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A85143	Light risen out of darkness now in these latter days. Shewing the dark ways and worships of the ministry of Antichrist now in these apostated times, which is perilous, as is foretold of often by the Holy Ghost that spoke through Paul, and now is fulfilled in these latter days, 2 Tim 3. Thus saith the Lord, Arise Sion, and thresh with a sharp threshing instrument, and shine, for thy light is come, and the glory of the Lord is risen, and is arising, and Jerusalem shall be a burdensome stone to all nations, now that Christ is unto his people both the light and glory thereof. Wherein something is written in reply to a book that was set forth by the dry and night vines in and about Beverley, who scornfully nicknameth the people of God, in reviling and falsly accusing them, and calleth them Quakers, in and about York-shire. Iuly, 1653.	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.	1654 (1654)	Wing F490; Thomason E729_5; ESTC R206840	47,191	59

false Apostles stealing the words of the true Apostles to trade withal and are vainly puft up by your fleshly minds intruding into those things you have not seen Col. 2.18 but live by conceivings and Imaginations if's and may be 's and so feed on husks and outsides not holding the head from which all the body by joynts and bands where nourishment comes in from the Divine appearance and glorious administration of the spirit of truth being administred by the spirit which causeth an Increase with the Increase of God Col. 2.19 which you are ignorant of that are alive and lives in the rudiments of the world which are perishing Col. 2.20 21 22. which things have indeed a shew of wisdom in will worship c. Verse 23. and here you are and out of the head where the life is and you are Apostated and are out of the life of the truth guided by your own wills and following the Imaginations of your own hearts and are of the number of those that the Apostle speaks of in 2 Cor. 11.13.14 for he had a free spirit and was chargeable to no man 2 Cor. 11.9 but in all things kept himself for being burdensome but you are out of that condition that are chargeable and burdensome and have not the same spir t that the Apostle had who had the Lord Jesus Christ revealed in him and spoke by Divine Revelation Gal. 1. but you speak by humane invention and brain study and so lives and acts in deceit intruding by your inventions into those things you have not seen and so are contrary to the Apostle both in that 2 Cor. 11.10.11 and that of Gal. 1.11.12 15.16 but you are in your own Inventions and are Apostated out of the truth that do not speak immediately from the Mouth of the Lord as the Apostles did and so you preach your own flatteries and deceits but what is the chaff to the wheat saith the Lord or what is the form to the power you sifted chaff or fine painted expressions is for the fire and all your formings and imaginations must be burnt you speak your own words and not the Words of the Lord and he is against you Ier. 23.29 30 31 32. and you that bring another Doctrine then to know the power and light and life within as the Apostle did you are to be held accursed and you are under the curse Gal. 1.8 9 10. And whereas you say Quest you will proceed to enquire into that doctrine which saith The light in you held forth by those you in scorn and derision call Quakers and which light doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world is Christ You make enquiry and say What then is become of the Person of the Mediatour in 1 Tim. Chap. 2. ver 5. and Heb. 7.24 c. Were you but acquainted with the life of the Scriptures Reply which is Christ in us the hope of glory Col. 1.27 whom the Apostle which was a Gospel-Minister did preach warning every man and teaching every man in all wisdom to know the Mediatour within him Chr st the power of God unto salvation and he did labour mightily by the power of God the Mediatourship Christ revealed in him that he might present every man perfect in Christ Jesus Col. 1.28 29. That their hearts might be comforted being knit together in love which love is Christ the divine power of righteousness who is the Mediatour of the New Covenant to bring the soul into the riches of the full assurance of understanding to the acknowledgement of the mystery of God and of the Father and of Christ Col. 2.2 3. Which had you tead on in that 1 Tim. 2.5 in the verse following it would have answered you in that thing Herein you shew your ignorance in the things of God and are blind and