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A40250	Several papers some of them given forth by George Fox; others by Jame [sic] Nayler, minister of the eternal word of God, raised up after the long night of apostacy to direct the world, to wait for the revelation of Jesus Christ, and to turn their minds to the true light, that they may be reconciled to God; of the world is not worthy, and therefore doth hate, persecute, and whom inprison them, under the name of Quaker[s]. Gathered together and published by A. P. that the truth may be spread abroad, and deceit be discovered. Wherein the plain, honest, and sober conversation of the saints in fear and trembling, is justified, against the idle bablings of formal professors ... and of all sorts of persons, under pretence of civility. Also the priests of England, with their imaginary doctrines and worships discovered to be the grand enemies of Jesus Christ; and the true worship of God in spirit and truth made manifest. ... With a word to the people of England ...	Fox, George, 1624-1691.; Naylor, James, 1617?-1660. aut; Parker, Alexander, 1628-1689.; Killam, John. aut; Parnell, James, 1637?-1656. aut	1654 (1654)	Wing F1904; ESTC R218791	32,715	40

a covenant with hell and death you are resolved to serve the Devil and please your selves while you live and you will repent at your death you have forgot that your times are in the hand of the Lord and that this is the day of grace and repentance which you turn into lasciviousness and wantonness you make it plainly appear that you love your lustfull pleasures and filthiness more then God you that are friends of the world are the enemies of God you that love the world and the things of the world the love of the Father is not in you How can you say you love God and follow the lusts of your flesh for whom you love him you follow Christ saith if you love me follow me keep my Commandements and those who follow him he leads them out of all the waies of sin into the waies of purity and holyness and so he is the way to the Father For without holiness none can see God for he is of purer eyes then to behold iniquity and no unclean thing can stand in his sight Where will you where will you appear you blind creatures whom the Devil hath deceived you that follow the Prince of the aire who rules in the children of disobedience bringing forth fruits of sin and unrighteousness having your conversation in the earth and earthly things following your corrupt wills and pleasures and yet you will profess you love God draw near him with your lips own him in words but the Devil in practice O horrible hypocrisie Canst thou deceive God shall not the righteous Judge find thee out and reward thee according to thy works Thou are deceived who thinkst to be heir of two Kingdoms thou wilt have pleasure of sin here and thou sayest thou hopest to be heir of the Kingdom of Heaven too but the hope of the hypocrite shall perish Remember thy father Dives in whose steps thou walkest and the same way leads the same end The Lord saith the wicked shall be turned into hell and all than forget God But the Devil in thee saith Thou mayest live in sin and have thy thoughts in the world and mayest enter into the Kingdome of Heaven too Now who must be lyer whether God or thee O vain man was it not sin that separated God and man at the first and thinkest thou to be restored again as long as sin stands in thee Man was not created in sin but pure and holy in the Image of God and while he stood here he had communion with God and had the pure wisdom of God communicated to him by which he was able to see into the wonders of God and to give names unto all living creatures but as soon as he had sinned he was stript of all that he became naked and was thrust out of Paradise and was cursed from the Lord yea the ground was cursed for his sake and all this because of sin which thou thinkest so light of and art so loath to part with so odious is sin in the pure eyes of God who is holy and didst thou but know thy condition as thou lyest in sin in the first birth a childe of wrath and one to whom all the curses in the Book of God are due thou shouldest tremble at sin and not plead for it wherein thou shewest thy self plainly a servant of the Devil and plead'st for his Image and Kingdom and were it not that he had blinded thine eyes thou mightst see where thou art when thou abusest the goodness of God that because he hath left the sins and fallings of others upon Record to the end they should be warnings to all that come after not to do the like and these thou mayst muse on to incourage thee on in thy sin and filthiness and because God is mercifull to pardon sins at what time soever they repent therefore thou art incouraged to live in thy sins the longer unrepented of Now all who are not plainly blind may see whose child thou art for the Apostle saith Know ye not that the long suffering of God leadeth to repentance it doth so to the children of God But whose child art thou that Scripture is fulfilled in thee which saith because judgment is not specily executed upon evil doers therefore their heart is set in them to work wickedness and thus thou makest the mercies of God a cloak for thy unrighteous actions and yet thou wilt talke of a Redeemer and of Faith in Christ But O Friend where is this Redeemer witnessed