the Righteousnes and thosesame are also to the Health of all them that drinke therof 22. O how louelie is my Fountaine and how sweete are my Waters which flowe-fourth therout namelie vnto all them that loue Mee and vnderstand that I am frindlie Therfore come now all vnto Mee saith the Lorde 23. Leaue now the Frindshippe of the wicked Worlde â which is an vtter Enymitie vnto God · and full of all maner of Iniquitie and make your Frindshippe with Mee For I am in no case churlish cruell horrible nor destroyinge like as the wicked Worlde is but I am louelie gratious peaceable and benefitiall or safe-making To th ende that my Dominion maye eauenso â through my louelie and vpright Righteousnes increase itself or becom great now in the last time and that ther be no Ende of the Peace from this time fourth for euermâ—…re To th ende that I maye doo eauenso that which is right on the Earth and execute Righteousnes amonge the People For all Heathen â which turne their Heartes vnto God attend on these my Institutions which com-fourth out of the Seruice of my Loue saith the Lorde The VIII Chap. BEholde and consider and haue a good regarde heeron â O yee beloued and goodwillinge Heartes what an Hearte Lust and Loue God hath turned or borne towardes vs all for to ridde and leade vs all now in these last perrelous times â through his Seruice of Loue out of the Abhominations of the peruerse Worlde and so to bringe vs â with our will to the Maiestie of his Glorie To th end that wee should now in the last time â through his Loue and through the Mediatour his Christ becom surelie saued · liue â alwaies and for euer vprightlie louelie and peaceablie â in thesame Godhead with each-other · and so inhabit the World â accordinge to the Promises of God the Father in Righteousnes for euermore 2. Therfore namelie for thissame Loues cause which God is extendinge so gratiouslie on vs turne now your Loue likewise to thesame God of Life and submitt you all vnder the Obedience of his Loue. 3. O Yee Deerlie-beloued yee all â meane I which saye and professe that yee loue the Trueth stande in feare before the great glorious God and applie you not to anye other thinge then that which is according to his Will. esteeme rightreuercâ—…tlie his Woorde haue a singuler regarde to the Lawe of his Doctrine and â with whole Heart respect well thissame proffered Grace which â through the gratious Woord of the Lorde becometh expressed or heald-fourth before you vnder the Obedience of his Loue. 4. Which Woord of Grace and Life God hath geeuen in my Mouth · writen thesame â together with the Lawe of his Commaundementes in my Heart Minde and Thoughtes · and chosen Mee to be his Minister for to administer now in the last time â vnder the Obedience of his Loue thesame gratious Woorde to declare his Trueth and to sett-vpp his most-holie Seruice of Loue thorough the Beleefe To th ende that the whole Worlde may becom full of the Glorie of God accordinge to the Promises 5. FOr-that-cause com now all hether and refuse not the Lorde but geeue-ouer yourselues and all what yee haue â that is the Lordes goodwillinglie vnto the Lorde and his Woorde to your Preseruation Com now all and layedowne yourselues and all what belongeth vnto the Lorde before the Seate of his Maiestie 6. Respect well now thissame Time of Grace er-euer the Wrath of God and his Indignation fall vpon all Vngodlie and haue a diligent regarde in-time what the Seruice of Loue requireth 7. HOwbeit if yee do refuse thissame Loue of God the Father and with-holde from the Lorde that which belongeth vnto him not feare thesame glorious God cast his Woorde Lawe Will behinde you not regarde the heartie Mercyfulnes of his Loue which hee sheweth so liberallie on vs forsake the Communialtie of Holyons vnder the Obedience of the Loue and refuse to assemble you vnto thesame and eauenso cleaue much-rather with the Vngodlie vnto the wicked World becom puffed-vp in pompe and lightminded of Heart and eauenso followe-after â accordinge to your Lustes and Goodthinkinge your owne Freedom Will and Counsell So will God then also turne-away his Loue from you and not let you tast the louelie Beeing of his Loue which Hee now in the last time bringeth vnto his elected Holyones â which submitt them vnder his Loue to an eternall Rest of the Godlines nor inherit thesame for euermore but yee shall dye in your Sinnes and beforced to beare your Condemnation and Punishment more then the Children of the peruerse or wicked World to whom this Grace hath not ben proffered 8. Yee shall likewise dailie â the longer the more waxe-blinded from the Waye of Life becom incorporated to the wicked and malitious Beeinge of the Vngodlie and ende your Dayes and Time in Vngodlynes and eauenso the Number of your Yeares shall then perish or waste-awaye with the Vngodlie and your Ende shall be horrible 9. For like as it shall go with all Vngodlie eauenso shall yee also becom rooted-out â in Indignation from the Lande of the Liuinge · and condemned in the Fire of Hell. And I â which am the Lordes cannot likewise â of the holie Natures-part of my God be moued with any Remorse of Pitie or Compassion towardes you 10. For that be farre from the Minde of my Soule that I should sett myne AffectioÌ„ of the Loue towardes any such as loue not God nor his Lawe but bide by their owne Knowledg and are vngodlie of Will Be hee then what hee is Frinde or Straunger 11. But blessed are they to the Lorde and beloued in my Heart which feare the Lorde also cleaue obedientlie â in the Seruice of Loue with humble Heartes vnto the holie Woorde of the Spirit of Loue and are godlie of Will. Yea my Minde standeth goodwilling towardes all Such eauen to all Grace and Mercie Be hee then what hee is Frinde or Straunger The IX Chap. BVt now if â happelie certen of the goodwillinge Heartes to the Loue shoulde take these our fore-spoken Sayinges somwhat heauelie or greeuouslie to minde and saye ther vpon Because wee are not altogether perfect Yee nor the Lorde haue not â peraduenture anye Good-pleasure in vs and wee shall also â possiblie for our Imperfections cause seeinge that wee yeat daylie stumble fall and sinne very-much perish with the wicked Worlde and all Vngodlie 2. O Yee Beloued and all yee goodwillinge Heartes which are goodwillinge to the Obedience of the Witnessinges of the holie Spirit of Loue but are yeat to younge and to weake to enter into the Perfection These forespoken sharpe Sayinges Reproouinges and Punishmentes are not spoken to such as humble themselues obedientlie to the gratious Woorde and his Seruice
yee haue done 2. Oh â alas yee haue â the which will now fal-out â—…ainfullie or sharplie against you set yourselues â with your false Nature 'to Iudgment iudged God-his Causes â out of your Lyes altogether fals lie seduced the Simple beleeued your owne Iudg ment which is vnright and false and borne-dominion therwith ouer the Earth Also ben vnbeleeuinge of God in his Trueth · and resisting of the Loue and cauenso â with your false Iudgmentes falslie accused or defamed the vpright Heartes as men worthie to be rooted-out from the Earth 3. FOr-that-cause let yourselues now be counsailed by the Wisedom and looke bytimes into all your Ignoraunces and let it all fal-awaye from you or geeue it-all ouer wherin yee haue supposed to be wise or vnderstandinge and shewe-fourth Repentaunce for your Sinnes vnder the Obedience of the Loue of Iesu Christ. 4. For verelie when yee looke â accordiâ—…ge to the Trueth into your-selues and all that yee haue done So shall yee not choose but perceaue and acknowledg that yee haue not vnderstoode knowen nor iudged the earthlie and natural Thinges â which yee haue passed-thorowe and are yeat daylie a passing-thorowe trulie or aright 5. SEeinge then that yee haue not ben able to vnderstande nor iudge rightlie those thinges which â accordinge to the earthlie Beeinge are like vnto you and wher-about yee daylie haueto-doo How should yee then â O yee blockish ignorant earthlie Men be able to vnderstaÌ„de or iudge the heauenlie or spirituall Thinges which are secreat or hiddeÌ„ before you and which yee haue neuer scene nor are passed-thorowe them But for your owne Honours sake â which yee seeke at the handes of the vnregenerated Men and more esteeme and couet then the Honour of God many of you will not acknowledg thesame nor yet confesse your Blindnes 6. Yee comforte yourselues apace with Lyes and prouoke eauenso God-his righteous Iudgment to come vpon you In which Iudgment it becometh nowe discouered vnto you and yee are let to see or it becometh made-knowen vnto you in your Heartes that yee all â which are of the Earth and haue resisted the Trueth of the Life haue spokeÌ„ presumpteouslie against the Lorde · dispised the Loue in her louelie Nature and vpright Seruice · and blaspheamed the Spirit of Loue which is the true Holie-gost 7. BEholde it shall now in thissame Day of the righteous Iudgment of God â wherthrough all false Iudgmentes and Vnrighteousnesses becom made-manifest be geeuen vnto you to see-into or plainlie to perceaue all this your Falshod or horrible Iniquitie And the Recompence for thesame shall likewise â O yee false earthlie Men fall vpon you with much Affliction Distresse Miserie and Woe in all your Heartes 8. If yee now then â perceauinge well all your Falshod and in the time of your Affliction and Distresse laye not yourselues prostrate â to a Bench for the Lorde-his Feete before the Seate of the Maiestie of God but will needes â with your false Iudgmentes and Vnrighteousnes beare the Dominion against God and his Maiestie So shall yee yet neuerthelesse whether it be then with your will or against your will be troden-downe â as the Enemies of God with the Feete of the Sainctes · and laide vnder the Feete of the Lorde 9. For our God Ø›the Lorde of Hostes cometh presentlie to Iudgment and will plainlie shewe and make-knowen the Howse of his Dwellinge namelie that the Heauen and the Heauenlie-man is his Seate · and the Earth and the Earthlieman the Bench of his Feete Eauen as the Lorde hath spoken thesame in times-passed through the Mouth of his holie Propheates The XV. Chap. O Yee goodwillinge Heartes which haue now in these last perilous tymes adioyned yourselues â with a good Will vnder the Obedience of the Loue with Vs Littleones and Electedones of God Consider well presentlie on the Straungers which haue nothing-els in their minde but subtiltie guyle and also on all Such as com-in with all Self-seekinge · with their fleashlie Lustes and Desires · and with their Goodthinking and Selfwisdom besydes our holie Communialtie of the Loue and then at-thelast â when as they are aware that the gratious Woord is against or contrarie-to their Self seeking and Goodthinking seperate them againe from Vs and from the Woord and Requiringe of the Seruice of Loue Yea consider well what a Nature Beeing or Disposition they shewe-fourth and how that they â to the Renting Diuiding of our Communialtie of the Loue make-vpp themselues against Vs and our godlie Doctrine So shall yee then finde-out in the Deede and Trueth that all such do mâ—…ke manifest themselues â with their Self-wisdom and Goodthinkinge-knowledge to be contrarie-minded against the holie Woorde of the Spirit of Loue and also turne them away from the true Obedience of the Requiringe of his Seruice 2. FOr that cause take now good-heede and beware of all them that â with their Self wisdom or ImaginatioÌ„ of the Knowledg besydes the Doctrine of the Godlynes â which is taught you through the Spirit of Loue institute or bringe-in â according to the Self-seekinge of the Fleash their straunge or forged Doctrines and false Dealinges Wher-with they breede Diuision and cause Offence And seperate you from Such-persons But abide stedfastlie grounded in our mostholie Beleef of the Loue of Christ and perseuer therin eauen to the Ende That is till vnto the louelie Beeinge of the Godlynes 3. Turne not asyde â in any case to any forrein Beeing with-out the Loue fall not awaye likewise from the Seruice of the Loue for the Ignorantons cause which make oftentimes â by reason of their disorderlynes Discorde and Offence and for-that-cause also they must as the Matier or Case requireth be punished chastised and instructed Also becom not sluggish nor careles with the Slouthful-persons but â with Diligence and Lust of your Heart vnto the vpright Righteousnes and Holynes submit you alwayes obedientlie and humblie vnder the godlie Testimonies of the holie Spirit oâ—… Loue vntill that the gratious Woorde his Loue be planted in you with Meekmindednes the which is the Saluation of your Soules and the Establishing of the Promises of God the Father 4. For in thesame vpright Beeinge God will bringe vnto you all his Treasures and heauenlie Goods also all Peace and the euerlasting Life aboundantlie It is verytrue 5. O Yee Holyones of God â thou louelie CoÌ„munialtie of the Loue feare not but be now of good cheere vpon the Earth against all your Enemies For beholde your God conâ—…th to be auendged on all your Enemies for to lâ—…ye them â that they may be troden-downe vnder the Feete of your Lord Sauiour Iesus Christ. and eauenso â in your second Birth out of the holie Spirit of the Loue of Iesu Christ to transporte or yeald-ouer the Iudgment and
