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A85129	Antichrists man of vvar, apprehended, and encountred withal, by a souldier of the armie of the Lamb. Otherwise, an answer to a book set forth by one that subscribes his name Edmund Skipp, preacher of the Gospel (as he saith) to a people at Bodenham in Herefordshire; but is found one that is acting Antichrists part disguised: but nakedly seen, & herein discovered in this answer to his book, called the Worlds wonder, or the Quakers blazing-starre. And in this answer he is discovered, and proved to be one that is chief in the service of the old dragon: who pretends in his book to discover the mystery of the Quakers, as he calls them, and to lay open a dangerous design: who is found out, that whilst he hath been pretending to be chief in discovering a plot, or Antichrists misterious actings, is found himself to be the chief plotter, ... / Written in Worcestershire by a servant of the Lord, the second moneth called April, 1655.	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.; Smith, Humphrey, d. 1663.	1655 (1655)	Wing F470; Thomason E843_9; ESTC R202123	95,493	95

what I ●n●w that it is the Lord alone that teacheth his people to profit none teacheth like he who is now my teacher indeed and will be yours if you are made willing and obedient to be tought directed and guided by him who is gathering his out of all Nations kindreds and tongues Ezek. 31.11 which is by Jesus Christ the one and only Priest who is the light of the Gentiles and the light of the world by which he hath enlightened every one that commeth into the world John 1.9 which light shineth into the darkness and the darkness comprehendeth it not verse 5. Now the world is set in the heart of man Eccles 3.11 of the which world Christ is the light and he that followeth him shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life John 8.12 this is that grace of God that hath appeared unto all men teaching them to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts and live soberly righteously and godly in this present world Tit. 2.11 12. this is the light of Christ who is the word of God in the heart for this word of the living God is not farre off but it is nigh thee in thy heart and in thy mouth that thou mayst hear it and see it and do●t Deut. 30.14 Now therefore friends look not forth after them that say Christ is here or there for they are all deceivers the word is nigh the light is within thee even in thy dark heart although thy darkness cannot comprehend it because thou lovest darkness rather then the light of Iesus Christ which shineth in thy Conscience and lets thee see the evil of thy wayes and calles thee to repentance and to forsake the wicked and live this is the Talent that thou art hiding in the earth for the which thou must give an account to therefore say I unto thee minde that teacher that teacheth to deny ungodliness and this is the light of Iesus Christ in thy Conscience the which light proceedeth from Christ and leadeth all that loveth it John 8.12 up to Christ who is the way the truth and the life the only way and no other way to the Father Now all of you owning this word Teacher and light in your own Consciences you will come to witness Iesus Christ in you the light of life and know him to be the way unto the Father which leads out of the darkness of all the worlds wayes worships forms and fashions and customs and words wayes and actions and come to be gathered in the light unto Iesus Christ who is the light and from the light then to come to witness the Scriptures to be true yea even fulfilled in you by the same spirit as it was in them that did write and speak forth the Scriptures and so witness with them against the same things that were witnessed against then by the Children of the light who had fellowship with the Father by the which they saw that which in measure I witnesse that there is but one way one truth one light one faith one baptisme one spirit one head one high Priest who ever liveth to make intercession for us one Church of the first-born whose names are written in Heaven one God over all who is rich unto all that call upon him in spirit and truth the which worshippers the Father seeketh to worship him who is a Spirit and all his Worships are spiritual but God heares not sinners and he that regardeth iniquity in his heart the Lord will not hear him for there are none but the pure in heart that shall see God whose presence is terrible to all the m●kers of iniquity that continue in the unfruitful workers of ●●●ness Now all of you see that you keep unto the true guid which i● Iesus Christ and follow him and see that you do not turn again to the vomit as the manner of some is who begin in the spirit and end in the flesh Oh leave all for Christ you cannot serve two Masters you cannot be of the world and of G●● you must witness a separation therefore i● love to all your somes that have been professors with me in publick in these parts of the Nation and all others flatter not your selves in your conditions promising your selves liberty whilest you are the Servants of corruption therefore forsake the wicked and live H. S. FINIS

