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A90622	A discovery of the priests, that say they are sent off by the Lord, but upon trial are found out of the commands of Christ, the prophets, and Apostles, and to be those that are not sent of the Lord, but to be such that the sent ones of the Lord did cry wo against, and to be such that are false apostles, deceitful, wicked, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ: and no marvail, for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light; therefore it is no great thing, if his ministers be transformed as the ministers of righteousness, ... With a few words to such professors and prophane, that together joyn to persecute the righteous: and to the ranters that do commit all manner of sins with greediness. Darkness denied by the children of Light, and the babe of Christ growing up to a perfect man. / Written from one who is known to the world by the name of John Pain, who accounts it great riches to suffer reproaches, and afflictions with the people of the Lord, who scornfully by the world are called Quakers, ... Written from Starford in Hartford-shire the 7. day of the 4. month. 1655.	Pain, John, shoemaker.	1655 (1655)	Wing P188; Thomason E848_22; ESTC R203094	39,396	39

liars proud ones scoffers and scorners sons of Ishmael sons of the bondwoman yea the sinners in Sion shall mourn fear shall surprise the hypocrite therefore think not the word of the Lord strange in these our dayes it is that I have prayed for it is that I did believe would come and now my eyes hath seen and my heart hath felt the power of the Lord ye the enemies that are now against it have prayed for it which of you but have prayed for it which of you but have prayed Thy Kingdom come but now it is coming you speak all manner of evil of it Mat. 24.29 30 31 32 33. Know the day of your visitation for it is such a work of power that doth break down the earth that nothing shall stand but that which cannot be shaken that his will may be done on earth as it is in heaven perfectly The Lord is now coming to shut the seeing eye and to open the blind eye Is not now the time that the spirit of a deep sleep hath closed the eyes of the prophets although the signs of Christs coming the second time without sin into the world be made manifest yet they see it not Is not the vision of all become as a sealed book is not the Lord turning Leabnon into a fruitful field Luk. 12.49 51 52.53.56 and the fruitful field into a Forrest and they know it not Consider where you are are you not like those that dream that you are satisfied and behold you are empty is not night upon you that you cannot see the wonders of the Lord which he doth now make manifest but what is manifest amongst you fruites of persecution fruites of pride fruits of covetuousness these fruits of the flesh are made manifest O repent return to your first husband for these are the fruites of the adulterer and the whoregoing from the light into darkness Return return to the light in your consciences that doth convince of sin that doth discover the thoughts intents of the heart this light is pure and leads into purity and holiness Isa 29.13 14. Hath not the Lord been a long time drawn nigh to with the lip when the heart is far from him Hath not the fear towards him been taught by the precepts of man therefore behold saith the Lord I will do a marvellous work and a wonder the wiseman shall perish and the understanding of the prudent shall be hid but the deaf shall hear and the eye of the blind shall see out of obscurity now is this promise fulfilled and fulfilling and now hath the Lord chose Pastors according to his own heart that shall feed his people with knowledge according to his promise Now is the day of the Lord that he hath sent forth his messengers as Lambes amongst the Wolves counting not their lives too dear to fulfill the work the Lord hath sent them forth to do but leaving all for Christs house that durst not be disobedient o the call of the Lord nor consult with flesh Gal. 1.16 which would save it self but many leaving father and mother lands and livings wife and children for love of the pretious seed of God that is kept in bondage groaning for deliverance and many a one through the Ministry of the Lord in them can witness a living soul redeemed out of death to praise the living Lord are not these the signs of the true Ministery of Christ when the Apostles were counted deceivers by the false Apostles and the rest some that were professors How did he clear himself when they did seek a proof of his Ministery He saith in you ward I was not weak but is mighty in you this mighty power many hundreds can witness bringing down their high thoughts and words to the obedience of Jesus Christ many drunkards and swearers many formal professors many high flown notionists are brought to the obedience of the cross which hath crucified them to the world and the world to them this is the proof of the despised Ministry which is despised of the world but owned by those more deare then their lives that doth imbrace it for those that are joyned to the Lord by their Ministery received from the