The Prophetie of the Spirit of Loue. Set-fourth by HN And by Him perused a-new and more distinctlie declared Translated out of Base-almayne into English. Beholde I will sende myne Angell or Messenger which shall prepare the Way or makeplaine the Path before Mee Hee shall turne the Heart of the Fathers to the Children · and the Heart of the ChildreÌ„ to the Fathers that I com not and vtterlie smyte or destroy the Earth wyth the Cursse Malach. 3. a. 4. a. Math. 11. b. 17. b. Mar. 1. a. Luc. 1. b. ANNO. 1574. Nowe goeth the Iudgment ouer the Worlde Now becometh the Prince of this Worlde cast-out Iohn 12. Now is the Saluation the Power and the Kingdom becom our Gods and the Might his Christes Apo. 12. The Preface IN the Tyme of the Beginning or Risinge of the great Daye of the righteous Iudgment of God vpon the Earth and of the Appeeringe of the Comminge of our Lorde Iesu Christ in his Maiestie the Mosthighest hath powred-out from hym â with a mightie and vehement Drift or Operation of his holy and gratious Woorde thissame Propheatie of his Spirit of Loue vpon the Earth and brought thesame to light through HN his elected Minister 2. Wher-withall the Lorde â through the same his elected Minister maketh-manifest and knowne vnto all People â with Correction Discipline and Exhortation the horrible Destruction of all vngodlye and vnrepentaunt vnregenerated Men together with the Deceipt and Falshod of their malitious Heartes 3. Also figureth-fourth before their Vnderstandinges their Self-wisedom false Imagination of the Knowledg and the peruerse Thoughtes which captiue and seduce them and setteth eauenso their Vnfaythfulnes â as a couered or cloked Whoordom and their Vnlust to the Loue â as a Sluggishnes and Foolishnes euidentlie before their Eyes and consequentlie warneth euery-one of the Destruction To th ende that they all should therby â to their Preseruation and Saluation geeue-ouer and inclyne themselues vprightlie to the Obedience of the Loue · repent them for their Sinnes · and take the Mercye of God or the Grace of the Lorde which the Lord â through the Spirit of his Loue proffereth or presenteth so beninglie vnto them groundlie to Heart · lyue in all vpright Righteousnes · and eauenso â in the Reuealing of the great Daye of the Lorde becom preserued in the Godlynes 4. Let euery-one therfore haue a good regard to thissame Doctrine of Prophetie and take it effectuallie to Heart what thesame requireth The Prophetie of the Spirit of Loue. The first Chapiter THIS is the Sounde of the Voyce of the true Spirit of Loue wherwith the Lorde visiteth the Wickednes of the People vpon Earth To th ende that it mought becom fulfilled which the Lorde hath spokeÌ„ through his holie Propheates like-as ther standeth writen The Lorde shall go-fourth out of his Dwellinge and visit the Wickednes of the Inhabiters of the Earth in such-sort that the Earth also shall disclose the Bloud which shee hath swallowed-vpp and not hyde thesame any lenger 2. THe Lorde Ø›the God of Heauen moued Mee in his Minde â or Spirit his Powre incoÌ„passed Mee with a Russhing-noyse and the Glorie of the same God of Heauen became great in my Spirit of his Loue in such-wise that the great Cleernes of God whollye inuironed Mee and shone rounde-aboutmee Wher-through the Sight of myne Eyes became cleerer then Chrystall and myne Vnderstanding brighter then the Sunne in such-sort that I insawe with myne Eyes the great Long-suffering of god and how lardge thesame extended ouer the Children of Men and perceaued â with myne Vnderstandinge the Breakinge-fourth of the greate Daye of the righteous Iudgment of God vpon the Earth with which Breaking-fourth of the-same great Daye God wil also now in the last tyme â as a Reuenger against all his Enemies make-vpp himself and appeere and iudg the vniuersall Earth with Righteousnes accordinge to his Promises 3. I insawe also that God will powre-fourth his Wrath and Indignation ouer all them that haue not â to their Amendement taken-heede vnto hys Loue Grace Long-sufferinge · but in the Mercy of God and in the Time of Grace â when-as the Mercy was proffered vnto them refused thesame and eauenso â bydinge sluggish towardes the Will of the Lorde loued and ensued the worldlie Foolishnes Malitiousnes and Self-mindednes as also the Infidelitie of the Good-thinking-wise more then the Saluation of God. 4. In all thissame â wherwith the Lorde so mooued Mee in his Minde I tooke good-heede â in myne Vnderstandinge what the Lord-his Meaning and Will was and wher-to or to what-maner of Seruice the Lorde mooued my Minde 5. When I then perceaued or vnderstoode it so was the Lord-his Meaning and Will vnto Mee eauen-such as his Beeinge â or Essence spake vnto Mee For the Beeing of God gaue-fourth hys Sounde and Voyce and spake vnto Mee Hâ—… â through his Spirit of Loue all these Woordes and sayde 6. GO now out and byde alwayes in Mee and â going-before with thy Seruice er-euer the Cleernes of the great Daye of my righteous Iudgment do com let the Sounde of the Voyce of my gratious Woorde passe-fourth ouer the vniuersall Earth Shewe all People my Will declare my Lawes Ordinaunces or Institutions to the Vnunderstandingones forbeare not any lenger the Transgressinge of Men nether wynke thou hence-fourth at the Offences of any People but make-manifest their Vnrighteousnes vnto them and correct or reprooue them for all their Ignoraunce Blockishnes Self-seeking and Hypocrisie and for all their Lying-imagination of the Knowledg wherwith they geeue-fourth themselues before thee as-though I approoued their cause in which dooinge they all make-manifest their false Righteousnes before Mee and bringe their Filthynes before my Face makinge themselues eauenso to an Abhomination before myne Eyes 7. Let also the Slothfull and all such as go-on so negligentlie namely such as followe-after the Fasshion and Beeinge of the wicked Worlde or their Good-thinking and consider not on the Seruice and Requiring of my holy gratious Woord â that passeth-fourth vnder the Obedience of my Loue nor haue any regarde therto knowe and vnderstand that they all are an Abhomination and a Lothsoâ—…es before myne Eyes and that I cannot away with them To th end that they all â thorough thy Seruice out of my Loue may turne them vprightlie to Mee my Loue · repent them for their Sinnes · and be preserued in the Cleernes of the Daye of my righteous Iudgment 8. NOw bowing myself in all Obedience to my God I went-fourth and bidde also alwayes in the Lorde eauen as the Lorde had commaunded mee And my Spirit being mooued thorough Gods Powre I gaue-fourth â—…e Sounde of the Voyce of the gratious Woorde of the Lorde like as I had also done in tymes-past 9. And eauenso â out of the Loue of my God and Christ became the gratious
O Yee Children of Men When yee now haue once perceaued and cleerlye seene â in your Inwardnes into all thissame whoorish Nature of your vnrighteous Walking theÌ„ withdrawe you first-of-all therfrom and turne you to the Goodnes of our Lorde Iesu Christ and repent you and let yourselues eauenso â vnder the Obedience of the holye and gratious Woord and of his Seruice of Loue becom chaunged to an vpright Beeing of Christ and taught instructed and coun selled as singleminded Children which wholly geeue-ouer themselues obedientlie vnder the Tuition or Custody of their Mother by the Elders in the holy Vnderstandinge of the Spirit of the Loue of Iesu Christ and eauenso â in all Obedience of the Loue of Iesu Christ becom fostered and trayned-vp in the godly Wisdom of the holy Vnderstanding 13. Heer-to applye you first-of-all with faithfull Heartes and com then eauenso to the louelye and true Beeing of the Loue of Iesu Christ and to the vpright Freedom of the Children of God. The thirde Chap. O Yee Children of the defectinge or offallinge Beeinge â which saye that yee cleaue vnto Christ and his Loue and vnder such a Bosting commit your Whordom to you is my Crye and Callinge For I lament and bewaile very-much your Vnfaithfulnes and all your Faynednes wherwith yee thinke to couer you before Mee 2. But no â beloued no Yee cannot byde-couered before Mee nor before the Face of my God but yee must all â in thissame Daye of the Loue becom manifest before the Maiestie of God and before the Seate of the Iudgment of Christ. 3. For although yee dissemble with Mee and how craftelye soeuer yee couer or fayne you before Mee yet are neuertheles all the Counselles and Falshods of your Heartes manifest before Mee and so-much the more naked and bare before the Eyes of my Heart and Spirit 4. For so longe as your Heartes stande not submitted goodwillinglie to the Heart and Spirit of my God nor are wholly geeuen-ouer â to obedient Disciples of the Woord vnto the gratious Woorde and his Seruice of Loue Go can I also through the true Light â wherin God hath glorified or thoroughly-lighted mee right-well perceaue see and note that all your Mindes and Thoughtes are not mynded with the Heart and Spirit of my God nor with the Requiringe of the gratious Woorde and of his Seruice of Loue but â ther-against mingled with wicked Inclinations or Affections 5. SEeinge now then that I â through the Light of my God do cleerlie see-into all your pernicious ether corrupted Nature and wicked Inclinations and gladlie vouchsafe you all â out of the vpright Beeing of my God that which were better To th ende that â vnder the Obedience of the Loue ther mought be founde by you all an vpright Beeing of the Loue of Iesu Christ So cannot I of natures-part nor of the Nature of the Louespart â which driueth mee therto alwayes keepe-scilence but must â euen out of Loue witnes vnto you the Perrels of Destruction which haue bewrapped and incompassed you 6. For-that-cause I admoniâ—…h you this-day of the Destruction and fore-tell you as truly as the Lorde liueth if yee indeuour not yourselues to the Obedience of the Requiring of the gratious Woord and of his Seruice of Loue for to becom vpright of Heart to feare the God of Life to loue the Vertues of the louelye Beeinge of the Loue to liue vprightlie â in the Communialtie of the Loue with all the Holions of God and to deale or behaue your selues faithfullie with them and so to becom whol lie godded with God and his Christ · or incorporated to that same godly Beeinge but seeke yourselues or anye other thinge in or by the gratious Woord and his Seruice of Loue or-els take vnto yourselues a good-thinkinge Woorde and falslye vsurpe the Seruice of Loue and boast you therof and eauenso holde your Heartes common or of-one-beeing with the worldly Beeing Fasshion and with the false Heartes of the seditious Scripture-learned So will it theÌ„ assuredlie go-euell with you in this Daye of the Loue of the righteous Iudgment of God Yea much worsse then with the worldlie Ignorant which haue not heard any better then the Maner or Rite of the Worlde or of the seditious and sectuarish Scripture-learnednes 7. For vnto you all which presentlye â in thyssame Day of the Loue heare the Voyce or Sounde of the Spirit of Loue the good Beeing of the Loue becometh expresslie set-fourth and the Life of the vpright Righteousnes figuredout before your Eyes and to thesame also yee all are called and intireliebidden and the Hande reached-fourth vnto you to your assisting therin To th end that yee should all with goodwilling Heartes wholly geeue-ouer your selues â vnder the Obedience of the Loue ther vnto and so enter-in to the Way or Entraunce to the same 8. BVt verelie if yee now â in all this Loue Mercifulnes which this-day chaunceth or becometh brought vnto you through the Spirit of Loue will not geeue-eare to the Voyce or Testimonye of the gratious Woorde · nor learne â in the Seruice of Loue the Humilitie of Heart nor the Meekmindednes of Spirit · ne-yet once laude nor thanke the God of Life for such an appeered Grace but refuse the proffered Grace and turne you away therfrom keepe-off thesame from your Heartes runne-on lightmindedly with your takeÌ„-on Knowledg haue no regarde at-all to the Wysdom of the Loue nor endeuour you to attaine to the Righteousnes of the vpright Beeing of the Loue and eauenso â hardeninge your Heartes followe-after your owne Good-thinkinge So thinke well then heeron and consider it aduisedlie â O yee Self-mindedones and goodthinking Wyse that yee â witâ—… such Peruertednes of your goodthinking Heartes shall beed estraunged from God and his Trueth wax-colde towardes the right Loue · and altogether vnwillinge for to geeue-ouer your Heartes in the Seruice of Loue 9. Yea that God will also for that cause seeinge that yee are so slothfull to the Seruice of his Loue and to all what God â in this his holie Daye requi reth spewe you out of his Mouth and not let you taste his louelie Beeinge · nor finde the Rest of his Holyones but will let your Heartes restblinded from his vpright Light · and your Time Dayes and Yeares passe-awaye or perrish â with the Vngodlie in Ignoraunce and Darknes 10. O Yee Sluggish to the Will of the highest God yee Seekers of your owne Selfnes in the Seruice of the Loue and yee all which are so wise or knowledgfull in your owne conceit and â without the Counsell of the holie Spirit of Loue followe and ensue your owne Counsell iett-on with stiffe Neckes and eauenso presumpteous-boldlie hunte-after your owne Destruction How longe will yee yeat â through your