which in thy first demonstration thou would charge the Quakers withal who says they are so clearly mistaken that they call evil good and good evil In this thou art charged to be a lyar and false accuser and thy saying is a clear mistake and altogether false therefore as thou art so is it and both evil and so of the Devil not knowing what thou says nor whereof thou affirms saying they and it is thy self and such as thou art And where thou judgeth the Quakers by thee so called with such false judgment and so falsly accuseth them thou may'st be ashamed and blush speaking so vainly and foolishly out of the envy and pride of thy heart which thou would cover with feigned pretences but they will not shelter thee It is thou that art so clearly mistaken in judgment and not they as thou falsly saith that regards not what thou sayest In saying those that thou calls Quakers do judg the wayes practices and actions of all people to be abominable Antichristian and unjust except their own and above all people do they cry out against and disown such who by the world are reproved and disowned as the Church and Disciples of Christ I answer the Church and Disciples of Christ we do not disown nor cry out against therefore in that thou hast again vented thy lie but thee and all false hearted hypocrits and such as pretend to be of the Church and disciples of Christ and are not such we disown cry out against and deny And all that walk in the way to the Father which is but one Ioh. 14.9 such we do not deny cry out against nor disown but al that walk in that way we own even all that are in Christ and walk in him in the lowest degre we do not call that way nor such actions abominable but the way of holiness which the Prophet Isaiah speaks of in Isa 53.8.9.10 and the unclean shall not pass over it but all contrary ways and act ons to puritie and holiness we disown cry out against and deny and all such as say they are Jews and are not but of the Synagogue of Satan such we cry out against deny and disown but the true and right way we own and especially all such as are in that way and all those that are reproached and disowned by the world who are of the Church and disciples of Christ therefore thy lie Edmund Skip is abominable and false and as it is so art thou an abom nable lyer and false hearted hypocrit and one that speak lyes in hypocrisie that hath so regardlesly said Secondly All actions and practises which are in righteousness is by us owned and not denyed knowing this that he that doth righteousness is of God and that is owned but he that doth not righteousness is not of God and that is by us disowned cryed out against and denyed he that doth righteousness is of God and he that doth not righteousness is not of God 1 Ioh. 3.7 and 10. Thirdly In this the children even of God are manifest and the Children of the Devil take notice of this all ye unrighteous ones and thou also who art the lyer and of thy Father the Devil and all such Ioh. 8.44 therefore see what is prepared for such Rev. 21.8 and lying slandering and false accusing is from the evil so of the Devil and that is Antichrist an but Edmund Skip in thy blazing Star thou hast vented thy lies slanders and false accusations to blaze abroad so proving thy selfe to be such a one therefore thy actions are Antichristian actions and thou art an Antichrist and of thy Father as aforesaid and such there are many 1 Iohn 2.18 Then thou and all such are to be cryed against disowned and utterly denyed and though thou may'st be offended because I tell thee the truth but the Spirit of truth doth judg the deceit of thy base heart our own is accepted and the unjust rejected and the way of truth true Church and Disciples of Christ we own and all false ways self-pretended Churches and unrighteous actions we deny against them cry and altogether disown 1. To that which thou calls thy first charge pag. 7. If thou was charged for hypocrisie though thou seek to justifie thy self thy self-justification will not stand good but is null and void therefore of no effect for I have already proved thee to be a lyar slanderer and false accuser of the truth and of the innocent one also that regards not what thou falsly against the truth saith and hast said so a lyar in hypocrisie as before is proved therefore upon thee who art in the hypocrisie and deceit the charge shall stand and as Conscience-Book is opened the light which changeth