cannot see and you shew that you are ignorant of the same Ministery that the Apostle held forth teaching them-to know Christ in them Col. 1.27 2 Cor. 13.5 and the life in them And he was the Minister of the Gospel and had the power in him and laboured by that power in him his Ministery was not of man but of God as he did certifie to the Brethren Gal. 1.11 12. And his Exhortation was not of man but of God and he was bold in God to speak unto them the Gospel or power of God Christ in him which you here shew your selves to be ignorant of that asketh what is become of Christ have you lost him or is not the lust head in you and the Prince of the power of the air head in you and so your doctrine is of deceit and the Gospel is hid from you 2 Cor 4.1.2.3 4 5. And so you are full of uncleanness and of guil and contrary to the Apostle in that 1 Thes 2.3 who was allowed of God to be put in trust with the Gospel not as to please men as you do but he did please God who tryeth the heart and he neither used flattering words nor covetousness as you do that are ignorant of this spiritual Gospel he took God to witness it 1 Thes 2.4 5 6 7 8 9 10. See how ignorant you are of these things ye blind guides that knows not that the first Adam was made a living Soul and the second a quickening Spirit and is Lord from Heaven and that Christ is the same yesterday to day and for ever Heb. 13.8 And had you read on in Heb. 7.24 25. would have told you that he is able to save to the utmost all that come unto God by him who ever liveth to make intercession for them and he is the way the truth and the life and no man can come to the Father but by him Herein you shew your ignorance in the life of the Scriptures that are ignorant of the letter which is without life as said Jesus to the Jews and self conceited hypocrites Such as you are search the Scriptures for in them ye think ye have Eternal life saith he and so do you but saith he they do but testifie of me saith Christ I am the life and ye will not come to me that ye may have life John 5.39 40. And so you l ve in the shadow of things wanting the substance are blind and cannot see therefore wo to you ye blind guids who follow the imaginations and deceits of your own hearts for Christ is yet a mystery unto you and the Med atour you know not For we are come to Mount Sion and unto the City of the living God the Heavenly Ierusalem and to an innumerable Company of Angels and to the spirits of just men mads perfect the general Assembly of the Church of the first-born writen in Heaven and to Iesus the Mediatour of the New Covenant Heb. 12.22 23 24. Herein you are exceeding carnal and the natural man knows not the things of God because they are spiritually discerned 1 Cor. 2.14 And whereas you say Priest Doth not

and comfort which is eternal which the Scriptures do declare of that we own But yours that is carnal and stands without in old Authours and Books a studied out faith and an hypocritical hope which is to perish and your love which is dissimulation c. and is forbidden by the Spirit of truth that we disown He that is a B●shop Pastour or Teacher Spiritual B●shops 1 Tim. 3.1 2.3 4 5. ●●t 1.7 8. 1 Per. 5.1 2 3. Acts 20. and is taught by the Spirit who is not of man but of God and is blameless and doth contend for the faith that was delivered to the Saints who are not carnal but spiritual who are not proud nor covetous nor given to filthy lucre who are lovers of good men who are sober just holy and temperate in all things who are without partiality or hypocrifie and who watch for the souls as those that are to give an account to God and are governed by the Spirit of God free-hearted such we do own For all who do prof●ss themselves to be Ministers of Christ and to be sent of God and do not walk in obedinece to the Lord Christ but go out of his Doctrine all such are Seducers and Antichrists cover over themselves with never such fair shews and covers by their vain imaginations and fleshly wisdom as you do But wo to them that cover with a covering but not of my Spirit saith the Lord that they may add sin unto sin as you do Isai 30. You are constrained by tythes gifts and rewards and large augmentations and preaches for hire as the false prophets did but the Lord is against you as he was against them and you are under the Curse and the Wrath of the Almighty The Apostle who was a man of God taught of God and had his Ministry and Authority of God and not of man and his learning was of God and not of man as it is left upon record Gal. 1.11 12. and were after the