whilst thou art yet in thy sin what art thou Redeemed from who art in bondage to thy lusts and what is thy liberty thou art Redeemed into while thou art a slave to Satan and at his command those who are Redeemed are see free from sin and the servitude of sin but thou servest sin while tho u obeyest the motions of sin Then where is thy freedome canst thou witness Christ died for thee and thy sin still alive How wilt thou witness his death in thee or thy self dead with him How hast thou put on Christ who art clad with sin the Saints who was dead with Christ and saith Paul How can you that are dead to sin live any longer therein and saith Those that are dead with Christ are free from sin and become servants of righteousness and saith he Now being made free from sin and become servants of God ye have your fruit unto holiness and the end everlasting life but while thou livest in sin thy fruit is unholy and the end is death who are Redeemed by Christ are Redeemed from the earth and earthly things up to God again from whence they are fallen out of every kindred tongue and people and Nation are made unto God Kings and Priests to reign above sin on earth and are made conformable unto his Image again which they had lost by sin but what conformity is there in thee while thou livest in sin thou art not like him but like the Devil for every sin is the Image of the Devil who sinned from the beginning and while thou committest sin thou holdest out his Image in thee who is thy Father and thou his son begotten in his own likeness And Christ told the Scribes and Pharisees who professed themselves the children of God but lived in sin That they were of their father the Devil for his work they will do for every sin is the worke of the Devil And saith John He that commits sin as of the Devil and saith for this purpose was the Son of God manifested to destroy the works of the Devil whosoever can witness the Son of God manifested in them can witness sin Destroyed but if thou say thou canst witness Christ manifested in thee and yet commit sin thou art a lyar For saith John whosoever abideth in him sinneth not whosoever sinneth hath not seen him neither known him For he that saith I know him and keepeth not his Commandements is a lyar and the truth is not in him And

and thou O Lord of Heaven and Earth and therefore who art thou O proud Flesh that thou art exalted Dost not thou thou God and thou Christ in thy Prayers And wouldst thou be yeed here shews the sonne of perdition himselfe and is exalted above all that is called God in thee and the Language of God is not kown with thee And as for the customes and fashions of the world bowing and making obeysance with cap and knee which man and women have done one to another which lived without the feare of the Lord we deny but we honour all men in the Lord with our soule and with our hearts and who look for these things outwardly there is a fleshly principle for these things may be done and are practized and the heart full of envy therefore all these fashions we deny And touching good-Even an good-Morrow which are customes of the world spoken without feare of the Lord we do deny but good to all men we wish and the good day that they may be brought into it and that they may see the happy day but the fashion and customes which the fleshly and heathenish nature holds up and when it 's crossed in its wayes and customes rageth and is mad we deny and that nature which holds all these things we deny For the God of Power Light and Glory hath raysed up a light in his people and gathered their hearts together to himselfe and hath discovered unto them the vanity of all things wherein they have lived and shewed them his way and truth where they should walke and gloryfie him and serve him in holiness and newness of life and with eternall food and bread of life doth he feed us whereby we become wonders to the world as he hath raised his seed to his praise and glory and is adding dayly to his Church and the strong man bowes himselfe and the keepers of the house tremble and the powers of the earth shake and the glory of the Lord is rising and is risen which terribly shakes the earth that the Idols of Gold and Silver are cast away and God alone loved who is Lord of Heaven and Earth and the works of the Lord are strange and wonderous as ever was as the Scriptures witness When Daniel heard the Voyce he fell downe and trembled and his strength and breath was gone And Paul when he heard the voyce he fell down and trembled And Habakkuk when he heard the voyce his lips quivered his belly shooke rottenness entered into his bones that he might rest in the day of trouble And David when he heard the voyce of God in the holy Temple and his Prayers came before him the Earth shooke and David his flesh trembled And work out your salvation with fear and trembling Now these workings are strange to them where the strong man keeps the house and who are in the Earth but who are rising up out of the Earth witness the power of the Earth to be shaken and who are raised up out of the Earth witness these things and have a cloud of witnesses to witness them passing through the same doore to the same rest and so we witness the Scriptures and the power of them and them to be fulfilled and fulfilling praises praises be unto the Lord God Almighty for ever We witness