herein you are Apostatized from the 〈◊〉 of Christianity and its manifest that the worship of Christians now is not in the spirit and in the truth but in vain traditions learned in natural knowledge by people that are noâ—… converted unto God and any part of the worship which is now practised amongst Christians whether amongst Papists of any â—…ort or amongst Protestants of any sort I say every part of the worship now practised amongst Christians through the world may be taught unto and learned of and exercised in by a man that knows not God neither is in the truth nor converted to the truth neither hath the Spirit of God guiding nor leading of him and I say that which may be done or practised by a man that is not in the spirit nor in the truth nor is yet converted to the knowledge of God nor is not in any measure guided by the Spirit of God is noâ—… the worship of the true God which is in the spirit and truth but as I have said any part of the worship now practised amongst Christians may be done and practised by a man that is 〈◊〉 of the spirit and out of the truth and unconverted to the knowledge of God and therefore the worship now practised amongst Christians is not the true worship of the true God which is in the spirit and in the truth and which cannot be practised without it Many more things might be said as to prove the worship of Christians nâ—…w as practised by them is not the true worship of the true God but this is true which I have said that which is practised without the spirit of God is not the true worship of God which must be in the spirit and cannot be practised without it but such is the worship of Christians for the Christians now generally prayeth some after one form and some after another in their own wills and times and knoweth not the movings of the spirit of the Father thereunto nor
array spending the creation of God to satisfie their lustâ—…ul minds shewing another spirit then was amongst the Christians of old whose words and name ye profess but are degenerated from the life in things of greater and less moment Alas alas Oh wo is me for you how is my spirit 〈◊〉 oppressed in the remembrance of your woful fall what shall â—… say unto you but this you are revolted and gone away backward from the way of life and you have altogether forgotten God and are degenerated from Christ the living Vine the anger of the Lord is now greatly kindled 〈◊〉 you to consume you and to confound you because you are revolted and turned aside from the pure and perfect way of God which once was manifest amongst Christians and your back sliding and Apostacy is truly compared to that of the Iews who did retain the name of the people of God 〈◊〉 they were turned aside from his commandements even 〈◊〉 you do retain the name of Christians though you are departed from Christ for the Iews had seen and known much of the power and presence and hand of the Lord in many 〈◊〉 victories and deliverances and the Lord had chosen them above any other people at that day to place his name 〈◊〉 them and amongst them and yet after all that they forgot 〈◊〉 wondrous works and rebelled against him and became 〈◊〉 and hard-hearted people much more then any other besides them and they would not be instructed nor reclaimed by the voice of the Prophets but smote them and slew them and when Christ their Saviour came they would not receive him nor walk in his wayes but crucified him saying they would not have that man to reign over them And to this in every particular are the Christians now found equal and agreeing with back-sliding Israel for much of the hand and power of the Lord was the Christians made partakers of and the Lord wrought great deliverances for them when they were few in number and under heavie yokes and bondage through persecution and cruel dealing 〈◊〉 then the Lord was with them and increased them greatlie in number and gave them victorie in a great measure over all their enemies but now are they revolted even as the Iews and have forgotten God and greatly rebelled aâ—… him and have turned his love to their lusts abusing his loving kindness and are become a 〈◊〉 and a hard-hearted people as ever were the Iews and now you will not be instructed nor reclaimed from the error of your wayes but abounds in all manner of unrighteousness and will not 〈◊〉 to the voice of the Lord nor return to him but are 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 people and will not return unto him from whom you are fallen but hates the light which Christ hath lightened you withal neither will have Christ to raign over you 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 the life as the Iews did And as the sacrifices and oblations the Sabboth-keeping of the Iews and all the works of righteousness were abomination to the Lord after they were departed from him even their very practice of those things which God had once commanded them to perform became a burden to the Lord and 〈◊〉 soul could not away with them even their new Moons and Sabboths his soul hated Isa. 1. and all their sacrifices were as if they cut off a dogs neck and their oblations as if they offered swines blood and their burning incense as if they blessed an Idol Isa. 66. I say the very practice of the Iews after they were revolted and become disobedient children in those very things which God had commanded them to do and practice and which once the Lord accepted the doing of by his people yet after they were turned aside from the leading of his spirit the practice of the very same works were hateful in the sight of the Lord when they performed works of righteousness to him and yet their hearts went after their covetousness and then their practicing of that which God had once commanded to be done their doing of