Woorde of the Lorde â in liuing Powre out of the lyuing God in sharpe Reprouinge Chastisinge Nourteringe â as with Documentes to the Putting-away and Mortifyinge of the Sinne of Death and also in Gentledealinge or Healpfulnes to Saluation â as with sweete Waters to the Raysing-vpp of the Righteousnes of Life flowing from my Body and the Sounde of thesame Voyce inlarged itself wyde-abrode vpon the Earth 10. Haue a good regarde therfore â O yee ChildreÌ„ of Men vnto that which becometh This-day â out of the gratious Woord of the Lorde his holy Spirit of Loue spoken expressed vnto you and hardeÌ„ not your Heartes in any-case but amend your Beeinge To th end that yee may enter â with the Children of God into the Rest of the Lorde The seconde Chap. ONce Children of Men yee Children of Defection â which will not beleeue nor vnderstand God-his Trueth · geeue any â—…are to the Lord-his Will · nor followe-after the Doctrine and InstructioÌ„ of the gratious Woorde and his holy Spirit of Loue how can I â in any-case suffer you any lenger then I haue suffered you Seeing that the Lorde hymself will not forbeare you any lenger in your Vnwillingnes to his Righteousnes 2. Thus-longe haue I with the Longsufferinge of the Lorde beheld and considered-it also with Longsufferinge what maner of Wayes it mought be that yee all loued to walke in and whether also any-man loued or desired to enter obedientlye into the Entraunce or first Schoole-rule to the Waye of Life and Peace in such-sort as thesame becometh administred â vnder the Obedience of the Loue according to the Trueth of God. 3. Thus-longe haue I ben conuersant â in stilnes with many of you and ben by you like as one that can well abyde to looke-on the Wickednes of Men and yet not correct or reproue thesame But in all thissame my Spirit hath ben greatlie bourdened with greefe · and â with much heauy-cheere very wofull and sorrowfull for you all O yee Children of Men. 4. For vewinge the whole Face of the Earth I beheld noted directlie the exceeding Distraughtnes and Iniquitie of the peruerse World. and the manifolde Abhominations of Desolation wherwith shee hath brought herself into a most confusedestate also the many manifolde Self-wisdoms Chosen-holynesses and false God-seruices or Religions of Men which they haue taken-on vnto them out of the Scripturely-learnednes and Imagination of the Knowledge · and made or deuyded themselues â ther-through into manye Sectes Dissentions and Schysmes or Diuisions 5. I Haue moreouer marked â with Longsuffering the Fourth-going of all such as bost them of the Loue and perswade theÌ„selues that they cleaue vnto the Loue and the Wisdom Whether that ther were any better-thing loued by them then by the Worlde and whether also that they approched anye neerer to the Trueth of God and to the vpright Beeing of the Loue then the Wyse of the Worlde and Scripture-learned 6. I haue also for-that-cause walked louelye among certen of them and behaued myself very gentlelye with them hopinge eauenso that the true Feare of God the Lust to the good and vpright Beeing the vpright Zeale to the Righteousnes and the Concorde of Heart in the Loue shoulde haue ben found among them more then among the worldly Wyse and Scripture-learned 7. BVt â alas like as the Worlde together with her Wyse and Scripture-learned are darkned or blinded in Heart and deaff in the Vnderstanding which comprehend not the good Beeinge of the Loue nor-yet consider on any of all that which God â through the Spirit of his Loue requireth but haue alwayes a Lust to themselues and cleaue-vnto the Couetousnes the Volupteousnes of the Fleash and the Self-wysdom which seduceth them eauenso I haue founde many of you â yea almost all which make-bost of the Loue and talke much therof to stand in such-like case and also aduisedlie marked that yee â vnder the Pretence or Colour of the Howse or Seruice of Loue haue taken-on to your-selues the Volupteousnes of the Fleash â according to the maner of the World to be your freedom · and your owne Thoughtes of the Goodthinking according to the Imagination of the Knowledg like vnto many vnilluminated Scripture-learned and Goodthinkinge-wyse to be your Wysdom and haue no regarde to the godly Life of the gratious Woorde nor to the Counsell of the Testimonies of the holy Spirit of Loue nether-yet humble you obedientlye to the Loue her Seruice And yet notwithstandinge â when one asketh you whether yee haue adioyned you to the Loue or are minded to continewe with a good will by thesame yee answer say expresslie O yea Wee will cleaue vnto the Loue and not forsake thesame in any-case 8. Howbeit yee couer ther-withall your false Desires and also the Lustes of your Fleash wherin yee liue and walke and remayne eauenso without the Obedience of the holie Woorde and of the Requiringe of his Seruice of Loue and byde also bounde or owned to yourselues and to your owne Counsell and Will and com not to the Trueth of God which floweth-fourth seruiceablelie out of the Loue for to be obedient â as right Disciples of the Woord vnto thesame 9. But verely after such a maner yee are â towardes the gratious Woorde of the Lorde and his Seruice of Loue eauen like-vnto an Whoore which after her heartes Good-thinkinge â to a Cloking of her Whordom chuseth an Husbande and coupleth herself in mariaige vnto him for that shee mought bost her as a Maried-wife and vnder such a Couering Bosting that shee hath an Husband committeth her Whordom Seeing that yee in like maner without Christ and against Christ â although yee make great boast of him commit Whoordom and deale nor walke not accordinge to the Doctrine or Requiringe of Christ. 10. For which your couered or cloked Whoordoms-cause and vnrighteous Walkinge the Lorde hath mooued my Minde and commaunded mee to figure-fourth your Whordom vnrighteous Wayes before you also to reproue you therof and to exhorte you to Amendement and to warne you eauenso of the Destruction that is for to com vpon the Vngodly in the righteous Iudgment of God. 11. O Thou whoorish Nature Be ashamed â I say presentlie before the Lorde and before the Seate of his Maiestie wherout Hee declareth his vpright Righteousnes that thou bostest thee so of Christ the gratious Woord of the Father â as of thy Husband and of the louelie Nature of his Loue and yet â whilst thou so doest holdest thine Heart common or of-one-beeing with the Antichrist with the wicked World and with the Self-wisdomes of her Sectuaries Scripture-learned Peruse and ponder now well the Falshod of thyne Heart and consider thoroughlie all thy Couetousnes Theeuerie Self-seeking Whordom which thou hast committed against Christ and his Loue. 12.
