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A79860	A cloud of vvitnesses: with whom I also appear to bear testimony, that Christ Jesus is the word of God, and not the Bible which is called the Scriptures. For which the word the prophets, apostles, and servants of the Lord, obeying, and bearing their testimony thereunto, have suffered by all generations of men, cruel mockings, stripes, bonds, and imprisonments, by the Egyptians, Philistians, Babylonians, Caldeans, idolaters, back-sliders, Roman Papists, and in generall, the heathen that know not Christ Jesus to be the word of the Lord. ... / Written by him, who is known by the name of Henry Clark.	Clark, Henry, 17th cent.	1656 (1656)	Wing C4452; Thomason E872_2; ESTC R206562	39,859	39

his right Eye his Arm shall be clean dried up Zach. ●● 17 and his right Eye shall be utterly darkned Read your portion you Idol-shepherds of England who say the Scripture is the Word of the Lord John 1 1.1● which testifieth contrary to your saying that Christ Jesus is the Word and the Word is God which is as a fire Fifthly The Word of the Lord is like a Hammer that breaketh the Rocks in pieces and the Rocks are thrown down by it Jer. 23.29 Nah. 1.6 Jer. 10 10.1● Hearken all you who have made your faces harder then a Rock and refuse to return to the Lord that made you and have made your hearts as an Adamant-stone lest ye should hear the Law from the pure Law-giver Christ Jesus by him shall ye be broken to pieces as with a Rod of Iron and dashed in pieces like a potters vessel The Lord the true God the living God and an everlasting King at his wrath the earth shall tremble and the Nations shall not abide his indignation he hath made the earth by his power he established the world by his wisdome and stretched out the heaven by his understanding he saith of the portion of Iacob thou art my battel Ax and the weapons of war Lament 3.24 Psal 16.5 119.57 Matt. 22.43 44 45. Jer. 51.15 19 20 21 22 23. And David said The Lord is my portion and the lot of mine inheritance and again he said Thou art my portion O Lord. Christ is Lord and David called him so The Lord said unto my Lord and this Lord is Iacobs portion whom the Lord said By thee will I break in pieces the Nations and with thee will I destroy Kingdomes and with thee wil I break in pieces the Horse and his Rider and with thee will I break in pieces the chariot and his Rider with thee also will I break in pieces man and woman and with thee wil I break in pieces young man and old and with thee wil I break in pieces the young man and the maid Hearken you priests of England who are called Ministers and say the Scripture is the Word of God but the Word of the Lord is invisible and cannot be seen with your carnall eyes and by it wil the Lord break in pieces the Shepherd and his Flock Ezek. 34.8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15. and he will gather his Flock from your mouthes and it shall become no longer a prey unto you and he will feed his sheep upon the mountains of Israel and lead them to the stil waters and he will likewise break in pieces the husbandman and his yoke of Oxen and with thee will I break in pieces saith the Lord the Captains and Rulers Matt. 10 34. Luke 12.51 52 53. and said Christ Think not that I am come to send peace on the earth I am not come to send peace but a sword to make division for from henceforth there shall be five in one house divided three against two and two against three the Father shall be divided against the Son and the Son against the Father the Daughter against the Mother and the Mother against the Daughter the Mother-in-Law against the daughter-in-Daughter-in-Law and where the Word of the Lord comes Heb. 4.13 Psal 139.1 2 3 4. it seperates and divides asunder Paul said that the Word of God is quick and powerfull and sharper then any two-edged-sword piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit and of the joints and marrow and it is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart and this David witnessed and said O Lord thou hast searched me and known me thou understandest my thoughts afar off and art acquainted with all my wayes Sixthly The VVord of the Lord is very pure said David therefore thy servant loveth it Psal 119.140 Isa 40.8 c. 1 Pet. 1.23 John 15.3 17 17. 1 Thess 5.23 Isa 9.6 1 John 1.7 Eph. 5.25 26 27. 