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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-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

VVorld yea the true Light that inlightneth every one that cometh into the world VVhosoever followeth him shall not walk in Darkness but shall have the Light of life and to as many as receive him and beleeve on his Name to them he gives power to become the Sons of God but these whose Understanding is darkned even such as sit in darkness and in the shadow of death the Light shineth in the darkness but the darkness comprehendeth it not but al things that are reproved are made manifest by the Light the Light makes sin manifest in the understanding and convinceth of sin and condemns sin in the conscience but those that walk in darkness hate the Light and will not bring their deeds to it because they are evill and the Light reproves them and to such the Light is their condemnation Therefore take heed to this Light which shineth in a dark place untill the day dawn and the Day-star arise in your hearts while you have the Light beleeve in the Light John 12.36 1 Thess 5.7 that ye may become the children of the Light and the children of the Day who bear witness to the Light Iohn a man sent of God to bear witness of the Light who said that was the true Light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world And David he bare witness and said The Lord is my light and my lamp he will inlighten my darkness he is my salvation and the strength of my life and again said he Psal 72. i. 2 Sam. 22.39 John 1.1.5 Isa 49.6 60.19 20. Luke 2.31 32. John 1.10 11 17 verses Thy VVord is a Lamp unto my feet and a light unto my pathes And John said God is Light and in him is no darkness at all And Isaiah said The Lord shall be unto thee an everlasting Light and thy God thy glory Christ is given for a Light to the Gentiles and for salvation to the ends of the earth to which Simeon bore witness and said Mine eyes have seen thy salvation which thou hast prepared before the face of all people a light to lighten the Gentiles and the glory of thy people Israel which Light was in the beginning and is come to his own and his own received him not he is in the world and the world was made by him and the world knows him not by whom Grace and Truth is come CHRIT JESUS Thirdly Seeing that Christ is the Light of the world Isa 55.3 John 5.25 and the VVord of God which is to be hearkned unto and obeyed therefore unto him hearken and hear that your souls may live For they that hear the voice of the Son of God they shall live the word is nigh thee in thy heart and in thy mouth Dute. 13.14 Eccles 2.14 Prov. 4.23 Coll. 1.27 Rom. 12.5 1 Cor. 8.6 John 17.23 Rom. 10.6 7 8. Coll. 1.26 27. 1 Tim. 3.16 John 15.18.25 1 Pet. 2.7 Matt. 21.42 Jer. 20.9 2 Sam. 23.2 3. 1 Cor. 10.4 Matt. 17.5 Heb. 3.15 Matt. 11.29 Isa 40.31 Matt. 24.23 24 26. Mark 13 2i 22 23. Luke 17.21 22 23. that thou mayest do it therefore keep thy minde in from wandering abroad for the wise mans eye is in his head Christ is the head of every man hearken and attend to his word keep thy heart with all dilligence for out of it are the issues of life he that hath the Son hath life Christ in you the hope of glory he is one in all except ye be Reprobates you may know this For we being many are all one in Christ Iesus who said I in them and thou in me that they may be made perfect in one and Paul said the righteousness which is of faith speaketh on this wise Say not in thy heart who shall ascend into heaven that is to bring Ch●ist down from a love or who shall descend into the deep that is to bring up Christ again from the dead but saith it The word is nigh thee in thy mouth and in thy heart that is the word of Faith which we preach without controversie great is the mystery of godliness which hath been hid from ages aad generations but is now made manifest unto his Saints which is God manifest in the flesh justified in the spirit seen of Angels preached unto the Gentiles rejected by the world but received into glory And Ieremiah said His word was in my heart as a burning fire shut up in my bones and I was weary with forbearing and I could not stay And David said The spirit of the Lord speak by me and his word was in my tongue the Rock of Israel speak to me and that Rock is Christ he that hath an ear to hear let him hear what the spirit saith God is a spirit who saith this is my beloved Son hear ye him in all things Cease from man whose breath is in his Nostrils and hearken to the VVord of the Lord which is nigh thee in thy heart and in thy mouth Christ Jesus saith Come learn of me heare that your souls may live to day if you will hear his voice harden not your hearts but be swift to hear and slow to speak stand still and see the salvation