her Seruice whoâ—…lie geeueth-ouer himself vnder the Maiestie of God and cauenso â without any peruerse Thoughtes loueth the vpright and godlie Beeinge By such-a-one thesame shall likewise certenlie appeere and â in the Expressing of his Deede be verie-well perceaued 5. For to those-same vpright Heartes â which walke obedientlie in the Doctrine of the gratious Woord and Seruice of Loue and shewe all Faithfulnes thervnto it is graunted to vnderstaÌ„d in their Spirit â accordinge to the heauenlie Trueth of the vpright Beeinge the Misterie of the Kingdom of the God of Heauens wherthrough they make-manifest the Powers of the Holie-gost and the Testimonies of his liuinge Waters which flowe â at that time from the Bodie of their Spirit and reach â—…auen vnto the euerlasting Life 6. But the Straungers â which walke with-out the Famelie of Loue or deale falslie therwith tast not the louelie Beeing of the spirituall and heauenlie Goods For they vnderstand nor knowe not thesame any otherwise but according to an earthly and fleashlie Beeinge For earthlie and fleashlie are â—…ll their Mindes and Thoughtes 7. BVt â alas this cannot an earthlie Man â which trulie is alwayes nothinge but fleashlie minded comprehend nor vnderstand yet will hee neuerthelesse alwayes go-on with his lyinge earthlie and fleashlie Mindes and iudge eauenso the spirituall and heauenlie Vnderstandinges therout For-that-cause hee cannot haue any Lust nor beare any Loue towardes the True Spirituall and Heauenlie but well towardes the Lyinge Earthlie and Fleashlie wherout hee likewise as it is right-well to be perceaued bringeth-fourth nothing-els but the Woorkes of the Fleash and of the lyinge Beeinge 8. But a spirituall Man is clothed with the Spirit of God and the Trueth For that cause hee is also according to the Trueth spirituallie minded His Fourth-goinge and the Lust of his Woorkes is â in all to the Fruites of the holie Gost for to bringe-fourth thosesame out of the Spirit of God and so to publish or declare-fourth the Kingdom of God and his Righteousnes 9. For hee knoweth â out of the secreat Misterie of the Kingdom of God how to discerne and distinct the spirituall Goods according to the heauenlie Trueth or holie Vnderstandinge to-weet that hee sheweth declareth an expresse Difference betwixt the Earthlie and the Heauenlie and betwixt the Lying and the True the which to all earthlie vnregenerated Men â with all their Industrie and Prudentie is a thinge vnpossible The XIII Chap. SEeing now that Gods Wonderful-woorkes the Spirit of his Power the Misterie of his Kingdom of Heauen is knowen and vnderstanded onlie of the heauenlie spirituall Man So hath not an earthlie and fleashlie Man â out of his naturall scripture learned Vnderstandinge anye Sight nor Knowledg at-all therof Yea hee is so vtterlie voide of thesame that hee cannot vnderstande the smallest Title therof · much-lesse theÌ„ expound or interpreate thesame â according to the Trueth vnto an other 2. But hee may well heare witnessed therof â accordinge to the manlie maner through the seruiceable or writen Woorde and also speake-fourth thesame againe afterwardes but through himself or out of his owne Vnderstanding hee vnderstandeth not anythinge at-all of thesame accordinge to the Trueth but it is all couered and secreat before him or in Similitudes Images Figures and Parables For that cause hee cannot likewise â out of his owne Wisdom once conceaue nor comprehend in his Knowledge what thesame â accordinge to the Trueth is in the godlie Beeinge 3. If hee therfore will iudge speake-fourth and interprete anythinge therof according to the ImaginatioÌ„ of his owne Knowledg So is it all â doubtles false and Lyes what hee both conceaueth and also speaketh therof wherout it becometh knowen that a fleashlie Man â out of his naturall Vnderstanding knoweth not anything at-all of the Spirit of God and that it is all Foolishnes what hee iudgeth or speaketh therof 4. Verelie therfore they all do erre very much that iudge according to their Vnderstandinge â out of the earthlie Beeinge or out of the Fleash or Letter God-his Trueth â which is heauenlie and spirituall and his Wonderful-actes whether it be of that which is passed · or of that which is present · or of that which is to come or take vpon them to discusse thesame and will teach instruct or order the ignorant People according to their Iudgment 5. For verelie God 's Trueth and his Workes â which Hee worketh not through any fleashlie Vnderstanding but through the Power of his Spirit out of his holie Heauen are farre aboue all Vnderstandinges of the Fleash Yea not anyone of all the Children of Men can â through his naturall Vnderstandinge out of Bloud comprehend nor vnderstand thesame nor yet finde-out the grounde therof 6. Therfore suerlie God-his Trueth the excellent Bewtie of his heauenlie KingdoÌ„ and his godlie and heauenlie Woorkes are vnknowen vnto all Fleash and vnto all fleashlie earthlie Men But it is geeuen vnto the Children of the Kingdom Ø›the Communialtie of the Loue to vnderstande the secreat Misterie therof 7. IT is likewise â verelie a great Follie vpon the Earth yea a presumpteous and arrogant Enterprise or Dealinge â which is also vtterlie without all Equitie and resonable Vnderstanding that the earthlie and fleashlie Men sett themselues to Iudgment for to iudge â out of their naturall Comprehending and Industrie or out of their scrip turelie Learnednes according to the Fleash the spirituall Trueth of God and God-his heauenlye Wonderfull-actes wherof ther is not anything atall geeuen them to vnderstande wherin they all â with their Vnderstandinges runne to an Ende Yea they com so to an Ende or growe to such an exigent therin that they knowe not ofteÌ„times where to catch or take-holde-of thesame againe 8. But many are heerin very arrogantlie-minded For when-as they â with their Vnderstanding are runne-to-an-ende in the godlie Matiers to-weet that they haue not nor cannot comprehend nor vnderstand thosesame aright Yet perseuer they notwithstanding searching ther-after and prosecutinge or ensuinge thesame with their Imagination of the Knowledge they will neuerthelesse alwayes be iudged to haue right Yea they wolde much-rather iudge Moses the Propheates of God together with the Appostles of Christ and God-his elected Minister HN to erre or misse the right then that they wolde â by anye meanes confesse and acknowledge that they â in the Imagination of their Knowledge concerninge the godlie Matiers are ignorant and lyinge The XIIII Chap. O Yee blinde People yee arrogant distraught earthlie Men and all yee subtill or pregnant Self-wise of the Fleash together with all yee false Heartes of the Scripture-learned yee Cainish Ceremonie-ministers and yee Persecuters and Murderers of the Abelish vpright Heartes Wherfore exalte yee yourselues so arrogantlie against the high-excellent Maiestie of God and his righteous Iudgment Consider and looke yet-once into it what