1 Pet. 1.2 Christ Jesus is the same yesterday to day and for ever And Isaiah said The VVord of our God shall stand for ever And Peter said Being born again not of corruptible seed but of incorruptible by the word of God which liveth and abideth for ever the word of the Lord which is pure makes clean said Christ Ye are clean through the word And Paul said the very God of peace sanctifice you wholly Christ Jesus is the mighty God the prince of peace who said Father sanctifie them through thy VVord thy VVord is Truth Christ is Truth the blood of Jesus Christ cleanseth from all sin He loved the Church and gave himself for it that he might sanctifie and cleanse it with the washing of water by the VVord that he might present it to himself a glorious Church not having spot or wrinkle or any such thing but that it should be holy and without blemish holy as he is holy in all manner of conversation and so the Saints of Christ are by the sprinckling of the blood of Iesus Christ made clean from al filthiness and from all Idols saith the Lord wil I cleanse you by the which Will we are sanctified Ezek. 36.25 Heb. 10.14 Heb. 2.11 1 Cor. 6.11 through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all For by one offering he hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified for he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all one for which cause he is not ashamed to call them brethren which brethren do beleeve that they need not go into Purgatory to be cleansed from their sins after death for they know that they are already translated from death to life Rom. 6.18 and have the witness in themselves that although they were filthy John 15.3 yet now they know that they are washed sanctified and justified in the Name of the Lord Iesus Christ and by the spirit of our God and being made free from sin by the Law of the spirit of Life in Christ Jesus are become the servants of Righteousness Seeing said Peter ye have purified your souls in obeying the Truth through the Spirit unto unfeigned love of the Brethren 1 Pet. 1.22 Mat 5.8 see that ye love one another fervently with a pure heart the pure in heart they are blessed and shall see God but no unclean thing shall inherit the kingdom of God for without are Dogs and Sorcerers and Whoremongers and Murderers and Idolaters and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie and out of the kingdome you are 1 Cor. 6.9 i0 Rev. 22.15 and such are you who say you shall never be free from sin in this life For as the tree falls so it shall lye whether it fall to the North or to the South Therefore cleanse your hands you sinners and purifie your hearts you double minded and come to Christ that you may be made clean through the Word and have life Seventhly The Scripture which is visible John 1.2 3. Exod. 20.11

to Bethel and cryed out against the altar in Bethel at the same time that the King stood by the altar and was offering sacrifice upon it Or will you follow the example of a Woman that was of great estimation in Shunem 2 King 6. chap. 1 King 18.4 13 verses that on a time when Elisha came to Shunem she constrained him to turn into her house to eat bread and she said unto her husband behold I know that this is an holy man of God that passeth by us continually let us make him a little Chamber I pray thee and let us set him there a bed and a table and a stoole and a candlestick that he may turn in thither when he cometh to us and it fell on a day that when he came thither he lay there Or will you follow the example of Iezebel who said of Elijah So let the gods do to me and more also if I make not thy life as the life of one of them by to morrow about this time and Iezebel slew the prophets of the Lord Have you followed the example of Ioshua Or do you follow the example of the uncircumcised Philistines who put Sampson in prison and bound him with fetters of brass Have you followed the example of Gideon Or do you follow the example of Zedekiah who at the request of his princes Jeremiah the prophet of God was put in the dungeon Have you followed the example of David a man after Gods own heart who received the message of God by the prophet Nathan who said to the King Thou art the man Or do you not follow the example of Herod the Tetrarch who Iohn Baptist told it is not lawful for thee to have thy Brother Philips wife he sent him to prison Have you followed the example of Hezekiah who said to the Prophet Isajah Good is the word of the Lord which thou hast spoken Or do you not follow the example of Herod the King who when he had killed James with the Sword and saw it pleased the Jews he put Peter the Apostle of Christ in prison and have not some of you put the quakers in prison because you saw it pleased the priests that take tithes and preach for hire and divine for money gifts and rewards Do you follow the example of Jehoshaphat Or have you not followed the example of the Roman Governours and Magistrates who caused Paul and Silas to be whipt and put in the Prison and to be kept safe with their feet made fast in the Stocks Is the same minde in you which was in Christ Jesus who went alwayes about doing good Or are you not in the same nature that the Babylonians and the Chaldeans were in who cast Shadrach Meshek and Abednigo into the fiery Fornace and Daniel into the Lyons Den And seeing that ye have done so much as you have Is there not the same minde in some of you as was in the bloudy Papists in Queen Maries dayes to do as they did if you had but a Law to put that in execution upon those people that are called quakers as they did by the Martyrs And seeing that the Philistines put out