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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89844	The power and glory of the Lord shining out of the north, or The day of the Lord dawning: wherein the true light is holden forth to all who desire to walk in the day. With a warning to the people of England of all sorts, not to oppose Christ in his kingdom. Shewing also the way how all flesh comes to know the Lord and fear him, by his terrible shaking the earthly part in man, witnessed by the holy men of God in Scripture. With a word to the serpents seed, or ministers of Antichrist, or man of sin, wherever he is found. By one whom the Lord hath called out of this dark world, into the true light, whom Ismaels brood calls a Quaker, whose name in the flesh is James Nayler.	Naylor, James, 1617?-1660.	1653 (1653)	Wing N302; Thomason E711_2; ESTC R207117	21,947	29

by the same Spirit into the world as these are at this day Is this a Christian Law as you pretend it to be that thus withstands Christ in his Kingdom and were you spiritual as you pretend would not these carnal Laws that oppose the Spirit and practise of the Acts 17. 2 3. Saints be laid aside by you and now try whether that Spirit act in you which led the Apostles and Saints into the Temple and Synagogues daily there to dispute against all Idolatrous worships and to hold out to the people the true substance and thereby gathered the Church into God in the Spirit there to meet and worship or that Spirit that was in them who persecuted Acts 16. 19 20 21. the Saints for so doing and commanded them silence and charged them with breaking their Law and turning the world upside down and counted them mad men And if any be moved to speak a word of truth while your Parish Teachers are talking or before their glass be run you that execute a carnal Law upon the bodies of such are you subject to the Kingdom of Christ which is in the Spirits of his own whereby he rules the conscience and brings them to obey him in his commands Or will not you be found in the day of tryal to be fighters against him under the name of professing him 1 Cor. 14. 30. And do these whom you persecute any thing but what was the Saints practise And how are you not ashamed to profess that Scripture to be your Rule which saith If any thing be revealed to another that sits by let the first hold his peace and this the Apostle sets down as order and the Saints liberty but what Spirit acts you who would restrain it and call it disorder and hale them before Rulers or to prison for so doing And you that say If such have their own liberty it is reason they should be silent and not cry out against others know that the Law of Christ is not grounded on the will and reason of men And is your reason here any thing but carnal for doth pure reason give any way that deceit should go under the name of truth unreproved and is there any reason to limit the Spirit of Christ that it shall not discover the man of sin wherever he is who must be destroyed and revealed by the brightness of his coming in his Saints and by the sword of his mouth and is there any reason that the powers of the earth should make Laws for the Spirit of Christ in the Saints to act by though in all Ages they would be medling with it to their own hurt And if all should be subject to your Law which you say is reason how should truth be spred abroad and deceit be brought to blush seeing deceit hath always and doth still wind into the earthly powers for safety but truth seeks no corners not shelters from earthly powers for all that ever was sent out by Christ to preach the Gospel was called by him alone without the consent of earthly powers neither stood they to the judgment or Tryal of any men or powers as from them to receive order whether to preach or forbear but by his authority alone by whom they were sent to whom alone they were to give accompt of their Ministry with joy or sorrow and in this work they denyed all the Learning and Wisdom of the World Christ was not learned and the Apostles was not learned and Paul when he tells of his bringing Acts 4. 13. up in learning counts it amongst other carnal things loss dross and dung which before he had counted gain that Phil. 3. 7 8. in the loss of them he might win Christ And saith that the knowledge of the Gospel he had it not of man nor by man nor was he taught it but by the revelation of Jesus Christ but what Rule walk you by who must have them to such a Gal. 1. 11 12 pitch of Learning and so many years at Oxford or Cambridge and then to study so long in Books and old Authors and all this is to know what unlearned men Fisher-men Plow-men Herds-men did mean when they spoke forth the Scriptures who were counted fools and madmen by the learned generation when they spoke it forth And they who speak it by the same Spirit are so still by the same Serpents wisdom And when you have brought them to this height of Learning yet the Scripture is a book sealed to all their wisdom and learning Rev. 5. 