it was Idolatry and was a burden to the Lords soul and their righteousness and all their practices therein were as filthy rags even loathsom in his presence when their fear towards him was taught by the precepts of men and they had lost that pure fear which once was taught them of God but they were gone from his fear which should have kept their hearts clean and their hearts were defiled and polluted and therefore not any of their performances to him could be accepted but were altogether become an abomination And even thus is it at this day as concerning the sacrifices and performances of Christians being as I have said and made manifest departed from the Lord and from the spirit of Christ all their prayings and preachings and singings their Baptisms and breakings of bread and even all that which you perform as unto God as the worship of him is not accepted but abomination unto him and his soul is â—…thened with all these things you not being led with the spirit of Christ and even your practicing of these things which the Saints and Christians once practised and were accepted of the Lord in so doing while they were led by the spirit of Christ I say the very practice of those things now by the Christians being degenerated is become idolatry and abomination to the Lord and this I declare in the fear and presence of the Lord even all your praying and preachings and profession all your Sabboth keeping and set dayes of humiliation and even all your practices of Religion which you do and perform is idolatry and a burden to the Lords soul in the state that now you stand not being led with the spirit of Christ but being from it departed and your works not brought forth by it but by another spirit And now saith the Lord unto you Christians who are degenerated from the spirit of Christ to what purpose is your preaching praying and singing they are a vexation and a burden to the righteous soul and the Lord hath no delight therein away with it away with it your profession practices stinks in the nostrils of the Lord all your Baptisms your Sacraments which ye perform in a vain tradition and not by the Spirit of the Lord they are hateful in his sight away with them away with them they shall crumble to the dust and immediate desolation in one day the Lord will break them down and never build them up again your preaching by a glass for so much a Sermon or so much a year what you have gathered out of books and studied for from other mens words down with it down with it it is an abomination to the Lord and your Ministrie which is made and sent forth at Schools and by natural learning through the attainment of such Arts and Sciences and being approved of such and such men and sent forth to such and such a Parish to have so much money by the year
have said were the people of God never called Christians in any generation and ever since that time through all ages all that professed Christ and believed in him throughout the whole world were called by the name of Christians and the Name and Religion of Christians were honourable and greatly beloved of God for that people were the peculiar people a chosen generation as you may read 1 Pet. 2. 19. and whilst the life of Christ was manifest and the Spirit of Christ did lead them and teach them in all their wayes and practices of Religion and whilst I say they retained the power and life of that of which they had the name the power and presence of the Lord was amongst them and above all the people of the earth were they blessed and more then all people upon the earth besides had they the countenance of God shining amongst them and upon them and pure unity with God and one with another had they in his life whereby they were made a terror and a fear to all nations while they stood in the councel of God and were Christians in life and power and practice as well as in name and the Lord greatly increased them in number for as you may read through the Acts of the Apostles through all the world many believed in Christ and became followers of him and received the knowledge of him and became anointed people and received the name of Christians sometimes thousands at one Sermon were converted to the faith of Christ and became subject to his spirit and had his mark upon them and all such were called Christians and the Apostles went through many Nations and of the Iews and Greeks and of the Heathen and all other people some of each were converted from that way in which they had walked to follow Christ and they became Christians and here was the increase of Christianity and through many 〈◊〉 of the world they planted Churches and assemblies of Christians and as I said while they stood in the councel 〈◊〉 the Name and Religion was of him greatly beloved But now the Christians are Apostatized and degenerated from the spirit of Christ and from that which gave theâ—… the true Name of Christian and the name is retained onely and the life and power lost and now many have a name to live but are dead and that is departed from which gave the true interest and title in the name Hear this all ye Christians that life light and power of God which was amonâ—… the Apostles and Christians once you are departed from and have lost the sence and knowledge of and hath the naâ—…e and not the thing which was the reason and ground of the name wherefore all ye through the world that are called Christians look back to your original look unto the Apostleâ—… who were the first that were called Christians from whoâ—… you had the name and see how you are degenerated and 〈◊〉 len from the life that they were in and though you retain the name of Christians yet you are not followers of Christ noâ—… taught by his Spirit and none in the dayes of the Apostleâ—… were truly