of the Lord for they that wait upon the Lord shall renew their strength and do not hearken any longer to the blinde guides the priests which cries Lo here hearken to the Word of the Lord saith one as it is written in the chapter and the verse Lo here saith another hearken to the Word of the Lord as it is written in this chapter and this verse See here saith one it is written this chapter and this verse See there saith another as it is written in this chapter and this verse But they are false prophets rise up to seduce if it were possible the very Elect but saith Christ go not forth beleeve them not the kingdom of heaven is within you the Law is written in the heart according to the Covenant of God Moses David Jeremiah and Paul and said the Word of the Lord is in the heart and in the mouth Iude 11 verse Numb 22.38 24.17 18 19. Mic. 3.11 and yet the priests of the Nations are not ashamed to say It is written in a chapter and a verse and although the priests of this Nation run greedily after the error of Balaam for honour and rewards yet they are more blinde than Balaam and have not got by all their study and learning so much of the knowledge of the Word as he who said to Balaak after the Lord had turned him from going to curse Israel the word that God putteth into my mouth that shall I speak O ye priests that preach for hire and divine for money and are by men called and say your selves you are ministers and preachers of the Word of God Are you not ashamed to see that Balaam had more knowledge of the Word then you have be ashamed and blush and stop your mouths and be

Epistles to the Churches as they saw them in their severall conditions and some to particular persons as to Timothy Titus and Philemon and to the twelve Tribes scattered abroad And Peter in his second Epistle speaks of the Scripture and said 2 Pet. 1.20 21. 1 Cor. 2.4.14 Heb. 3.5 8.5 Exod. 17.4 34.27 40.33 Isa 8.1 Jer. 30.1 2. 36.1 2 3 4. That no prophesie of the Scripture is of any private interpretation but the holy men of God spake them forth as they were moved by the holy Ghost so that the prophecies written came not of old by mans own will nor by the will of man but by the Holy Ghost in the holy men of God who were moved by the same to speak them forth so that all speaking and writing and all interpretations of the things of God that comes not from the movings and power of the Holy Ghost comes from mans own will and not from the will and power of God Moses who was faithfull in the house of God did all things according to the pattern shewed him and writ not in his own wil but in the wil of God And so Isaiah wrote at the Commands of the Lord And Jeremiah wrote not but at the Command of the Lord who said unto him VVrite all the words in a Roll of a Book that I have spoken unto thee against Israel and against Juda and against all the nations from the dayes of Josia even unto this day And Jeremiah called Baruch and Baruch wrote all the words which the Lord had spoken unto Jeremiah from the mouth of Jeremiah Baruch wrote them Here it is plainly seen that the Scriptures at the first was not given forth by mans will or by private interpretation but they were given forth by in the will of God by the holy men of God as they were moved to speak them forth by the Spirit of God but since the first giving of them forth they have been translated by private interpretors into the many Languages and the many Languages have severall Copies of their private interpretations with some words added to and some words left out But the same Spirit of God that gave them forth knows its own that it gave forth by the holy men of God 1 Cor. 2.10.12 2 Pet. 3.1 Mic. 3.11 and disowns the other words that are not of and from it self for no man knoweth the things of God save the Spirit of God so that it plainly appears that the Scriptures was never called the Word of God neither by Christ nor his Apostles but they were called by them Moses VVritings Moses Law The Book of the Prophets The Prophets and The Psalms A Declaration Testimony and Epistles But the blinde Guides the priests of England that preach for tithes hire gifts and rewards they do teach the people and say Hearken to the VVord of the Lord as it is written in a Chapter and a Verse The VVord of the Lord was before all time but the Bible which men call the Scriptures was not before all time for Moses after the Creation many generations did begin to write the first part of it who was the first Writer John 1.1 2.3 4. 