Disobedience bring Sorrowe and Care vpon mee and paine mee so with angwish in my Heart 11. How longe will yee yeat followe your owne Counsell and cast behinde you the Counsell of the Wisedome 12. Oh I feare that yee will not ceasse from doinge your owne Will vntill that the Destruction haue vtterlie swallowed you vp that yee shall not find any more time of conuerting to Amendement 13. HOw are yee â for-shame thus cold and how slowlie com yee forward to the Seruice of the Loue How bide yee thus alwayes so very-childish or little-of-vnderstandinge in the Knowledg of the Entraunce to the first Schoole-rule of that christiaÌ„ Doctrine of the Seruice of Loue and of the heauenlie Trueth I haue â doubtles held-fourth or expressed all Good before you and euidentlie figured-fourth the vpright Beeing of the Loue and the Entraunce to thesame amoÌ„g you Through which Seruice â so extended on you all my Hope hath ben that I should haue reioyeed mee with you â in the Growing-vpp in the godlie Vnderstanding of the vpright Beeing of the Loue as with louing ChildreÌ„ of the Kingdom in the godlie Beeing of the Loue. 14. But alas the which greeueth my Heart fulsore Now that yee begin to ware aged or olde in the Vnderstanding and ought â of-right to be Elders in the holie Vnderstanding I finde that many of you growe not vp in the Oldnes of the holie Vnderstandinge of the gratious Woord or Christ â according to the vpright Beeing of the Requiring of his Seruice of Loue but in your owne or self-framed Vnderstanding or destroying Knowledg and yeat daylie increase therin and not in the Wis dom of the Loue that godlie Vnderstandinge The IIII. Chap. OH Wheare shall I once fynde such as take-to-heart the gratious Woord and the Instruction of his Seruice of Loue or his ConÌ„sell of the Wisdome and cauenso â with singleminded Heartes followe-after thesame obedientlie For I finde by experience that the most Part of People â which make a shewe as-though they turned them to the Loue or to the Seruice of thesame turne them not aright to the Loue and her Seruice 2. For that cause such shewe plainlie their Vnfaithfulnes and in turninge them awaye from the Requiringe of the Loue it becometh manifest in the Bringing-fourth or Spreading-abrode of their owne Counsell Lust and Will which they take vnto them through the Imagination of their Knowledg that they are vtterlie estraunged from the gratious Woord of the Lorde and froÌ„ his Requiring and turned towardes their owne Woord Will. 3. For ther are very-fewe to be found that geue ouer themselues heerto namelye to forsake their Self-wisdome or Imagination of the Knowledge and to liue obedientlie accordinge to the Counsell and Doctrine of the Testimonies of the holie Spirit of loue But almost all â and especiallie they that refuse the Loue and the Requiring of her Seruice sett themselues to Iudgment for to iudg with their owne Woord and ImaginatioÌ„ of the Knowledge Gods gratious Woorde and the Seruice of his holie Spirit of Loue as also the Elders in thesame Seruice 4. Yea many thinke also in their Heartes that they will looke-well heerto that they be not in anye wise seduced or deceaued by the Loue â which neuerthelesse is God himself nor by the Spirit of Loue â which is the true Godlynes of Iesu Christ nor by the Dayed-elder in thesame Spirit which witnesseth the vpright Beeinge of the Loue and her Spirit 5. BEholde such a Circumspection will they almost all occupie or vse supposing eauenso â accordinge to their Good-thinkinge or owne Knowledge to enter into the Life and although they are not regenerated in the Obedience of the Loue of Iesu Christ nor yet vnderstand the Workes of God nor the Misterie of his Kingdom to be more prudent and vnderstanding with their Knowledge then God himself and his Spirit of Loue. 6. Which Spirit hath now in thissame Daye â through the Mercie of God and his elected Minister made manifest the secreat Treasures of God and the godlie and spirituall Riches of the heaueÌ„lie Goods so distinctlie nakedlie and also brought thesame so aboundantlie and liberallie vnto vs in the Obedience of the Requiringe of his Seruice of Loue wherout also wee declare-fourth thesame againe among the Children of Men that the Simplest or Verie-least among the Vnderstandingones if hee considered theron mought right easelie vnderstand that thissame our Ministration of the holie Woorde in the Seruice of Loue is Gods Woorking and not the Mans. and that thesame Spirit and such an holie Vnderstandinge as is witnessed and declared out of the same MinistratioÌ„ proceeded not out of any Fleash nor earthlie Vnderstanding · but out of the liuing God and that-men also without conceauing any Euel-opinion therof ought to be obedient to thatsame Spirit in the Requiringe of his holie Woord and Seruice vnder the Obedience of the Loue. 7. Howbeit many will not consider heeron but they turne them almost all to their owne Vnderstandinge out of the Wisdome of the Fleash and Scripture-learnednes or ImaginatioÌ„ of the Knowledg wherin they intangle disturbe or disquiet them selues among each-other and com not to the Vnderstanding wherunto they are called or required and wherin they mought vnderstand the Minde or Intent of the Woorkes of God. 8. OVt of these ignorant Vnderstandinges â accordinge to the Imagination of the Knowledge very-manie make-vpp themselues presentlie which iudge the Administration of the gratious Woord of the holie Spirit of Loue out of their ignorant and vnilluminated Vnderstandinges and running-fourth eauenso â with their Iudgmentes heere-and-theare they knowe nor vnderstand not themselues what they iudge therof 9. For the One murmureth heere and will haue it Thus after his Minde the Other murmureth theare and will haue it So after his Minde The One hath seene or marked This in it that is vnright in his Eyes The Other hath hearde That therof or-els coÌ„ceaued and imagined to himself ther out som straunge or absurde Matier that soundeth vnto him â in his Eares and in his Thoughtes as vnright or Errour 10. HEer-with now and with such-like as ther is mentioned certen haue so much to do and to talke-of that they for-that-cause through the great Toyle and Busines which they incomber themselues withall ther-about becom so vtterlie blinded in their Heartes that they â by no-meanes can consider on the singleminded Obedience which the gratious Woorde and his Seruice of Loue requireth nor-yet on the aboundant Treasures and Riches of God which â out of the heauenlie Truth becom reuealed â by God-his Grace so ritchlie and liberallie vnto vs in the Seruice of Loue · and â thorough the holie Spirit of Loue brought vnto vs to Saluation 11. They haue likewise not once any regard what an vpright and louelie godlie Beeing the gratious Woord bringeth â in the Obedience of his
Seruice of Loue vnto his Beleeuers 12. Also they vnderstand not the Time which is now present and at-hande in which the Ending of the peruerse World and the Appeering of the Cominge of our Lorde Iesu Christ and the Resurrection of his Holyones cometh-to-passe The V. Chap. OH Is it not a verne lamentable case that I haue laboured thus-longe â with such a Feruentie and Diligence in the Misterie of the Woorkes of God out of the godlie Powers among the ChildreÌ„ of Men · and geeueÌ„-abrode thesame Misterie of the Workes of God vnto them â with so full Resolution to their Saluation for to declare therby Gods Trueth vpon the Earth so openlie and cleerlie · dealt or ben conuersant in the trauell of the godlie Testimonies of the true Light amonge so many · and also communed or spoken thus-longe â pea so often and many-times with them of the Misterie of the Kingdom of the God of Heauens And that I yeat find so fewe which â with all their Heart geeue-ouer themselues goodwillinglie â to obedient Disciples vnto the gratious Woord of Life and Trueth and to his Seruice of Loue or that humble them â accor ding to the Requiring of the Woord and Counsell of the Wisdom aright ther-vnder For almost they all seeke themselues and not the Lorde and cauenso hearinge and beleeuinge themselues they followe-after their owne Will and Vnderstanding and not the Lordes nor his gratious Woordes 2. Seeing then that they heare beleeue and witnes so gladlie their owne Woorde and followe or ensue so gladlie their owne Counsell Wisdom and Will so will they also verie gladlie and willinglie submit themselues ther-vnder also gladlie geeue them ouer and be obedient to thesame but not to the grations Woord of Life or of the Spirit of loue Yea such an absurde and preposterous Dealing against the gratious Woord of Life or of the Spirit of Loue is vsed ofteÌ„times much more by them which men haue in estimation and count to haue Vnderstanding then by the Little Singlemindedones 3. OH How much and manye-times is it mentioned in our Writinges that the Lorde detesteth and is whollie minded against all Pryde of the Fleash against all the Wisdomes of the earthlie or fleashlie Men and against all their Industrie Subtil-pregnantie Knowledge and Counsell and how little becometh it takeÌ„ to Heart or how little thinketh and considereth the Man that hee touching Gods Causes ought to holde himself still in his Wisdome Industrie Vnderstanding or Knowledg vntill that hee were endowed and illuminated â in his Spirit through the ObedieÌ„ce of the Requiring of the seruiceable Woord with the eternall and liuinge Woorde of God the Father · and incorporated to the vpright and louelie Beeing of the Loue of Iesu Christ. 