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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89837	A few words occasioned by a paper lately printed, stiled, A discourse concerning the Quakers. Together with a call to magistrates, ministers, lawyers, and people to repentance. Wherein all men may see, that the doctrine and life of those people whom the world scornefully calls Quakers, is the very doctnrie [sic] and life of Christ. Written for the sake of the simple minded ones, who are willing to follow Christ under the crosse, and to deny all things to be his disciples. By a servant of the Lord, reproached by the world, and carnall worshippers, under the name of a Quaker; whose name in the flesh is Iames Nayler.	Naylor, James, 1617?-1660.; A. P.	1654 (1654)	Wing N279; Thomason E731_23; ESTC R202987	25,300	28

1 Pet. 3. 21. without but not that of the spirit the answer of a good Conscience and observing of Holy dayes First cleare thy selfe and then finde fault with them that deserves Thou talkest of pittying and praying for these but the spirit of scorning slandering and deceit and the spirit of pitty and Prayer cannot stand in one and where the first is I cannot owne the latter Thou sayest Prayse the Lord that hath delivered out of the snares of Sathan And it Iam. 3. 11. is true they who are so can delight in nothing else but Prayses but whilest thou commit sinne thou art in his snares and a servant to him Thou sayest Worke out your salvation with feare Iohn 3. 9. and trembling but scornes quaking and sayes It is from the power of the Devill but it is in this as in all thy Paper thou wilt owne the Scripture in notion and letter but scornes and persecutes the power and practice of it And now friend a word to thy present condition as thou art revealed thou art in the world in thy fleshly will pride of heart and rash anger exalted above thy brethren and the spirit of persecution acts in thee thou denyest to walke answerable to a light in thy Conscience which would leade thee out of these things up into obedience love and meeknesse and thy love to the deeds of darkenesse makes thee hate the light I speake to that in thy Conscience which shall eternally witnesse me at the great day of the Lord when all secrets shall be layd open where thou shalt account for all thy hard speeches against the spirit of God in his people Wherefore repent and take heed how thou speakest evill of the things thou knowest not or opposeth the spirituall Kingdome of Christ in the Consciences of his owne poore despised little Flocke but turne in thy high minde and see what thou hast been doing and who thou strivest against If he fall upon thee he will grinde thee to powder let not thy high mind scorne that which may be for thy eternall good Search the Scritures and see if any of the holy men of God ever acted such things Now thou hast time prise it least thou harden thy selfe against God and so be for destruction eternally thou knowest not what spirit thou art of Thy Name I know not but where thou livest I know and what spirit acts in thee Oh that thou knewest in this thy day the things that belong to thy Eternall Peace My Name in the Flesh James Nayler A Call to Magistrates Ministers Lawyers and People to Repentance O Man and Woman how art thou fallen from thy Maker Gen. 1. 26. 27. and from the estate wherein thou was created And how dost thou lye in the losse and in the fall How long will it be ere thou enquire after the Lord who is holy and pure And you people of England How long will it be ere you leave off your out-side formall customary worships and seeke the Lord in truth of heart bringing forth fruits of righteousnesse and Rom. 1. 2. 3. holinesse according to what you professe that the Lord who hates dissembling may be honoured not in words but in life power and practice Doth not your actions declare against you before men and Angels that you are out of the way and in the Jer. 28. curse Children of the night and brings forth the fruits of darkenesse and death and not unto God And you who say Isay 56. 10 11. you are the Teachers of the Nation How long will it be ere Jer. 6. 13. 14. you looke at your owne wayes Is not all manner of filthinesse Exod. 3. 4. amongst you which you should leade the people out of Is there not among you Drunkennesse Gluttony Whoredome and Sporting sitting downe to Eate and to Drinke and rising up to play Swearing Lying Backbiting false accusing Rayling Slandering Contention Strife and Envy Yea Are not the best of you given to Pride and Covetousnesse which is Idolatry fulnesse of Bread and abundance of Idlenesse Are not you Hirelings and Teach for the Fleece Doe not you contend for Money with your owne Hearers and sue them at Law for it yea although they cannot satisfie your demands but sinne against the light in their owne Conscience and so sinne Isay 9. 15. 16. against God Are you not Bitter and Persecuters of any that comes to discover your lewdnesse crying out to the Magistrate Exod. 18. 21. 22. to uphold you in your beastly wayes and to stop the mouthes of all those whom God hath sent to witnesse against you And Rom. 13. 3. 4. much more works of this nature is amongst you which the pure Micha 3. 11. All-seeing God hath shewed unto his people to be amongst you and therefore it is that they come out from you least they Prov. 21. 3. partake with you of your sinnes and plagues But are not you blinde leaders of the blinde when you neither see these to be the workes of darkenesse nor those that follow you Woe unto Isay 1. 23. 24. you that devoure soules for Money and Gaine The day of your Account is at hand O repent the blood of soules is upon you Jer. 5. 28. 29. Die ever God send forth such a Generation of Teachers amongst his People who are not taught themselves by him to forsake Isay 3. 14. Iames 1. 2. 8. 9. such wayes as these which you walke in How are you ensamples to the People to follow The Leader of this People hath caused them to erre and they that are led by them are destroyed and hereby Priest and People are at a distance from the Lord. Job 13. 10. O you Rulers of the People who are set up to judge betwixt a Man and his Neighbour ought not you to judge for God and Luke 20. 21. not for Man Ought you not to be Men fearing God and hating Covetousnesse not judging for gifts and rewards Prov. 28. 21. Ought not you to countenance and encourage them that doe Exod. 18. 22. well and be a terror to them which doe evill Justice is so And Rom. 13. 3. 4. 5. he that is of God and beares his Sword turnes the edge of it against all sinne and wickednesse injustice and oppression and so sets up justice and judgement in the gates that the poore Prov. 29. 2. 14. may be delivered from him that is to mighty for him and that the cause of the Fatherlesse Widdow and Stranger may not fall but hath an eare open to the cryes of the poore and helplesse Prov. 10. 6. who hath but little Money and few friends that a poore man may not be afrayd to appeare in a good cause against the greatest Isay 5. 4. 7. oppressor in the Nation And ought not you to judge without respect to persons or without seeking respect to your own Persons Worship or Honour from men but onely