not though thou alter and change yet the light will then answer upon thee Gods judgments to be just and the woes that are due unto hypocrites to be due unto thee as well as to them spoken of in Ma. 23 who art in the nature turned from the light of which hypocisie doth arise as well as false accusations slanders and lyes Secondly Something now to that which thou calls thy second charge when thou says Thou art charg'd for acting against thy Conscience c. I Answer though thy Conscience may be seared as such that make shipwrack of faith and a good Conscience and now a fleshly confidence be got up in thee and thereby a lying false accusing spirit doth possess thee as the issue of thy heart hath made it manifest and the light in thy Conscience thou art an enemy unto and acts contrary to that which should exercise thy Conscience towards God that is evidently demonstrated to any single eye and in secret the light in thy Conscience which thou art an enemy to it will here for the truth witness the same and also against thy deceit Though thou seek to resist the Cryer it will cry and in thy Conscience against thee testifie and be as a dart at thy heart when Conscience-Book doth open and the light which changeth not will stand firm and be thy condemnat on from God that hates it and walks contrary to it It saith thou should not lye but thou doth lye and art here proved a lyar then thou acts contrary to that within thy Conscience therefore contrary to thy Conscience And the light in thy Conscience saith thou should not falsly accuse any nor judg with unrighteous judgment c. but thou doth accuse falsly and hath accused falsly those thou calls Quakers falsly and also judged and doth judg with false judgment c. which will not abide the tryal nor stand before the judgment seat of Christ but both thou and it are for judgment and in thy condemnation remembered thou will also be of what against the truth thou hast acted and done and acting against the truth and light the light in thy Conscience thou actest contrary to thy Conscience and though thou say thou do not thou art proved a lyar before

Antichristian ministery and speaking the Word of the Lord and reproving sin and deceit which they call railing and reviling as one of the servants of the Lord is now in prison at Worcester upon that account only and for the breach of no known Law sent from Kederminster thither by those under Richard Baxter Minister which is the chiefest Priest in Worcestershire and that Town was accounted great in profession but now like Priest like people Hosea 4.9 and Hosea 6.9 even full of envy and malice against the servante of the Lord which carrieth them forth into cruel persecution but let the wise-hearted know that the chiefest of the Priests when Christ came personally were the greatest enemies of his and did the most both stir up Rulers and people to persecute him and the greatest Professors were cruel and bitter against him And now that Christ is come and coming in the Spirits of his Saints Children and Servants to reprove the world of sin and unrighteousness and to discover the deceivableness of Antichrist and the Ant●christian min●stery the chiefest Priests and many great Professors as well as Richard Baxter Chief-Priest at Kederminster and such now labour to uphold the Kingdom of Antichrist under a dark black cover which cannot hide the baseness of their hearts but lets it break forth into cruelty and persecution but it is too manifest that they are of the bloody City in the pollutions and filthiness and hath disobeyed the voice and heardened their hearts against the truth who have haled out of their Synagogues beat abused and imprisoned such as the Lord sent unto them c. But it is but that the Scriptures may be fulfilled and that they may manifest themselves to be of that Generation of persecutors and blood-thirsty ones How dangerous a thing it is to reproach and revile the people of God that ever persecuted the righteous seed and wo from God is upon all such Teachers and People and they may read their Example Matth. 23.31 32 33 34.35 But to come to the matter in hand That City which the Prophet Zephaniah speaks of and Rulers Teachers Priests and people And again the servants of the Lord that speaks truth against deceit do not revile but such as speak evil of them and salsly accuse them are the revilers as such was that reproached the people of God and maga●●fied themselvs against them as the Priests and their party do now by and against those the Lords people whom they scornfully call Quakers which obeyed not the voice as in Zeph. 3. Chap. and see what the Lord by his Prophet saith in Zeph. 2. How he cries wo to such a people as are there spoken of verse 5. c. Likewise he tells a wicked people there what the Lord will do unto them and