So is it trulie a great wonder vnto mee why yee do not then â with more Diligence and Feruentie loue and secke-after thesame and that certen turne them away so lightlie from the Doctrine stretchinge ther-vnto 9. HOw are yee thus lingeringe or holdingback of yourselues that yee com-forward so slowlie for to enter obedientlie into the first Entraunce of the Requiring of the gratious Worde and whollie to geeue-ouer yourselues to the Most-best and so to go-fourth therin till vnto the good Beeinge of the Perfection O take-holde yet-once of a goodwilling Minde and purpose â with a good will not to halte any lenger on both sydes but let all your Thoughtes stretch heere-to namelie to cleaue â obedientlie vnto the good Beeinge of the Loue with all your Heart and Minde and obedientlie to followe-after the Seruice of the Woord in his Requiringe vntill that yee be growen-vpp to the perfect Olde-aige of the holie and godlie Vnderstandinge · and incorporated â with Spirit Hearte Minde and Soule to the good Beeinge of the Loue. The XIX Chap. O All yee People â which heare this-day the Voice or Testimonie of the Spirit of Loue take this effectuallie to heart incline all your Mindes and Vnderstandinges to the holie Woorde of Trueth and haue eauenso your Ioye â in all Thankes-geeuinge to the Lorde amonge each-other 2. But let not your Ioye and Thankes-geeuinge to the Lorde â—…e in the fleashlie Volupteousnes nor in the Ioye of the peruerse Worlde but reioyce you â with Thankes-geeuinge to the Lorde in the great Grace and Mercie which is appeered and com vnto vs â now in the last time vnder the Obedience of the Loue To-wâ—…et for that wee â thorough the Renewinge of our Spirit and Minde obtaine to becom Children of God in the Obedience of the Loue of God the Father also Coheyres with Christ in the spirituall Riches of God or heauenlie Goods and to liue euerlastinglie with God â as his chosen holyones in his holie Rest and in his louelie Nature or Beeinge 3. BEholde heere-to â as to a Kingdome of God full of all louelie Beeinge hath God chosen Vs and prepared from the Begining for Vs and for all beleeuing Heathen â which assemble them through Iesus Christ vnto his Peo ple thissame Kingdom of his vpright and louelie Beeinge which wee now inherit in thissame Daye of his Loue To th end that now â in the Very-last the Scripture and all what God hath spoken thorough his holie Propheates and what is writen of Christ should also â in Vs and with Vs become fulfilled to the Honour or Glorie of God and to our Ioye like as ther standeth writen 4. Be glad and reioyce yee Heathen with his People For the Lorde will reuenge the Bloud of his Seruauntes on his Enemies · and be fauourable to the Lande of his People 5. The Vprightones or Beleeuers shall be obedient â in the Loue vnto the Lorde and iudge the People 6. They shall receaue a glorious Kingdom and a bewtifull Crowne at the Lord-his Hande 7. They are a Congregation of Righteousones and their Exercise is Obedience and Loue. 8. They shall shyne like as the Sunne in their Fathers Kingdom 9. The Lambe of God hath redeemed them with his Bloud out of all Generations People and hath made them Kinges and Priestes vnto God and they shall raigne vpon the Earth 10. They are a Tabernacle of God amonge Men God will dwell with them and they shall be his People and Hee â God himself with them will be their God. 11. SEe this is â assuredlie the heartie Mercifulnes of God ouer vs now in the last time To th ende that now â in the last time the Glorious-lordlynes of God should â in Vs becom manifested or declared and the Scripture fulfilled 12. Yea this is the Rewarde or Recompence of Iesu Christ vnto vs Littleones and God-his Elect in the last time To-weet that wee are made â through the gratious Woorde of the Lorde in his Seruice of Loue and through the Bloud of the pure and vndefiled Lambe Kinges vnto God · and Priestes or Elders in the holie Vnderstandinge For that wee should now in these last Dayes â as faithfull Sainctes of God and vpright Elders in the holie Vnderstandinge of the Testimonies of the holie Spirit of Loue raigne vpon the Earth in Righteousnes · and â vnder the Obedience of the Loue iudge the Worlde with Equitie according to the Propheatyinge of the holie Propheates and Appostles of Christ and of the Holie-goste 13. HEer-in â yee Deerlie-beloued reioyce you now All with Laude and Thankes-geuing vnto God and praise highworthelie his holie Name Not onlie for the Bountiful-actes of God extended on you but also that presentlie â in thissame Daye his holie Spirit of Loue is powred-fourth so aboundantlie ouer Vs and in Vs. and that the true Doctrine to thesame holie Spirit is likewise â as a liuinge and safe-makinge Water flowinge-fourth out of Vs to the Saluation or Safe-makinge of all Beleeuers of the gratious Woorde and that eauenso â to Righteousnes vpon the Earth the Scripture becometh fulfilled namelie by all the Beleeuers which now humble themselues goodwillinglie and faithfullie vnder the Loue take to heart the Woorde of Trueth and growe-vpp obedientlie therin till vnto the Olde-aige of the Man Christ. 14. WHosoeuer now therfore â vnder the Obedience of the Loue hath a good regarde vnto the holie Woorde of Trueth that is administred out of the holie Spirit of Loue and exerciseth him therin for to be obedient vnto his Requiring and eauenso â to that effect fourthereth or becometh healpfull vnto the Seruice of Loue Hee shall likewise according to the Trueth enioye be partaker of all the Bountiful-actes which God extendeth on Vs Ø›his chosen Holyones and also euidentlie see how that Christ Ø›the Righteousone appeereth presentlie in Glorie and becometh wonderfull in all his Beleeuers and that also â through the-same Christ and his Holyones the vniuersall Earth shall â in this Daye of the Loue which God himself hath appointed or ordayned be iudged with Equitie · and purged from all his Vnrighteousnes and that all the Sainctes of God namelie the CoÌ„munialtie of the Loue shall inhabit thesame with Righteousnes · and raigne with Faithfulnes Trueth from hence-fourth worlde-with-out-ende Amen This shall all assuredly com eauenso to passe and in his time be founde eauen-thus 15. HEer-with-all â Once beloued and obedient Children and all yee constant Faithful-ones in this our vpright Seruice of Loue my heartie Exhortation and Desire is vnto you All that yee will take thissame effectuallie to Heart and not seeke nor desire anythinge-els with your Will and Minde but that the Loue of Iesu Christ â with her verteous Nature and vpright Beeinge may obtaine a Shape in you and
of will for to assemble them therto are called and louinglie-bidden 11. OH that the Man vnderstoode thissame aright So should hee then assuredlie â with all Good-willingnes of his Heart humble himself before the Throne of Grace and soueraigne Maiestie of God take-heede vnto the Woorde of the Lord therout heare beleeue and goodwillinglie obey thesame honour laude praise and thanke thatsame God which hath prepared all this for vs which also liueth from euerlasting to euerlastinge and sitteth vpon the Seate of his Maiestie and spread-abrode â euery-wheare the great Actes and Wonderful-woorkes of God as also reioyce him with great Ioye for that such a Throne of Grace and Sauing-health is now â in these last perrelous times appeered com and declared â out of the heauenlie Beeing vpon the Earth vnto the Children of Men which hope on God and on the Comfort of his Saluation and that also ther-thorough the Will of the Lorde is accomplisshed on Earth as in Heauen The VI. Chap. O Yee Children of Men consider-well now heeron and haue a good regard therto and take thesame yet-once effectuallie to Heart namelie how that presentlie out of thissame Throne of Grace which is appeered and com vnto vs now in the last time in the Mostholie of the true Tabernacle of God â to an euerlasting Stoole of Grace vpon the Earth the Glorie of the Lorde becometh made manifest · and his Lawe Woord and Will â accordinge to his godlie Trueth expresslie witnessed 2. For that cause haue now a distinct Diuersitie in whom Gods Spirit and hys Woorde is reuealed or manifested and in whom that it is yeat vnreuealed 3. For consider Wheare God with his Christ and Spirit hath his