Form of Godliness in the outside Profession of Christ hath been setting up Faiths and Forms of Worship from the true Faith and true Worship of God which is in the Spirit John 4.23 and out of the Power and Life in the dark out of the Light wherein the Fellowship of the Saints stood in the dayes of old 1 Joh. 1.7 And this Faith that 's of man's making and setting forth works not by Love neither brings people into Unity and a holy Fellowship one with another but people are brought under by Constraint and by outward Force and such as are in their Way zealous for their Worship run into Persecution and so the Ground is not good the Heart is not changed but the old Man of Sin remains and this is far from the true Faith that works by Love and many times people whose Hearts God hath touched are compelled to go to such Worships against that which hath in some measure given them to see the Insufficiency of those Worships and Faiths that stand not in God's Power And so people you that are in any measure made tender in your Consciences and are breathing inwardly for Deliverance that you may witness Redemption to your Souls and know not the true Way and are many times afflicted inwardly and accept not Faith to believe in yout Hearts on the Lord Jesus Wait you in the Sense of that which begets the Breathings and pens your Hearts for the Desire to spring forth that desires after the Lord and that will let you see the Way more and more yea the invisible Way of God Christ Jesus who is the Way the Truth and the Life John 14.6 and then you will have Faith to believe that God will bring you forth out of the False Wayes of this World into Peace with himself and into Covenant with him and so your Hearts will be changed and you will come to witness inwardly the Law of the Spirit of Life written in your Hearts and so then you will have no need to wander abroad to seek Christ Jesus in the dark wayes of this World but you will all know the VVay of his Appearance in your selves and so you will be his People and he will be your God Hebr. 8.10 And this is the same Truth that was in the dayes of the Apostles Christ the true Foundation that upheld all the true Christians in the former dayes who were the true Church in Covenant with God joyned unto the Lord and so were Heirs of God's Kingdom yea joynt Heirs with Christ Rom. 8.17 Ephes 2.20 and this was a true Church that was in God and in Christ Jesus 1 Thes 1.1 not an outside Profession only but an inward Possession a people that were risen with Christ seeking the things that are above where Christ sitteth at the Right Hand of God Colloss 3.1 So they had Heavenly Riches and Treasure laid up in Heaven that faileth not And this true Church was the House of God not an Outward House builded with men's Hands but a Spiritual House a People made alive to God by Christ Jesus and so they were the Workmanship of God Ephes 2.10 1 Pet. 2.5 But since the Apostacy came in and people having gone a whoring from the Lord they have not known this Mystery but have been building High Places and calling them Churches and God's House contrary to the Scriptures and so People have lost the true Sense and saving Knowledge of Christ Jesus though they have the Letter of the â—criptures which tells us plainly that the Bodies of the true Christians are God's Temples and his House 1 Cor. 6.15 19. And his Church is of his building and of his raising up who is the sure VVorkman even Jesus Christ that makes alive and brings up Mankind unto God out of the Fall and of this Church he was and is the Head who is worthy of more Honour then the House which is his Church the Ground and Pillar of Truth 1 Tim. 3.15 So Christ Jesus was in his House in his Church over which he ruled and was the Head and he is in his Church to this day and is the true Head the true Guide and Leader of his People that are quickned by him and brought forth to Praise him with one â—ongue and one Morth even as one Body And so all people come to know Christ in you as they that we read of in the Scriptures Coll 26.27 for this is a Time wherein he is to be sound if you seek to him berimes and not sleight the Day of your Visitation for the Visitation of the Almighty is come and he hath caused the Day pring from on Pigh to visit us Luke 1.78 79. in which the Lord will bring to pass that which hath been of old in his Determination viz to set up Righteousness in the Earth and this Day shall never have an End it the lasting Dispensation that shall never more be vailed Prov. 14.6 and blessed are all that come to the Knowledge of it and in the first Breakin gs forth of it in the