3. and they from whom you expect the opening of this mysterie are at a jar amongst themselves what should be the meaning of it and have been in all Ages disputing quarrelling imprisoning killing and burning one another and would do so now had they power for this learned generation have been the stirrers up of all strife and bloodshed setting Kingdoms Nations and People one against another and all about standing to uphold their Meanings Forms and Imaginations and vain conceptions from the Letter but are all ignorant of that Spirit which gave it forth for they who have the substance contend not about words and meanings and that Spirit is the substance which gave it forth and opens it again as it ariseth in its measure and they who have that Spirit are Ministers of the Spirit and they minister to the raising up of the Spirit in others and not to the Serpents wisdom for they know that wisdom which stands in the will of man must not enter for the mysterie is hid from it and such cannot persecute the bodies of men because they know not so much as they neither do they seek to destroy the Creature but they strike at the accursed Spirit which keeps the Creature in blindness and bondage and so redeems the Creature and reconciles him to God in the Spirit and this is the Ministry of reconciliation guided by the Spirit and by this was the Scripture written forth for holy men of God spoke forth the Scriptures 2 Pet. 1 12 as they were moved by the Holy Ghost without carnal learning and holy men by the same Spirit read and understand them again not by carnal learning and natural tongues for the Spirit is the Original which first reveals the mysterie to 1 Cor. 2. 14. the Spirit within man and then declares it forth in words or Eph. 3. 3 5. writing to the understanding of others to the directing their minds to wait upon God for the same free-gift of the Spirit here is the true worship in Spirit found and performed which stands in the teaching of the Spirit and not in the Letter unknown to the world but owned of God but all you who seek to find out the invisible things of God or the way of his worship Mat 11. 25. by your learning and wisdom in the letter you seek that which is hid from your wisdoms you take the Saints conditions to

talk on And they having outwardly declared their inward worship and fellowship they had with God in Spirit and 1 Ioh 1. 3. this you find in the Letter and every one according to your several conceivings thereof sets up an outward form image or likeness of the Saints worship and here you worship and for this you contend by reasons and arguments and wrest the 2. Pet. 3. 16. Scriprures to uphold your form and if any will not worship this your Image you are greatly offended and here is all the contention in the world about things without as forms customs and traditions and here carnal minds contend with Rom. 6. 6 7. carnal words and weapons about carnal things and you who are here cannot own the Saints conditions in your selves as to witness the infallible teachings of the Spirit and the body of sin put off and to be sanctified throughout in soul and body but you will own the Scriptures as they are as far as they will make with your Form and that you may live in the delights of the world And for those which crosse your ways and wills you will alter them by meanings and expositions and thus the Scripture must bend to you and submit to your wills that the will may raign and you live in your lusts but to believe that ever they shal be fulfilled in you by Christ as Rom. 8. 3 4. they are and were in the Saints to this your Faith is reprobate And yet you are not ashamed to profess Christ your King and the Scripture your Rule and you make a great sound in words the Kingdom of Christ and the Ordinances of Christ and the Church of Christ and the Saints practise and the Scripture Rule but is it so upon tryal or but a thing like these you speak on and where you appear to be wanting there you have covered with words meanings and expositions but the Saints whose conditions you talk on was what they spoke without meanings or deceit they were subjects in the Kingdom of Christ and he did rule in them and they followed Rev 7 14. him through persecution mockings and death but is it so with you who are Lords over your brethren beating mocking imprisoning and killing them because they will not forsake the commands of Christ to be subject to your wills and heathenish customs as to bow down to you and worship you and to be silent at your will and to speak at your wills though Christ command the contrary Is this to own Christ for your King And as for your Ordinances you cry up so much are these they to set up a proud man called by you Mat. 23. 6. 