4. Whilst then that the Man is so vnmindfull of this and bringeth-fourth alwayes so presumpteous-boldlie â out of his good-thinking Prudentie or Industrie and out of the ImaginatioÌ„ of his Know ledge his owne Woorde Counsell and Will so much and manifoldlie witnesseth-fourth thesame for Trueth and eauenso accordinge to his manlie Wisdom â out of the Minde of his Fleash goeth-on therwith and because hee thinketh that hys cause is right will nor desireth not anythinge-els So must I other-whiles let the Man alone or suf fer him to go-fourth therin for a season waiting wheÌ„ hee will com to a better Minde and beholde with Longsufferinge how it will go with him 5. Therfore for the Peaces cause to th end that I wolde not contend with anyman I keepe often scilence among Manye and let-passe â in my Pacience and Longsufferinge all false Witnessinges against mee and eaueÌ„so abide-wayting for the right time wherin the gratious Woorde of Trueth and the Discipline or Chastising-erudition mought be gladlie harkened-vnto and beleeued of the Man for to refourme the Man eauenso â in coÌ„uenient time with Longsufferinge and to preuent him with the vpright Wisdom and holie Vnderstanding if happelie hee mought by that meanes be founde worthie of the Grace that the Lorde wolde open vnto him the Doore of the vpright Vnderstanding and geue him yet-once to vnderstand that hee ought to keepe-scilence and becom vtterlie dombe in himself and first-of-all to harken vnto the vpright seruiceable Woord of the holie Vnderstandinge â that cometh fourth out of the holie Ierusalem and leadeth-in vnto the Godlines to shew-fourth vpright Frutes of Repentaunce to geeue-ouer himself â for to becom obedient ther vnto and eauenso to becom taught obedientlie in the vpright Wisdome of the louelie Beeinge and in the holie Vnderstandinge of the Godlines and so then to testifie therof 6. OH that the Man gaue him to stilnes also had regard with diligence and feruentie â and that in humble-maner to the Seruice of the gratious Woord vnder the Obedience of the Loue and desired to doo the Will of the Lorde So should hee then verelye learne well to note or perceaue wherin the Lorde hath placed his Heart Beeing and Minde and wherin Hee hath declared or reuealed him-self together with his Light Woord Spirit and Trueth and that it is also whollye the Will of the Lorde that-men should heare beleeue his Woord Spirit and Trueth therout and that-men ought also to assemble them â as obedient Disciples of the Woord ther-vnto 7. If now the Man once marked and vnderstoode thissame a-right so should hee then also verely if hee had a Lust to doo the Will of the Lorde endeuour himself â with good-will ther-to and eauenso becom assembled ther-with turne his Hearing to thesame and â out of the Sound of the Witnessinges of thesame take-to-heart the Wisdom of Instruction and eauenso â growing-vpp therin to the Olde-aige of the Man Christ learne therout to speake rightlie the holie Vnderstandinge of the godlie Wisedom 8. For verelie the true Ierusalem which in times-past descended â in sumpteous and gorgeous Garnishinge from Heauen and where-out the Woorde of the Lorde is promised to go-fourth is risen-vpp therin with his glisteringe Cleernes In which Ierusalem the holie Hill of Sion wher out the Lawe of the Lorde is promised to go-fourth and wheron the Temple Tabernacle or Howse of God is buylded becometh exalted aboue all Hilles · and manifested to a Nourice of the Children of Ierusalem 9. And thatsame heauenlie State with all what is of-one-beeing therwith is verelie the peaceable Kingdom and Mercye-seate of all Beleeuers in Christ the which is â from the Grace of God com vnto Vs now in the last time accordinge to the Promises 10. In which vndisturbable and fast-stablished Kingdom â that is com vnto vs full of Peace and full of all spirituall and heauenlie Goods all holie Soules and godlie Vnderstandinges do liue and inhabit â with all Triumph Glorie and christian Ioye free and without any Feare and ther-vnto also all Men â that are good
wherthrough yee â with Faynednes and Coueringes of shame and with manie-maner of Selfmindednes are heldecaptiue or brought in subiection Yea so captiued that it is very painfull and combersom vnto you to make manifest yourselues â vncoueredlie or nakedlie before the Seate of my glorious Maiestie and for that cause also yee obtaine little Lust and Loue to the Kingdom of Heauen the which is the vpright Beeing and Minde of the euerlasting vnchaungable Light wherin I saith the Lorde liue and dwell as an eternall and liuinge God. 7. BEholde saith the Lorde to liue and dwell in all your Inwardnes with thissame Light and Cleernes that is my Righteousnes and also the Righteousnes of my godlie Kingdom But heer-out saith the Lorde yee thrust Mee and keepe Mee off daylie with your owne Woorde and Will and bide eauenso with your fleashlie Will alwayes diueled and diuelishlie minded and thinke very little that I haue loued you so intirelie from the beginninge · and chosen you to an Howse for my Dwelling To which Glorious-lordlynes with Mee yee cannot com so longe as yee refuse the Obedience of my gratious Woorde and dispise my Spirit of Loue and so harken to yourselues and passe-fourth after the Direction of your owne Iudgment 8. O Yee Children of Men saith the Lord consider and cal-to-mind yet-once what yee all haue ben thus longe and yeat are so long as yee haue hearde and beleeued yourselues or whylst that yee yeat dailie do heare and beleeue yourselues and bide eâ—…raunged from my Seruice of Loue and vpright Beeinge 9. And if yee now desire to come-againe vnto Mee · and to your vpright Beeinge State then â—…eare nor beleeue not yourselues any-lenger but heare and beleeue my Woorde that â in my Seruice of Loue floweth-fourth out of my Mouth 10. Submitt you ther vnder and doo according to my Counsell saith the Lorde So shall yee then com to right againe also enioye my Goodnes and inherit all my Treasures and Riches 11. O Yee Children of Men saith the Lord Wherfore will yee thus bide so gladlie by yourselues seeing yee are alwaies so-much deceaued with yourselues For by yourselues yee finde nothing-els but Lyes and Darknes wher-thorough yee deuide intangle and destroy yourselues 12. But by Mee and by my Woord and Seruice of Loue yee finde the true Beeing of my Dwellinge together with the Trueth the Wisdome and all good Counsell to your Preseruation also the Light of Life the louelie Beeing of the Loue and the euerlasting Life to your Ioye and Felicitie 13. Forthatcause â to your PreseruatioÌ„ take now good-heede to the gratious Woord that I preseÌ„tlie in thissame Daye â through my holie Spirit and Seruice of Loue let to be heard and set-fourth before you out of the Tabernacle of my Dwellinge 14. And eauenso for my Loues cause saith the Lorde wherwith I haue alwayes loued you forsake now yourselues and all your owne Woorde Will and Counsell and heare and beleeue onlie my Woord that floweth â out of my holie Spirit and Seruice of Loue from Mee For otherwise yee cannot come to my Dwellinge 15. THerfore com now all vnto Mee saith the Lorde and assemble you all to the Howse of my Dwellinge namelie to the Howse of my Loue wherout I let my Woorde be hearde and wherin I haue the Seate of my Maiestie 16. Com now all hether and for my Loues cause forsake whollie Yourselues or your owne Life and all what yee yourselues for your owne selues cause haue takeÌ„on And all what is Mine or what belongeth to Mee that bringe vnto Mee and laye it all downe before the Feete of my Maiestie eauen the Howse of my Loue and acknowledg that it is all my Proprietee or Very-owne 17. WHen yee now haue done all this saith the Lorde then plant all your Heartes in the onlie Heart of my gratious Woorde and holie Spirit of Loue To th end that yee all mought becom one Heart Beeing or Minde in Mee and that I likewise â with my gratious Woord and holie Spirit of Loue maye eauenso dwell liue and walke in you all 18. For therto trulie the Seruice of my Loue stretcheth which I now in the last time extende so gratiouslie on you and eauen therto I haue also loued and elected you all O yee Generations of Men To th end that yee all â through the Seruice of my Loue mought be assembled againe â in my godlie Beeinge vnto Mee and haue Loue and Peace amonge each-other 19. Wherfore seeing now that this is the last Time of Grace in which saith the Lorde I let my Voice go-fourth to th ende that eueryone may com to my Rest so harden not in anye-case this-daye â in the Hearinge of my Voice your Heartes that yee bide not with-out this my holie Rest which is published vnto you and whervnto yee are courteouslie-bidden But becom turned-about thervnto in your Hearte and Minde and for to enter into thesame so gather you now all together vnto my Howse of Loue and to my holie Tabernacle or Man of God wherin I â as a glorious God with my perfect God head â as with my Christ at my right Hande and with my holie Spirit of Loue my true Beeinge do liue dwell and walke and wherin wee â as one true Deitie haue reuealed and glorified Vs To th end that yee all now may becom consubstantiated or conformablie-vnited â as one Man of God in Mee and inherit my Rest with all the Children of God. 20. For verelie I saie vnto you saith the Lorde Whosoeuer now in thissame Daie of my Loue assembleth him not to my Howse nor becometh â with his Heart graffed or planted into my Heart He shall not enter into my Rest nor yet for-euermore inherit ne inhabit with my Children of Peace the worthie pleasant Lande which I haue promised vnto them and prepared for them from the Begininge of the World nether yet obtaine â ether in this time or in any time to com any Grace of Saluation Life of Peace nor true Loue nor yet becoÌ„ one Beeinge with my godlie Nature but all Such â which so bide with-out Mee and my holie Howse or Communialtie of Loue shall be scattered-abrode and brought to confusion · and bounde â with the Bandes of Darknes in the horrible Destruction and so bide estraunged from the Light of my louelie Face for euer and euer 21. O Yee Children of Men saith the Lorde Harden not in anycase your Heartes in the Hearing of the Voice of my Spirit in the Seruice of my Loue but com now all to this my Fountaine of Life and refreash your Heart and Minde in thesame and in her outflowinge Waters For thesame Waters which flowe therout are my safe-makinge Waters of Life to the Satisfyinge of all thirstie Soules after
of Loue for to doo the Lord-his Will nor yet to the Good-willingones vnto the same Obedience although they are yeat younge and weake in the Accomplishing of the PerfectioÌ„ but to the Euel-willing and to all them that â with peruerse Thoughtes and false or deceitfull Intentes enter-in so falslie besydes vs and meane or purpose in no wise the loue but in all themselues and eauenso â with their malitious Heartes and peruerse Thoughtes fal-awaye againe from vs also sclaunder or blaspheame the holie Woord and our vpright and godlie Seruice of the Loue and so spewe-fourth their Falshod â with many Lyes ouer vs. 3. Beholde ouer this wicked and venemous Nature passeth-fourth the Iudgment of God and his Punishment to the Condemnation of the same wicked Nature 4. FOr that cause â O yee goodwilling Hartes sett-apart such Thoughtes as that God and the Spirit of his Loue or his Holyones should not â for your Weaknes cause haue any Good-plesure in you in anye-case farre from you but remember as it is also very-true and looke into the same accordinge to the Trueth that the Grace of God the Father and the Mercyfulnes of his Loue preuayleth or taketh-in the Preheminence aboundantlie by or in the Beleeuers of the Woorde and that God and the Spirit of his Loue is Longsufferinge towardes all Good-wyllingones which humble them vnder the Obedience of his Loue also beareth them in all their Weaknes and forgeeueth daylye all their Synnes To th ende that they should eauenso enioy his Comfort · and growe-vpp â with cheerfull Heartes or good Courraige somuch the goodwillinger in the Obedience of the gratious Woorde and so go-on or prease-fourth vnto the Perfection 5. For consider and looke-into it once aright If the Sinne â whilâ—…t it was yeat night haue preuayled in vs How much more then shall the Grace and Mercie of God to the obtayninge of the Righteousnes Seeinge that now â to the Saluation of Men the Daye against the Night and the Loue with her safe-makinge Seruice against the Sinne and CondemnatioÌ„ is entred-in preuaile or take the preheminence ouer vs namelie ouer all them that are good of will and that submitt or whollie geue-ouer themselues with all their Heart â for to be obedient vnto the holie Woorde vnder the Loue and expresse eauenso â in the Geeuinge-ouer of their Heart that they haue not any Will to the Sinne or that which is vnright nor yet to the Darknesses of the wicked Worlde but haue turned all their Lust to the Righteousnes for to walke vprightlie â with the Communialtie of the Loue in the Light of the louelie Beeing of god For God hath no pleasure in the Perishing of Sinners but his Pleasure is that they should all conuert vnto Him repent them for their Sinnes liue in his Righteousnes 6. FOr-that-cause O yee Feeble-minded of Heart and all yee Infirme or Weake which loue the vpright Life Permitt not anye euell Surmysinges to take-effect in you nor yet geeueplace to the Vnbeleef wherby you mought be plueked-away from the God of Life and froÌ„ the Howse or Communialtie of the Holyones of his Loue but in all thinges wherin your Memorie or Vnderstanding mought chaunce to be mooued applye alwaies your Mindes and Thoughtes to the Instruction of the Wisedome and to the Doctrine of the holie Vnderstanding of the Spirit of Loue and submit eauenso your whole Memorie or Vnderstandinge with all your Mindes and Thoughtes to the Vertues of the Godlines