dayes of the Apostles many Thousands were gathered to God and that which was the Cause of its being vailed from man's Understanding was because of the Unfaithfulness of such as did profess the Truth whose Candlestick at last was removed out of its place Rev. 2.5 and Darkness came over them who retained a Form of Godliness and lost the Power thereof and these were the first that rebelled against the Spirit of Christ in the dayes of the Apostles Acts 7.51 and so the Devil got the Possession of their Hearts and sate in the Temple of God shewing himself that he is God 2 Thess 2.4 Therefore oh ye professing Christians search your selves let not the Devil rule in your Hearts for all Unrighteousness is begotten in the Heart by the Devil who is the Author of all Sin in the Heart before it be committed but turn to the Light of Christ within that convinceth your Consciences and shews you the Begettings of that false spirit and so you will know Deliverance from the subtil Serpent the Enemy of all Mankind for it is high time to look about you and consider whose Servants you are and to whom you yield your selves Servants to obey and whose Work you are doing whether ye are obeying Christ Jesus in the Spirit of Truth that leads out of the World's Wayes Fashions and Customs into all Truth John 14 16 17 20 and Righteousnes that ye may know ye are his Sheep for My Sheep saith he hear my Voice John 10.11 14. and I lead them out and they follow me and ill give unto them Eternal Life John 10.28 Or whether you are obeying the Devil which is the Spirit of Error which leads your Minds into the Wickedness which is in the World out from God and Christ Jesus the true Light into Darkness and Death and so you are under the Bondage of Corruption polluted with all manner of Uncleanness and so in the Way to Everlasting
reproving you in your hearts for your Prophaneness and Idolatry therefore while you have Time put into your Hands Repent and obey the Good Spirit of the Lord God lest God cease striving with you and so you be overthrown by his Almighty Power who is a terrible God against all Unrighteousness but all the holy People of God before the Flood were guided by his holy Spirit which was a true Guide and a sure Leader from the Beginning and the Spirit of Truth was the Guide of all the chosen People of God after the Flood even Abraham Isaac and Jacob and that sustained them in all their Travails and was with them as you may read at large in Gen. 12 48. And this was the Foundation of all the Holy Men in all Ages and Generations And when Israel at any time rebelled against the Spirit of God which he gave them to instruct them read Neh. 9. throughout then the Lord turned against them and afflicted them and caused them to be carryed away out of their own Land Therefore the Spirit was and is the true Guide and the true Fountain of Life of Living Refreshment and Heavenly Virtue which gives true Wisdom and a heavenly Mind which when people forsook and rebelled against it then Ignorance abounded And so you that rebel against God who is a Spirit are you not one with Israel in the Apostacy notwithstanding your Profession against whom the Prophet testified saying My People have committed two horrible Evils the one they have forsaken the Lord the Fountain of Living Waters and have hewen out to themselves broken Cisterns that will hold no Water Jer. 2.13 And is not this your State and Condition this day Are you not digging Wells of your own and hewing out to your selves Cisterns and when all is done it retains nothing pure nothing holy nothing clean no living Water nothing from Heaven but all is corruptible all filthy all sinful Oh that your Eyes were opened to see these things how ye are erred from the Life and Power from the Living Fountain with the old backsliding Jews and dark bewildered Christians who in old time lost the Light of the Sun of Righteousness but these things have happened through gross Mistakes as for instance The general Belief hath been and is amongst the outside Professors of Jesus Christ confessing only and believing that Christ dyed without the Gates of Jerusalem though it is true and so in a general sense saying We believe in God and in Christ Jesus and so come no farther to any inward Belief and Knowledge of him as did the true Christians Rom. 8. from Vers 1. to 17. now here lies the Mistake and here many comfort themselves because they confess to his Appearance in the World sixteen hundred Years since but this a man or woman may do and yet they may perish for to profess Christ and live in the Lust of Uncleanness is but to augment their