the happy day of the Lord is come the good and happy day and glad tidings to soules the day of Christ praises praises be unto him for ever All yee Children of the Lord praise the Lord for ever sing praises unto the Lord for evermore This is the day of salvation and the everlasting Gospel glad tidings is come into soules free pardon of sin by Jesus Christ who is come to take away sin and to destroy the works of the Devil this do we witness the Scriptures fulfilled by God alone therefore deny all the Ministers of the letter G F. CAnst thou prove in all the Scripture that God commanded any of his to salute any by the way or to take his name in vaine or to use any other heathenish customes but God Christ the Prophets and Apostles commands The contrary God saith Thou shalt not take my name in vain nor bow to any creature Christ saith Salute no man by the way The Prophet saith Salute no man by the way if any salute you answer him not again And the Apostle saith Bid Godspeed to none but such as abide in the Doctrine of Christ and have both the Father and the Son for he that bids him Godspeed is partaker of his evil deeds God saith Thou shalt not do after the manner of the heathen And Christ saith Every idle word shall be accounted for at the day of judgement and by thy words thou shalt be condemned Now thou that art offended at any for obeying the commands of God Christ the Prophets and Apostles shewst thy selfe to be no Christian but a Heathen and wilt neither obey the commands of God thy selfe nor suffer them that would but strives to uphold such costomes as God never commanded but are set up by the World and used without the feare of God Now how art thou exalted thou man of sin who wilt both dishonour God thy selfe and would compel thy brother also to act contrary to his Conscience What place would thou leave for the Throne of Christ I. N. Truth cleared from Scandalls HAving heard of divers untruths cast upon me by some of the Priests in their high places though I stand onely to the Lord in the respect of my self yet least any that love the truth should be led on to speake evil of the things they know not I shall lay open the truth as it is in me revealed touching those things whereof I have bin falsely accused 1. Concerning Jesus Christ who is the eternall Word of God by whom all things were made and are upholden which was before all time but manifested in time for the recovery of lost man which Word became Flesh and dwelt amongst the Saints who is the same yesterday and to day and for ever who did and doth dwell in the Saints who suffered and rose agine and ascended into Heaven and is set at the right hand of God to whom all power is given in Heaven and in Earth who filleth all places is the light of the World but known to none but those who receive and follow him and those he leads up to God out of all the wayes works and worships of the world by his pure light in them whereby he reveales the man of sin and by his power casts him out and so prepares the bodies of the Saints a fit Temple for the pure God to dwell in with whom dwells no uncleane thing and thus he reconciles God and man and the Image of God which in

faith the holy Ghost Whosoever is born of God sinneth not for his seed remaineth in him for he that is begotten of God keepeth himself that the wicked one toucheth him not and saith plainly In this are the children of God made manifest and the children of the Devil whosoever doth not righteousness is not of God neither he that loves not his brother God in all ages hath known his by their obedience but thou sayest thou must live in disobedience or else thou canst not live in the world and yet thou wouldest he accounted one of his too But where is thy marke by which thou art known from the world those which are God's are marked and known from the world and therefore hated of the world but thou art in friendship with the world and whosoever is a friend of the world is the enemy of God Now thou that canst conform to the worlds waies words and worship and yet would be accounted one of God's too O thou deceiver thou deceiver thou deceivest but thy self and men like thee thou canst not deceive the Lord Take heed repent halt no longer between God and the world if thou wilt owne God thou must disowne the world and the world will disowne thee thou canst not have both for whilst thou art striving with both thou hast right to neither for all things were made for the Son both in Heaven and Earth and he is Heir of all even the fulness of all and in him are the treasures of wisdome laid up and there is no receiving any thing without him witness the Son and witness all but no further then thou canst witness him no further canst thou witness real possession but seedeth on wind words shews and shadows and art deceived by the Devil that old Serpent who makes large promises but hath nothing to perform but deceit for all the promises are yea and amen in Christ they are all to the seed which is the Son and to him are all the Promises in the Scriptures For he that hath the Son hath the Father also and such are made Free by the Son but while thou art a servant to thy lusts tho art in sin and art farre from a Free man Now search the Scriptures and see if ever thou finde one Promise to thee whilst thou art in this condition but that the Devil deceives thee