Sampsons eyes could not you and the Priests wish that the eyes of those people called quakers were put out that they might neither see to write more nor to go about the land from City to City and from one place to another to cry out against the Priests and false Prophets and the abominations of the Heathen for the which they rage against the Truth and them that do declare it AND now unto all you both Magistrates and people who have acted such things as is before written upon those people which are called quakers To that of God in every one of your Consciences that bears me witness do appeal Are you all Christians as you call your selves or have you acted like Christians The Disciples of Christ were called Christians and they were Christians indeed who did no such things as ye have done Acts 11.26 2 Cor. 5.17 Phil 2.5 2 Pet. 1.4 For I know that if any man be in Christ he is a new Creature and the same minde is in him as was in Christ Jesus and in his measure he is like Christ holy as he is holy meek and lowly dwelling in love and peace doing to all men as he would be done unto himself but I know the blasphemy of them that say they are Jews and are not and the blasphemy of those that say they are Christians and are not but are in the same nature that the Sodomites Egyptians Philistines Babylonians Idolaters and Heathens were in and are doing the same works and committing the same abominations that they committed and yet you would be accounted Christians and think with your selves that you are good Christians But ye are all made manifest and seen with the Light Eph. 5.13 Rom. 6.16 and by the Children of the Light what you are and what you all have done and whom you also serve for his Servants you are whom you obey Whoso committeth sin transgresseth also the Law i John 3.4.8 verses for sin is the transgression of the Law which is holy just and good and written in the heart and he that committeth sin is of the devill for the Devil sinneth from the beginning For this purpose the Son of God was manifested that he might destroy the Works of the Devil Therefore while you have time prize it and repent of the evill of your doings and turn to the Lord God who is gracious merciful and longsuffering and patient in forbearing and hearken to the Word which is nigh you in your heart and in your mouth and obey his Commandments Loving the Lord God with all your hearts with all your souls and your neighbour as your self doing to all men as you would be done unto Christ Jesus is the Light of the World learn of him who is meek and lowly He is the way the truth and the life and no man cometh to the Father but by him and whoso followeth him shall not walk in darkness but shall have the Light of Life therefore if you wil be his Disciples and Christians deny your selves take up the Cross and follow him that you may have life for to as many as receive him and beleeve on his Name to them he gives power to become the Sons of God and the Sons of God are led by the Spirit of God into all Truth and Righteousness Therefore let the Spirit of God guide you to run with cheerfulness the Race that Christ hath set before you despising the shame counting it greater Riches to suffer afflictions with the children of God rather then to injoy the pleasures of sin for a season Therefore let every one that nameth the Name of JESUS depart from iniquity and take not the Name of God in vaine For the feare of the Lord is the beginning of VVisdome Psal 2. i0 ii i2 Exod. 22.21 22 chap.

23.6 7 8. Dulc. 24.17 2 Sam. 23.3 Mic. 6.8 2 Chron. 19.6 7. Therefore you Judges Justices and Rulers all be ye warned of doing any injustice and take heed of vexing oppressing or perverting the Judgement of the Stranger or Widow or Fatherless or perverting the words of the Righteous For he that ruleth over men must be just ruling in the fear of God And ye that judge take heed what you do for ye are not to judge for man but for the Lord who is with you in judgement therefore take heed and do it for he hath shewed thee O man what is good and what the Lord doth require of thee even to do justly and to love mercy and to walk humbly with God Wherefore now let the fear of the Lord be upon you take heed and do it For there is no iniquity with the Lord our God nor respect of persons nor taking of gifts 2 Tim. 1. ● 1●● the Law is not made for a righteous man but for the lawless the unruly and disobedient for the ungodly and for sinners for the unholy and prophane for murderers whoremongers adulterers drunkards cursers swearers lyars perjured persons or any other thing that is contrary to the Law Rom. 12. ● 11 which is h●ly just pure and good Therefore let him that ruleth rule with diligence and be not slothfull in business but fervent in spirit serving the Lord for Rulers ought to be a terrour to the evil doers and a protection to them that do wel Rom. 13.3 4 5. and in so doing he is the Minister of God to them that do good and to them that do evill shall him fear and in so