10. master having the highest place in the Idols Temple preaching always from a verse of another mans condition but not fulfilled in himself raising points reasons objections and uses a divination of his own brain but not from the mouth of the Lord adding and diminishing to the Scripture sprinkling of infants and calling it baptizing into Christ singing Davids conditions in Rimes telling People of a Sacrament and Gal. 4. 10 11. observing of times doing all for Tythes or money living in pride fulness and coveteousness and many more like things never used by any that ever Christ sent And is this your Church all within such a place or Parish sprinkled when they were infants but not yet washed from sin but are still lyars swearers drunkards whoremongers covetous scorners proud wanton oppressors and such like but not one that can witness that faith which hath overcome the world sin and the devil or believes that ever they shall overcome 1 Iohn 5. 4. while they are here and is this the Church of Christ which is his body which are limbs of the devil and serve him at his will And is this the Saints practise you speak of to exalt your selves one above another to sue one another to accuse falsly to be proud and covetous to live in the lusts Mat. 20. 26 27. of the flesh sporting and gaming and calling it recreation living in excess of apparel and diet spending the creatures on Gal. 5. 24. your lusts when your brethren want food and raiment causing others to labour in wants that they may bring it to you to spend on your lusts and vanity And when you should hearken to the light of Christ in your conscience then you joyn with the deceit to make covers for your iniquities and say it is but as your place and estate requires as though God had given out his Law with respect of persons and had given you Jam. 5. 1 2 3 4 5 6. a toleration to abuse the creature and live in your lusts more then others because you have more of the earth or a greater power committed to your charge amongst men then others Mat. 20. 25 26 27. not considering that the Heathen exercise these things but the Saints the greater power the more humble and the more Luk. 22. 26. carefull to walk as examples to others that so they may exalt him alone whose Ministers they are and not themselves in pride and this is to be truly honorable and herein have all the faithfull been honoured but you who seek for the worlds honour are not of the faithfull for saith Christ how can you believe that seek for honour one of another now you Joh. 5. 41. 44. that talk of the Saints practise own it in your selves and it will take you off from these and many more vanities you live in God will not be mocked you hypocrites be not sayers but doers And you talk of the Scripture being a golden Rule but your ways prove how little you are ruled by it Do ye seek to be perfect for God is perfect holy as he is holy do ye love God above all and your neighbours as your self when you make them your footstool do you to all as you would be done by have you forsaken the world and the love of it Is the lusts and affections of your flesh crucified having Heb. 13. 5. food and rayment are ye therewith content Do you live 1 Tim. 6. 8 9. by faith not taking thought for tomorrow not what to eat Mat. 6. 25. to the end and what to put on Do you live as the Lords Lilies Do you feed the hungry and cloath the naked and let the oppressed Iam. 2. 1 9. go free Are ye no respecters of persons in all your dealings Are you brought to yea and nay in all your communication Mat. 5. 37. without any more which comes of evil Do you suffer Mat. 5. 11. and are hated and have all manner of evil spoken on you falsly for the name of Christ Are you brought out of all the Luk. 6. 22. customs of the heathen and are conformable to Christ in his life and sufferings prove your selves if you be what you profess in truth that you be Saints sanctified and

redeemed out of all worldly and earthly things to live to God in all things in righteousness and holiness Oh you take but their conditions to talk on which was so and so you boast in another mans line on things that are not your own See if you be made the righteousness of God in Christ as they were and 2 Cor. 5. 12. if you know him whom you say you worship to dwell in your 2 Cor. 6. 16. bodies as they did and that you are taught of him in Spirit how he will be worshipped as they were whom you talk on See whether these things be so in substance or you have but a form of their worship gathered out of the letter and so you worship a likeness or image of that whereof they had the substance now if you have but the outside take heed for now is the hand of the Lord upon all the Idols of the world Zach. 13. 2. and that which is not the substance is but an image and now shall the stone cut out of the mountain without hands break Dan. 2. 34. thee and thy image in pieces and he that is without form shall by his power break all your Forms and formal Worships Rev. 14. 