see the cause why Zeph. 2.8 9. This saith he shall they have for their pride because they have reproached and magn●fied themselves against the people of the Lord of h●sis therefore saith the Lord by His Prophet I will be terrible unto them c. Zeph. 2.10 11. c. Then take heed what you do and consider of this all ye unrighteous ones who reproaches and reviles the people of God under the Nick-name of Quakers The Prophet Zephaniah did not raid nor revile when he spoke to that City when he cried wo unto in and called the Princes within it Roaring Lyons and the Judges Evening Wolves and the Prophets light and ●eche●ous persons and said the Priests had po●uted the Sanctuary c. Zeph. 3. because it was so and they had done so yet to the eye of reason a natural man that knows not the things of the Spirit of God 1 Cor. 2.24 he would have been ready to say it had been harsh language and rayling as now in th●s generation they call the Spirits language railing and reviling when it tells people of their sins and transgressions but though the natural man say so it is not so for he that so saith and accuseth falsly is the railer and reviler but Edm●●● Skip and the Priests and Antichristian Ministers and such as are prophane proud and wicked they speak evil of the Spirits language and accuseth falsly and cannot prove their false accusations therefore they are the railers and revilers and not the people which they reproachfully call Quakers and the natural man is not to judg the spir●tual man but the spiritual man may judg the natural man it is his Prerogative for he that is spiritual judgeth all things yet he himself is judged of no man and this priviledge have all the Saints and Brethren of Christ Praised be the Lord for the riches of his love 1 Cor. 2.14 15,16 Heb. 2.11 1 Cor. 6.2 But thou art offended The seed of God may judg the seed of the Serpent but the seed of the Serpent is not to judg the seed of God that the righteousseed should judg the seed of the Serpent and thou art offended to have a hypocrite called a hypocrite but Christ gave them that name and called them so them such as are guided by his Spirit may but we and the righteous seed are so taught and guided therefore we may and so follow him for our example Ma● 23.27 28 29. and we know we are of the righteous seed For God hath sent the. Spirit of His Son-into our hearts whereby we cry Abba Father c. Gal. 4.6 7 and Rom. 8.14 And we are to call a lyar a lyar for the Scripture calleth them so and the Spirit of truth spoke it forth 2 Pet. 1.20 21. and we being guided by the Spirit Rom. 8.14 and 1 Ioh. 3.2.4 as such was that called lyars by the name of lyars therefore by the same Spirit may and do we call them so for that is the name which the holy Spirit gave them to call lyars by the name of lyars For be that saith he loveth God and keepeth not his Commandements is a lyar 1 Ioh. 2.4 Kev 21.8 Rev. 22.15 And thou and all such as are offended to have liars called liars seeing the Spirit calleth them so and gave them that name thou and all such art offended at the Spirits teachings therefore judg your folly and the pride of your hearts And thou and all such who are offended Serpents were called Serpents by the Spirit of truth to have a Serpent called a Serpent though they appear like men in the truth but full of hypocrisie and deceit thou and all such are offended at the language of Christ in the Gospel-ministration for he called such Serpents and Vipers As by the Spirit of truth such were so called then with the same Spirit they may be called so that are so now and that is not un-Gospel like but agreeing thereunto Mat. 23.28 29 30 31 32 33. And if thou and the Serpents seed be offended Children of the Devil are called by their Fathers same the Holy-ghost calleth them so to be called by your name your burden you must

bear for the Spirit of truth called your generation so and we being guided by the Spirit of truth dare not change your name except you take up the cross and obey the light that the Serpents head may be by the Power bruised and your nature changed take notice and if thou art offended to have a child of the Devil called by the name of his Father we must call him so for that is the name given them by the Holy-ghost Iohn 8.44 Acts 13.9 10. V pers dogs and fores are to be called by their name being of such a nature for the Spirit of truth gave them such names though in the appearances of a King his subjects And though thou and such in thy nature would not have the Serpents seed called by their names yet seeing the Spirit of truth gave them names like unto their natures therefore being guided by the holy Spirit and knowing their natures we give to them their proper names as the Gospel Spirit aforetime did until we see their change of nature that so they may