Sorrow because there is a living Witness in them which they rebel against and pierce and so cause his Wounds to bleed afresh and put him to an open Shame Heb. 6.6 Rev. 11.8 And notwithstanding they may use Meats and Drinks and have respect to Days and Times Moneths and Years yet all will pass away and perish with the using and the ground of the Separation from God may remain and so you may eat and drink Damnation to your selves at unawares for he that eats and drinks unworthily is guilty of the Body and Blood of the Lord 1 Cor. 11.27 therefore be warned whilest you have time and consider these things whilest your Day lasteth that you may come to God out of Sin and Death by Christ Jesus who is come to destroy Sin in the Flesh mark that in the Flesh this is a nearer Knowledge of him then to confess him only as he dyed without the Gates of Jerusalem who is glorified with the Glory he had with the Father before the World was and fills Heaven and Earth neither is there any Creature that is not manifest in his Sight but all things are naked and open to the Eye of him with whom we have to do Heb. 4.13 Therefore take beed to your Way and mind that pure Eye even the heavenly Light within you which is a sure Word of Prophecy to which ye do well if ye take heed as unto a Light shining in a dark Place till the Day dawn and the Day Star arise in your Hearts 2 Pet. 1.19 And this is the true saving Faith and saving Knowledge to believe in your Hearts the Lord Jesus Acts 16.30 31. Rom. 10.8 And whatsoever Way or Worship there is or may be this Day or whatsoever Profession or Confession otherwise then that which the ancient Apostles declared of who were Eye-Witnesses of his Majesty is contrany to Truth and will not make the comers thereunto Perfect who preacht from a certain Divine yet Intelligible Principle revealed within them which was the Seed Immortal Incorruptible promised of God to destroy Sin bruise the Head of the Serpent and this Seed or Spirit of Life you must all come to know within you to destroy Sin in Flesh in your Mortal Bodies and to quicken you from dead Works to serve the Living God Rom. 8.11 And this is the plain Truth unto you from the Spirit of the Lord witnessed by the Scriptures as John well said when the spirit of Antichrist began to work and some were seduced by the Wicked One said he Beloved believe not every spirit but try the spirits whether they are of God every spirit that confesseth that Christ is come in the Flesh is of God mark every spirit that confesseth Christ come in the Flesh Rom. 8.3 who came to save his People from their Sin and to destroy the Works of the Devil 1 John 4.2 for the Devil had wrought in the Flesh of Mankind the Works of Darkness Corruption Uncleanness and all manner of Filthiness in which he rules and Reigns over the Children of Disobedience in that State and Nature which he hath begotten them into and such were those sometimes that the Scripture mentions who were by Nature Children of Wrath even as others but God who is rich in Mercy and abundant in Loving-kindness caused his Love to break forth in Christ Jesus the Brightness of his Glory Hebr. 1.1 2 3 and visited those that were dead in Sins and Trespasses and quickened them by the Spirit of his Son and so they were made Witnesses of the Life of Jesus who begat them again and Redeemed them from the Bonds of Death by his Blood So here is the Way of Life and Path of Eternal Rest Christ Jesus the Power of God which destroyes the Devil and his Works 1 John 3.8 Hebr. 2.14 and this is the true Spirit this day we know it to our Souls Satisfaction that confess Christ come in the Flesh and this was the Advice of the Apostle John to such as did retain Christ the Power Wisdom of
there to give an Account for the Deeds done in the Body 2 Cor. 5.10 and such as have done well shall receive a Crown of Life and Peace with God forever and they that have done Evil shall go into Everlasting Punishment Mat. 25.46 And therefore as you have been Transgressors against God and Strangers to the Life of Holiness it is upon my Spirit from the Lord God to warn you speedily to turn every one from the Evil of your Wayes that out of Darkness you all may come and out of Ignorance and Blindness unto Christ Jesus the true Way that you may have Life who said I am come that you may have Life and that you may have it more abundantly John 10.10 And therefore turn unto him in your Hearts whose Spiritual Appearance is inwardly whom God hath sent a Light into the World John 1.9 Now that all may come unto him and believe in your Hearts the Lord Jesus and be saved for