Example and Doctrine of Christ That we do witness and that we don own But you that run to Studies and Arts to raise death out of death speaking the letter which is death for money which is carnal and are led by your own wills which are corrupt and not by the will of God as the Apostle was and you are of man and your authority of man and not of God and so your Ministry is Antichristian wh●ch differeth both from the practise of Christ and his Apostles The Apostle who taught the people as he was taught by divine Revelation had all his wisdom and learning cast out which became of none account and was loss dross and dung Phil. 3.7 8. The Apostle who was taught of God and had his Ministry not of man nor by the will of man but by the will of God taught freely Acts 20.33 34. And necessity was laid upon him and he laboured to make the Gospel free and himself servant to all 1 Cor. 9.15 16 17. c. And the Apostle who had spiritual gifts was a Minister of the Spirit made an able Minister 2 Cor. 3.5 And not of the letter but of the spirit 2 Cor. 3.6 And the Apostle was made a Minister by the dispensation of the gift of God that was given to him and he was a Minster of the mystery that was revealed to him which you are ignorant and know nothing of who deny the light know neither the gift nor the power as he did Ephes 3.2 3. Ephes 3.7 8 9 10. And you are darkness and your Ministry is darkness and not of the light not of the spirit which is the gift and you are not of Christ but of Antichrist and saith the Holy Ghost Little children let no man deceive you he that doth righteousness is of God and knows the mind and will of God and acts in the light and is righteous and is guided by the Spirit of God and is as he is 1 Iohn 3.6 7. in the truth and in the righteousness of Lord Iesus Christ 1 Cor. 1.30 31. And the Apostles who were of righteousness and of the Spirit were able Ministers of the manifold graces of God and fellow-labourers with him and had both the gift and the spirit and were able to give gifts unto others and such was the Seal of their Apostleship as were Epistles written in their hearts by the Spirit of the ever living God and not by the letter as in 2 Cor. 3.1 2 3. And they needed not the recommendation of others But you that are carnal and corrupt in your old nature and being evil how can ye give gifts unto others out of that which you have nothing to do withal For the natural man knows not the things of God you have nothing to give being evil your selves but that which is evil and go and make restitution to whom you have robbed For the thief comes not but for to kill and to steal and to destroy Ioh. 10.10 And let him that stole steal no more Ephes 4.28 The Lord is against them Ier. 23.30 And he that doth not righteousness is not of God 1 Joh. 3.10 And what agreement hath the Temple of God with Idols 2. Cor. 6.17 18. And the true worshippers did worship the Father in spirit and in truth Iohn 4.23 24. And not by imagination and invention tradition and rudiments of the world Those that were true worshippers and did worship the Father in spirit and in truth did meet together often and see what Temple they worshipped in such as were made without hands 1 Cor. 6.19 20. 1 Cor. 3.16 Rev. 21. But to these that are Brethren salute me to the Church that is in their house as Paul to Aquila and to the Brethren of Laodicea and Nimphas 1 Cor. 16.19 Col. 4.15 And those did abide in the Doctrine of Christ and I witness with them but you do not abide in the Doctrine of Christ that profess to be sent of him nor regard what the Holy Ghost said by Paul and by Stephen Acts 17.47 48 49. But you who are contrary to these and instead of being Stewards of the manifold graces of God and of the houshold of faith are of corruption corrupt minds and corrupt hearts and are of the Synagogue of Satan and are proud and covetous and snuffeth up the ayr and watches for great benefits and large augmentations and are Ministers of man and sprinkle Infants couzening them with your inventions and you your selves are out of covenant with Christ and shall never enter with your high notions and fleshly imaginations which are of Antichrist and not of Christ who contend for earth and earthly things shewing that your treasure and your heart also is in the earth and you your seves earthly and are in the same seats that those were who were enemies to Jesus Christ as you are whom he exhorteth in his Doctrin to beware of Mark 12.38 39 40. And you Christopher Feak John Simson George Cocking Laurence Wise John Pomroy Paul