and leades thee to steal the Promises that were given to the Saints who was risen out of thy condition but thou hast no right to them but all the plagues and woe written are thy portion As thou liest in sin thou shalt drink the dregs thereof and wring them out except thou repent Queries 1. VVHether Jesus Christ be not that Covenant of light spoken on in the Scriptures promised by the Father to enlighten and lead all that will owne and follow him out of the dark world up to God the Father of lights yea or no 2. Whether that be not the light of Christ which enlightens the conscience witnessing there against all sin and unrighteousness which convinceth and sheweth the deeds of darkness and exerciseth the conscience in purity and holyness of all that will follow and obey it or no 3. If you say that be not the light of Christ then how is Christ the light of the world and how doth he lighten every one that cometh into the world and how do you distinguish between the light of Christ and that which you call a naturall light and doth the light of Christ enlighten the creature any other way then by shining into the conscience yea or no 4. Whether the light of Christ be not a sufficient guide to all who receive and follow it to bring out of darkness unto the Father and reveal him to the creature without adding to it any other humane helps and was not he given to all the ends of the earth for this very end yea or no 5. Whether those that are in Scripture called the children of light be not onely such as are gathered out of darkness by this light and into it walking in it in measure and those which are called the children of darkness be not such as whose understandings are darkened by following the Prince of darkness to seek out other lights from their imaginations setting up Persons Forms Customs Times Dayes Places Letter and other visible carnal things to get light from which are not the spirit of Christ yea or no 6. Whether it was not by the same light of the spirit of Christ that all the holy men of God in all ages were inspired had their Revelations and by which they spake forth what is written in Scriptures in a mystery to all the children of darkness and whether the light of Christ be not the same now that ever it was to every one that have received in their serveral measures yea or no 7. Whether all those who are not onely ignorant of this light but also enemies to it rendering it under odious terms as unable to lead out of darkness be not Ministers for the Prince of darkness and against Christ the true light and so are Ministers of Anti-christ and upholders of the Kingdom of darkness which Christ came to destroy yea or no More Queries 1. VVHether can the Scriptures be read and understood by any other spirit then that which gave them forth yea or no 2. Whether that spirit be excluded from manifesting it self in the Saints now in the same power and manner as formerly it hath done yea or no 3. Whether that spirit where it is be not infallible and Judge of all truth and all deceits in its measure as it is manifested yea or no 4. Whether those who have not the spirit which is the infallible judge have any true ground to pass the censure of ex-communication or to judge of Blasphemy in others yea or no 5. Whether that which is spoken by that spirit where it is be not the very word of God yea or no 6. Whether the spirit of the world by their carnal laws grounded upon humane wisdome and reason have any power from God to Judge that spirit where it is and have they not in all ages when they have attempted it passed the censure of Blasphemy upon it and so it hath suffered yea or no 7. Whether that spirit be not at unity in it self all that speak by it speaking one and the same things each in their measure and doth it not speak the same things now that ever it spoke in the holy men of God and whether all that are guided by it be not brought into one and the same way to the Father and his worship in spirit yea or no 8. Whether giving heed to any other spirits whatever they pretend be no the way to delusion and to lye open to be seduced into rent Schisme and Heresie yea or no 9. Whether any who have not this infallible spirit in themselves which is the onely light and guide and judge be fit and able

to teach others or did the Lord ever send out any to teach who hath not this spirit yea or no Certain Queries to all you Prophets that Prophesie for hire and all you Priests that teach for money and bear rule by your means and all you Shepherds that seek for your gain from your quarter answer these for they are given forth for the generall good of all people 1. Q. VVHether you will own Jeremiah to be a true Prophet which cryed against the Priests that bare Rule by their means and whether you will justifie these that bear rule by their means which Jeremiah cryed against 2. Whether you will own the Prophet I say to be a true Prophet of the Lord which the Lord sent to cry against them that sought for their gain from their quarter and whether you will hold up these shepherds which seek for their gain from their quarter now as he cryed against them 3. Whether you will own Ezekiel to be a true Prophet of the Lord which the Lord sent to cry against the shepherds which fed themselves with the fat and cloathed with the wooll and made a prey upon the people and whether you