people have been in a great Mistake concerning the Faith that saves and overcomes the World for the true Faith is the Gift of God Ephes 2.8 arising from the Word of Faith nigh in the Heart Rom. 10.8 which Faith Christ is the Author of and the Finisher also Heb. 12.2 and without this Faith you cannot please God Hebr. 11.6 And so all People read your States and Condition in the Light of Christ within you which shews unto you what you are and declares unto you your Thoughts this is the Record which God hath given of his Son in the Earth which is Eternal Life and this Life is in his Son John 5.11 this reproves you in secret for sin this is the Holy Spirit of Promise that was to come whom the Prophets prophesied of in the dayes of old whom God hath given for a Leader and a Commander of the People Isa 55.4 the Gentiles Light and Israel's Glory Luke 2.32 and unto him you must turn who stands at the Door of your Hearts and knocks Revel 3.20 who is come to destroy Sin in the Flesh whose living Power was felt in the Hearts of many Thousands in dayes past after his Resurrection in the dayes of the Apostles when he returned to his Glory that he had with the Father before the World was who descended first into the lowest parts of the Earth and ascended up far above all Heavens Ephes 4.9 10. that he might fill all things whose Glory fills Heaven and Earth neither is there any Creature that is not manifest in his Sight but all things are naked and open to the Eye of him with whom we have to do Hebr. 4.13 who dyed for our Sins and rose again for our Redemption and Justification Rom. 4.25 who appeared first to Mary Magdalen and made her a Preacher of his Resurrection Mat. 28.10 Mark 16.9 and then to his Disciples before he ascended into Heavenly Glory And when he ascended up on high he led Captivity captive und gave Gifts unto Men Ephes 4.8 And though he appeared to his Disciples as they sate at Meat yet he bad them wait for the Gift of the Spirit when he asecended unto the Father Luke 4.49 And so they were made Witnesses of his Resurrection that he rose out of the Grave and not only so but that he was in Heavenly Glory who came again as he had foretold his Disciples who said Ye have heard how I said I go away and come again unto you c. John 14.28 And as the Apostle said he was offered up once for all and to every one that looks for him will he appear the second time without Sin unto Salvation and by his spiritual Appearance were many Thousands gathered and many were made able Ministers of the New Testament not of the Letter but of the Spirit 2 Cor. 3.6 And this Spirit of Grace taught them to deny all Ungodliness and worldly Lusts and to live soberly and righteously in this present World Tit. 2.12 And this Grace of God that bringeth Salvation hath appeared unto all men Tit. 2.11 even to Jew and Gentile the Grace of God the pure Spirit of Christ the Light of the Gentiles unto which Light the Apostles were sent to turn the Heathen that had no wrâ—tten Law in those Days and from the Power of Satan unto God Acts 28.8 Thus the Lord stretched forth his Everlasting Arm of Strength and Power in those Days that People might be gathered unto him and raised up by Christ Jesus out of Death and spiritual Bondage and those Preachers of the Glorious Gospel of God's Kingdom travailed chearfully in the Lord's Work and preached freely as they had received freely Mat. 10.8 declaring both to Jew and Gentile that God hath raised his Son from the dead Acts 2.24 25. and that the Day of Joy and Glad tidings was come wherein Deliverance from the wicked one was to be known and Redemption from dead Works to serve the living God Heb. 9.14 who waited for the Son from Heaven mark that you that are Preachers in this Nation The Apostles did not come to People with Enticing Words of Man's Wisdom but directed them to the Light that was revealed from Heaven to wit the Son of God the Light of the World Thes 1.10 1 Cor. 2.4 John 1.9 and if you turn not People to the Son of God the Light of the World to wait for him inwardly then ye are blinded and are in Darkness and preach another Gospel then Christ jesus whom the Apostles did preach Gal. 1.8 for Christ Jesussaid Seek not the Kingdom in Observations for behold the Kingdom of Heaven is within you Luke 17.21 And Paul to the Romans saith That which may be known of God is manifested in them for God hath shewed it unto them Rom. 1.19 And the true Gospel is the Power of God wherein the Righteousness of God is revealed from Faith to Faith Rom. 1.16 17. and the Light of this Glorious Gospel shines within and if this glorious Gospel