things and as unknown and yet well known of the Lord and of all those that are the Lords but of our selves we can do nothing It is God that worketh in us both to will and to do of his own good pleasure and is thy eye evil because his is good It is God that doth us justifie and we know that all things work together for good to them that love God to them who are the called according to his purpose Rom. 8.28 29. to the end of the Chapter What would you then have us to continue in sin that grace may abound God forbid for how shall we that are d●ad to sin live any longer therein knowing that so many of us as were baptized into Jesus Christ were baptized into his death therefore we are buried with him by baptism into death that like as Christ was raised from the dead by the Glory of the Father even we also shall be raised up to walk in newness of life Rom. 6. Isai 66.12 Truth we own and righteousness we own and all Christian Authority such as is of God we own knowing that the Law is holy 1 Tim. 1.8 9 10. and just and good for the lawless and for the disobedient and that the righteous Magistrate beareth not the Sword in vain neither will he suffer sin to go unpunished Justice such as is pure according to the Command of Jesus Christ that which is for the punishing of evil doers and for the praise of them that do well and all that fear the Lord and make conscience of their ways and doings who hold the mystery of faith in a pure conscience such we do own And think not that we do come to destroy or declare against righteousness but unrighteousness that purity may be set up and righteousness established that deceits and deceivableness and all unrighteousness may be thrown down and Christ the Son of righteousness exalted in the purity of the Gospel this we do own and this we do honour But all deceivers blind guides hirelings Seducers and Antichrists who do not act in righteousness nor abide in the Doctrine of Christ we do disown And all Ranters and Libertines who are without order and spiritual Government who delight in vanities and follow the course and fashions of the world and live in voluptuousness and filthiness of the flesh and those that say and do not and seem to be what they are not speaking fair words and walk contrary in their actions which preach to others liberty and they themselves are the servants of corruption be they what they will be such we disown and utterly do deny and we loath and abhor all manner of evil knowing this That he that doth not righteousness is not of God 1 Iohn 3.10 For God is pure and of purer eyes then to behold iniquity and all Ranters Sects and opin●ons whatsoever we do deny for it is purity that we do honour knowing That he that doth righteousness is of God 1 Iohn 3.7 But such as hold that there is neither God nor Devil good nor evil but what a man doth imag●ne and that good and evil is alike Let me tell them by the Spirit of the living God that they are lyars and guided by a spirit of delusion Now all that love the Lord Jesus Christ have a care and take heed of all such for they are not of Christ but of Antichrist and we do them disown and utterly deny in obedience to the command of the Spirit of truth and according to the Command of our Lord Jesus Christ who saith Have no fellowship with them Ephes 5.11 For it is a shame even to speak of those things which are done of them in secret but all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light for whatsoever doth make manifest is light Ephes 5.12 13. Let all the workers of iniquity know That the unrighteous shall not inherit the Kingdom of God 1 Cor. 6.9 10. Gal. 5.19 20 21. And let them know That the wicked and all that forget God shall be turned into hell Psal 9.17 For the Secrets of the Lord are with them that fear him and the grace of God which bringeth salvation hath appeared to all men teaching us to deny all ungodliness and worldly lusts and to live righteously soberly and godly in this present evil world Tit. 12.11 12. s o God is thereby dishonoured but he is zealous of his honour with a godly jealousie and he will not give it unto graven Images but will judge the Heathen in righteousness and all are Heathen that know not God by his power ruling in them and he will scatter the proud in all their imaginations and therefore be not deceived for God will not be mocked And saith he If I be a Father where is my honour A son honoureth his father in loving him and walking humbly before him and yeilding obedience to him from love received and a servant he serveth his Master and is in obedience