for to followe-after thesame in all Obedience of the holie Woord and to becom olde and vnderstandinge therin To theende that yee â in the Youngnes of your VnderstaÌ„dinge seduce or deceaue not yourselues with any straunge and vnprofitable Thoughtes 7. But yee shall alwayes â in your Youngnes Weaknes let the Geeuing-ouer of your Heart or your Goodwillingnes to the Loue and to the Obedience of the Requiring of her Seruice appeere or becom expressed before the Elders of the holie Vnderstanding in the Testimonies of the holie Spirit of loue and not â at the first the Perfection For verely it is not in your power at the first â in the time of your Youngnes and Weaknes to bring-fourth the Perfection The X. Chap. SEcue diligent eare heerto and vnderstand well the Woordes of my Voice O yee Nouises in our holâ—…e Communialtie or Famelie of Loue â wherin God himself dwelleth and walketh and yee all which are yeat younge in the holie Vnderstandinge · and weake in the Accomplishinge of the vpright Righteousnes Consider and note once aright which is your first Schoole-rule or the Beginninge of the christian Doctrine in our vpright Seruice of the godly loue Namely that yee first-of-all turne you about from the Iniquitie and from all vngodlie Beeing vtterlie forsake all the Abhominations of the wicked World and â with all your Heart depart therfrom and eauenso humble and whollie geeue-ouer your-selues vnder the Obedience of the Loue for to becom as singleminded and obedient Children by whom no Deceit nor anye Lust or Will vnto subtiltie or craftynes nor any Fainednes or Dubblenes of Heart nor-yet any Vnfaithfulnes is to be founde but which daylie â in the Departinge from the Iniquitie and in the Increasinge or Growinge-vpp in the good Beeinge of the Loue make-manifest themselues with naked or vncouered Heartes before the Seate of the Maiestie of god and eauenso â in the Confessinge of their Sinnes sigh and complaine ouer all their pernitious or corrupt Nature and wicked Lustes and Thoughtes which make-vpp themselues in them and wherthorough also they yeat somtimes stumble and fall 2. Beholde â yee Deerlie-beloued enter first into thissame small Waye For thesame bringeth or reacheth to the Perfection 3. VErelie to such goodwillinge Heartes which enter eauenso â accordinge to the Trueth into thesame small Waye that leadeth vnto Life and to all such as applie them thervnto God hath a Good-pleasure and the Spirit of my Minde standeth also inclined â to all Goodnes and Mercie ouer those-same Because they do â in such an humble Submission plainlie expresse that they feare God hate the Iniquitie with her euell Affectes or Inclination and â against those-same are good of will towardes God his Righteousnes 4. But wheare as now such a good Will and Geeuing-ouer of the Heart is not found in those I haue no Confidence that they meane or purpose in any-wise the true Loue nor yet that they haue any Lust or Will to liue in the good Beeinge of God nether-yet also that the vpright Loue and Trueth is sought loued or desired by them 5. For all Such as haue not any good Will Lust nor Desire to the good Beeinge of God but liue according to their owne Selfmindednes and according to the Sensualitie Will and Pleasure of their
Dominion â vpon the Earth vnto you and your Sauiour Iesus Christ To theend that yee with Him and Hee with you and your Sauiour Iesus Christ with his holie Spirit should â froÌ„ hence-fourth world-without-end raigne with Righteousnes vpon the Earth · and iudge thesame with Equitie according to the Promises The XVI Chap. MAke you to the flight Make you to the Flight Yea get you now all out of the Waye yee Enemies of the Lorde and his Seruice of Loue and geeue the Lorde â with his Holyones his Roome Yet shall yee not escape the Vengeaunce of God. 2. For the Lorde cometh-fourth now in Mightie-power with his righteous Iudgment vpon the Earth for to purge thesame of all her Weedes Yea eauen-now â in the right Time of Haruest the Lorde cometh with his Aungels for to roote-out all Weedes from-off the Earth 3. O God smyte now in with thy Sickle and begin eauenso â with thy Aungels to reape the whole Earth For the Weede is becom rype vpon the Earth and his Eares are thorough drye For that cause roote thesame now cleene out for wher-to or to what profite hath it hys place â among the good Wheate vpon the Earth forasmuch as ther is not any Good to be looked-for therout 4. BEholde the Weede is the manifoldsort of Lyes against the Trueth of God the manymaner of Iniquiâ—…ies against the Righteousnes of Christ and the vnmeasurable Vngodlines of all Vngodlye against the Godlynes and against the true Beeing of the holye Spirit of Loue which are all worthye to be rooted-out from the Earth · and condemned in the hellish Fyre 5. For for thissame Weedes cause the Earth hath ben thus-long curssed · and the good Wheate â—… which the ignorant Reapers haue also iudged to be the Weede and worthy to be rootedout or could not oftentymes discerne the one from the other oppressed or kept-vnder 6. THerfore the Lorde cometh now in the Ende of the Worlde and maketh a plaine Difference and a right Discerninge betwixt the Weede and the good Wheate Yea the Lorde hath made-vpp hymself and hee cometh now â in the right or due tyme with the Heate of his burning Fyre for to consume â with his Fyre all the Wâ—…edes and to emptie or disbourden the Earth therof To th end that shee mought com againe to her Blessinge and vpright Fruitfulnes Wher-through the Earth is now moued the Heauens troubled the Elementes melt with Heate and the Token of the Cominge of the Sonne of Man appeereth in the Heauen 7. With which Rumour or Russhinge-noyse of the Power of God and his Holyones the last Trompett doth also presentlie geeue-fourth her Sounde Through whose Blast of her vehement Sounde and through the Appeeringe of the Cominge of Christ the Dead stand-vpp or aryse vnto the Iudgment of God In such-sort that Daniell Ø›the holie Propheat is also rysen-vpp in his part for to execute now in the last tyme â or Endinge of the Worlde the Iudgment â with God and his Righteousones vpon the Earth against all Vngodlie To th ende that they all â together with the Woorkes of their Vngodlynes mought now become rooted-out and condemned Like-as there is writen therof 8. REioyce now in thissame Daye all yee holie Prophtates Aungels and Apostles For this is the Daye of the Vengeaunce of our Lorde and God for to reuenge the Bloudde of his Holyones that the Sinners haue spilt or shead vpoÌ„ the Earth and for to declare or reueale his Holyones againe gloriouslie vpon the Earth To th ende that they mought inhabit thesame peaceablie in all Loue and raigne therouer or iudge thesame with Righteousnes from hence-fourth world-without-ende The XVII Chap. O All yee Sluggish and Slothfull which haue walked thus-longe very vnlustelie â as-though yee had ben drowsyeof-sleape in the Seruice of the Loue · and had very little Loue vnto God-his Righteousnes Yea which haue ben so ouer-careles or negligent that yee haue not taken the Seruice of the Loue and the vpright Righteousnes of thesame anything-at-all to Heart in such-wyse that â by that occasion your Fielde whilst yee haue ben so slothfull is waxen barren of the good Corne · and your Vyne-yarde likewise of the good Wyne and are ouergrowen with Nettels and Thistles Becom yet now once awaked and make your Way or Steppes speedie for to enter into the Life of the vpright and louelie Beeing of the Loue er-euer the Doore of the louelie Kingdome and Paradice of the Lorde whilst yee com-forwardes so sluggishlie and drowselie be locked or shut-to 2. For beholde the Ende cometh yea the Ende cometh swiftlie on and the last Time is now at-hande After which Time ther shall not be anye Saluation of the Life nor Health of Soules more to be obtayned 3. O Yee foolish People which are now so sluggish Cal-to-minde the foolish Virgins how they neglected their time for to gather or prepare-them Oyle in their Vessels and how that they for that cause when the time appeered or was come that euerie-one â which had Oyle and Light in his Vessell or Lampe should enter-in with the Bridegroome must bide with-out the louelie Kingdom of the Bridegroome 4. VErelie in thissame Daye of the Loue of the true Bridegroomes Cominge it will also go in such-like-sort with you all â yee foolish and sluggish People which followe so incessantly your owne Counsell Will and Fredom accordinge to your Minde of the Fleash and haue no regarde to the Sanctification in the Spirit wherin the godlie Oyle becometh brought vnto vs. 5. Therfore looke now to it bytimes and take good-heede vnto the Sanctification in the Spirit or vnto an vpright Beeinge and Minde To th ende that the lyke happen not vnto you as chaunced to the foolish Virgins 6. BEholde presentlie in thissame Day yee are yeat all warned Respect-well therfore thissame Tyme of Grace whylst ther is yeat Grace and Comfort at-hande and to be obtayned and haue a diligent regarde vnto the Seruice of loue and what thesame requireth 7. Verelie It requireth not This nor That accordinge to the Fleash of the worldlie Dealinge nor accordinge to the Dealinge of the false Heartes and vnregenerated Hypocrites but an vpright Beeing in the Loue of Iesu Christ That is to becom releassed froÌ„ all Ownednes or Selfnes · and hallowed iustified in the Spirit of our Minde through Iesus Christ and his Seruice of Loue. 8. Whosoeuer then â in all Obedience of the Requiring of the gratious Woord and of his Seruice of Loue doth â in such sort respect-well or take good heede vnto thesame Hee shall also be loued of God the Father of the Lorde Iesu Christ and of the holie Gost. Yea they shall com to him and make a godlie Dwellinge with him 9. HEer-vnto geue you now all whollie ouer and turne all your
Vnderstanding to the godlie Doctrine of the Seruice of Loue and be eauenso obedient vnto the holie Woord of the Spirit of Loue in his Requiringe To th ende that yee all maye now in thissame Daye of Loue â in which Christ cometh vnto vs with the holie Oile or Annointing of the holie Spirit of Christ meete Christ Ø›the vpright Bridegrome in his Coming · and liue and triumph euerlastinglie with Him and all his Holyones in the Kingdom of God his Father 10. For I saye vnto you verelie Whosoeuer now â in thissame Daye of Loue bideth slouthfull careles towardes the vpright louelie Beeinge and eauenso estraungeth his Heart from the Ministration of the Elders in the Seruice of Loue ether holdeth it common or of-one-beeing with the consumable Beeing of the peruerse World Hee shall not be annointed with the holie Oile of the holie Spirit of Christ nor with his louelie Nature · nor yet let-in â with the sanctified Holyones of God or CoÌ„munialtie of Loue to the Rest of the peaceable Kingdom but be shutt ther-without with the wicked Worlde and with all Self-wise and Vngodlie 11. THerfore remember now bytimes yee all which are now â in thissame Day so sloth full or sluggish towardes the Seruice Entraunce of the vpright Beeinge of God · and so self-wise against the holie Spirit and the Requiringe of his Seruice of Loue what a Miserie and Painfulgreefe it will be for you to beholde when-as all the Holyones of God shall gather them together â in the Perfection of the Loue from the fowre Endes of the Earth to a Kingdom of god and that yee shall finde yourselues shutt ther-without 12. Verelie then will it fal-out to-late for many to gather or prepare them â out of the Ministration of the proffered Grace the godlie Oyle or holie Annointing of the Spirit of Loue in their Vessels 13. WHosoeuer now therfore respecteth not the right Time of Grace and of the Fruitfulnes of the good Seed that hee in the Haruest â or Fulnes of the Time may get his Barnes full of good Corne but is careles and slouthfull towardes the Entraunce of the Requiringe of the gratious Woorde and of his Seruice of Loue Hee shall likewise haue lacke of Corne namelie of the Fruites of the Woorde and then afterwardes when hee findeth himself poore emptie and seeth well that the Holyones of God are filled with great store of Goods be constrained to bewaile his case with greeuous Miserie and shall not finde anymore meete or conuenient time for to gather anythinge but â out of Doubtfulnes fall into great Dispaire and eauenso â in Gnawinge or Torment of his Heart and in Wringinge of his Handes greatlie lament the time which hee hath neglected and misspent and which also is not to be recouered againe and