10.14 John 4.24 John 10.28 2 Cor. 3.6 which was in time and the rest were written in order of time as the holy men of God were moved by the Spirit of God to write and give them forth to be written therefore the Bible which is called the Scriptures is not the VVord of God but is that which testifies of the VVord of God Christ Jesus God is a spirit is the Bible which is called the Scripture God a spirit Nay for the Word is God The letter kills is that Christ the spirit that giveth life Nay then the Letter is not the VVord of God for Christ is the Word and this Word was made flesh and dwelt amongst us and he is the Light and Life of men and by him the world was made First Before the Bible which is called the Scripture was writ the Word was John 1. i. Heb. 13.8 Rev. 22.13 1 John 1.1 2. Isa 41.4 Rev. 19. i3 Isa 7.14 Matt. 1.23 Heb. 2.16 John 8 56.58 Gen. 15.1 2. Prov. 18.10 1 Sam. 3.21 Matt. 11.27 John ●0 30 14.6.9 10. Dute. 8.15 Gen. 49.10 Psal 119.160 162. verses Isa 42. Jer. 23. Ezek. 34. Dan. 2.45 Mic. 4 5 chap. for in the beginning was the VVord and the VVord was with God Christ Jesus the same yesterday to day and for ever said he I am Alpha and Omega the beginning and the end the first and the last It is he that calleth the generations from the beginning who said I the Lord am the first and with the last I am the same and John said His Name is called the VVord of God And they shall call his Name Emanuel which is by interpretation God with us who took upon him the Seed of Abraham and was before Abraham was Abraham said Christ rejoyced to see my day he saw it and was glad The Word of the Lord came to Abraham in a Vision saying Fear not Abraham I am thy Sheild and thy exceeding great Reward The Name of the Lord is a strong Tower the Righteous run unto it and are safe And the Lord appeared again in Shiloh for the Lord revealed himself to Samuel in Shiloh by his VVord Christ said No man knows the Father but the Son and he to whom the Son will reveal him and said Christ I am the VVay the Truth and the life No man cometh to the Father but by me he that hath seen me hath seen the Father I and my Father am one I am in the Father and the Father in me And Moses said The Lord thy God will raise up a Prophet in the midst of thee of thy brethren like unto me unto him shall you hearken And Jacob said The Scepter shall not depart from Judah nor a Law-giver from between his feet until Shiloh come and unto him shall the gathering of the people be and David said Thy Word O Lord is true from the beginning I rejoyce said he at thy VVord as one that findeth great spoile and the same Word of the Lord did all the prophets see and hear and bear witness to and no other and the Scriptures were written to bear Testimony of this Word to after Generations that should come and likewise of the righteous judgments of God which came upon them that opposed the same which Examples were written for our learning upon whom the ends of the world is come unto whom the Scripture is given by inspiration of the Spirit that the Man of God may be perfect thorowly furnished unto every good work which is profitable for Doctrine for Reproofe for correction and for instruction in Righteousness Secondly As Christ is the VVord of God John 8. i2 John 1.5.9.12 John 3.19 20. Eph. 5. i3 John 16.9 10 11.12 2 Pet. i. 19 so he is the Light of the

these Kings and Rulers afore mentioned make any law statute or ordinance or send forth any Proclamation to their Judges Justices Sheriffs or other Officers to take the Prophets and Servants of the Lord as they wandered up and down in sheep-skins and goat-skins from place to place in the work and service of the Lord and to put them in prison or to whip them and to send them away with Passes like Vagabonds And Abraham Lot Moses Ioshua Gideon David Solomon Hezekiah Iehosaphat and Iosiah were all Rulers that feared God and were not of them that misused the Prophets nor despised the Word nor mocked the Messengers of the Lord. But those that do in these dayes imprison mock and misuse the Prophets and Ministers of God and despise his word which they declare and obey are no Christians neither were they Christians that did so in former Generations for the first King or Ruler that I read of Gen. 39 40. chap. who had got an invented Prison was Pharoah King of Aegypt and Ioseph being falsly accused by his filthy unclean Mistris was put into the Aegyptian Kings Prison among the Kings Prisoners by his Master Pottiphar the Captain of Pharoahs Guard and Pharoah being offended with his Butler and Baker in his wrath put them in Prison and he that was offended and did this in his rage was no Christian but a dark Aegyptian King without the fear of God And the uncircumcised Philistines had not the fear of God that plowed with Sampsons Heifer and caught Sampson and put him in prison Judg. 26.21 and bound him with Fetters of Brass these Philistines that did this were no Christians And Ahab as King Pharoah and the Philistines had got Prisons 1 King 22.27 Coll. 3.5 so had he got a Prison and said of Micaiah the Prophet of the Lord Take this fellow into the Prison and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction untill I come in peace And Ahab was an Idolater and no Christian And Asa fel off from the Lord and relyed on the King of Assyria 2 Chron. 