Lord are Epistles write in one anothers heart this leads into unity this leads into honor in that which is pure every member in the body serving one another in love watching one over the other the strong bearing with the weak and here is no rent schisme but every one in their measures growing up to the father of lights who doth make his all of one heart and one minde they have fellowship one with the other in that which is not of the world but leads out of the world up to God leads into the light of God therefore silence you enemies stand still in the light of Christ which will crucifie you to the world and the world to you and you shall see the salvation of the Lord as many a one hath done praises praises be to the Lord for ever Friends consider the wonderful works of the Lord be not despisers and wonderers and perish but know the Lord will do his own work by his own Instruments though never so despised for the preaching of the cross to them that perish is foolishnes but unto us which are saved it is the power of God The Jews do require a sign the Greeks seek after wisdom but we preach Christ crucified unto the Jews a stumbling block and unto the Greeks foolishness the Jews had thoughts that the Lord would have chosen the great and mighty and the honorable of the world the learned Scribes and Pharisees and that he would advance an earthly Kingdom but did the Lord chuse such no but poor Fishermen Herdsmen and Tradesmen and men unlearned as Peter and John were The same Christ is now as ever and did ascend on high to give gists unto men for the work of the Ministry and this is to last to the end of the world And who art thou proud flesh that would limit the Holy one of Israel doth not the winde blow where it listeth doth the spirit of truth that leads into all truth and knows things to come confine it selfe to one particular sort of men no know it doth not the Lord hath made himself manifest and hath discovered that false spirit there hath been much contending about the call of the Ministry and writing and preaching one against the other all like Diotrephes loving to have preheminence but now hath the Lord fully ended that controversie But the world will not see it but they shall at last own it and they shall know Joh. 3.9 10. The wind bloweth where it listeth but you Priests how little hath this winde blown upon your Garden for this many years that the spices thereof flow out Can you beloved as you say come into his Garden and eat his pleasant fruits Are not the Grapes of his Vineyard devoured by the Foxes

chosen by them as Bishops but as Presbyters And were not those the like might not those that were chosen by them have said the same as you do but is your Presbytery now or was it then as it was in the Apostles dayes 1 Tim. 4.14 you have got the form of the thing but where is the life and power either of your choyce of Ministers or other Officers Do you give the gift with the laying on of the hands of the Presbytery as those did if you had there would not have been so many cast out for their filthiness as there was but then Ministers and other Officers were chose by the Holy Ghost Act. 13.2 3 4. and then offenders were cast out by the spirit of the Lord and then Ministers were separated to that work by the Spirit not by man nor by the will of man but by God 1 Tim. 1.12 I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who hath enabled me for that he counted me faithful 1 Cor. 5.4 puting me into the Ministery See from whence you are faln and repent and turn to the Lord and yet you are exalted and you are those that the world wonders after crying you up for the onely Ministers of Christ chose by man and approved by man but out of the example of Christ as hath been proved before Do you not make the Universities the two fountains and springs for to send forth godly and able Ministers and Magistrates that out of them may proceed plants to plant the Church and State withall Is not this your prayer many times do you not here limit the holy one of Israel and confine him to your wills but such as the fountain is such are the streams and if ever any come to be called by Christ to the work of the Ministery which hath been at those fountaines they do deny the streams of human inventions as many in this land do and hath done knowing they were never made for no such use nor end but stand directly against Christ and the commands of Christ Beware saith the Apostle lest any man spoile you through Philosophy and vain deceit Col. 2.8 after the tradition of men after the rudiments of the world and not after Christ for in him dwelleth all the Godhead bodily and ye are compleat in him which is the head of all principality and power Here is the Saints fulness in Christ and their compleatness in Christ Christ being made to them of God wisdom righteousness sanctification and redemption and so need no other wisdom to be taught by 1 Cor. 1.30 nor doth it teach by any other but all his people are taught by him and so they are established in sure peace not carried about with the cunning shiftes of men whereby they may lye in wait to deceive but speaking the truth in the love it they