rufullie bewaile his Condemnation and Miserie for euer and euer The XVIII Chap. â—…Oofe to it bytimes and amende your Beeinge O yee Children of Men and take mine AdmonitioÌ„ to heart Make not â in anycase light account of the tocoÌ„inge Greefe-of-minde which shall fall and is also alredie fallen ypon the Vngodlie with much Calamitie and Miserie but endeuour you â with good willinge Heartes to enter into the Obedience of the Requiringe of the gratious Woord and of his Seruice of Loue Ere-euer that thatsame Miserie â wherof ther is tolde you fall likewise vpon you 2. Be wakefull now therfore and keepe alwaies a sharpe or diligent Watch against all your Enemies namelie against all the Mindes Thoughtes which make them vp in you out of the Fleash of Sinne and wolde eauenso â contrarie to the Counsell Will and Doctrine of the holie Spirit and of his Seruice of Loue plucke or allure you after the Pleasure of the Fleash 3. BEhold I tell it you and heartelie exhort you euen out of all the Loue of my Heart and Spirit Harken not to them beleeue nor followe not their Will or Counsell but â against all your owne Mindes and Thoughtes of the Fleash and against all your corrupted Nature Lust and Desires geeue or applie you whollie to the Obedience of the Requiringe of the gratious Woorde and of his holie Spirit of Loue So shall yee then assuredlie out of thesame Obedience â in maner of sufferinge finde an other Nature and Beeinge by you which shall shewe itself much vprighter and louelyer then that which yee haue had out of the Will or Selfmindednes of the Fleash For doing eauen-so yee shall â through the Obedience of the Requiringe of the gratious Woorde and of his Seruice of Loue becom incorporated to the louelie Nature of God and to the euer-lastinge peaceable Beeinge of the holie Spirit of Loue. 4. If yee now heare and vnderstand all thissame well that the holie Spirit saith vnto you all out of the Seruice of his Loue So consider then with diligence what a Life of Righteousnes is required of you and geeue or endeuour you vnto thesame I haue â for-certen tolde it you plainlie enough and tell it you yeat againe To th end that yee may well vnderstand it aright namelie that yee should incline and geeue-ouer all your Inwardnes to the Requiring of the gratious Woord and of his Seruice of Loue for to becom incorporated â through the Obedience of the Requiring of thesame Woord and of his Seruice to the vpright and louelie Beeinge of the Loue To th ende that God in you and yee in God · and so-fourth yee all â amonge each-other mought liue peaceablie in all Loue. 5. But â alas although yee heare and vnderstand all thesame yet do manye of you neuertheles refuse the Goodnes of the Lorde and followe almost all your goodthinkinge Knowledge 6. AH-beloued Wherfore refuse yee thus the good Beeinge Wherfore do yee â thorough your good-thinkinge Knowledge alwayes holde yourselues thus backe And wherfore take yee not the Matier â which is to the Preseruation and Saluation of you all with whole Minde to heart for that yee mought enter obedientlie into the true Schoole-rule of the christian Doctrine of the Seruice of Loue and growe-vpp â accordinge to the Requiringe of thesame in the godlie Vnderstandinge Iudge it now yourselues Whether that thesame whervnto I exhorte you out of the right Seruice of Loue be not the vpright Life and louelie Beeinge of the Loue whervnto the Man is created and chosen for to liue therin 7. For consider I pray you Is not the vpright and louelie Beeinge of the Loue â whervnto I exhorte and demonstrate you much decenter vprighter and peaceabler then your owne Beeinge of the Fleash and the wicked Beeinge of the peruerse Worlde 8. Seeinge now that yee â in your owne Conscience cannot choose but acknowledge that the louelie vpright and peaceable Beeinge of the Loue is the Mostbest and that thesame bringeth the vpright Rest vnto the Man
So is it trulie a great wonder vnto mee why yee do not then â with more Diligence and Feruentie loue and secke-after thesame and that certen turne them away so lightlie from the Doctrine stretchinge ther-vnto 9. HOw are yee thus lingeringe or holdingback of yourselues that yee com-forward so slowlie for to enter obedientlie into the first Entraunce of the Requiring of the gratious Worde and whollie to geeue-ouer yourselues to the Most-best and so to go-fourth therin till vnto the good Beeinge of the Perfection O take-holde yet-once of a goodwilling Minde and purpose â with a good will not to halte any lenger on both sydes but let all your Thoughtes stretch heere-to namelie to cleaue â obedientlie vnto the good Beeinge of the Loue with all your Heart and Minde and obedientlie to followe-after the Seruice of the Woord in his Requiringe vntill that yee be growen-vpp to the perfect Olde-aige of the holie and godlie Vnderstandinge · and incorporated â with Spirit Hearte Minde and Soule to the good Beeinge of the Loue. The XIX Chap. O All yee People â which heare this-day the Voice or Testimonie of the Spirit of Loue take this effectuallie to heart incline all your Mindes and Vnderstandinges to the holie Woorde of Trueth and haue eauenso your Ioye â in all Thankes-geeuinge to the Lorde amonge each-other 2. But let not your Ioye and Thankes-geeuinge to the Lorde â—…e in the fleashlie Volupteousnes nor in the Ioye of the peruerse Worlde but reioyce you â with Thankes-geeuinge to the Lorde in the great Grace and Mercie which is appeered and com vnto vs â now in the last time vnder the Obedience of the Loue To-wâ—…et for that wee â thorough the Renewinge of our Spirit and Minde obtaine to becom Children of God in the Obedience of the Loue of God the Father also Coheyres with Christ in the spirituall Riches of God or heauenlie Goods and to liue euerlastinglie with God â as his chosen holyones in his holie Rest and in his louelie Nature or Beeinge 3. BEholde heere-to â as to a Kingdome of God full of all louelie Beeinge hath God chosen Vs and prepared from the Begining for Vs and for all beleeuing Heathen â which assemble them through Iesus Christ vnto his Peo ple thissame Kingdom of his vpright and louelie Beeinge which wee now inherit in thissame Daye of his Loue To th end that now â in the Very-last the Scripture and all what God hath spoken thorough his holie Propheates and what is writen of Christ should also â in Vs and with Vs become fulfilled to the Honour or Glorie of God and to our Ioye like as ther standeth writen 4. Be glad and reioyce yee Heathen with his People For the Lorde will reuenge the Bloud of his Seruauntes on his Enemies · and be fauourable to the Lande of his People 5. The Vprightones or Beleeuers shall be obedient â in the Loue vnto the Lorde and iudge the People 6. They shall receaue a glorious Kingdom and a bewtifull Crowne at the Lord-his Hande 7. They are a Congregation of Righteousones and their Exercise is Obedience and Loue. 8. They shall shyne like as the Sunne in their Fathers Kingdom 9. The Lambe of God hath redeemed them with his Bloud out of all Generations People and hath made them Kinges and Priestes vnto God and they shall raigne vpon the Earth 10. They are a Tabernacle of God amonge Men God will dwell with them and they shall be his People and Hee â God himself with them will be their God. 11. SEe this is â assuredlie the heartie Mercifulnes of God ouer vs now in the last time To th ende that now â in the last time the Glorious-lordlynes of God should â in Vs becom manifested or declared and the Scripture fulfilled 12. Yea this is the Rewarde or Recompence of Iesu Christ vnto vs Littleones and God-his Elect in the last time To-weet that wee are made â through the gratious Woorde of the Lorde in his Seruice of Loue and through the Bloud of the pure and vndefiled Lambe Kinges vnto God · and Priestes or Elders in the holie Vnderstandinge For that wee should now in these last Dayes â as faithfull Sainctes of God and vpright Elders in the holie Vnderstandinge of the Testimonies of the holie Spirit of Loue raigne vpon the Earth in Righteousnes · and â vnder the Obedience of the Loue iudge the Worlde with Equitie according to the Propheatyinge of the holie Propheates and Appostles of Christ and of the Holie-goste 13. HEer-in â yee Deerlie-beloued reioyce you now All with Laude and Thankes-geuing vnto God and praise highworthelie his holie Name Not onlie for the Bountiful-actes of God extended on you but also that presentlie â in thissame Daye his holie Spirit of Loue is powred-fourth so aboundantlie ouer Vs and in Vs. and that the true Doctrine to thesame holie Spirit is likewise â as a liuinge and safe-makinge Water flowinge-fourth out of Vs to the Saluation or Safe-makinge of all Beleeuers of the gratious Woorde and that eauenso â to Righteousnes vpon the Earth the Scripture becometh fulfilled namelie by all the Beleeuers which now humble themselues goodwillinglie and faithfullie vnder the Loue take to heart the Woorde of Trueth and growe-vpp obedientlie therin till vnto the Olde-aige of the Man Christ. 14. WHosoeuer now therfore â vnder the Obedience of the Loue hath a good regarde vnto the holie Woorde of Trueth that is administred out of the holie Spirit of Loue and exerciseth him therin for to be obedient vnto his Requiring and eauenso â to that effect fourthereth or becometh healpfull vnto the Seruice of Loue Hee shall likewise according to the Trueth enioye be partaker of all the Bountiful-actes which God extendeth on Vs Ø›his chosen Holyones and also euidentlie see how that Christ Ø›the Righteousone appeereth presentlie in Glorie and becometh wonderfull in all his Beleeuers and that also â through the-same Christ and his Holyones the vniuersall Earth shall â in this Daye of the Loue which God himself hath appointed or ordayned be iudged with Equitie · and purged from all his Vnrighteousnes and that all the Sainctes of God namelie the CoÌ„munialtie of the Loue shall inhabit thesame with Righteousnes · and raigne with Faithfulnes Trueth from hence-fourth worlde-with-out-ende Amen This shall all assuredly com eauenso to passe and in his time be founde eauen-thus 15. HEer-with-all â Once beloued and obedient Children and all yee constant Faithful-ones in this our vpright Seruice of Loue my heartie Exhortation and Desire is vnto you All that yee will take thissame effectuallie to Heart and not seeke nor desire anythinge-els with your Will and Minde but that the Loue of Iesu Christ â with her verteous Nature and vpright Beeinge may obtaine a Shape in you and
Woorde of the Lorde â in liuing Powre out of the lyuing God in sharpe Reprouinge Chastisinge Nourteringe â as with Documentes to the Putting-away and Mortifyinge of the Sinne of Death and also in Gentledealinge or Healpfulnes to Saluation â as with sweete Waters to the Raysing-vpp of the Righteousnes of Life flowing from my Body and the Sounde of thesame Voyce inlarged itself wyde-abrode vpon the Earth 10. Haue a good regarde therfore â O yee ChildreÌ„ of Men vnto that which becometh This-day â out of the gratious Woord of the Lorde his holy Spirit of Loue spoken expressed vnto you and hardeÌ„ not your Heartes in any-case but amend your Beeinge To th end that yee may enter â with the Children of God into the Rest of the Lorde The seconde Chap. ONce Children of Men yee Children of Defection â which will not beleeue nor vnderstand God-his Trueth · geeue any â—…are to the Lord-his Will · nor followe-after the Doctrine and InstructioÌ„ of the gratious Woorde and his holy Spirit of Loue how can I â in any-case suffer you any lenger then I haue suffered you Seeing that the Lorde hymself will not forbeare you any lenger in your Vnwillingnes to his Righteousnes 2. Thus-longe haue I with the Longsufferinge of the Lorde beheld and considered-it also with Longsufferinge what maner of Wayes it mought be that yee all loued to walke in and whether also any-man loued or desired to enter obedientlye into the Entraunce or first Schoole-rule to the Waye of Life and Peace in such-sort as thesame becometh administred â vnder the Obedience of the Loue according to the Trueth of God. 3. Thus-longe haue I ben conuersant â in stilnes with many of you and ben by you like as one that can well abyde to looke-on the Wickednes of Men and yet not correct or reproue thesame But in all thissame my Spirit hath ben greatlie bourdened with greefe · and â with much heauy-cheere very wofull and sorrowfull for you all O yee Children of Men. 4. For vewinge the whole Face of the Earth I beheld noted