change their names and if thou would not have a Viper called a Viper yet Iohn the Baptist called the multitude by that name to wit Vipers who came to have been Baptised of him before they brought forth fruits meet of amendment of life Take notice of that and read Luke 3.7 8. which was not railing but words of sound truth and if thou be offended to have dogs called by their names though in the form of men yet the Prophets Christ and the Apostles by the Spirit of truth so called them before and to take off that offence from any simple minde who desires to be informed about those names let them have recourse to those Scriptures Isa 56.10 11. Phil. 3 1 2. Rev. 22.15 And if thou would not have a Fox called by his name though in the form of a man Christ so called one to wit Herod a King and that was truth and no railing True and just judgment is set upon that false Astronomicall and unrighteous judgment of Edmund Skip against the Truth in that Bock called the Blazing-Star and the Rule of discovery he speaks of is of no effect and the truth is clear and stands above his lying deceit So here thy second Rule of discovering that mystery as thou calls it is of no effect Thy judgment is false and thy sayings are weighed and thy Spirit tried and where thou sayes Let all perpl eundestand that such as Christ did call hypocrites were so indeed I Answer so art thou and the Serpent and his seed as both thou and they are to us known as is here largely proved by e●perience And to that where thou says Such as these creatures calls hypocrites are the most precious and eminent and faithful friends that the Lord hath amongst the sons of men I Answer They are precious eminent and faithful that are of the Royal seed and such we know and honor in our souls but lyars slanderers persecutors and false accusers are not of that seed and such are enemies to the Children of God but thou art of the Serpents seed and such like that are in the lies slanders inventing evil and devising m●sch●ef ●n your hearts against the righteous seed and accusing of them falsly therefore are you of the Serpents seed and enemies to God and to his seed who are faithful eminent and precious we do not so call as thou hast falsly said and many may and doth witness against thee therefore with the true light art thou seen to be one that regards not what thou out of pride and the presumption of thy evil heart dost say and falsly accuse withal And now let the wise in heart in the wisdom of God by and with the spirit of sound Judgment now Judg of thy false and Astronomical Judgment false accusations and delusions as in thy 11. page is manifested and the Rule of thy discovery of that mystery thou tells of is nul and void and truth stands clear as to the single eyed doth appear and true Judgment stands upon thy false Astronomical Judgment in thy Blazing-Star and Book of lying Wonders Now followeth a reply to thy third Rule as thou calls it of disclosing that secret which thou says is thy own experience A Reply to thy third Rule in thy Book of lying Wonders in order to that particular as thou says whilst thou lay under temptations and that was as thou says about writing a Letter unto some that thou says thou writ unto out of much bitterness of Spirit To which I answer though thou might have some convictions and workings in the mind and not wait to have thy will bound under the cross and that kept under judgment from whence bitterness and passion hastiness and wrath doth arise but run without a true guide to write out of hastiness and forwardness before thou had any true command and so through thy disobedience to the pure and following the fancies of thy brain and the imaginations of thy evil heart giving way to thy comprehending wit and so by straying from the pure and entering into temptation through the carnal in not standing to the eternal the delusions through the mysterious workings of the man of sin might carry thee into the many inventions and up into the chamber of deceit and so delusion get in upon thee notstanding to the eternal but entering into the temptation through the carnal yet that is no ground for thee or a Iudas that betrays the pure to fetch in a multitude to condemn the just and betray the innocent but thy punishment and judgment thou for it must bear as Iudas did who betrayed the just and all who turns from the light to joyn with the darkness to betray the innocent Iudas is there and as his works was Mat. 27.1 2 3 4. so his end but after he turned from the light to joyn with the power of darkness and betrayed the just he did evil his work was evil Gen. 4.7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14. so his end was wofull and miserable for he hanged himself Take warning and remember also that when Cain had killed his brother then he cryed out and said his punishment was greater then be could bear but if he had done well he had been accepted as the Lord said but he did evil and was rejected as well as Iudas when he had betrayed and thy light in thy conscience will remember thee of what against the truth thou hast acted and done and as Conscience-Book is opened Answer it will upon thee the judgments of God to be just A Reply to that where thou says We will make known the very truth of this delusion by comparing those kind of teachings of the heart with those that the Spirit of truth was and is wont to bring forth in the souls of his people in this particular c. I Answer Thou art a stranger to the teachings of the Spirit of