grow up into him in all things which is the head even Christ and so the Church comes to know the manifold wisdom of God which is hid from the Learned of the world but revealed to babes Come lay all your Crowns down at the feet of Jesus and let him that thinkes himself wise become a fool that he may be made wise for worldly wisdom is ●●nity against God for the world by wisdom doth not know God from that eye it is hid never to be revealed and exalt not thy self above thy fellow members but know the same light that doth enlighten the eye the same light doth enlighten the whole body fitly joyned together 1 Cor. 12.12 20 25. and compacted by that which every joynt supplieth according to the effectual working in the measure of every part maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of it self in love and so here is no schisme in the body Here is not one member seeks preheminence above another but he that would be greatest let him be servant to the body Is this your practice no it is to the contrary do not you Lord it over Gods heritage as if you and onely you did know the mind of the Lord Eph 4.15 16. and if any man doth not take that for truth which you do deliver or shall object against it such a one is a dangerous fellow he is running into sects and Ichisme and hypocrisie but you make a trade of your preaching and should it be questioned how you came into the Ministery your gain would be loss which you do receive of the world for your preaching but know the Lord is come to pluck the skin of the lambe off the back of the wolfe that he may appear to be so Col. 2.19 that men may be no longer deceived by you that profess you sollow the example of Christ but upon trial are found to be one with the world entered into the world and the world into you and so are at peace one with the other but the Lord God of power is breaking your peace that Christ alone may reign in his Temple Therefore beware you Priests of the world how you uphold that which the Lord will destroy least you be found fighters against God but the Priests ever laboured to have the power of the world on their sides O the running and riding the plotting and contriving by the Priests to chuse a person that will side with them and their interest what meetings and prayings what stirring up of the people to joyn with them all along with petitioning and fighting witness many both in Scotland and England to drive on their interest these things are manifest and yet would be counted the Ministers of Christ was this their example are not all the wayes of the Lord hid from you are your desires fulfilled you have asked and received not because you ask amiss ye kill and desire to have and cannot obtain that you might consume it upon your lusts I have heard many of you say the Lord was in the cloud that you could not see him his wayes were very dark to you yea they were and so they are still in the land of Egypt there is darkness but in the land of Goshen there is light Did ever Christ or the Apostles petition for aid for the Gospel Jam. 4.2 3 4. but this is your trade and by this comes in your gain that makes you so bestir you you do not remember that Christ will be with his to the end of the world and will never leave his sheep without a shepherd Amos. 3.7 8. but the Lord will have his Gospel preached to the end of the world though nothing but persecution prisoning killing or what ever Did ever the Gospel flourish more then by persecution Amos 8.11 12. and were not alwayes the faithful witnesses of the Lord persecuted by the world and worldly professors Thus it is now and hath been in all ages were not the true prophets counted the troublers of Israel Act. 24.5 Were not the Apostles counted the pestilent fellows and ringleaders of Sects and not fit for

cannot lye it is the spirit of truth and leads into all truth and it abideth with his for ever and is the same as ever was and is infallible Now as ever this thou didst deny and didst say thou hadst not the infallible spirit of Paul the spirit I told thee was but one in all the Saints and if thou hadst not that infallible spirit thy spirit I did deny thou didst stand for to maintain it by Argument and I gave the Bible to prove it there but thou didst not but thou didst say thou couldst do it but it must then be by some new Scripture of thy own making by that fallible spirit of thine the old Scripture that was given forth by the infallible spirit will not do it but that witnesseth and I witness with it against thee that this denying thou hast not the spirit that gave forth the Scriptures and art no Minister of Christ And here I charge thee to have a false spirit 1 Joh. 4.1 for thou not having the same spirit that gave forth the Scripture then another and so a false spirit and a spirit of evil and here thy spirit is tryed as the Scripture saith Try the spirits and it is found to be a seducing eye leading from the anointing in the Saints which is infallible and knows no difference between the infallible spirit of God in man and mans own spirit which is fallible but the anointing which ye hath received of him abideth in you and ye need not that any man teach you