doing he that ruleth beareth not the Sword in vain but he that doth contrary hereunto beareth the Sword in vain and to an account will the Lord God call him for his so ruling and doing unjustly and for bearing the Sword in vain who is coming to judge the secrets of all mens hearts who shall give an account in that day before the Judgement seat of Christ where all men must appear that every one may receive the things done in his body according to that he hath done whether it be good or evill For the same measure that ye have mete to others will the Lord mete to you again with justice for not one sin shall go unpunished Knowing therefore the terrors of the Lord I perswade you and he that hath an eye to see let him see and an ear to hear let him hear and an heart to understand let him consider here is set before you the good works and the evil doers that Rulers ought to be a terror to and a protection to them that do wel But it maybe you will object and say That those men and women that are called quakers which goes about preaching are evill doers viz. sowers of sedition and preachers of new Doctrine and such as creep into houses and lead silly women captive and that they are a people of uncivill behaviour towards their superiors and bette●s and therefore they are not to be protected but punished as evill doers Answ That those who have been alwayes persecutors of the righteous and enemies to the Truth have in all ages in their rage counted the Servants of God to be evil doers sowers of Sedition and preachers of new Doctrine for so Haman he was wrath and full of indignation with Mordecai because Mordecai did not reverence him and Haman said likewise Esth ●●● 5 chap All this meaning his honour availeth me nothing so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting in the Kings gate who would not rise up and bow to him although it was the Kings Command so to do And Haman said of the rest of the Iews that their laws were divers from all people neither said he do they keep the Kings Laws therefore said Haman to the King It is not for the Kings profit to suffer them but if it please the King said Haman let it be written that they may be destroyed and I wil pay ten thousand talents into the hands of those that shall have the charge of the business to bring it into the Kings Treasuries And so likewise the unbelieving Iews which were of Asia said of Paul in his time Away with such a fellow from the earth for it is not fit that he should live Acts 22.22 And the Iews of Thessalonica who were moved with envie said unto the Rulers of the City of Paul and Si●as The●e have turned the world upside-down and said of Iason and the Brethren and Paul and Silas that these all do contrary to the Decrees of Cesar saying that there is another King one JESUS And when Paul was at Athens disputing in the Synagogue with the Iews and in the Market place dayly with them that met with him he was counted by the Philosohers the Epicuranes and Soicks that encountred him a Babler a speaker of new Doctrines and one that seemed to be a setter up of strange Gods because he preached unto them Jesus and the resurrection Read Acts 17. chap. Acts 24.1 2 3 4. and likewise Annanias the High Priest with the Elders and Turtulus the Orater said of Paul to Foelex we have found this man a pestilent Fellow and a mover of Sedition among all the Jews throughout the world and a Ring-leader of the Sect of the Nazarenes And Mordicai Paul Silas and Jason with the Brethren were no evill doers although they were counted so ANd as for those people which are called Quakers that travel throughout England Ireland and in Scotland and other places and go through Towns and Villages from City to City they are faithful painful labourers in the Lords Vineyard and are not of that sort which creep into houses and lead captive silly women laden with sin and led aside with divers lusts but it is the Priests of the nations that preach for Tithes Hire Gifts and Rewards and others that have got not only a form but many forms of godliness but the Power of Godliness they have not for those that have the true Power of Godliness they deny and persecute I say that the Steeplehouses which are builded up with Stone Lime Brick Wood Iron Lead and Glass which are commonly called Churches and into other houses the Priests and others creep into and it is they that lead those people captive who are silly men and women that there meet together who are laden with sin viz. Cursing Swearing Lying Envie Wrath Malice Fighting quarrelling Mocking Scoffing Covetousness which is Idolatry Oppressed Cheating Cozening Drunkenness Gluttony Chambering and Wantonness Whoredome Adultery Pride and Fornication and they are led away with divers Lusts viz. The Lusts of the Flesh the Lusts of the Eye and the Pride of Life 1 Iohn 2.16 17. mes 1.15 and all the Fashions and Customes in the World which Lusts when it conceiveth bringeth forth Sin and Sin when it is finished bringeth forth Death And these are