be hid it is to them that are lost in whom the God of this World hath blinded the Minds of them that believe not 2 Cor. 4.3 4. And you that have not this Gospel take heed how you preach lest you be found false Witnesses runnning before the true Guide Christ Jesus and professing God and Christ and yet dead in Sin all such Preachers and Hearers that are not come to the Gospel within to the Word of Eternal Life in their Hearts 1 John 5.12 are out of the Truth in the Fall and so abiding in Death for he that hath not the Son who is the Truth hath not Life for this living Word within was the Foundation of the Holy Prophets and Apostles by which they were made alive and this did divide between the good bad which Word is quick and powerful and searcheth the Heart and trieth the Reins Heb. 4.12 Rev. 2.23 And it is the same to this Day as ever it was yea it lives and abides for ever 1 Pet. 1.23 And the
all you that are thus touched inwardly and tendred in any measure in the Bowed-dowaness of your Souls seeking the Lord that you may be saved oh go not forth after your Imaginations to seek him in the Desert nor after such as say Lo here or Le there Go ye not after them nor follow them Mat. 24.23 but wait having your Minds retired in the Manifestation of his heavenly Light within you and then ye will come to a true and certain Knowledge of him and so you will see how the Wise have Erred how they are gone back into the old By-Pathes that they were in that could not speak a Word in Season to the Soul that is weary but shut the Kingdom of Heaven against men and hindred such as were entring Mat. 23.13 therefore WO was cryed against them which WO stands over the Heads of all that are in the Rebellion against the Spirit of God to this day And is it not even so Do not our Wise Men and Professors shut the Kingdom against men Do not they preach against the Entrance into Life Eternal saying Revelation is ceased and this sad Doctrine hath filled the Land with Uncertainties and many Thousands are like to perish and dye in their Sins through Unbelief John 8.21 24. Now all you that are out of the Light of Life in the World of Death and Darkness and are perswaded though you dye in your Sins and Vncleanness yet you shall be saved not being freed by Christ Jesus from the Act of Sin here in this Life Troly this is a false Faith and Hope that will come to an End for Sin ever was and is the Cause of man's Separation from God Isa 51.1 2. and God sent his Son to destroy Sin in the Flesh and to be a Propitiation for the Sins of the whole World 1 John 2.2 And though People have forsaken the Lord God of Power and Life yet he hath again visited with his Ancient Mercies the Sons of men to the End they might not perish and his Ancient Arm is revealed that gathers to himself and though the Night hath been long and tedious wherein the Enemy of the Soul hath possessed the Place and Seat in the Temple 2 Thes 2.4 yet now the Lord calls for Repentance and for all to come unto him out of their Sins and from under Satan's Power and whosoever comes unto him he will in no wayes cast out John 6.37 but in this Day who refuseth to hearken to his Heavenly Voice and come not unto him they will unavoidably perish for evermore and their Blood shall be upon their own Heads for there is no way to God's Kingdom but as Redemption is witnessed by Christ Jesus out of the lost State and so being restored to God by Christ Jesus you come into the Way of Life where Peace with God is known and this hath been the Happiness of People in all Ages and Generations as they have come up into Obedience out of the Transgression and so have had Fellowship together in the Light of Righteousness and so Truth and Righteousness was their Way and Christ the Rock was their Foundation which Foundation God hath laid 1 Cor. 3.11 and so they found Favour with the Lord and ended their Days in Peace but on the other Hand this hath been the sad unhappy State of Mankind when they turned from God and Righteousness and Holiness into Disobedience and so became wicked workers filthy and corrupted with Sin and Uncleanness and so the Devil through Deceit hath undone many to their Utter Ruin and their Eternal Sorrow and sometimes perswading the Creature one Way and sometimes another sometimes in profession of Religion without the Life of Holiness which is an Abomination to the Lord for unto the Wicked God saith What hast thou to do to declare my Statutes or that thou shouldst take my Covenant in thy Mouth Psal 50.16 And so let all repent and turn to the Lord that you may be saved for the Truth is revealed that hath a long