but as the same anointing teacheth you all things and is truth and is no lye and even as it hath taught you ye shall abide in him that spirit that doth draw away any from this anointing is the spirit of eror and the fallible spirit that the false Prophets ever had to oppose the infallible spirit where it was manifest thou didest then tell me thou hadst admonished me twice and told me the danger that was like to follow Joh. 2.2 to 28. for thou didst say I was now grown obstinate and then didst tell me an Heretick after the first and second admonition thou wast to reject but thou not having the infallible spirit that gave forth the Scripture Thy casting me out I do not regard they are nothing to me they will not enter they were not words spake forth from the life as may be known by them One of the times thou didst call me Coxcomb and the other time thou didst say we were a company of fools such admonitions were not given by the Apostles but these words came from thy fallible spirit for the spirit of truth saith He that calleth his brother fool Mat. 5.2 is in danger of hell fire And the infallible spirit saith Let no corrupt communication proceed out of your mouthes Eph. 4.2 30. but such as may Minister grace to the hearers but thy spirit will say any thing thy tongue is thy own Judge now you that are his hearers are you like to profit by such a one that cannot refrain his tongue from speaking evil and such are in the heresie Thou didst say he that was an heretick thou wouldst reject and thou didest bid me go away from thee thou wouldest have nothing to do with me nor speak no more with me when after that thou didst speak many words more to me which I told thee of and did ask thee wherefore thou didst do so when thou saidst thou would speak no more to me here was the lye found in thy mouth And thou didst bid me have a care of the Churches power for what they bound in earth was bound in heaven thou art under that Church power but for the power of your Church your curse and your blessing all is one as was made manifest in Scotland when our Army went into the Land there was curse upon curse excommunication one after another See your Churches power or rather your blindness to curse those the Lord will bless and did bless your curses and theirs Num. is like to Balaams curses all off one power they are the instruments as they are in your hands of foolish shepherds though Church-power I do own and wo be to that that is under their censure that must be given to Sathan that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord but this is done by the infallible spirit in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ When you are rathered together 1 Cor. 5.4 5 and my spirit with the power of the Lord Jesus Christ to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the flesh that the spirit may be saved in the day of the Lord. But Pauls infallible spirit is denyed by you and your Churches censures denyed by me The Babe in Christ growing up to a perfect man Heb. 5.13 Eph. 4.13 He that hath the Son hath this witness in him THe heresies that thou did cast me our for were these 1. That I did hold perfection in this life A state of perfection I would have proved there was and I did take the Bible so for to do but thou didst take it out of my hand and did knock it many times together as if thou hadst not been thy self and would not suffer me for to speak Joh. 3.6 but thou said thou would stand for the truth against all the Hereticks in the world and maintain it that there was no perfection in this life 1 Cor. 15.47 48 49. That which was given forth from the infallible spirit will prove it that which is born of the flesh is flesh and that which is born of the spirit is spirit the first man of the earth earthly the second man is the Lord from heaven as is the earthly Joh. 1.13 such are those that are earthly and as is the heavenly such are they also that are heavenly which were born not of blood John 3.3 nor of the will of man but of God the first birth is of the earth and is earthly and shall never enter into the kingdom except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God but being born again not of corruptible seed but of incorruptible seed by the word of God which liveth and abideth for ever this is the new birth that maketh the new man and this new man is created in righteousness and holiness after the similitude of him that did create him 1 Pet. 1.23 and this new man is perfect yea know that whosoever is born of God sinneth not but he that is begotten of God keepeth himself and the wicked one reacheth him not This is the new mans state of perfection which is the state of life and nothing that is not perfect shall never enter the kingdom no unclean thing shall enter that which is not perfect is not clean 1 Joh. 5.18 and here thou hast shewed thy self to be ignorant of the perfect state of the Saints and yet thou will say thy self there is a