to him in all things Therefore his servants ye are to whom ye do obey Rom. 6.16 And he that commits sin is the servant of sin John 8.33 But know you not that the wages of sin is death but the gift of God to them that love him and serve him in holiness and righteousness is Eternal life a Therefore saith he Be ye holy as I am holy for without holiness no man shall see the Lord profess what they will And It is not every one that saith Lord Lord that shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven saith Jesus Christ but he that doth the will of my Father which is in Heaven And saith he Herein is my Father glorified that ye bring forth much fruit But why call ye me Lord and Master saith he and do not the works that I say Therefore every one that doth profess love to God and Christ be what you speak in all things or else profess nothing at all and be not sayers but doers for to say and not to perform is hypocrisie and dissimulation But hypocrites and dissemblers God will judge and pour forth fury upon the head of the wicked Therefore all that do walk in disorder to the Spirit of truth God doth disown and we do disown but those that walk according to the Spirit of truth and bring forth the fruits of the Spirit as love out of a pure heart fervently peace meekness gentleness goodness temperance and patience godliness and brotherly kindness and such as these which are according to the Spirit of truth Gal. 5.22 23 24 25 26. such we do own and wish grace mercy and peace to all that walk according to this rule and to all the Israel of God And I say as the Apostle did who was a true Minister of Jesus Christ and a man of God who was acted and given by the Spirit of the living God and was hated of the world and both by the Jews Pharisees Sadduces Grecians Libertines and all Sects and opinions which were many as there are now and all in confusion and out of the way but truth it is but one which stands out of all sects and opinions and is in that which is but one where purity is out of all apprehensions and comprehensions in the Eternal Divine Being And it is for the truths sake that we are reproached and so we are made willing to submit to the righteousness of the Spirit And as many as walk according to this rule Peace be on them on the Israel of God From henceforth let no man trouble me For I bear in my body the marks of the Lord Jesus Christ And to all that are Brethren Gal. 6.16 17 18. The Grace of our Lord Iesus Christ be with your Spirits Amen This Epistle was written for the Vindication of the Truth By a Friend and Lover of the Truth and a Servant of the Lord Rich. Farnworth FINIS

Glisson Joseph Kellat and all such as you are and your carnality and sensuality we do deny and against your dark Egyptian studied out M●nistry and your painted expressions and gathered up notions we do testifie that you are not acquainted with the teachings of God nor the Doctrine of Christ and ran but the Lord never sent you Therefore do you fulfil that Prophecy declared of by Ieremy Chapter 23.32 And you are as the false Prophets were all teaching for hire as they did to whom the Lord sent his Servants the true Prophets to testifie against them and you are found in the same condition now See Ier. 5.30 31. Isai 56.10 11. Ier. 23.16 17 18 19. Isai 29. and the 9th to the 16th Ezek. 34. to the 11th Isai 72.7 8. Hos 6.9 Hos 5.1 2. Isai 9.16 Zeph. 1.4 Zeph. 3. Zach. 13.4.5 Mal. 2. to 10. but the Lord will make you and all that are as you are of your own inventions and imaginations and run but never was sent and have cast the Law of God behind your backs but your blessing is to be accursed as theirs was and the Lord will make you contemptible in the eyes of the people and you are to be declared against And as Ezra had a standing place for the reading of the Law Nehem 8.4 5. Mat. 23. to the 8. Vers it is not denyed so had the Scribes and Pharisees which took Moses Seat and place pretending to do Justice and take off oppressions but did not But did burden the people as you do that sits in their seats now and acts in the same things which Christ came to throw down and you are Lords and Masters contrary to the Doctrine of Christ but you are discovered But Christ did forbid his to be so be ye not so saith he Mat. 23.8 and said he Be not ye called of men masters but he that is greatest among you let him be your servant Verse 11. and whosoever shall exalt himself shall be abased Vers 12. But you do not abide in his Doctrine as they did who were his Disciples and were in obedience to Christ commands See 1 Cor. 9.16 to 19. 