16. chap Psal 3.1 I●a 31.1 for the which he was reproved by Hanani the Seer then was Asa wrath with the Seer and put him in the prison-house for he was in a rage with him because of this thing and Asa oppressed some of the people the same time Was Asa that oppressed the people and that fel off from the Lord and went down to Aegypt and Assyria for help a Christian yea or nay And Zedekiah did that which was evill in the sight of the Lord God 2 Chron. 36.12 c. Ier. 37. 38. chap. and when Ieremiah came to him and speak to him from the mouth of the Lord he humbled not himself but consulted with his Princes and at their request Jeremiah was by them put in a Dungeon where they let him down with cords and he stuck fast in the m●re and Zedekiah and his Princes that did this to the Lords Prophet and despised his word and transgressed very much after all the Abominations of the Heathen were no Christians And Herod the Tetrarch that Fox and Murderer he put Iohn Baptist in prison and Herod the King stretched forth his hand to vex certain of the Church Matt. i4 3 Acts 12.1 2 3 4 21 22 23. and he killed Iames the Brother of John and when he saw it pleased the Jews he caught Peter the Apostle of Christ likewise and put him in prison and these two Herods was neither of them Christians that did this I am sure And the Romanes when they saw that Paul had in the Name of Jesus commanded the Spirit of Divination to go out of the Damsel which did likewise the same hour Read Acts. ●●6 chap. and that thereby the hope of their gains was gone then they caught Paul and Silas and drew them into the Market-place to the Magistrates and brought them to the Governours saying These men being Jews do exceedingly trouble our City and teach Ordinances which are not lawfull for us to receive neither to observe being Romans and all the people rose up against them and the Governours rent off their clothes and commanded that they should be beaten with Rods and when they had beaten them sore they cast them in Prison and commanded the Jaylor to keep them safely who having received such a commandment cast them into the inner-prison and made their feet fast in the Stocks These Romans Magistrates Governours and People were no Christians that used the Apostles and Servants of Christ so And all these Heathen Rulers Kings Magistrates and People who without the fear of God were and bore their Swords in vain were no Christians were not contented with putting the Prophets Apostles Ministers and Servants of the Most High God in Prison Dan. 3. i 2.8.13 14 15. but they invented in their rage and cruelty further punishments and death unto them For Joseph he was not only put in Prison but he was bound in Prison and he was brought before Pharoah hastily out of the Dungeon Read Dan. the 6. chap. And they were Philistines that put Sampsons eyes out and bound him with Fetters of Brass and they were Idolaters and such as transgressed very much after all the abominations of the Heathen and mocked the Messengers of God and misused his Prophets and despised his Word that fed Micajah with bread and water of affliction and let Jeremiah with cords down into the Dungeon to stick fast in the mire And they were Babylonians and Caldeans that invented the Fiery Fornace and put Hananiah Mishael and Azariah into it for refusing to fall down and worship the Golden Image that Nebuchadnezar had set up Then Nebuchadnezar the Princes the Governours and the Captains the Judges the Councellors the Treasurers the Sheriffs and all the Rulers of the Provinces were all at making the Proclamation and the Caldeans they accused the three Jews Shadrack Meshek and Abednigo and the King in his rage and fury commanded them to be brought before him and he was full of fiery the form of his Visage was changed and he commanded the most mighty men of his Army to binde them and cast them into the fiery burning Fornace and by the same generation of men was Daniel cast into the Lyons Den for praying and giving thanks unto God And these Babylonians and Caldeans were no Christians And they were Libertines Syrenians and Alexandreans and men of Cylitia and of Asia that suborned men and stirred up the people Acts 6 7. chap. the Elders and the Scribes and caught Stephen and brought him before the Councel and when they heard the things which he speak they gnashed on him with their teeth and ran upon him with one accord and cast him out of the City and stoned him to death And they were Jews and Gentiles together which stoned Paul and drew him out of the city supposing he had been dead Acts 14.