made you manifest that these are works of darkness proceeding from darkness and will end in darkness O the deceit of some of the chief professors in the Town of Starfford when there come one into their place of meeting to declare against the Priests deceit before they did know what was spoken she was haled out by these professors which were then officers and was led by them to the Cage and there she did sit seven hours where she was pissed on and spit on by those bruites of Starfford 2 Thess 1.4 5 6 7 8. these professors knowing of it which they did tell me did grieve their hearts for to see and about two or three of the clock did come to my house to me to know whether I would receive her and I did tell them I would but they went away and did not bring her tell six of the clock at night here was the deceit of you made manifest had it grieved your hearts as you said it did Why did not you sooner release her but the double hearted man God will judge Know that mercy to your fellow creature had been better then sacrifice but thus is the heart made manifest that it may be known by the fruits of it The next day she was carried to a Justice thinking to lase her in prison but when they came there they had none to accuse her thus was their folly made manifest She came a second time to their meeting where she was haled out like a dog and the officers did turn her out of the grave-yard to the mercies of the heathen who rent her and did tear her pulling her head tire oft pulling her by the hair of the head and throwing her down in the street as she passed along to come to a friends house which is nigh half the quarter of a mile from the steeple house howling and shouting at their fellow creature was it not your office to see the peace kept that these bruites might not make a prey of her had not a stranger which was at our meeting took her part and rescued her from the violence of those heathen what he could he did see no other but they would have killed her Be ashamed that ever such wickedness should be suffered in a town professing Christ you Magistrates had warning to deal justly to love mercy to walk humbly with the Lord not to respect the persons of men in judgement but to deal righteously according to that righteous Law of God in the conscience was this a righteous act of yours to leave your fellow creature to the mercy of the heathen Take counsel together and it shall come to nought speak the word and it shall not stand for God is with us Oh all people will walke in the name of his God and we will walk in the name of the Lord our God for ever and ever Micha 4.6 DARKNESSE Denyed by the CHILDREN OF LIGHT IN the fourth moneth upon the sixth day of the moneth I went to John Pains house of Starford to know of him if he did not receive a letter of mine that was sent me from Cambridge from James Blackly Justice of the peace and he said he had none of it but James Blackly asked the Coachman that did bring it and he said it was delivered to Mr. Pain Minister of Starford his name being the same with mine both of us being named John Pain but if he had or hath it and doth deny it it is his deceit this was the cause of my going to his house And then when I was there with him he did begin with me about some words that I did say to him about the publike Ministery as it doth now stand the National Ministery that I did say the spirit of the Lord in their Ministery was departed from them that they should not convert one soul more to the Lord by their Ministery which thing was true I did so say to him and so I shall do still and the fruites of it shall appear more and more as they stand contrary to the commands of Christ they shall not as is proved they do they that neither follow the example of Christ Prophet nor Apostles they shall not profit the people their preaching is like the blood of a dead man as is manifest they have the form of truth but the power is denyed by them and so the power is not made manifest among them for this many yeers but this power was by thee denied for thou did tell me thou hadst not the infallible spirit of Paul if not that spirit J then another the spirit in the Saints is but one in all and is the spirit of truth that leads into all truth and shews things to come even the spirit of truth Joh. 14.17 whom the world cannot receive because it seeth him not neither knoweth him but we know him for had welleth with us and shall be in us and this spirit is the same as ever this spirit was in Paul in the Prophets in the Saints that ever were or ever shall be From this spirit was the Scripture gave forth and none but the spirit can reveal the Mysteries of God in them for no man doth know the things of God but the Spirit of God and he to whom the Spirit of God doth reveal them and he that hath not the Spirit of Christ is note of his and this spirit is the spirit of Revelation now in the Saints and no man knows any thing as he ought to know it but what is revealed by the spirit 1 Cor. 2.11 It is recorded in Scripture that the Spirit beareth witness with our spirits Rom. 8.9 that we are the sons of God How doth it witness but by revealing to our spirits 〈◊〉 it is so This is the earnest of our inheritance this is the intrance into the everlasting kingdom for there none of our names after the flesh are set down but this maketh known the white stone and the new name which no man doth