counted or called Christians but who followed the Spirit of Christ and were first converted to him and changed by his power from sin to righteousness and fromâ—… death to life and such as were so were truly called Christians But now all such as are called by that name and 〈◊〉 not followers of the Spirit of Christ nor converted to hiâ—… neither changed by his power from death to life and 〈◊〉 sin to righteousness such are in the degeneration from 〈◊〉 life of Christianity and hath a name without the life 〈◊〉 power thereof And now it remains to be shewed how and when the degeneration came upon the Christians and wherâ—…in they are apostatized and degenerated from that life and spirit and practice which was amongst the Apostles thâ—…t were first called Christians The Spirit of the Lord spoke through the Apostles and foretold of a falling away from the truth and from the true Christian life and Paul said Acts 20 29 30. said he Grievous â—…olves shall arise and enter in who would not spare the flock 〈◊〉 from among themselves should men arise speaking perverse things to draw disciples after them and he also said 1 Tim. 4. 1. That some should depart from the faith and give heed to seducing spirits and he also said that it should come to pass that people should become wicked departing from the truth having the form of godliness but denying the power thereof and such were led away with divers lusts and men of corrupt minds and reprobate concerning the faith and the Apostle â—…eter also foretold that there should false teachers arise among the Christians who should bring in damnable heresies and many Christians should follow their pernicious wayes by reason of which the way of truth should be evil spoken of And the Apostle Iohn 〈◊〉 that many false Prophets were gone out then and many Antichrists were then come in among the Christians now all these doth shew and declare of a degeneration and falling away of Christians from the life of Christianity and we see these Propheâ—…ies fulfilled and flocks of Christians are devoured from the life of Christ by devouring wolves which hath entred among them who hath led them into pernicious wayes and into damnable heresies whereby the name of Christianity is become reproachful among the Heathens that never were called Christians and many thousands are departed from the true faith from that faith which did purifie the hearts of the Saints and many of the Christians have given heed to seducing spirits and hath the form of godliness but denyes the power thereof and they are led of divers lusts and are become men of corrupt minds and are reprobate and without the true faith and the Apostles prophesied of the degeneration which we see fulfilled in these our dayes and even while some of the Apostles were yet living they saw the Christians Apostatizing and falling away and the Spirit of the Lord spoke through Iohn Rev. 2. 3. to the Christian Churches in Asia who were already departing from the Christian life some of them was departed already from their first work and some of them were given to the doctrine of Bâ—…laam and to the doctrine of the Nicolaitans which thing the Lord did hate and others of them were seduced by Jezabel and taught to commit fornication and to eat things sacrificed unto Idols and others oâ—… them had a name to live but were dead and others of them were neither hot nor cold and the Lord said he would 〈◊〉 them out of his mouth Now here the Christians were falling away you may see and as before it had increased so now the true Christian life began to decrease and the glory thereof became darkned through all Asia And also Rev. 13. 11. 1. 16. Iohn saw one beast arise out of the Sea and another out of the earth
which set up a Kingdom over the whole world and caused all people upon earth to worship the beast the beast hath been great in his power and he hath ruled over the world in great dominion and all that would not worship him he hath had power to kill and hath killed them so that the true Christian life and Religion as the Apostles received it and practised it hath been extinguished for many generations and people hath had the form of godlinesse but denied the power and lived under the name and profession of Christianity but hath been without the life and this is to be considered of and diligently searched into by all you that go under the name of Christians through all the world for unto you onely I direct my words And now it remains to be shewed what the state of Christians are at this day and wherein particularly they are Apostatized and degenerated from the true life and practize of the postles who were the fâ—…rst Christians for wherin the Christians now are contrary and not agreeable to the Apostles in Faith in practice in Worship in Ministry and in the enterance into Christianity and in any other thing whatsoever I say wherein they are contrary and not agreeable to the true Christians of old to wit the Apostles therein are they degenerated and fallen from the true life of Christianity and this shall be the Rule of judgement to try all you that are called Christians upon the face of the earth wherefore awake and come forth to judgement for the measuring rod is laid upon you all whereby you shall be truly measured and compared with them that were the first Christians upon earth and the Heathens shall see your nakedness and your shame and hiss at you when they behold how wofully you are fallen from that 〈◊〉 in the purity thereof of which you do professe the words 〈◊〉 shall not they rise up in judgement against you who never had the name of Christians who are not fallen nor degressed from what they have profest in any measure comparable to you who now retaineth onely the name of Christian 〈◊〉 are departed from the life of Christ First concerning the entrance into Christianity and the way and means whereby people are now made Christians 〈◊〉 receives that name In this will your fall and degeneration appear For the Apostles and first Christians upon Earth before they were Christians or were called so they were first converted and changed and translated from death to life as you 〈◊〉 read 1 Iohn 3. 