the Lord and speaks evil of the work that he is and hath been pleased to bring forth in the souls of His People and now thou art found a false accuser of such as witness the Spirits teachings and the bringings forth of the truth of God in their souls and thou art one that cannot put a difference between the precious and the vile but call truth railing and reviling as before is proved and calls good evil and evil good and so hath no salt to savour withall And where thou says these people are mistaken in their judgment that they accuse falsly and that must needs be a delusion c. I Answer It is thou that art so mistaken in thy false Astronomical Judgment as I have proved therefore thou art in the delusion and mysterious workings of Antichrist thou speaks of and thou must needs be mistaken in thy false Astronomical Judgment and so in delusion and guided by a Satanical Spirit that doth so accuse and condemn a people for what thou ought not and calls the workings of the Spirit of God by his power in his Servants the delusion of Satan c. as in thy 40. and 41. page and so thy sayings being false are turned back upon thee again with thee to remain and in the reproachful false accusing and lying generation from whence they came And where thou says that when they are made to write abundantly unto men charging them without knowledge of truth They are not able to make good their wrongful accusations c. I Answer as for that fallacy which lies in those words without knolwedge of the truth that we deny and therein thou art a lyar and charged to be so and also a false accuser speaking without knowledge of the truth as it doth appear in thy false Prognostication or Astronomical Judgment as thou calls it and for wrongfull accusations that we also deny they are thy own who art not able to make good by sound truth what thou accuseth withal as is before proved and thou art left with the charges standing fast upon thee and true judgment set upon the head of thy false Astronomical judgment and so thou art thereby out of the teachings of God which thou speaks of that art the lyan slanderer and false accuser of the brethren For the Spirit of God and his teachings we witness according to his Promises Ier. 31.31 to the 3● Isa 54.13 14. whereby our souls are established in righteousness according to his teachings by his Spirit in the new Covenant Heb. 8 and the Spirit of God teacheth his servants in another way contrary to thy will and many slanderous aspersions and false accusations And where thou says quoting Malacy 3. vlt. they shall discern between the righteouss and he wicked between them that serve God and them that serve him not I Answer Wee witness the Promise of the Lord fulfilled and now we discern and know the righteous from the wicked and so see thee and all false accusers to be servants of sin so of the Serpents seed therefore no servants of God nor in his righteousness but out of his wisdom and teachings who are so slanderous and despitefully wicked take notice of that But again thou sayest if any shall say That Promise and the Promise of being guided by the Spirit into all truth are Promises made to some particular men as the Prophets Christ and his Apostles they shall find in reading that place it was speken to all the people of the Lord upon that great acceptation the Lord had of them upon their meeting together c. 1. I Answer The Promises of Gods love and mercy are to Abraham and his seed but not to the Serpent and his seed and false accusers are of the Serpents seed and hath no right to those Promises but thou and such like in the deceivableness and false accusers like thee are of the Serpents seed and so hath no right unto these Promises therefore art thou and the Serpents seed ignorant of the gifts and teachings of the Spirit of God Secondly That Promise of being by the Spirit guided into all truth The Promises of Gods blessings and happiness are to his own seed and they all chosen people beloved of God and by Christ gathered out of the world to whom He giveth h s word and Spi●●t and the world ●●teth them was not then given neither