chap. And they were Herods and Romans that cut off Iohn Baptists head and killed James the brother of John with the Sword and put Paul and Silas in the Stocks and whipt them before they were put in and such with the Jews chief Priests and Scribes crucified Christ the Son of God And they were the bloody Papists that set up stakes in Queen Maries dayes and tyed the Martyrs to them and set Faggots and sire to them and burnt them And as the Servants of the Lord in whom was the righteous Seed suffered death Gen. 21.9 Gal. 4.29 2 Pet. 3.3 Iude 18. Prov. 17.5 Heb. 11.36 Mark 15.29 30 31. Luke 23. ii bonds stripes stoning and imprisonment with other tortures in all ages by wicked and ungodly men so likewise did they who were born after the spirit suffer cruel mockings and scoffiings by thole who are born after the flesh who walk after their own ungodly lusts and such are persecutors following the example of Ishmael the Son of Hagar the Aegyptian whom Sarah the Free-Woman saw mocking Isaac in whom was the Righteous Seed and they are Sons of Hagar who walk after their own ungodly lusts now that are seen mocking the Servants of the Lord in these dayes them in whom the Righteous Seed is in begotten by the immortall Word and born of the Free-Woman but whoso mocketh the poor despiseth his Maker who blesseth the poor in Spirit you scoffers and mockers you may Read your Portion in the first of the Proverbs from the twenty second verse to the latter end All these who thus suffered were no Vagabonds but were faithfull diligent messengers and painful Labourers in the Lords Vineyard which was large and his Harvest great in which they wandered about labouring and reaping down his harvest and gathering the Wheat into the Garners wandering about in sheep-skins and goat-skins from city to city and from one countrey into another Elijah he wandered about where ever the Lord commanded him and did the Lords messages see how he travelled about who was an inhabitant at Gilead and at the command of the Lord he went to Samaria to Ahab to tell him there should be neither dew nor rain and then at the command of the Lord he turned Eastward to hide himself by the River Cherith over against Jordan and from thence to Zarephath which is in Zidon where the Widow sustained him for a certain time and after many dayes he in the third yeer went to Samaria to Ahab and from thence to Beersheba which is in Judah 1 Kings 18 19. chap. and from thence he went a dayes journey into the Wilderness and lay undet the Juniper Tree and from thence he rose up and travelled forty dayes and forty nights unto Horeb the mount of God and there he entred into a Cave and lodged there and the Lord went by and a mighty strong winde rent the mountains and break the rocks and afterwatd came an Earthquake and after the Earthquake came fire after the fire came a still soft Voice and Elijah heard it and the Lord said to him Go return by the Wilderness to Damascus and when thou comest there Anoint Hazell King over Assyria And Iehu Son of Nimshi shalt thou Anoint King over Israel 1 King 19. chap and Elisha the Son of Shaphat shalt thou Anoint to be Prophet in thy room So he departed thence and found Elisha Plowing wirh twelve yoke of Oxen before him and Elijah went towards him and cast his Mantle upon him and he left the Oxen and ran after him And the Lord sent Elijah again to meet Ahah King of Israel which is in Samaria for the Lord said Lo he is in the Vineyard of Naboth and Elijah went and did his Message to Ahab 1 King 21.20 21. as the Lord commanded and after the Lord sent him to meet the Messengers of Ahazia King of Samaria as they were going to Baal Zebub the God of Ebron and to them he delivered his message that the Lord commanded and he went to the top of a mountain and sate there and the messengers returned to the King and told him all that Elijah said of him and the King said What manner of man was he that met you and told you these words and they said He was an hairy man girded about his loins with a leathern girdle then said the King It is Elijah the Tishbite and the King sent a Captain and fiftie men to fetch him but the Captain and his fiftie men were devoured by fire and the King sent a Captain and other fiftie men who were devoured by fire also And he sent a third Captain and fiftie men and the third Captain fell on his knees before Elijah and intreated him that the life of him and his fiftie men might be precious in his sight 2 King i