2 Cor. 4. to 6. but you shew your selves to be both contrary to Christ and to his true Ministers and makes your selves manifest to be amongst the false Prophets and Scribes and Pharisees which were enemies to Jesus Christ then as you are found now who do not regard his own sayings as in Mat. 23.8.9.10 c. but are exalted and puft up in your fleshly wisdom high notions and high places and are as those was that were enemies to Christ but see what is your due vers 13.14.15 Likewise see what Christ saith in Mark when he called his Discipl●s he said unto them Ye know that they which are accounted to rule over the Gentils exercise Lordship over them and their great ones exercise Authority upon them Mar. 10.42 and here are you placed Notwithstanding Christs command in vers 43. who said to his But so shall it not be amongst you but whosoever will be greatest among you shall be your Minister and whosoever will be chiefest among you shall be servant of all but you do not abide in his Doctrine but are in the earth the lust of the flesh and in the fall and are in Gentilizm and Pharisaicallizm in pride and vain glory proud boasters and self-conceited Hypocrites and dessemblers and are of those that Christ doth forwarn his Discipled ones to beware of you and such as you are that do not abide in the Doctrine of Christ and so are of Antichrist blush for shame For saith Jesus our Saviour beware of such as these whom I declare and describe unto you See Mark 12.38.39.40 and such sorts of men as these were enemies to the Saints and the Brethren then as you are now who had nothing to do with the Saints priviledges that did not walk in their practice and you witness your selves to be of the same generation notwithstanding you have stoln the Saints words to trade withal but do not abide in the Doctrine of Christ but are Antichrists And the woes Judgments Plagues and Curses that was pronounced to the false Prophets Scribes Pharisees Hypocrites Seducers and Antichrists then the same is now due to you and the Lord will be avenged on you and all such as you are So in doing my duty to the Lord in declaring against you and your deceits I rest in the Lords own free love and remain a friend and lover of all that love the Lord in sincerity and truth Written by a labouring man It were most part of my three days labour R. F. The only true God HIm we worship who placed Adam in the Paradice who dwelleth in eternity and where no uncleanness can approach or come nigh who dwelleth in the highest Heavens and with him also that is of a poor and contrite spirit who causeth such his blessing to inherit whose joy is in him and in the Kingdom of his love Luke 17.21 1 Cor. 4.20 Rom. 14.17.18 Adam in the Paradise and after with Eve in the fall as you and such as you are that are not redeemed by his power not knowing the seed of the woman that bruiseth the Serpents head the enemy the tempter But Abraham Isaac and Iacob who were holy men of God Joseph in the Prison bound under by Phaaroh who was a proud hearted oppressor such as you are Egypt the Isralites red Sea Pillar of fire Egyptians overthrough and the Israelites deliverance by the Divine Power and Moses guiding them in the Wilderness Law Sabbath Ark Church in the Wilderness warfare Iordan Canaan Caleb Ioshua Judges Prophets Kings Victories large love and mercies of the Lord in sending his Son that was born of a Virgin suffered contradiction of sinners Jews high Priests Scribes and Pharisees such as you are and glorification and ascention into the Kingdom of Heaven and in our souls the Kingdom of his Grace where he conquers and rules in love and comforts us by his holy spirit these and all things as the Scripture doth declare of in their times places administrations and dispensations we do all own But your lyes flatteries deceits and hypocrisies whereby you would strangle the truth to make it appear odious to the world we do disown And as for self-justification that we deny and who art thou that dost condemn or lay any thing to the charge of Gods Elect seeing he doth us by his own power both save sanctifie and justifie by saith in Jesus 1 Iohn 3.5 6 7. who was manifested to take away our sins and who shall separate us from the love of God shall tribulation or persecution peril or nakedness famine or sword though we be accounted all the day long as sheep for the slaughter yet we are more then Conquerours through him that loveth us and we know him in whom we do believe and though we be accounted as the filth of the world and off-scouring of all