9. in pieces and that worship alone shall be set up which is in spirit and not in form and is accepted by that God who never was known in form but in spirit blessed for ever And you Rulers of the Nation take heed how you step into the throne of Christ or exalt your selves in his Kingdom and mind what power you are betrusted with by the Lord and be faithfull in that as the Ministers of God to whom you are 2 Sam. 23. 3. Isa 56. 1. to accompt you are to punish sin in whom it is without respect 1 Pet. 2. 14. of persons And if you be faithfull herein you will find Psal 82. 3 3 4. work enough in the Nation And you are to encourage them that do well and deliver them from the power of cruel and Prov. 29. 2. blood-thirsty men that oppress them for he that departs from iniquity is made a prey to this generation and you are Isa 59. 15. to walk as examples to the people in all holiness and righteousness that God may bless you and honour you in the doing of his commands but as for sending out Labourers into his Vineyard where hath he commanded this at your hands or when did he in any Age reprove any for not doing it He hath overthrown Kingdoms and Nations for abusing and going 2 Chron 36. 15 16. about to stop the mouths of those that he sent and hath reproved Kings for their sakes saying Touch them not but these were such as he sent for he never betrusted the powers of the earth to choose him messengers to go on his message Luk. 10. 2. And hath he now put power into your hand that you should not suffer him to choose his own messengers by whom he will send to his own people And have you the message to put into their mouths and must they go on your errand or his and will not you give Him leave to choose his own servants and what he will imploy them about will you deal so with him as you would not have any to deal with you And for your Tythes Augmentations and set benefits when did ever God require any such thing from any Magistrates under the Gospel and doth it serve for any other end but to hold up an idle loytering Ministry one pulling another out of places and setting themselves in their stead that they may heap up riches and live in their lusts all running greedily after the wages of Zach. 11. 4 5. Balaam for gifts and rewards And do you fear that the hand of God is shortened that he will not raise up such as will go Ezek. 22 25. on his message unless you provide them wages Did ever Isa 50. 2 4. any that he sent complain to the world for want nay all my Fathers servants have bread enough without being cared for by the world for those who are sent by Christ take little care for such earthly things having a better reward indurable riches And can you ever keep the Ministers of Antichrist out of places who will conform to any thing for gain so long as they can have you to feed them with money And will not you be found guilty of keeping up the hirelings that the wo is to and them that hold them up and whom Christ is come to discover and cast out and so you be found fighters against him And when you leave all that say they are Christs Ministers to Christs maintenance set down in the Gospel then it will appear who have run unsent and have not profited the people And is it not the love of God to cast out such as have called themselves Teachers and have been thus long in places and have their people yet lyars swearers Rom. 6. 7. 18. drunkards proud and covetous and in all filthiness but not one that is set free from sin and brought out of the world and they who have taught them dare not trust them for maintenance without a Law to compel them And are you doing any acceptable service to God in maintaining such as these as they live And will it not be said to you one day who required these things at your hands to oppress the poor who labour Prov. 22. 16. hard to give their labours to maintain these belly-gods contrary to their conscience in their fulness pride and lust and their wives and families in idleness and they that labour for it are many times in great want Oh be wise and take heed what you do and as you profess your selves to be a Christian Magistracy so minde the commands of Christ and not your own wills it is not saying you are Christians but walking after Christ and his commands that differs you from heathen And do not profess the Scripture in words but own their practise that gave them forth and let them who say they are Ministers make proof of their Ministry in power and not in getting a few words whereby to deceive you and the people but let them first sow spiritual things before they reap carnal first beget a people out of the world into the Spirit and then they shall not need to contend 1 Cor. 9. 11. with them about food and rayment nor sue them at the Law first plant then eat And this was the practise of such as Christ sent and he always provided them a house to go to Acts 4. 34. who were worthy and meat to eat and they never wanted what was good for them and I witness that he is the same now and hath the same care over those that he sends into the world with divers others whom he hath sent out without bag or scrip yea into the most brutish parts in