chap. 2 chap. and then the Lord said unto Elijah Go down with him to the King and be not afraid of his presence and Elijah went down with him and delivered his Message And Elijah went with Elisha from Gilgal to Bethel and from Bethel to Jericho and from thence to Iordan and they two stood there and Elijah took his cloak and wrapt it together and smote the Waters and they were divided hither and thither and they two went over on dry dry land and when they were passed over as they went walking and talking behold there appeared a Chariot of fire and Horses of fire and did separate them two and Elijah went up with a Whirlwinde into Heaven And Elijah that travelled thus up and down to and fro was no Vagabond nor Idle Disorderly person And Elisha took up the cloak of Elijah that fell from him and smote the Waters of Iordan and went over and went to Iericho and tarried there and the men of the city told him the Waters were nought and he cast Salt into the Spring of Waters and said Thus saith the Lord I have healed these Waters death shall no more come thereof nor barrenness to the ground and he went from thence to Bethel and from thence to Mount Carmel and from thence he returned to Samaria And on a time Elisha came to Shunem and there was a woman of great estimation constrained him to eat bread and she said to her husband behold now I know that this is an holy man of God that passeth by us continually and he went to Mount Carmel and the womans childe being dead she went to him and told him and he came into the house where the child lay dead and by him through faith the child was raised to life And afterward Elisha returned to Gigal and Elisha was in Samaria when Naaman came to him to be cured of his leprosie and he sent him word to go wash seven times in Iordan and thy flesh shall come again and thou shalt be clean And after that Elisha went with the children of the Prophets to Iordan And after he went into Dothan where the King of Assyria

the people that are ever learning of the Priests and others but are never able to come to the knowledge of the Truth 2 Tim. 3. chap. Tit. 1.10 11.16 by such Teachers who are discribed by Paul a Minister of the Word to be such as are lovers of their own selves covetous proud boasters blasphemers saying they are Ministers of Christ but are not teaching such things which they ought not for filthy lucres sake subverting whole houses disobedient to Parents unthankful unholy unruly vain-talkers deceivers truce-breakers false-accusers incontinent without natural affections fierce despisers of those that are good traiterous heady high-minded lovers of pleasures more then lovers of God having a Form of Godliness but denying the Power thereof All people from such turn away for they resist the Truth and are men of corrupt mindes Reprobate concerning the faith of which you have been long hearing and ever learning and yet you are not come to the knowledge of the truth Therefore while you have time prize it for those that are turned from such Teachers and are turned to the Lord Jesus Christ the Light of the World they are come to the Way Iohn 8.11 Iohn 14 6. John 17.3 Psal 73.4 Rom. 8 14. 1 John 2.20.27 Tit. 2.11 12. 1 Pet. 2.3 4.5 6 7 8 9 10. to know God and Jesus Christ which is life eternall For Christ is the VVay the Truth and the Life and no man comes to the Father but by him it is he that guides them continually and brings them to glory the children of the Lord are not taught of man but of the Lord as many as are the Sons of God are led by the spirit of God and the spirit of God leads them into all truth and the Vnction wherewith they are anointed teaches them all things so that they need not to be taught of men for the Grace of God teaches them to deny all ungodliness and worldly lusts and to live soberly righteously and holy in all manner of conversation and these that are thus taught are Members of the true Church which is built up of living Stones Christ Jesus being the chief corner Stone and this is the house of God not made with hands but is a Spirituall House the House of God where God doth dwel and in it walk Eph. 2.21 22. Coll. 1.18.24 1 Cor. 6.19 2 Cor. 6.16 17 18 i9 1 Tim. 2.15 Heb. 12.22 23 24 25. This Church is not without but in God the Father of our Lord Iesus Christ and the Body of Christ is the Church and is the Ground and Pillar of Truth and the Members thereof are one Body and Christ he is the Head of the Body and they who are Members of