time been hid with the Lord even the same unchangeable immortal Seed CHRIST that bruiseth the Serpent's Head and though many are so vailled with Darkness as to deny his working Inwardly and limit the holy one yet he is come contrary to their Expectations and therefore they receive him not So the Way of God is not to be known in man's Way nor yet in man's Time nor in man's Will but as man obeyes God and is subject to him so he comes to know his Way And so all People consider these things whilest you have time and be warned to come out of Ignorance and become sensible that you may understand for God never forsakes any People without a just Cause therefore lay it to Heart and ponder this in your secret Meditations and as your wise men tell you Revelation is ceast let them tell you when where to whom and for what cause did God ever cast off any People when they were obedient to him Nay he never forsakes People till they forsake him therefore the Cause is in man and God is clear So the Lord in his Mercy in these latter Days hath opened his Truth and hath brought us into the Way of Life wherein we see how the Apostacy came in and in all Ages and under every Dispensation the Cause was in men because they rebelled and turned from God but now there are many so bewildred in their Minds having lost the good old Way are perswaded the Cause is in God and that he will not work by his Spirit now as he did in Days past and so being deceived do not truly endeavour to come out of Sin all their Life time but imagine that God will accept of them in their Sins and yet are perswaded that they shall inherit Heaven when this Life shall be at an End Ephes 5.5 whereas the Apostle said The Heaven and the Earth that now is are kept in store reserved unto Fire against this Day of Judgment and Perdition of VNGODLY MEN 2 Pet. 3.7 so you may read your Portion here if you turn not to God that you may be cleanled where all your false Joyes and Pleasures will come to an End Amos 8.10 and everlasting Sorrow will overtake you And farther as you deny the Working of the Spirit and rebel against it you are one with the old Backsliders even from the Beginning for that was the chief Cause that God brought Destruction upon the old World because they rebelled against his holy Spirit for after they departed from the Lord yet his good Spirit did strive with them till at length the Lord was grieved and said My Spirit shall not alwayes strive with Man c. Gen. 6.3 so the Day of their Visitation passed away and they were overthrown with the Flood Gen. 7.23 so you may read and apply this to your selves for you dare not say but the Lord by his Spirit hath doth strive with you as in the dayes of Noah who is
God which taught them all things and instructed them in the things of God and in the weighty Matters pertaining to Eternal Life Little Children saith he I write these things concerning those that seduce you but the Anointing that you have received of him abideth in you and you have no need that any man teach you 1 John 2.27 and this was at that time when the Devil went about to deceive the Churches for said Peter Your Adversary the Devil goes about like a Roaring Lyon seeking whom be may devour And again saith John It is the Last Time in which you have heard that Antichrist should come for even now there are many Antichrists 1 John 2.18 and Every spirit that confesseth not that Christ is come in the Flesh is not of God but is a Deceiver and this is that spirit of Antichrist which ye have heard of should come and even now is already come into the World 1 John 4.3 And this hath been and is to this day the loss of many in that they profess Christ Jesus only outwardly come and not try the spirits that they may know Christ also inwardly by his Spirit Power and Wisdom crucifying the fleshly Desires Affections and Lusts that he alone may reign and rule And this is the true Guide Leader and Teacher of all the Children of the Lord in every Age and Generation who is given for a Leader even Christ Jesus the Light of the World Isa 55.4 and such as are not taught of him they are not the Children of the Lord but Children of him that hath stoln their Hearts from God and leads them into Forgetfulness concerning the weighty things wherein consists their eternal Peace and so multitudes are deceived and are Wanderers in the Darkness of the palpable Night wherein the Thief hath robbed stoln and deprived Thousands of their Right for Man was not created for Destruction but to inherit Life Eternal and our God creates none to be destroyed but that all should be saved and come to the Knowledge