were it given upon that account as thou saiest of the acceptation that God had of the meeting of the Jews in the first Covenant often together for Christ was not then come in the flesh so that Promise was not made for it were by him given to his Disciples before his departure from them for when he had told them of his leaving them and going to the Father He said unto them a particular people to wit his Disciples Let not your hearts be troubled ye my Disciples believe in God believe also in me Iohn 14.1 and I go to prepare a place for you ver 2. and saith he after that to them I will pray to the Father and he shall send you my Disciples and Friends the Comforter and he shall abide with you for ever Iohn 14.16.17 Then that Promise was not given upon the acceptation of the meeting of those Jews spoken of in Malachy 3. seeing Christ was not then come visibly and after he was come and had suffered many things before his departure from his Disciples he told them he would pray to the Father for that Promise Ioh. 14.16 26. which was that Spirit that should guide into all truth Ioh. 16.13 and when Christ prayed for them he prayed not for the world Ioh. 17.9 and he gave them his word not the Letter but the Spirit which is the Word Ioh. 17.17 which Word was their sanctification ver 17. so one with the Spirit and Word of our God 1 Cor. 6.11 Christ himself is the Word for so is his name he is called the Word of God Rev. 19.13 and he is the Sanctifier and sanctification 1 Cor. 1.30 Hebrew●s 2.10 11. and that Promise was not made as thou say st Edmund Skip and therein thou hast also manifested a lying pirit in that and also shewed that thou art not acquainted with the teachings of the Spirit of God nor the work of Sanctification thou speaks of and let all the children of light take notice of this Thirdly to come to the place of Scripture again because thou sayes those promises was not made to the particular people I say none knowes the right to the promises but the rightcous seed and they are one people singled out from the world who are heirs of God and joyntheirs with Christ c. Iohn 17.9 10 11. Iohn 15.18 19. and the promises of blessing and happiness are to them therefore the promises of blessing and happiness are to the Righteous feed separated from the world chosen out of it by Christ Iohn 15.18 19. to whom he giveth his word and therefore doth the

not our thoughts the Lying Spirit hath told thee so by which thou art deceived and so taught to lie thy Tongue is deceitfull and so is thy heart and now the Spirit of Truth tells thee the same and also witnesseth against thee and thy deceipt And that distrustfull care we deny and know that Christ doth engage his people to leave it but there is a true care which Christ engageth the hearts of his people unto and that we own And the love of Christ teacheth us diligence and faithfulness also which engageth our Hearts and Souls unto him and to do justly love mercy and walk humbly with our God to serve him with Reverence and Godly fear and also to serve our generation in Love by being faithful unto the Lord our Redeemed passing the time of our sojourning here in fear and true care therefore thou open Lyer lay thy hand upon thy m●d●● and ●●ish be ashamed for ever that thou should be to befooled by the Devil as thou art to be his slander-Carryer and sow his seed of distention lies slanders and evil 〈◊〉 and so Labours to harrow it into the fear of enmity and grounds of Prejudice And that saying where thou says Thou hast read 〈◊〉 what an insolent proud Authentick manner the Devil spoke to Christ c. Reply That shall stand for thy self who are the Devils-slander-carrier and Satans Proclaimer and Publisher of lies slanders and deceiptfull wicked evill and filthy aspersions in such a 〈…〉 insolent Authentick manner against the Truth of Christ and his Brethren and friends so against him in them and Reviles the servants of the living God is thy Fore-fathers did Revile our b●est●d Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ but were joyce in this that we are counted worthy to so suffer for his Names sake Math. 5.10.11.12 and with all knowing this that the servant is not greater then his Lord as he himself hath said therefore we bear it in Remembrance dwelling in his word John 4.1 〈◊〉 John 15.20 And where thou says we own visions and Revelations c Reply That we do not deny if we should we should deny the Spirit of Truth and the Condition of the holy men of God Act. 9.10 11 12. and Act. 10.17 and we also know this that there is no true knowledg of God but by Revelation as Christ himself hath said Who spoke Truth and could not 〈◊〉 and he is also to be beleeved and obeyed who is the way to the Father and the Scriptures bears testimony from his own mouth to the ●●●e undeniable and grounded Truth as may be read Matth. 