this Church are come to Mount Sion and to the City of the living God the Heavenly Ierusalem and to an innumerable company of Angels to the generall Assembly and to the Church of the First-born which are written in Heaven and to God the Iudge of all and to the Spirits of just men made perfect and to Iesus the Mediator of the New-Covenant and to the blood of sprinckling which speaketh better things then that of Abel Therefore all people high and low rich and poor bond and free hearken unto Chr●st Jesus hear ye him that your souls may live he that hears the voice of the Son of God shall live 1. Thess 4.3 see that ye refuse not him that speaketh and hearken to the Word of the Lord that is nigh you in your hearts and in your mouths to it incline your ear Oh hear that your souls may live and to day if you will hear his voice harden not your hearts for this is the wil of God even your sanctification Exod. 34.6 7. Mic. 7. chap. 1 Thess 5.24 Therefore why will ye die O people of England Return return unto the Lord God who is Light and in him is no darkness at all for who is a God like our God merciful gracious long-suffering and abundant in Goodness and Truth pardoning iniquity transgression and sin he wil subdue iniquity and will cast sin into the depth of the sea and he wil perform the Truth unto Iacob 2 Tim. 2 13. 2 Cor. 1.20 Rev. 22.11 and the Mercy to Abraham which he hath sworn unto our Fathers from the dayes of old He is a faithful God and all his Promises are Yea and Amen He that hath an ear to hear let him hear what the spirit saith and he that wil be filthy let him be filthy stil Here followeth some QUERIES to be answered by any of those who are called by men Ministers that preach in the High Places or any other that plead for and uphold them Quaery 1. WHether those be Ministers of Christ that makes Bargains with the People of a Parish to have 100 l. a Yeer more or less for their preaching and take Bond of the People for the payment of the same seeing that Christ said to his Ministers Freely ye have received freely give and Peter said The Flock of Christ is to be fed willingly and not for filthy lucre sake yea or nay Mat. 8.10 1 Pet. 5.2 2. Whether those be Ministers of Christ that Preach for Hire and Divine for Mony yea or nay Mic. 3.11 3. Whether those be Ministers of Christ that seek for gain from their quarter like greedy dogs which think they can never have enough yea or nay Isa 56.11 Ezek. 22.25 4. Whether those be Ministers of Christ that feed themselves with the Fat and clothe themselves with the Wool and care not for the Flock but let it become a prey Read Ezek. 34. chap. 5. Whether those be Ministers of Christ that take Tithes for their preaching seeing that the Apostle Paul witnessed the Priesthood changed and the Law disanulled by which Tithes was paid yea or nay Read Heb. 7. chap. 6 Whether those be ministers of Christ that sue men at Law for Tithes seeing that the Prophet of God cryed out against them that prepared war against those that put not into their mouths yea or nay Mic. 3.5 7 What that Hire is that Christ said the Labourer is worthy of Luke 10.7 8. and whether that be not an unrighteous thing of a man that demands wages of men and compels them to pay him wages who never set him to work nor he never wrought for them yea or nay Read Luke 10. chap. to the 15 verse 8 Whether it is the work of the Ministers of Christ to stay at home to bury the dead or to go into all nations and preach the Gospel according to Christs command yea or nay Matt. 28.19 Mark 16.15 Luke 9.59 60. 9. Whether the Prophets or Apostles of Christ used to observe the Statutes of Omri or to take delight in the works of Ahab or to walk in their Councels yea or nay Mic. 6.16 1 King 16. chap. 10. Whether those be ministers of Christ whose god is their belly whose glory is their shame who minde earthly things