14. and Col. 1. 13. and they first received Christ and became followers of him and received his spirit to teach them and to guide them For the Apostle said If any man have not the spirit of Christ he is none of his Rom. 8. 9. to wit no Christians and the Apostle said as many as were the sons of God were led by the spirit of God and also it was promised by Christ to all that were his the Comforter should come the spirit of truth and he should lead them into all truth which promise all that were Christians did receive and they were led into all truth by the teachings of the spirit of Christ which dwelt in them for all that were sons God sent the spirit of his Son into their hearts which spirit sanctified them through the obedience thereof Now these were Christians and were truly so called For they had the mark of Christ and his Image upon them and he dwelt in their hearts by Faith Ephes. 3. 17. These I say were truly called Christians and none but such at that day of their Original were called Christians or had Fellowship in the Christian life nor were any looked upon by the Apostles to be Christians but by them that were such But look back all ye Christians upon earth and see your â—…all and wherein you are contrary and not agreeable to the true Christians in their first and pure estate I say look back to your Original and see how you are Apostatized from them in your entrance into your profession of Christianity foâ—… though you have the name of Christians yet you were noâ—… made so nor received that name by being first converted and changed and translated from death to life and 〈◊〉 being the children of disobedience to be the children of God through the work and operation of the spirit of God in you for hereof are thousands and ten thousands of Christians now wholly ignorant and altogether without the feeling of the spirit of God to change them to convert them and to translate them but are accounted Christians bâ—… tradition or natural education and because of being sprinkled with a little water upon the face being Infantâ—… or by a bare confession and profession of the name of Christ in words and professing of a bare belief in the Scriptures by this way and means were you made and received you the name of Christians without any real change from darkness to light and from Satan to God as I have said Now here appeares to be a woful degeneration in the very entrance of the thing and this is not agreeable but rather contrary unto that way of Christianity wherein the Christians in their beginning were so made and called for then none were Christians or so called but who through the preaching of the Gospel were first converted changed and renewed as I have â—…aid but now in these nations all are called Christians that are sprinkled upon their faces with water by a teacher when they are infants or that doth but professe Christ in words though they are not guided particulerly by his spirit neither hath received Christ to dwell in them and to be King over them and here again appeares a woâ—…ul Apostacy for none in the beginning of Christianity in the world were made Christians or so called but who received Christ and in whom he dwelt and was in them as you may read 2 Cor. 13. 5. and who were followers of him and had his spirit in them the comforter to teach them and to lead them into all truth but now thousands upon thousands who hath the name of Christians have not received Christ to dwell in 〈◊〉 nor to rule them neither is he manifest in them by his spirit to teach them and they are not led into all truth but lives in 〈◊〉 and unrighteousness and are not followers of Christ 〈◊〉 followes their own hearts desires and their own hearts lusts and are condemned in their own consciences and hath not received the comforter the holy Spirit to be their guide and leader out of all unrighteousness and here appears a woful degeneration and that you Christians through all the world are revolted and gone backward from Christianity as it was in its Original a lamentation may be taken up because of this woful fall into which you Christians are fallen consider of your own state and return and repent Again the Christians were begotten of God and born
teacher but as that annointing teacheth all things and for this spirit and annointing all that feare God may waâ—… to receive it in this present age which Spirit brings into the same unity and life into the same worship and fellowship that was amongst Christians in the beginning before the Apostacy and this state may Christians be restored to and for this state all that fear God and love him are to wait for this shall come to passe in the world And as concerning the Ministry I know and do believe it may be and is received again as the Apostles and Christian Ministers first received it to wit by the eternall spirit and gift thereof through the revelation of Christ Jesus in them and such may and doth preach the Gospel freely as they doe receive it freely and without naturall learning and languages For by that can none be made Ministers of Christ nor by any thing without the gift of the holy Spirit and Christs Ministry shall again be received thereby this I believe and all this Ministry made and sent forth by naturall learning and without the gift of the holy Spirit the Lord will confound it in this Age for this is come up since the