of his Truth 1 Tim. 2.4 And therefore if any perish it s because they yield themselves to the Wicked One to work Unrighteousness which is the Cause of Man's Misery And I certainly know That no Man or Woman can have Peace with God but as they come to witness in themselves Reconciliation by Christ Jesus which can never be until they obey him for this I find by good Experience That Tribulation and Anguish is upon every Soul of man that doth Evil to the Jew first and also to the Gentile Rom. 2.9 both Professors and Prophane and notwithstanding the Height of Profession where Christ Jesus is not become the Head or where that which is contrary to his blessed will is not yet put under his Feet in every particular there is Condemnation and Terror within secret Fears and Doubtfulness which many Times causeth Torment 1 John 4 18. And so in the Bowels of tender Love to all the Sons and Daughters of Men is my Heart opened to declare the Truth as it is in Jesus who is the true Foundation and Rock of Ages 1 Cor. 10.4 And for lack of the true and saving Knowledge of him many have wandered in great Fear and many to this Day wander from the Knowledge of him and some whole Hearts by the Nearness of God unto them are tendered in Secret and mourn in Secret and are broken in Heart in the Consideration of their Conditions whose Sins are laid before them by the Lord Psal 50 8. and know no Way to escape the Indignaion of Almighty God but lye down in Fear and rise up in Sorrow those are they whose secret Cry is to the unknown God whom yet they are not come to know but here is a Travail inwardly to enjoy the Redeemer and here the invisible immortal God hath reached forth his spiritual Power and some have come to a Desire after the Lord from a real Sense of an inward Breathing after him and yet have come short of the thing they desired in the Day of the Tenderness of their Hearts for the Desire begotten inwardly it must inwardly be satisfied and all outward things as Ordinances and outward Observations cannot satisfie the Soul and herein many in this Day have come to a loss and have stumbled at the Foundation that God hath laid 1 Pet. 2.6 7 8. and so have over-run themselves and the tender Breathings of their Souls come to be stopt and so comes up Hardness of Heart again though the Pretence be never so fair and here many stand in their Imaginations fighting against the Appearance of God and so many that might have been serviceable for God's Cause in their Day and time and Witnesses in the Life of Jesus against the Works of Darkness are now become Enemies to the Lord that first begot them into Tenderness in Days that are gone and past and this is the very Way in which many Thousands in this Nation have lost themselves but a Remnant there are that have obeyed the Heavenly Voice of the Beloved that first touched their Hearts and opened their Understandings whose Souls have continually mourned after him Day and Night when Sorrow overtook us and Lamentation was heard within our Dwellings till we were sensible of the Way that leads to God's Kingdom and then it was the true Desire of our Souls to obey him and follow him in the Way of his Judgement Prov. 8.20 21. Isa 1.27 4.4 and now he is become our Leader who is the true Satisfier of the Soul even Jesus Christ unto whom every one must give an Account who is the first and the last Rev. 21.6 22.13 the Beginning of the Creation of God who hath all Power in Heaven and in Earth Mat. 28.18 and is near to all who is that Grace of God that bringeth Salvation unto mankind Tit. 2.11 13. and these that obey him and hear him who is the Beloved of the Father according to his Commandment Mat. 17.5 they are the true Church the true Body Christ Jesus being Head ruling by his blessed Power and Spirit in every Member and this Spirit and Power redeems the Church and raises it up from the Grave and such come to know the Resurrection of the Body and the Passage from Death to Life who obey Christ and know his Power in their Hearts to quicken and make alive and so tâ—is mortal puts on Immortality and this corruptible puts on Incorruption and so Death is swallowed up in Victory Isaâ—ah 25.8 And this is a holy Church redeemed to God whole Light is God's Glory Rev. 21.23 Isa 60.19 and those that are come to this Spirit and Power that overcomes the Devil are true Witnesses for the Lord in this Age and Day who are redeemed from Death and Darkness into Life and Light and this is the Lamb's Wife which is espoused unto him betrothed in Loving Kindness and confesseth him and is not ashamed of his Name before Men Mat. 10.32 and such as