yea or nay Phil. 3.19 11. Whether those be Ministers of Christ that go in the way of Cain and run greedily after the error of Balaam for Honour and Rewards and follow their own pernicious wayes and through covetousness with feigned words make merchandise of souls yea or nay Iude 11. 2. Pet. 2. chap. Rev. 18. chap. 12 Whether those be Ministers that puts money to usury seeing that the Prophet Ieremiah said he neither lent on Usury nor men lent me on Usury yea or nay Read Ier. 15.10 Prov. 28.8 Psal 15.5 13. Whether those be Ministers of Christ that will sit and eat and drink with the Drunkards and smite his fellow-servants yea or nay Matt. 24.49 14. Whether those be Ministers of Christ that are called of men Master and desire to walk in long Robes and love the uppermost Rooms at feasts and greetings in the Market place and have the highest seats in those places which are called churches and there stand praying and for a pretence make long prayers and devour widows houses yea or nay Read Matt. 23. chap. Luke 20.46 18.10 11. 15. Whether those be Ministers of Christ which the Lord saith he is against who steal his Word from their Neighbour and use their tongues and say The Lord saith when he spake not to them and run when he sent them not and come when he called them not yea or nay Read Ier. 23. chap. 16. Whether those be Ministers of Christ that preach up outward Temples made with hands and in them uphold an outward bodily worship which profiteth little seeing that Paul witnessed against the same and Stephen was stoned to death for witnessing against them likewise and Jesus Christ said that God is a spirit and they true worshippers that worship him must worship him in spirit and in truth yea or nay Iohn 4.21 22 23 24. Acts 7. chap. 1 Tim. 4.8 2 Cor. 6.16 17 18. 17. That when a company are gathered together of Drunkards Swearers Lyars VVhores and VVhoremongers Adulterers Fornicators Thieves Murderers Scoffers Scorners Covetous Proud Heady High minded people Lovers of Pleasures more then lovers of God Prophane carnall earthly minded people dead in Trespasses and Sins having their understandings darkned such as are aliens and strangers from the life and Covenant of Grace and all these sit together in the High Place commonly called the church and sing ●● Psal 6. ver 2 And heale me Lord for why thou knowest my bones do quake for fear I say is any of those persons above mentioned in that condition that David was in when he said I am weak O Lord heal me for my bones are vexed or in that condition that Moses was in when he said I exceedingly fear and quake yea or nay Heb. 12.21 18. Whether such persons above mentioned that sing All the night long I wash my bed with tears of my complaints and yet never witnessed that condition that David was in when he said All the night I make my bed to swim I water my couch with tears I say do not such persons lye and turn the Scriptures into a lye and so blaspheme the Name of God yea or nay 19. Whether such persons above mentioned that makes Songs of the Saints conditions declared of in the Scripture which was never none of their own do not they lye and tu●n the Scripture into a lye and so blaspheme the Name of God yea or nay 20. Did Christ Jesus or his Apostles at any time teach such persons above mentioned to turn Davids Prayers the confession of his Sins his Sorrows his Afflictons his ●ad complaints he made thereof and the Enemies of the Church his Exhortations his Prophecies and other Scriptures into Rime and Meeter and to sing them as Songs yea or nay 2i Whether those men who are called Ministers that teach the people so to sing and those people that do so sing do not make David to become the Song of Drunkards now in these dayes as he was in those dayes that he was King yea or nay 22. Whether such singing by such persons as is here above expressed be a Teaching and Admonishing one another in Psalms and Hymns and Spiritual Songs yea or nay 23. Whether such persons above mentioned that so sing sing with the Spirit and sing with understanding and sing with grace in their hearts unto the Lord yea or nay 24. Whether the praises of the wicked be not as abominable to the Lord as their prayers yea or nay 25. Whether those that thus walk in darkness and lead the blinde thus out of their way be not blinde guides and lie under the curse of God for their so doing yea or nay Mat. 23.16 Deut. 28.18 26. Whether those persons that are called of men Ministers and Teachers and profess themselves to be Ministers of the Gospel and yet do such things as is before expressed be not scandalous to Christ and his Ministers and so fit to be cast out yea or nay Ezekiel 34.10 27. Whether the two Poets Sternhold and Hopkins with others who turned the Psalms and other Scriptures into Rhime and Meter did do it by the Spirit of God or by the wisdom of faln man seeing that no prophesie of the Scriptures are of any private interpretation yea or nay These queries are written and sent forth by me who am known by the name of Henry Clark The End This is entred according to Order