Dwellinge in anyone and bringeth fourth his secreat Treasures of the heaueÌ„lie Goods therout Eauen-theare is then trulie his Wisdome to be founde and also the Counsell of God accordinge to the Trueth and not by the Straungers nor by the Disobedient vnto the Woord nor yet by the Goodthinking-wise which seperate them from Vs and our godlie Doctrine nether yet by Them whose Spirit is not â in the Conformitie-of-beeing with Vs begotten or borne out of God · but â in the Seperation against Vs out of the Fleash of the earthlie Beeinge Haue a good respect heer-vnto 4. O Yee earthlie Generations you meane I yee earthlie vngodded Men that exalte and preferre your owne Woorde â which notwithstanding is meere Lyes so highlie and heare and beleeue thesame so gladlie also alwayes desire to followe-after your owne Counsell â which notwithstanding is a meere Seducing and Deceit and to be obedient ther vnto and will eauenso out of your Darknes â which is doubtles nothing els but the curssed Kingdom of Hell and the Possession or Habitation of all Deuels and wicked Spirites itself iudge so gladlie the Light of Gods Trueth and the Children of Light Ah â beloued consider yet once in what Beeing and Nature yee are comprehended and then iudge from whence your Woord and Spirit is or hath his Originall wher with yee will iudg speake-fourth the diuine Matiers and from whence also yee fett your Counsell which yee â without God-his Counsell wherwith Wee are of-one-beeing so earnestlie ensue or follow after according to your owne Minde of the Fleash and wher-out likewise yee execute the Iudgment with the which yee iudge the Testimonies of the Light and the Children of the Loue or of God. 5. Beholde heerin now and according to this maner pronounce-fourth boldlie the Iudgment ouer your selues and geeue-testimonie of your owne selues what yee yourselues â in your Disobedience to the Requiringe of the Woord are or may be â—…oned for as likewise of your owne Woorde which yee speake ther-out For I commit therin the matier vnto yourselues for to iudge 6. O Yee Children of Men Seeing that yee iudg another and all thinges so gladlie or willinglye so iudg now once also yourselues Ah â beloued doo â I praye you eauenso for I haue now geeueÌ„ the matier into your owne handes for to iudge 7. Thus looke well rightlie into yourselues and then pronounce-fourth â according to the Trueth the Iudgment or Sentence ouer yourselues what yee yourselues all are according to your inward Man And trulye when yee once beginne to see aright into yourselues then shall yee for-certeÌ„ finde in yourselues that yee are not minded according to God-his Nature or Beeinge · but according to the Nature of a corrupted and earthlie consumable or mortall man and that your Woorde and Spirit and all your Will and Counsell is out of the Fleash of Sinne and out of the Lyes of Darknes 8. For so longe as yee yeat liue in the Fleash of Sinne and that yee are not â through the Doctrine of the Testimonies of the holie Spirit of the Loue of Iesu Christ restored · nether prepared to the New Birth in Iesu Christ in your Spirit and Vnderstandinge nor yet humble you ther-vnto and that yee are not taught â with the Administration of the gratious Woord vnder the Obedience of the Loue to the Kingdom of the God of Heauens or that thesame is not com vnto you â in your Obedience vnto the Woord and Seruice of Loue in your Spirit and that yee eauenso direct the Course or Fourth-going of your Life without the Seruice of the Loue and his Requiring So is then doubtles all your Woord Spirit Counsell â proceding out of the ImaginatioÌ„ of your Knowledge no otherwise minded but earthlie diuelish fleashly and yee haue not any Sight nor Knowledg at-all of God-his Matiers or Causes nor of the Kingdom of God according to the heauenlie Trueth It is very-true The VII Chap. HArken harken Holde you still before the Seate of Gods Maiestie O yee Children of Men and geeue-eare diligentlie For ther cometh now fourth from thesame Seate Lightninges Thonders and Voyees Yea eauen-now the Lorde letteth hymself be hearde vpon the Earth and hee the highest God â which sitteth vpon his Seate and liueth for euer and euer speaketh now out of his holie Dwellinge 2. Haue now therfore a good regarde vnto the articular Vnfoldinge or distinct Definition of thesame Sounde of the Voyce of the Lorde For thus saith the Lorde or in this maner soundeth his Voice 3. YOur owne Woorde â O yee Children of Men is the Lye which seduceth you 4. Your owne Vnderstandinge is the destroying and corrupt Knowledge wherthrough yee â in your Iudging misse the Right and the Trueth and for that cause beare a false Ballaunce 5. Your owne forcast or Conceauinge Will and Counsell is the Falshod of your Mind which begyleth you in such sort that your Steppes â by that occasion cannot be vpright before Mee saith the Lorde 6. Your owne Beeing or false Minde of Darknes is the Kingdom of Hell to a Dwellinge for all Diuels and false Spirites
yee haue done 2. Oh â alas yee haue â the which will now fal-out â—…ainfullie or sharplie against you set yourselues â with your false Nature 'to Iudgment iudged God-his Causes â out of your Lyes altogether fals lie seduced the Simple beleeued your owne Iudg ment which is vnright and false and borne-dominion therwith ouer the Earth Also ben vnbeleeuinge of God in his Trueth · and resisting of the Loue and cauenso â with your false Iudgmentes falslie accused or defamed the vpright Heartes as men worthie to be rooted-out from the Earth 3. FOr-that-cause let yourselues now be counsailed by the Wisedom and looke bytimes into all your Ignoraunces and let it all fal-awaye from you or geeue it-all ouer wherin yee haue supposed to be wise or vnderstandinge and shewe-fourth Repentaunce for your Sinnes vnder the Obedience of the Loue of Iesu Christ. 4. For verelie when yee looke â accordiâ—…ge to the Trueth into your-selues and all that yee haue done So shall yee not choose but perceaue and acknowledg that yee haue not vnderstoode knowen nor iudged the earthlie and natural Thinges â which yee haue passed-thorowe and are yeat daylie a passing-thorowe trulie or aright 5. SEeinge then that yee haue not ben able to vnderstande nor iudge rightlie those thinges which â accordinge to the earthlie Beeinge are like vnto you and wher-about yee daylie haueto-doo How should yee then â O yee blockish ignorant earthlie Men be able to vnderstaÌ„de or iudge the heauenlie or spirituall Thinges which are secreat or hiddeÌ„ before you and which yee haue neuer scene nor are passed-thorowe them But for your owne Honours sake â which yee seeke at the handes of the vnregenerated Men and more esteeme and couet then the Honour of God many of you will not acknowledg thesame nor yet confesse your Blindnes 6. Yee comforte yourselues apace with Lyes and prouoke eauenso God-his righteous Iudgment to come vpon you In which Iudgment it becometh nowe discouered vnto you and yee are let to see or it becometh made-knowen vnto you in your Heartes that yee all â which are of the Earth and haue resisted the Trueth of the Life haue spokeÌ„ presumpteouslie against the Lorde · dispised the Loue in her louelie Nature and vpright Seruice · and blaspheamed the Spirit of Loue which is the true Holie-gost 7. BEholde it shall now in thissame Day of the righteous Iudgment of God â wherthrough all false Iudgmentes and Vnrighteousnesses becom made-manifest be geeuen vnto you to see-into or plainlie to perceaue all this your Falshod or horrible Iniquitie And the Recompence for thesame shall likewise â O yee false earthlie Men fall vpon you with much