Apostles dayes to make Ministers by naturall learning and it stands in the apostacy from the life and spirit of Christ and its call and work and maintenance savours not of the kingdome of Christ and the Lord will bring it downe and the gift of his Ministry will he restore by his Spirit and this is and shall come to passe and it may be waited for in this present age and the Lord will restore his Ministry as in the beginning and his work shall be glorious for many there are is and shall be converted to God and brought out of the degeneration and to that shall people come which all Christendom hath been apostatized from and shall receive the same spirit and the same annointing which was amongst the Christian Churches and life and immortality shall again be brought to light through the Gospel which hath been hid for ages while darkness hath been over the minds of people and I say and testifie before all the world that Christianity shall be restored to its former state Life shall spring forth and Truth shall be increased and faith shall waxe strong even the same 〈◊〉 that the Apostles had which gave them victory over all the world which shall again give people the same victory and this shall be known in the earth For the marriage of the Lamb shall come and all his people shall be joyned unto him and they shall be one way and one worship and one teacher and every man shall fit under Christs Vine and none shall make afraid Yea and more then a Vine shall he be known â—…d more then a door and more then a Shepheard shall he be known to be to his people and greater then a rock shall he be witnessed to be and more then a Teacher in the wildernesse If any man have eares to hear let him hear more and greater is he becoming to his people then is lawfull yet to utter Eye hath not seen nor it hath not entred into the heart of man but it is revealed to us by his Spirit The joyfull day is approaching the Lambs wife is making her selfe ready the wedding Garment is putting on and all that which is polluted is to be done away and blessed is he that cometh to the marriage of the Lamb that he may become one spirit with the Creator here is glory and rejoycing for ever when this is known That the wife hath not power over her owne body but the husband nor the husband hath power over his owne body but the wife Where this is known Death is swallowed up of Life and 〈◊〉 is overcome of righteousnesse and the inheritance of life eternall comes to be possessed and Death and Hell is cast into the lake and he which hath deceived can deceive no more and blessed is the eye that seeth this and the heart that understands Wherefore all ye Christians upon earth awake awake and put away your whoredoms cast off your idolatries and strip you and make you clean of all your adultries drink no longer of the cup of fornications nor eat no longer of the abominable flesh nor wear no longer your garments of unrighteousness but strip ye strip ye make ye bare all your old garments must be put off before you can appear before the Lord A great work will the Lord work amongst you he will â—…ake and overthrow all your Altars Images and Idols which you have set up and worshipped the Lord hath uttered 〈◊〉 voice the beast that hath many heads and many horns 〈◊〉 tremble 〈◊〉 one head and one horn onely shall be exalted and the Government shall be set up of whose increase there shall be no end and people shall be brought into that and they shall go forth no more for who comes to this time is no longer and the Kingdom and Government is delivered to the Father and he is become all in all And all that ever comes to know these things must first come to the light of the Lamb in them with which every man is lightned that cometh into the world and all that ever knows these things must first be brought to the principle of God in them which they have trangressed against and all that owns the light of Christ and walks in it shall come to know these things which to know and be in them is eternal life Therefore all ye Christians come to the light which Christ hath lightned you withal and that will let you see the Government of Satan and of sin and death which hath been ruling in you and the light will teach you to war against it till it be subdued the light will discover unto you that nature in which the kingdom of Satan bears rule it will 〈◊〉 you see the Devil who is the Prince of darkness who is the adversary of God who is out of the truth and he has draâ—… all people out of the truth but if you love the light of Christ in you it will teach you to war against him and against all that that 's out of the truth for all that is of Satans kingdom that is out of the truth and must be destroyed by the coming of the kingdom of Christ whose coming is in the light which Christ hath lightned every man withal who comes to destroy the Devil and his kingdom and all his works So to the light must all minds be turned which will reveal the kingdom of the man of sin and consume 〈◊〉 the appearance of Christ is light and Christ is the light of Israel which is as a fire to consume all fruitless trees which cumbers the ground which the Lord will consume by the brightness of his coming And now is the man of sin revealed even in the heart of Christians so called and he hath long shewed himself to be God but now the Lord will bring him down for Antichrist has ruled for many ages and the Lord of life has been crucified in spiritual Sodom but Sodom shall be consumed by fire and the Lord will avenge himself of all his enemies and all people and Nations shall know there is a God who executes justice and true judgement who is a God near at hand to reward his people with everlasting life and to give unto his enemies judgement and condemnation THE END