will justifie these shepherds that seek for the fleece now and for the Woll and the Fat and make Prey upon the people which Ezekiel cryed woe against 4. Whether you will owne Micha to be a true Prophet of the Lord which the Lord sent to cry against the hireling Priests and Prophets that Preached and Prophesied for money and whether you will justifie these things now which the Lord sent him to cry woe against then 5. Whether you will justifie such as Jesus Christ cryed woe against which was called of men Master and had the chiefest places in the assemblies and stood praying in the Synagogues and laid heavy burdens upon the people and loved salutations in the Markets and whether you will justifie these things which he cryed woe against 6. Whether you will justifie sprinkling infants seeing there is not a word of Scripture to prove it 7. Whether you will justifie singing Davids Psalms his quakings prayers and tears and his condition turned in Rime and Meeter and sung in the world yea or no 8. Whether ever any of the Apostles or Ministers of God did receive Tythes after Christ was risen yea or no 9. Whether ever any of the Disciples of Jesus Christ or believers that believed in him after he was risen did pay Tythes according to the old time after the substance was come yea or no 10. Whether these be not the Teachers spoken of which stand rayling in the Pulpit and are in envy and sue men at the Law and are proud and covetous be not them which goe in the way of Caine and through covetousness make merchandise of the people and are they not to be cryed against now as Paul and Peter did then 11. Whether these be not the Teachers that seek for great augmentations and great Benefits and Tythes be not as they which the Scripture speaks of which run greedily after the error of Balaam who perished in the gain-saying of Cora seeing the Apostle said He covered no mans silver nor gold nor apparel but wrought with his hands that he might be example to all that followed him 12. Whether they do abide in the Doctrine of Christ which compels people to swear or the Doctrine of the Devil when Christ saith Swear not at all but let your yea be yea and nay nay whatsoever is more is evil 13. Whether the outward Temple was to be held up after Christ was risen yea or no seeing Stephen was stoned to death for witnessing against it 14. Whether a man shall be made free from the body of sin while he is upon the earth yea or no 15. Whether you will own that Christ which said be not ye called of men Master or whether you will be called of men Master and so deny that Christ 16. Whether that was the true Christ that forbid these things and whether you will own that Christ as an Example to follow him who is the way the light and the truth An Exhortation to all people that have a desire to know the Truth that the Truth may make them free EVery one that hath a desire to know the truth that the truth may set you free mind the light of God in you that shews you sin and evil that which checks you when you do amiss either when you lie or swear or are proud or covetous or oppress or envy or hate or backbite one another or use any deceit there is something in you that will check you and tell you that you should not do so if you hearken to it that which shews you your vain thoughts and wandring desire and wicked imaginations if you hearken to that and let it guide your minds It will turn them within and shew you how you have spent your time and bring you to consider of your waies and your doings that you may forsake that which is evil and turn to the Lord that he may have mercy upon you this light within if you hearken to it it will not suffer you to do any wrong to any man but to do to all as you would be done by and obeying it it will teach you to deny your selves of pride and covetousness and oppression and drunkenness and lying and swearing and vain talk and foolish jesting and all vain delights and pleasures whatsoever and minding this light within to be obedient to it it will cross your earthly wille and turn you out of the lust and filth of the flesh and lead you out of all the worlds waies and words and customs and fashions and worships and delights and vanities whatsoever and bring you to delight in the Lord to do his will in yielding obedience to his commands in what the light doth require of you to be done that you may cast off the works of darkness as this light within makes them manifest to you this light within you will not suffer you to eat and drink to make your selves wanton if you harken to it and let it guide your minds this light within will not let you wear apparel to make your selves proud and burthen and oppress poor creatures if you hearken to it and here is your teacher this light obeying it and here is your condemnation this light disobeying it this light is not without you a chapter or a verse but the light is within as it was in them that spake forth the chapters Ye have a light to the which you do well to take heed as unto a light that shineth in a dark place untill the day dawn and the day-star arise in your hearts Take heed to that light left ye be condemned by it obeying it it will shew you the way to salvation disobeying this light it will condemn you Now you have time prize it and take heed of rejecting the counsel and admonition of the Lord to your souls