Affliction Distresse Miserie and Woe in all your Heartes 8. If yee now then â perceauinge well all your Falshod and in the time of your Affliction and Distresse laye not yourselues prostrate â to a Bench for the Lorde-his Feete before the Seate of the Maiestie of God but will needes â with your false Iudgmentes and Vnrighteousnes beare the Dominion against God and his Maiestie So shall yee yet neuerthelesse whether it be then with your will or against your will be troden-downe â as the Enemies of God with the Feete of the Sainctes · and laide vnder the Feete of the Lorde 9. For our God Ø›the Lorde of Hostes cometh presentlie to Iudgment and will plainlie shewe and make-knowen the Howse of his Dwellinge namelie that the Heauen and the Heauenlie-man is his Seate · and the Earth and the Earthlieman the Bench of his Feete Eauen as the Lorde hath spoken thesame in times-passed through the Mouth of his holie Propheates The XV. Chap. O Yee goodwillinge Heartes which haue now in these last perilous tymes adioyned yourselues â with a good Will vnder the Obedience of the Loue with Vs Littleones and Electedones of God Consider well presentlie on the Straungers which haue nothing-els in their minde but subtiltie guyle and also on all Such as com-in with all Self-seekinge · with their fleashlie Lustes and Desires · and with their Goodthinking and Selfwisdom besydes our holie Communialtie of the Loue and then at-thelast â when as they are aware that the gratious Woord is against or contrarie-to their Self seeking and Goodthinking seperate them againe from Vs and from the Woord and Requiringe of the Seruice of Loue Yea consider well what a Nature Beeing or Disposition they shewe-fourth and how that they â to the Renting Diuiding of our Communialtie of the Loue make-vpp themselues against Vs and our godlie Doctrine So shall yee then finde-out in the Deede and Trueth that all such do mâ—…ke manifest themselues â with their Self-wisdom and Goodthinkinge-knowledge to be contrarie-minded against the holie Woorde of the Spirit of Loue and also turne them away from the true Obedience of the Requiringe of his Seruice 2. FOr that cause take now good-heede and beware of all them that â with their Self wisdom or ImaginatioÌ„ of the Knowledg besydes the Doctrine of the Godlynes â which is taught you through the Spirit of Loue institute or bringe-in â according to the Self-seekinge of the Fleash their straunge or forged Doctrines and false Dealinges Wher-with they breede Diuision and cause Offence And seperate you from Such-persons But abide stedfastlie grounded in our mostholie Beleef of the Loue of Christ and perseuer therin eauen to the Ende That is till vnto the louelie Beeinge of the Godlynes 3. Turne not asyde â in any case to any forrein Beeing with-out the Loue fall not awaye likewise from the Seruice of the Loue for the Ignorantons cause which make oftentimes â by reason of their disorderlynes Discorde and Offence and for-that-cause also they must as the Matier or Case requireth be punished chastised and instructed Also becom not sluggish nor careles with the Slouthful-persons but â with Diligence and Lust of your Heart vnto the vpright Righteousnes and Holynes submit you alwayes obedientlie and humblie vnder the godlie Testimonies of the holie Spirit oâ—… Loue vntill that the gratious Woorde his Loue be planted in you with Meekmindednes the which is the Saluation of your Soules and the Establishing of the Promises of God the Father 4. For in thesame vpright Beeinge God will bringe vnto you all his Treasures and heauenlie Goods also all Peace and the euerlasting Life aboundantlie It is verytrue 5. O Yee Holyones of God â thou louelie CoÌ„munialtie of the Loue feare not but be now of good cheere vpon the Earth against all your Enemies For beholde your God conâ—…th to be auendged on all your Enemies for to lâ—…ye them â that they may be troden-downe vnder the Feete of your Lord Sauiour Iesus Christ. and eauenso â in your second Birth out of the holie Spirit of the Loue of Iesu Christ to transporte or yeald-ouer the Iudgment and
Seruice of Loue vnto his Beleeuers 12. Also they vnderstand not the Time which is now present and at-hande in which the Ending of the peruerse World and the Appeering of the Cominge of our Lorde Iesu Christ and the Resurrection of his Holyones cometh-to-passe The V. Chap. OH Is it not a verne lamentable case that I haue laboured thus-longe â with such a Feruentie and Diligence in the Misterie of the Woorkes of God out of the godlie Powers among the ChildreÌ„ of Men · and geeueÌ„-abrode thesame Misterie of the Workes of God vnto them â with so full Resolution to their Saluation for to declare therby Gods Trueth vpon the Earth so openlie and cleerlie · dealt or ben conuersant in the trauell of the godlie Testimonies of the true Light amonge so many · and also communed or spoken thus-longe â pea so often and many-times with them of the Misterie of the Kingdom of the God of Heauens And that I yeat find so fewe which â with all their Heart geeue-ouer themselues goodwillinglie â to obedient Disciples vnto the gratious Woord of Life and Trueth and to his Seruice of Loue or that humble them â accor ding to the Requiring of the Woord and Counsell of the Wisdom aright ther-vnder For almost they all seeke themselues and not the Lorde and cauenso hearinge and beleeuinge themselues they followe-after their owne Will and Vnderstanding and not the Lordes nor his gratious Woordes 2. Seeing then that they heare beleeue and witnes so gladlie their owne Woorde and followe or ensue so gladlie their owne Counsell Wisdom and Will so will they also verie gladlie and willinglie submit themselues ther-vnder also gladlie geeue them ouer and be obedient to thesame but not to the grations Woord of Life or of the Spirit of loue Yea such an absurde and preposterous Dealing against the gratious Woord of Life or of the Spirit of Loue is vsed ofteÌ„times much more by them which men haue in estimation and count to haue Vnderstanding then by the Little Singlemindedones 3. OH How much and manye-times is it mentioned in our Writinges that the Lorde detesteth and is whollie minded against all Pryde of the Fleash against all the Wisdomes of the earthlie or fleashlie Men and against all their Industrie Subtil-pregnantie Knowledge and Counsell and how little becometh it takeÌ„ to Heart or how little thinketh and considereth the Man that hee touching Gods Causes ought to holde himself still in his Wisdome Industrie Vnderstanding or Knowledg vntill that hee were endowed and illuminated â in his Spirit through the ObedieÌ„ce of the Requiring of the seruiceable Woord with the eternall and liuinge Woorde of God the Father · and incorporated to the vpright and louelie Beeing of the Loue of Iesu Christ. 