directlie the exceeding Distraughtnes and Iniquitie of the peruerse World. and the manifolde Abhominations of Desolation wherwith shee hath brought herself into a most confusedestate also the many manifolde Self-wisdoms Chosen-holynesses and false God-seruices or Religions of Men which they haue taken-on vnto them out of the Scripturely-learnednes and Imagination of the Knowledge · and made or deuyded themselues â ther-through into manye Sectes Dissentions and Schysmes or Diuisions 5. I Haue moreouer marked â with Longsuffering the Fourth-going of all such as bost them of the Loue and perswade theÌ„selues that they cleaue vnto the Loue and the Wisdom Whether that ther were any better-thing loued by them then by the Worlde and whether also that they approched anye neerer to the Trueth of God and to the vpright Beeing of the Loue then the Wyse of the Worlde and Scripture-learned 6. I haue also for-that-cause walked louelye among certen of them and behaued myself very gentlelye with them hopinge eauenso that the true Feare of God the Lust to the good and vpright Beeing the vpright Zeale to the Righteousnes and the Concorde of Heart in the Loue shoulde haue ben found among them more then among the worldly Wyse and Scripture-learned 7. BVt â alas like as the Worlde together with her Wyse and Scripture-learned are darkned or blinded in Heart and deaff in the Vnderstanding which comprehend not the good Beeinge of the Loue nor-yet consider on any of all that which God â through the Spirit of his Loue requireth but haue alwayes a Lust to themselues and cleaue-vnto the Couetousnes the Volupteousnes of the Fleash and the Self-wysdom which seduceth them eauenso I haue founde many of you â yea almost all which make-bost of the Loue and talke much therof to stand in such-like case and also aduisedlie marked that yee â vnder the Pretence or Colour of the Howse or Seruice of Loue haue taken-on to your-selues the Volupteousnes of the Fleash â according to the maner of the World to be your freedom · and your owne Thoughtes of the Goodthinking according to the Imagination of the Knowledg like vnto many vnilluminated Scripture-learned and Goodthinkinge-wyse to be your Wysdom and haue no regarde to the godly Life of the gratious Woorde nor to the Counsell of the Testimonies of the holy Spirit of Loue nether-yet humble you obedientlye to the Loue her Seruice And yet notwithstandinge â when one asketh you whether yee haue adioyned you to the Loue or are minded to continewe with a good will by thesame yee answer say expresslie O yea Wee will cleaue vnto the Loue and not forsake thesame in any-case 8. Howbeit yee couer ther-withall your false Desires and also the Lustes of your Fleash wherin yee liue and walke and remayne eauenso without the Obedience of the holie Woorde and of the Requiringe of his Seruice of Loue and byde also bounde or owned to yourselues and to your owne Counsell and Will and com not to the Trueth of God which floweth-fourth seruiceablelie out of the Loue for to be obedient â as right Disciples of the Woord vnto thesame 9. But verely after such a maner yee are â towardes the gratious Woorde of the Lorde and his Seruice of Loue eauen like-vnto an Whoore which after her heartes Good-thinkinge â to a Cloking of her Whordom chuseth an Husbande and coupleth herself in mariaige vnto him for that shee mought bost her as a Maried-wife and vnder such a Couering Bosting that shee hath an Husband committeth her Whordom Seeing that yee in like maner without Christ and against Christ â although yee make great boast of him commit Whoordom and deale nor walke not accordinge to the Doctrine or Requiringe of Christ. 10. For which your couered or cloked Whoordoms-cause and vnrighteous Walkinge the Lorde hath mooued my Minde and commaunded mee to figure-fourth your Whordom vnrighteous Wayes before you also to reproue you therof and to exhorte you to Amendement and to warne you eauenso of the Destruction that is for to com vpon the Vngodly in the righteous Iudgment of God. 11. O Thou whoorish Nature Be ashamed â I say presentlie before the Lorde and before the Seate of his Maiestie wherout Hee declareth his vpright Righteousnes that thou bostest thee so of Christ the gratious Woord of the Father â as of thy Husband and of the louelie Nature of his Loue and yet â whilst thou so doest holdest thine Heart common or of-one-beeing with the Antichrist with the wicked World and with the Self-wisdomes of her Sectuaries Scripture-learned Peruse and ponder now well the Falshod of thyne Heart and consider thoroughlie all thy Couetousnes Theeuerie Self-seeking Whordom which thou hast committed against Christ and his Loue. 12.
of will for to assemble them therto are called and louinglie-bidden 11. OH that the Man vnderstoode thissame aright So should hee then assuredlie â with all Good-willingnes of his Heart humble himself before the Throne of Grace and soueraigne Maiestie of God take-heede vnto the Woorde of the Lord therout heare beleeue and goodwillinglie obey thesame honour laude praise and thanke thatsame God which hath prepared all this for vs which also liueth from euerlasting to euerlastinge and sitteth vpon the Seate of his Maiestie and spread-abrode â euery-wheare the great Actes and Wonderful-woorkes of God as also reioyce him with great Ioye for that such a Throne of Grace and Sauing-health is now â in these last perrelous times appeered com and declared â out of the heauenlie Beeing vpon the Earth vnto the Children of Men which hope on God and on the Comfort of his Saluation and that also ther-thorough the Will of the Lorde is accomplisshed on Earth as in Heauen The VI. Chap. O Yee Children of Men consider-well now heeron and haue a good regard therto and take thesame yet-once effectuallie to Heart namelie how that presentlie out of thissame Throne of Grace which is appeered and com vnto vs now in the last time in the Mostholie of the true Tabernacle of God â to an euerlasting Stoole of Grace vpon the Earth the Glorie of the Lorde becometh made manifest · and his Lawe Woord and Will â accordinge to his godlie Trueth expresslie witnessed 2. For that cause haue now a distinct Diuersitie in whom Gods Spirit and hys Woorde is reuealed or manifested and in whom that it is yeat vnreuealed 3. For consider Wheare God with his Christ and Spirit hath his Dwellinge in anyone and bringeth fourth his secreat Treasures of the heaueÌ„lie Goods therout Eauen-theare is then trulie his Wisdome to be founde and also the Counsell of God accordinge to the Trueth and not by the Straungers nor by the Disobedient vnto the Woord nor yet by the Goodthinking-wise which seperate them from Vs and our godlie Doctrine nether yet by Them whose Spirit is not â in the Conformitie-of-beeing with Vs begotten or borne out of God · but â in the Seperation against Vs out of the Fleash of the earthlie Beeinge Haue a good respect heer-vnto 4. O Yee earthlie Generations you meane I yee earthlie vngodded Men that exalte and preferre your owne Woorde â which notwithstanding is meere Lyes so highlie and heare and beleeue thesame so gladlie also alwayes desire to followe-after your owne Counsell â which notwithstanding is a meere Seducing and Deceit and to be obedient ther vnto and will eauenso out of your Darknes â which is doubtles nothing els but the curssed Kingdom of Hell and the Possession or Habitation of all Deuels and wicked Spirites itself iudge so gladlie the Light of Gods Trueth and the Children of Light Ah â beloued consider yet once in what Beeing and Nature yee are comprehended and then iudge from whence your Woord and Spirit is or hath his Originall wher with yee will iudg speake-fourth the diuine Matiers and from whence also yee fett your Counsell which yee â without God-his Counsell wherwith Wee are of-one-beeing so earnestlie ensue or follow after according to your owne Minde of the Fleash and wher-out likewise yee execute the Iudgment with the which yee iudge the Testimonies of the Light and the Children of the Loue or of God. 5. Beholde heerin now and according to this maner pronounce-fourth boldlie the Iudgment ouer your selues and geeue-testimonie of your owne selues what yee yourselues â in your Disobedience to the Requiringe of the Woord are or may be â—…oned for as likewise of your owne Woorde which yee speake ther-out For I commit therin the matier vnto yourselues for to iudge 6. O Yee Children of Men Seeing that yee iudg another and all thinges so gladlie or willinglye so iudg now once also yourselues Ah â beloued doo â I praye you eauenso for I haue now geeueÌ„ the matier into your owne handes for to iudge 7. Thus looke well rightlie into yourselues and then pronounce-fourth â according to the Trueth the Iudgment or Sentence ouer yourselues what yee yourselues all are according to your inward Man And trulye when yee once beginne to see aright into yourselues then shall yee for-certeÌ„ finde in yourselues that yee are not minded according to God-his Nature or Beeinge · but according to the Nature of a corrupted and earthlie consumable or mortall man and that your Woorde and Spirit and all your Will and Counsell is out of the Fleash of Sinne and out of the Lyes of Darknes 8. For so longe as yee yeat liue in the Fleash of Sinne and that yee are not â through the Doctrine of the Testimonies of the holie Spirit of the Loue of Iesu Christ restored · nether prepared to the New Birth in Iesu Christ in your Spirit and Vnderstandinge nor yet humble you ther-vnto and that yee are not taught â with the Administration of the gratious Woord vnder the Obedience of the Loue to the Kingdom of the God of Heauens or that thesame is not com vnto you â in your Obedience vnto the Woord and Seruice of Loue in your Spirit and that yee eauenso direct the Course or Fourth-going of your Life without the Seruice of the Loue and his Requiring So is then doubtles all your Woord Spirit Counsell â proceding out of the ImaginatioÌ„ of your Knowledge no otherwise minded but earthlie diuelish fleashly and yee haue not any Sight nor Knowledg at-all of God-his Matiers or Causes nor of the Kingdom of God according to the heauenlie Trueth It is very-true The VII Chap. HArken harken Holde you still before the Seate of Gods Maiestie O yee Children of Men and geeue-eare diligentlie For ther cometh now fourth from thesame Seate Lightninges Thonders and Voyees Yea eauen-now the Lorde letteth hymself be hearde vpon the Earth and hee the highest God â which sitteth vpon his Seate and liueth for euer and euer speaketh now out of his holie Dwellinge 2. Haue now therfore a good regarde vnto the articular Vnfoldinge or distinct Definition of thesame Sounde of the Voyce of the Lorde For thus saith the Lorde or in this maner soundeth his Voice 3. YOur owne Woorde â O yee Children of Men is the Lye which seduceth you 4. Your owne Vnderstandinge is the destroying and corrupt Knowledge wherthrough yee â in your Iudging misse the Right and the Trueth and for that cause beare a false Ballaunce 5. Your owne forcast or Conceauinge Will and Counsell is the Falshod of your Mind which begyleth you in such sort that your Steppes â by that occasion cannot be vpright before Mee saith the Lorde 6. Your owne Beeing or false Minde of Darknes is the Kingdom of Hell to a Dwellinge for all Diuels and false Spirites