know but those that do receive it and this spirit of revelation and the Apostle pray for for the Church of the Ephesians that the God and father of our Lord Jesus Christ the father of 〈◊〉 may 〈◊〉 unto ●ou the spirit of wisdom and revelation in the knowledge of him Eph. 1.17 18. Eph. 4.4 5 6. and 〈◊〉 man 〈◊〉 the ●●ther but 〈◊〉 Son and he to whom the Son doth reveal him so revelations are not ceased as might be proved by many places of the Scripture yea I witness against all gain-sayers that Scripture fulfilled in me Joh. 16.13 That he will shew you things to come This I witness is truth and many with me will witness the same these things are hid from wise men and revealed to babes the weak things of the world confound the strong and might glory be to thy name for ever and ever 1 Cor. 12.13 This spirit is in all his Saints and this spirit is infallible it

state of death and a state of life the state of death is imperfection there it lyeth the state of life is perfect and in perfection that lieth And this was Pauls Ministery and that which he did preach warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom that he may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus Col. 1.28 and this was the end of the sending forth of the Ministery for the perfecting of the Saints There are Babes in Christ in their growth and measure attained are the children of God for they are begotten by the immortal seed of God partakers of the Divine nature which liveth and abideth for ever there are young men in Christ and there are fathers and according to the measure that every one hath attained so let him walk but the state of all those is a perfect state Eph. 4.12 13. it is a state of life but the old man that is begotten by the will of man is not perfect but he that is in Christ Jesus is a new creature old things are passed away and all things are become new Here is cleansing our selves from all filthiness of the flesh and spirit perfecting holiness in the fear of the Lord this state this new birth is witnessed by those that know the Lord though by you denyed and called heresie this is the seed of God that cannot sin this is the perfect state 2 Cor. 7.1 this seed of God dwelleth in the Saints this is their new birth from carnal to spiritual the translation from death to life by this life they know the Lord and by this life are joyned to the Lord and he that is joyned to the Lord is one spirit with the Lord and so the Church is called Christ 1 Cor. 12.12 and is the temple of the Lord which is holy and the Lord will dwell in them and walk in them and will be their God and they shall be his people and for this cause we faint not 2 Cor. 6.16 but though our outward man perish yet the inward man is renewed day by day which is the perfect man These are they that are not defiled with women for they are Virgins these are they that follow the Lamb wheresoever he goeth Rev. 12.4 5. these were redeemed from among men being the first fruites unto God and to the Lambe and in their mouth was found no guile for they are without fault before the throne Can. 4.7 there is no spot in them they are all faire beloved of the Lord. Thou didst tell me Paul did complain of a body of sin all his life long I told thee there was a time he did there was a time he did witness the putting off the body of sin and thou didst say to me he did not and didst tell me it was heresie See what the declaration of truth saith against thy heresie Col. 2.11 in whom ye are Circumcised with the Circumcision made without hands in putting off the body of the sins of the flesh by the circumcision of Christ Rom. 6. chapter vers 6. Knowing that the old man is crucified with him that the body of sin might be destroyed for this end was the Son of God made manifest to destroy the works of Satan Joh. 3.8 3. I did tell thee the Saints habitation was in God thou didst it deny and didst say it was a new word to thee it is so but the infallible spirit saith Col. 3.3 4. 1 Joh. 4.15 16. whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God God dwelleth in him and he in God and he that dwelleth in God Job 17.21 and God in him where the Saints doth dwell there is his habitation For ye see your calling brethren how that not many wise men after the flesh not many mighty not many noble are called but God hath chosen the foolish things of the world to confound the wise and God hath chosen the weak things of the world to confound the things that are mighty 1 Cor. 1.26 27. I would desire thee if thou wilt answer any thing that is here against thee said to answer it in plainness of speech by writting or some other way that I may know of it and not to speak in thy Pulpit against heresie but prove none and if thou knowest any heresie by me that I now do hold make it manifest name what it is and that day thou hast a mind so for to do send for me do it not when I am absent and I shall give thee the hearing and answer to such things as thou shalt object against me He that hath an ear to hear let him hear what the spirit saith he that overcometh shall not be hurt of the second death Rev. 2.11 John Payne Shoomaker living in Bishopstarford FINIS