4. Whilst then that the Man is so vnmindfull of this and bringeth-fourth alwayes so presumpteous-boldlie â out of his good-thinking Prudentie or Industrie and out of the ImaginatioÌ„ of his Know ledge his owne Woorde Counsell and Will so much and manifoldlie witnesseth-fourth thesame for Trueth and eauenso accordinge to his manlie Wisdom â out of the Minde of his Fleash goeth-on therwith and because hee thinketh that hys cause is right will nor desireth not anythinge-els So must I other-whiles let the Man alone or suf fer him to go-fourth therin for a season waiting wheÌ„ hee will com to a better Minde and beholde with Longsufferinge how it will go with him 5. Therfore for the Peaces cause to th end that I wolde not contend with anyman I keepe often scilence among Manye and let-passe â in my Pacience and Longsufferinge all false Witnessinges against mee and eaueÌ„so abide-wayting for the right time wherin the gratious Woorde of Trueth and the Discipline or Chastising-erudition mought be gladlie harkened-vnto and beleeued of the Man for to refourme the Man eauenso â in coÌ„uenient time with Longsufferinge and to preuent him with the vpright Wisdom and holie Vnderstanding if happelie hee mought by that meanes be founde worthie of the Grace that the Lorde wolde open vnto him the Doore of the vpright Vnderstanding and geue him yet-once to vnderstand that hee ought to keepe-scilence and becom vtterlie dombe in himself and first-of-all to harken vnto the vpright seruiceable Woord of the holie Vnderstandinge â that cometh fourth out of the holie Ierusalem and leadeth-in vnto the Godlines to shew-fourth vpright Frutes of Repentaunce to geeue-ouer himself â for to becom obedient ther vnto and eauenso to becom taught obedientlie in the vpright Wisdome of the louelie Beeinge and in the holie Vnderstandinge of the Godlines and so then to testifie therof 6. OH that the Man gaue him to stilnes also had regard with diligence and feruentie â and that in humble-maner to the Seruice of the gratious Woord vnder the Obedience of the Loue and desired to doo the Will of the Lorde So should hee then verelye learne well to note or perceaue wherin the Lorde hath placed his Heart Beeing and Minde and wherin Hee hath declared or reuealed him-self together with his Light Woord Spirit and Trueth and that it is also whollye the Will of the Lorde that-men should heare beleeue his Woord Spirit and Trueth therout and that-men ought also to assemble them â as obedient Disciples of the Woord ther-vnto 7. If now the Man once marked and vnderstoode thissame a-right so should hee then also verely if hee had a Lust to doo the Will of the Lorde endeuour himself â with good-will ther-to and eauenso becom assembled ther-with turne his Hearing to thesame and â out of the Sound of the Witnessinges of thesame take-to-heart the Wisdom of Instruction and eauenso â growing-vpp therin to the Olde-aige of the Man Christ learne therout to speake rightlie the holie Vnderstandinge of the godlie Wisedom 8. For verelie the true Ierusalem which in times-past descended â in sumpteous and gorgeous Garnishinge from Heauen and where-out the Woorde of the Lorde is promised to go-fourth is risen-vpp therin with his glisteringe Cleernes In which Ierusalem the holie Hill of Sion wher out the Lawe of the Lorde is promised to go-fourth and wheron the Temple Tabernacle or Howse of God is buylded becometh exalted aboue all Hilles · and manifested to a Nourice of the Children of Ierusalem 9. And thatsame heauenlie State with all what is of-one-beeing therwith is verelie the peaceable Kingdom and Mercye-seate of all Beleeuers in Christ the which is â from the Grace of God com vnto Vs now in the last time accordinge to the Promises 10. In which vndisturbable and fast-stablished Kingdom â that is com vnto vs full of Peace and full of all spirituall and heauenlie Goods all holie Soules and godlie Vnderstandinges do liue and inhabit â with all Triumph Glorie and christian Ioye free and without any Feare and ther-vnto also all Men â that are good
wherthrough yee â with Faynednes and Coueringes of shame and with manie-maner of Selfmindednes are heldecaptiue or brought in subiection Yea so captiued that it is very painfull and combersom vnto you to make manifest yourselues â vncoueredlie or nakedlie before the Seate of my glorious Maiestie and for that cause also yee obtaine little Lust and Loue to the Kingdom of Heauen the which is the vpright Beeing and Minde of the euerlasting vnchaungable Light wherin I saith the Lorde liue and dwell as an eternall and liuinge God. 7. BEholde saith the Lorde to liue and dwell in all your Inwardnes with thissame Light and Cleernes that is my Righteousnes and also the Righteousnes of my godlie Kingdom But heer-out saith the Lorde yee thrust Mee and keepe Mee off daylie with your owne Woorde and Will and bide eauenso with your fleashlie Will alwayes diueled and diuelishlie minded and thinke very little that I haue loued you so intirelie from the beginninge · and chosen you to an Howse for my Dwelling To which Glorious-lordlynes with Mee yee cannot com so longe as yee refuse the Obedience of my gratious Woorde and dispise my Spirit of Loue and so harken to yourselues and passe-fourth after the Direction of your owne Iudgment 8. O Yee Children of Men saith the Lord consider and cal-to-mind yet-once what yee all haue ben thus longe and yeat are so long as yee haue hearde and beleeued yourselues or whylst that yee yeat dailie do heare and beleeue yourselues and bide eâ—…raunged from my Seruice of Loue and vpright Beeinge 9. And if yee now desire to come-againe vnto Mee · and to your vpright Beeinge State then â—…eare nor beleeue not yourselues any-lenger but heare and beleeue my Woorde that â in my Seruice of Loue floweth-fourth out of my Mouth 10. Submitt you ther vnder and doo according to my Counsell saith the Lorde So shall yee then com to right againe also enioye my Goodnes and inherit all my Treasures and Riches 11. O Yee Children of Men saith the Lord Wherfore will yee thus bide so gladlie by yourselues seeing yee are alwaies so-much deceaued with yourselues For by yourselues yee finde nothing-els but Lyes and Darknes wher-thorough yee deuide intangle and destroy yourselues 12. But by Mee and by my Woord and Seruice of Loue yee finde the true Beeing of my Dwellinge together with the Trueth the Wisdome and all good Counsell to your Preseruation also the Light of Life the louelie Beeing of the Loue and the euerlasting Life to your Ioye and Felicitie 13. Forthatcause â to your PreseruatioÌ„ take now good-heede to the gratious Woord that I preseÌ„tlie in thissame Daye â through my holie Spirit and Seruice of Loue let to be heard and set-fourth before you out of the Tabernacle of my Dwellinge 14. And eauenso for my Loues cause saith the Lorde wherwith I haue alwayes loued you forsake now yourselues and all your owne Woorde Will and Counsell and heare and beleeue onlie my Woord that floweth â out of my holie Spirit and Seruice of Loue from Mee For otherwise yee cannot come to my Dwellinge 15. THerfore com now all vnto Mee saith the Lorde and assemble you all to the Howse of my Dwellinge namelie to the Howse of my Loue wherout I let my Woorde be hearde and wherin I haue the Seate of my Maiestie 16. Com now all hether and for my Loues cause forsake whollie Yourselues or your owne Life and all what yee yourselues for your owne selues cause haue takeÌ„on And all what is Mine or what belongeth to Mee that bringe vnto Mee and laye it all downe before the Feete of my Maiestie eauen the Howse of my Loue and acknowledg that it is all my Proprietee or Very-owne 17. WHen yee now haue done all this saith the Lorde then plant all your Heartes in the onlie Heart of my gratious Woorde and holie Spirit of Loue To th end that yee all mought becom one Heart Beeing or Minde in Mee and that I likewise â with my gratious Woord and holie Spirit of Loue maye eauenso dwell liue and walke in you all 18. For therto trulie the Seruice of my Loue stretcheth which I now in the last time extende so gratiouslie on you and eauen therto I haue also loued and elected you all O yee Generations of Men To th end that yee all â through the Seruice of my Loue mought be assembled againe â in my godlie Beeinge vnto Mee and haue Loue and Peace amonge each-other 19. Wherfore seeing now that this is the last Time of Grace in which saith the Lorde I let my Voice go-fourth to th