Fleash nor yet desire to enter obedientlie into the singlemynded good Will accordinge to the Pleasure of God and the Requiring of his Worde and Seruice of Loue in which Seruice all Coueringes and Bewitchinges of the Heart and all Darknesses and earthlie lyinge Mindes become layed-off or are put-away ne-yet to be brought out of the earthlie lying and couered Beeing to the Beholding of the vncouered Face of God Christ in the Spirit nor to God-his Hill of the heauenly Sanctuarie nor to the mostholie Illuminatinge from an High Ø›the most-soueraigne Maiestie of God Thosesame are not meete to enter into Gods Sanctuarie nor to liue in his good Beeinge 6. All such then as is aforesaide that haue not any minde heervnto but refuse thissame Grace and Loue of God the Father â which is appeered louinglye-graunted and also brought vnto Vs Littleones and God-his Elect out of many Thow sandes in this World and dispise thesame or make vpp themselues ther-against Those cannot I verelie account or esteeme for anye Communialtie of Loue nor for any Holyones of God or Christ nor yet for any such as haue any Good in their minde 7. All such Vnbeleeuers and Resisters of the Loue and her Seruice may be right-easelie knowne by their wicked Deedes and Inclination For such false Heartes let them cloke or hide themselues how they will do all make themselues manifest that they all â against the Trueth and against the Spirit or Mind of the supreame God are or stand with the peruerse Worlde â which is worthie of the Fire of Hell and of the euerlasting Condemnation altogether earthlie and diuelishlie minded They will also â with their earthlie Vnderstandinge and fleashlie Minde alwayes surmount or beare-sway aboue the Wisedom of the Loue. 8 AH Consider yet-once â yee Beloued whether that it accorded-well or were consonant that the Heauen should lye vnder or on the lowest place · and the Earth driue or lie-swaying therouer Verelie much-lesse accordeth it or it is farre more absurde that God-his Minde of the heauenlie Trueth the holie Vnderstandinge and the Wisedome or the Beeinge of the godlie Loue should lye beneath or â as depressed al-vnder · and the Mindes of the earthlie and diuelish Lyingnes and the Self-will of the earthlie Man with the Wisdome of the Fleash raigne or beare-sway therouer 9. Therfore be now ashamed â O yee Children of the Fleash which presentlie are so goodthinkingwise that your Heartes Will and Thoughtes stande so peruerslie minded against the God of Life and his Trueth and against the Requiringe and Ordinaunce of his Seruice of Loue and that yee will alwayes â with your Knowledge and fleashlie Mindes beare-swaye aboue the holie Spirit of Loue and his godlie Testimonies · and â according to the Imagination of your Knowledge raigne ouer his Wisdome 10. OH I cannot wonder sufficientlie at thissame Blindnes of Men which notwithstandinge â through the false Light looke so highlie or are so farre seeinge in their Knowledge and especiallie that the Man is â in all so voide of vnderstanding that hee alwayes â according to the Insight of his Knowledge cleaueth-vnto and loueth the Basest for the Best the Vnpurest for the Bewtifullest the Consumeable for the Euerlasting and the Earthlie for â or insteed-of the Heauenlie 11. O ignorant blockish earthlie Man How grose art thou become of Vnderstanding that thou â—… like Esau sellest or geeuest-ouer thy Birth-right for any-thinge wherafter thou sufferest thee to lust and eauenso losest the Blessinge of Isaac and the Inheritaunce of the heauenlie Bewtie 12. Yea ther is yeat one thinge that maketh mee exceedinglie and much-more to wonder namelie that manye good-thinkinge Spirites or earthlye Men are now waxen so presumpteous-bolde and arrogant of Heart that they â with a fleashlie and wicked Nature and lying Beeinge and with their vnrenewed or vngodded Heartes busie themselues or take vpon them to iudge the godlie Matiers and the Sentences of the holie Scriptures 13. PHy on thee â thou wicked Nature of the earthlie Man which art so impudent or arrogant that thou sparest not â with thy earthlie Knowledge to sett thy-self to Iudgment for to geeue-sentence of the godlie Matiers and dost not â first-of-all iudge thyself and what thou art 14. If therfore thou ceasse not from thy wicked Workes and from thy Iudging of God-his Matiers which doubtles thou vnderstandest not and forthatcause also iudgest those-same falslie nor yet beare anye Sorrowe for thesame nor repent thee therof but bide boldlie by thy false Iudgmentes So will then verelie the Woord of the Cursse yea all the Cursses which stande writen in the Booke of the Lawe of the Lorde proceede and be executed against thee now in thissame Daye of the Loue of the righteous IudgmeÌ„t of God to thy vtter Rooting-out and eternall Condemnation The XI Chap. â—…Thou false Seede thou adoulterous Generation of the earthlie Man Thou which hast inhabited the Earth with Vnrighteousnes · iudged it falslie with thy Lyes · seduced the Simple · oppressed the Littleones · murdered the Holyones of God · and spilt or shead the vngiltie innocent or simple Bloud vpon the Earth Looke to it what will now com vpon thee and how that the Day of thy Rewardinge â wherin all thy Wickednes shall be recompensed thee is harde-at-hande yea euen in the Doore 2. Yea all the Destruction that is fore-spoken according to the mentioninge of the Scriptures to com vpoÌ„ thee will now â in thissame Day with much Calamitie Angwish and Smart fall vpon thee And I HN â on the behalfe of all the Holyones of God and Christ which thou hast murdered without iust cause eauen from the Beginning vntill thissame Day will also waige the Lawe with thee and paint-out or figure-fourth thy Wicked-actes before thine Eyes 3. Yea I will â with the Power of my God be vpon thy necke also require at thy hande the Bloud of all the Innocent or Vngiltie and trauerse the matier or waige the Lawe with thee whether thy cause be right or wronge before the true Iudgment of my God. 4. I will not ceasse nor keepe-scilence â through the Spirit of Iesu Christ my Sauiour before the Iudgment of God and the Iudgment-seate of Christ â with Accusation against thee for all thy Vnrighteousnes and Falshod vntill such time as thy Dominion be brought-downe · thy Memoriall vtterlie rootedout from the Earth · and thy Portion had for thee in the Bottomles-pitt which is prepared for Thee and all wicked Spirites 5. Yea from hence-fourth in the Brekinge-thorowe of this Daie of the Loue â which Day is the tocominge Immortalitie nether thy Ware or Marchandice nor yet thy deadlie Venim out of the false Selfwisdom of the Fleash â wherwith thou hast vsed and practised thy Deceit vpon the Earth and forne so longe thy Dominion
her Seruice whoâ—…lie geeueth-ouer himself vnder the Maiestie of God and cauenso â without any peruerse Thoughtes loueth the vpright and godlie Beeinge By such-a-one thesame shall likewise certenlie appeere and â in the Expressing of his Deede be verie-well perceaued 5. For to those-same vpright Heartes â which walke obedientlie in the Doctrine of the gratious Woord and Seruice of Loue and shewe all Faithfulnes thervnto it is graunted to vnderstaÌ„d in their Spirit â accordinge to the heauenlie Trueth of the vpright Beeinge the Misterie of the Kingdom of the God of Heauens wherthrough they make-manifest the Powers of the Holie-gost and the Testimonies of his liuinge Waters which flowe â at that time from the Bodie of their Spirit and reach â—…auen vnto the euerlasting Life 6. But the Straungers â which walke with-out the Famelie of Loue or deale falslie therwith tast not the louelie Beeing of the spirituall and heauenlie Goods For they vnderstand nor knowe not thesame any otherwise but according to an earthly and fleashlie Beeinge For earthlie and fleashlie are â—…ll their Mindes and Thoughtes 7. BVt â alas this cannot an earthlie Man â which trulie is alwayes nothinge but fleashlie minded comprehend nor vnderstand yet will hee neuerthelesse alwayes go-on with his lyinge earthlie and fleashlie Mindes and iudge eauenso the spirituall and heauenlie Vnderstandinges therout For-that-cause hee cannot haue any Lust nor beare any Loue towardes the True Spirituall and Heauenlie but well towardes the Lyinge Earthlie and Fleashlie wherout hee likewise as it is right-well to be perceaued bringeth-fourth nothing-els but the Woorkes of the Fleash and of the lyinge Beeinge 8. But a spirituall Man is clothed with the Spirit of God and the Trueth For that cause hee is also according to the Trueth spirituallie minded His Fourth-goinge and the Lust of his Woorkes is â in all to the Fruites of the holie Gost for to bringe-fourth thosesame out of the Spirit of God and so to publish or declare-fourth the Kingdom of God and his Righteousnes 9. For hee knoweth â out of the secreat Misterie of the Kingdom of God how to discerne and distinct the spirituall Goods according to the heauenlie Trueth or holie Vnderstandinge to-weet that hee sheweth declareth an expresse Difference betwixt the Earthlie and the Heauenlie and betwixt the Lying and the True the which to all earthlie vnregenerated Men â with all their Industrie and Prudentie is a thinge vnpossible The XIII Chap. SEeing now that Gods Wonderful-woorkes the Spirit of his Power the Misterie of his Kingdom of Heauen is knowen and vnderstanded onlie of the heauenlie spirituall Man So hath not an earthlie and fleashlie Man â out of his naturall scripture learned Vnderstandinge anye Sight nor Knowledg at-all therof Yea hee is so vtterlie voide of thesame that hee cannot vnderstande the smallest Title therof · much-lesse theÌ„ expound or interpreate thesame â according to the Trueth vnto an other 2. But hee may well heare witnessed therof â accordinge to the manlie maner through the seruiceable or writen Woorde and also speake-fourth thesame againe afterwardes but through himself or out of his owne Vnderstanding hee vnderstandeth not anythinge at-all of thesame accordinge to the Trueth but it is all couered and secreat before him or in Similitudes Images Figures and Parables For that cause hee cannot likewise â out of his owne Wisdom once conceaue nor comprehend in his Knowledge what thesame â accordinge to the Trueth is in the godlie Beeinge 3. If hee therfore will iudge speake-fourth and interprete anythinge therof according to the ImaginatioÌ„ of his owne Knowledg So is it all â doubtles false and Lyes what hee both conceaueth and also speaketh therof wherout it becometh knowen that a fleashlie Man â out of his naturall Vnderstanding knoweth not anything at-all of the Spirit of God and that it is all Foolishnes what hee iudgeth or speaketh therof 4. Verelie therfore they all do erre very much that iudge according to their Vnderstandinge â out of the earthlie Beeinge or out of the Fleash or Letter God-his Trueth â which is heauenlie and spirituall and his Wonderful-actes whether it be of that which is passed · or of that which is present · or of that which is to come or take vpon them to discusse thesame and will teach instruct or order the ignorant People according to their Iudgment 5. For verelie God 's Trueth and his Workes â which Hee worketh not through any fleashlie Vnderstanding but through the Power of his Spirit out of his holie Heauen are farre aboue all Vnderstandinges of the Fleash Yea not anyone of all the Children of Men can â through his naturall Vnderstandinge out of Bloud comprehend nor vnderstand thesame nor yet finde-out the grounde therof 6. Therfore suerlie God-his Trueth the excellent Bewtie of his heauenlie KingdoÌ„ and his godlie and heauenlie Woorkes are vnknowen vnto all Fleash and vnto all fleashlie earthlie Men But it is geeuen vnto the Children of the Kingdom Ø›the Communialtie of the Loue to vnderstande the secreat Misterie therof 7. IT is likewise â verelie a great Follie vpon the Earth yea a presumpteous and arrogant Enterprise or Dealinge â which is also vtterlie without all Equitie and resonable Vnderstanding that the earthlie and fleashlie Men sett themselues to Iudgment for to iudge â out of their naturall Comprehending and Industrie or out of their scrip turelie Learnednes according to the Fleash the spirituall Trueth of God and God-his heauenlye Wonderfull-actes wherof ther is not anything atall geeuen them to vnderstande wherin they all â with their Vnderstandinges runne to an Ende Yea they com so to an Ende or growe to such an exigent therin that they knowe not ofteÌ„times where to catch or take-holde-of thesame againe 8. But many are heerin very arrogantlie-minded For when-as they â with their Vnderstanding are runne-to-an-ende in the godlie Matiers to-weet that they haue not nor cannot comprehend nor vnderstand thosesame aright Yet perseuer they notwithstanding searching ther-after and prosecutinge or ensuinge thesame with their Imagination of the Knowledge they will neuerthelesse alwayes be iudged to haue right Yea they wolde much-rather iudge Moses the Propheates of God together with the Appostles of Christ and God-his elected Minister HN to erre or misse the right then that they wolde â by anye meanes confesse and acknowledge that they â in the Imagination of their Knowledge concerninge the godlie Matiers are ignorant and lyinge The XIIII Chap. O Yee blinde People yee arrogant distraught earthlie Men and all yee subtill or pregnant Self-wise of the Fleash together with all yee false Heartes of the Scripture-learned yee Cainish Ceremonie-ministers and yee Persecuters and Murderers of the Abelish vpright Heartes Wherfore exalte yee yourselues so arrogantlie against the high-excellent Maiestie of God and his righteous Iudgment Consider and looke yet-once into it what