ende that eueryone may com to my Rest so harden not in anye-case this-daye â in the Hearinge of my Voice your Heartes that yee bide not with-out this my holie Rest which is published vnto you and whervnto yee are courteouslie-bidden But becom turned-about thervnto in your Hearte and Minde and for to enter into thesame so gather you now all together vnto my Howse of Loue and to my holie Tabernacle or Man of God wherin I â as a glorious God with my perfect God head â as with my Christ at my right Hande and with my holie Spirit of Loue my true Beeinge do liue dwell and walke and wherin wee â as one true Deitie haue reuealed and glorified Vs To th end that yee all now may becom consubstantiated or conformablie-vnited â as one Man of God in Mee and inherit my Rest with all the Children of God. 20. For verelie I saie vnto you saith the Lorde Whosoeuer now in thissame Daie of my Loue assembleth him not to my Howse nor becometh â with his Heart graffed or planted into my Heart He shall not enter into my Rest nor yet for-euermore inherit ne inhabit with my Children of Peace the worthie pleasant Lande which I haue promised vnto them and prepared for them from the Begininge of the World nether yet obtaine â ether in this time or in any time to com any Grace of Saluation Life of Peace nor true Loue nor yet becoÌ„ one Beeinge with my godlie Nature but all Such â which so bide with-out Mee and my holie Howse or Communialtie of Loue shall be scattered-abrode and brought to confusion · and bounde â with the Bandes of Darknes in the horrible Destruction and so bide estraunged from the Light of my louelie Face for euer and euer 21. O Yee Children of Men saith the Lorde Harden not in anycase your Heartes in the Hearing of the Voice of my Spirit in the Seruice of my Loue but com now all to this my Fountaine of Life and refreash your Heart and Minde in thesame and in her outflowinge Waters For thesame Waters which flowe therout are my safe-makinge Waters of Life to the Satisfyinge of all thirstie Soules after
the Righteousnes and thosesame are also to the Health of all them that drinke therof 22. O how louelie is my Fountaine and how sweete are my Waters which flowe-fourth therout namelie vnto all them that loue Mee and vnderstand that I am frindlie Therfore come now all vnto Mee saith the Lorde 23. Leaue now the Frindshippe of the wicked Worlde â which is an vtter Enymitie vnto God · and full of all maner of Iniquitie and make your Frindshippe with Mee For I am in no case churlish cruell horrible nor destroyinge like as the wicked Worlde is but I am louelie gratious peaceable and benefitiall or safe-making To th ende that my Dominion maye eauenso â through my louelie and vpright Righteousnes increase itself or becom great now in the last time and that ther be no Ende of the Peace from this time fourth for euermâ—…re To th ende that I maye doo eauenso that which is right on the Earth and execute Righteousnes amonge the People For all Heathen â which turne their Heartes vnto God attend on these my Institutions which com-fourth out of the Seruice of my Loue saith the Lorde The VIII Chap. BEholde and consider and haue a good regarde heeron â O yee beloued and goodwillinge Heartes what an Hearte Lust and Loue God hath turned or borne towardes vs all for to ridde and leade vs all now in these last perrelous times â through his Seruice of Loue out of the Abhominations of the peruerse Worlde and so to bringe vs â with our will to the Maiestie of his Glorie To th end that wee should now in the last time â through his Loue and through the Mediatour his Christ becom surelie saued · liue â alwaies and for euer vprightlie louelie and peaceablie â in thesame Godhead with each-other · and so inhabit the World â accordinge to the Promises of God the Father in Righteousnes for euermore 2. Therfore namelie for thissame Loues cause which God is extendinge so gratiouslie on vs turne now your Loue likewise to thesame God of Life and submitt you all vnder the Obedience of his Loue. 3. O Yee Deerlie-beloued yee all â meane I which saye and professe that yee loue the Trueth stande in feare before the great glorious God and applie you not to anye other thinge then that which is according to his Will. esteeme rightreuercâ—…tlie his Woorde haue a singuler regarde to the Lawe of his Doctrine and â with whole Heart respect well thissame proffered Grace which â through the gratious Woord of the Lorde becometh expressed or heald-fourth before you vnder the Obedience of his Loue. 4. Which Woord of Grace and Life God hath geeuen in my Mouth · writen thesame â together with the Lawe of his Commaundementes in my Heart Minde and Thoughtes · and chosen Mee to be his Minister for to administer now in the last time â vnder the Obedience of his Loue thesame gratious Woorde to declare his Trueth and to sett-vpp his most-holie Seruice of Loue thorough the Beleefe To th ende that the whole Worlde may becom full of the Glorie of God accordinge to the Promises 5. FOr-that-cause com now all hether and refuse not the Lorde but geeue-ouer yourselues and all what yee haue â that is the Lordes goodwillinglie vnto the Lorde and his Woorde to your Preseruation Com now all and layedowne yourselues and all what belongeth vnto the Lorde before the Seate of his Maiestie 6. Respect well now thissame Time of Grace er-euer the Wrath of God and his Indignation fall vpon all Vngodlie and haue a diligent regarde in-time what the Seruice of Loue requireth 7. HOwbeit if yee do refuse thissame Loue of God the Father and with-holde from the Lorde that which belongeth vnto him not feare thesame glorious God cast his Woorde Lawe Will behinde you not regarde the heartie Mercyfulnes of his Loue which hee sheweth so liberallie on vs forsake the Communialtie of Holyons vnder the Obedience of the Loue and refuse to assemble you vnto thesame and eauenso cleaue much-rather with the Vngodlie vnto the wicked World becom puffed-vp in pompe and lightminded of Heart and eauenso followe-after â accordinge to your Lustes and Goodthinkinge your owne Freedom Will and Counsell So will God then also turne-away his Loue from you and not let you tast the louelie Beeing of his Loue which Hee now in the last time bringeth vnto his elected Holyones â which submitt them vnder his Loue to an eternall Rest of the Godlines nor inherit thesame for euermore but yee shall dye in your Sinnes and beforced to beare your Condemnation and Punishment more then the Children of the peruerse or wicked World to whom this Grace hath not ben proffered 8. Yee shall likewise dailie â the longer the more waxe-blinded from the Waye of Life becom incorporated to the wicked and malitious Beeinge of the Vngodlie and ende your Dayes and Time in Vngodlynes and eauenso the Number of your Yeares shall then perish or waste-awaye with the Vngodlie and your Ende shall be horrible 9. For like as it shall go with all Vngodlie eauenso shall yee also becom rooted-out â in Indignation from the Lande of the Liuinge · and condemned in the Fire of Hell. And I â which am the Lordes cannot likewise â of the holie Natures-part of my God be moued with any Remorse of Pitie or Compassion towardes you 10. For that be farre from the Minde of my Soule that I should sett myne AffectioÌ„ of the Loue towardes any such as loue not God nor his Lawe but bide by their owne Knowledg and are vngodlie of Will Be hee then what hee is Frinde or Straunger 11. But blessed are they to the Lorde and beloued in my Heart which feare the Lorde also cleaue obedientlie â in the Seruice of Loue with humble Heartes vnto the holie Woorde of the Spirit of Loue and are godlie of Will. Yea my Minde standeth goodwilling towardes all Such eauen to all Grace and Mercie Be hee then what hee is Frinde or Straunger The IX Chap. BVt now if â happelie certen of the goodwillinge Heartes to the Loue shoulde take these our fore-spoken Sayinges somwhat heauelie or greeuouslie to minde and saye ther vpon Because wee are not altogether perfect Yee nor the Lorde haue not â peraduenture anye Good-pleasure in vs and wee shall also â possiblie for our Imperfections cause seeinge that wee yeat daylie stumble fall and sinne very-much perish with the wicked Worlde and all Vngodlie 2. O Yee Beloued and all yee goodwillinge Heartes which are goodwillinge to the Obedience of the Witnessinges of the holie Spirit of Loue but are yeat to younge and to weake to enter into the Perfection These forespoken sharpe Sayinges Reproouinges and Punishmentes are not spoken to such as humble themselues obedientlie to the gratious Woorde and his Seruice
of Loue for to doo the Lord-his Will nor yet to the Good-willingones vnto the same Obedience although they are yeat younge and weake in the Accomplishing of the PerfectioÌ„ but to the Euel-willing and to all them that â with peruerse Thoughtes and false or deceitfull Intentes enter-in so falslie besydes vs and meane or purpose in no wise the loue but in all themselues and eauenso â with their malitious Heartes and peruerse Thoughtes fal-awaye againe from vs also sclaunder or blaspheame the holie Woord and our vpright and godlie Seruice of the Loue and so spewe-fourth their Falshod â with many Lyes ouer vs. 3. Beholde ouer this wicked and venemous Nature passeth-fourth the Iudgment of God and his Punishment to the Condemnation of the same wicked Nature 4. FOr that cause â O yee goodwilling Hartes sett-apart such Thoughtes as that God and the Spirit of his Loue or his Holyones should not â for your Weaknes cause haue any Good-plesure in you in anye-case farre from you but remember as it is also very-true and looke into the same accordinge to the Trueth that the Grace of God the Father and the Mercyfulnes of his Loue preuayleth or taketh-in the Preheminence aboundantlie by or in the Beleeuers of the Woorde and that God and the Spirit of his Loue is Longsufferinge towardes all Good-wyllingones which humble them vnder the Obedience of his Loue also beareth them in all their Weaknes and forgeeueth daylye all their Synnes To th ende that they should eauenso enioy his Comfort · and growe-vpp â with cheerfull Heartes or good Courraige somuch the goodwillinger in the Obedience of the gratious Woorde and so go-on or prease-fourth vnto the Perfection 5. For consider and looke-into it once aright If the Sinne â whilâ—…t it was yeat night haue preuayled in vs How much more then shall the Grace and Mercie of God to the obtayninge of the Righteousnes Seeinge that now â to the Saluation of Men the Daye against the Night and the Loue with her safe-makinge Seruice against the Sinne and CondemnatioÌ„ is entred-in preuaile or take the preheminence ouer vs namelie ouer all them that are good of will and that submitt or whollie geue-ouer themselues with all their Heart â for to be obedient vnto the holie Woorde vnder the Loue and expresse eauenso â in the Geeuinge-ouer of their Heart that they haue not any Will to the Sinne or that which is vnright nor yet to the Darknesses of the wicked Worlde but haue turned all their Lust to the Righteousnes for to walke vprightlie â with the Communialtie of the Loue in the Light of the louelie Beeing of god For God hath no pleasure in the Perishing of Sinners but his Pleasure is that they should all conuert vnto Him repent them for their Sinnes liue in his Righteousnes 6. FOr-that-cause O yee Feeble-minded of Heart and all yee Infirme or Weake which loue the vpright Life Permitt not anye euell Surmysinges to take-effect in you nor yet geeueplace to the Vnbeleef wherby you mought be plueked-away from the God of Life and froÌ„ the Howse or Communialtie of the Holyones of his Loue but in all thinges wherin your Memorie or Vnderstanding mought chaunce to be mooued applye alwaies your Mindes and Thoughtes to the Instruction of the Wisedome and to the Doctrine of the holie Vnderstanding of the Spirit of Loue and submit eauenso your whole Memorie or Vnderstandinge with all your Mindes and Thoughtes to the Vertues of the Godlines for to followe-after thesame in all Obedience of the holie Woord and to becom olde and vnderstandinge therin To theende that yee â in the Youngnes of your VnderstaÌ„dinge seduce or deceaue not yourselues with any straunge and vnprofitable Thoughtes 7. But yee shall alwayes â in your Youngnes Weaknes let the Geeuing-ouer of your Heart or your Goodwillingnes to the Loue and to the Obedience of the Requiring of her Seruice appeere or becom expressed before the Elders of the holie Vnderstanding in the Testimonies of the holie Spirit of loue and not â at the first the Perfection For verely it is not in your power at the first â in the time of your Youngnes and Weaknes to bring-fourth the Perfection The X. Chap. SEcue diligent eare heerto and vnderstand well the Woordes of my Voice O yee Nouises in our holâ—…e Communialtie or Famelie of Loue â wherin God himself dwelleth and walketh and yee all which are yeat younge in the holie Vnderstandinge · and weake in the Accomplishinge of the vpright Righteousnes Consider and note once aright which is your first Schoole-rule or the Beginninge of the christian Doctrine in our vpright Seruice of the godly loue Namely that yee first-of-all turne you about from the Iniquitie and from all vngodlie Beeing vtterlie forsake all the Abhominations of the wicked World and â with all your Heart depart therfrom and eauenso humble and whollie geeue-ouer your-selues vnder the Obedience of the Loue for to becom as singleminded and obedient Children by whom no Deceit nor anye Lust or Will vnto subtiltie or craftynes nor any Fainednes or Dubblenes of Heart nor-yet any Vnfaithfulnes is to be founde but which daylie â in the Departinge from the Iniquitie and in the Increasinge or Growinge-vpp in the good Beeinge of the Loue make-manifest themselues with naked or vncouered Heartes before the Seate of the Maiestie of god and eauenso â in the Confessinge of their Sinnes sigh and complaine ouer all their pernitious or corrupt Nature and wicked Lustes and Thoughtes which make-vpp themselues in them and wherthorough also they yeat somtimes stumble and fall 2. Beholde â yee Deerlie-beloued enter first into thissame small Waye For thesame bringeth or reacheth to the Perfection 3. VErelie to such goodwillinge Heartes which enter eauenso â accordinge to the Trueth into thesame small Waye that leadeth vnto Life and to all such as applie them thervnto God hath a Good-pleasure and the Spirit of my Minde standeth also inclined â to all Goodnes and Mercie ouer those-same Because they do â in such an humble Submission plainlie expresse that they feare God hate the Iniquitie with her euell Affectes or Inclination and â against those-same are good of will towardes God his Righteousnes 4. But wheare as now such a good Will and Geeuing-ouer of the Heart is not found in those I haue no Confidence that they meane or purpose in any-wise the true Loue nor yet that they haue any Lust or Will to liue in the good Beeinge of God nether-yet also that the vpright Loue and Trueth is sought loued or desired by them 5. For all Such as haue not any good Will Lust nor Desire to the good Beeinge of God but liue according to their owne Selfmindednes and according to the Sensualitie Will and Pleasure of their