11.27 Luk. 10.22 And where thou sayes so making themselves eithe Prophets or Apostles c The Lord maketh both true Prophets and true Apostles Reply Self we deny and all the Power of darknesse so in that thou hast told another Lie and of our selves we are not able to think any thing as our selves but our sufficiency is of God who maketh both Prophets and and Apostles and so able Ministers of of the New Testament or Covenant not of the Letter but the Spirit for the Letter killeth but the Spirit giveth life this the Scriptures witnesseth and we witnesse with them 1 Sam. 3.19 20 21. 2 Pet. 1.21 Eph. 4.4.11 12 13. Rom. 12.6 7 Acts. 13. 1 Pet. 4.10 2 Cor. 3.5 6. Gal. 1.11 12. And where thou says Let this be also wel observed these dreamers say not withstanding they pretend it is God by some speciall Revelation or Inspiration be what it wil the Lord must be the Author of it pag. 34. Reply Thy fallacy we deny and therein thou hast uttered another Lie be ashamed and blush and for the Dreamers they shall stand for thy self and such in thy nature and deceablenesse of unrighteous who defile the flesh and despiseth the Spirituall dominion and Government which we witnesse unto by which Spirituall Poner the flesh with the affections and lusts are crucified Gal. 5.24 and with the Spirit and Power of our God are we sanctified washed cleansed and justified 1 Corimb 6.11 therefore we are no Dreamers For we witnesse the Spirituall dominion and Government by which we are preserved in our sanctification by Christ Jesus as such was in theirs that spoak against the dreamers Jude 1.2 and Revelation and Inspiration and the Lords sending according to the good pleasure of his will and the working of his divine power we own but thy pretence and fallacy or sting in thy call where thou says Be it what it will be God must be charged with it that we utterly deny and so testify against this abominable lye and ●●●n it back upon thee and the dreamers there remain Observe it well And where thou says Did you ever know a People acted through a more glorious shew or pretence of Righteousness then they are c. Reply Thy shews and pretences is by us denied but to obey Christ in all his discoveries and divine Appearances working unto Righteousnesse and changing from glory to Glory into the pure Image by the power of the Lords Eternall Spirit 2. Cor. 3.17 18. as such afore-time did that we we with the Scriptures do also witnesse and own and as Christ hath said to his Father in the eternall love to his in the glorious appearance and discovery unto such as were changed and changing into the Glory where he saith all mine are thine and thine are mine and I am glorified in them John 17.10 and the sufferings is not worthy to compared to the Glory revealed within Rom. 8.18 and God who commanded the Light to shine out of darknesse hath shined in our hearts through his glorious discovery and divine appearances of Glory and Righteousness to give us the knowledge of his Glory saith the Ministers of Christ and even in the face of Jesus Christ this treasure have we in eathren vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us 2 Cor. 4.5 6 7 and the Saints fellowship with Christ in the Glory is to be admired as the Apostle saith to the Thessalonians which glorie appears in the inwards 2 Thessal 1.10 this the Scriptures witnesse and in the fulfilling and changing into glory of Righteousnesse we also witnesse according to the measure and manifestation of his divine appearance fellowship with him in the pure enjoyment of Light Life and Love received from him who is the Lord our Righteousnesse and so made unto us Wisdom and Righteousnesse 2 Cor. 1.30 and with him and the Spirituall operation we witnesse according to his divine Appearance both in Glory and Righteousness as the Scriptures also witnesseth which we do own and with them also witnesse and of Christ according to his pure discoveries of his love according to His glorious Appearance which we do own but thy fallacies and guilded pretences we do deny and thee and thy pernicious wayes disown And where thou say Their throwing off and denying the World and all care and pains thereof for Christs sake

and forsaking Father and Mother Wife and Children for Christs sake what a fair colour is this Reply Thy colour we do deny but to the Truth of Christ we witnesse and own and thy Satanicall spirit will not let thee throw off nor deny the World c. for there Antichrist keeps his hold who hurries the hearts of such out after the world to seek the glory love and praise thereof and to deny it is so directly opposite to Antichrist and against his Kingdom that he will not lead creatures out of it and herein thou art discovered in thy colours to be of Antichrist and the world but we are taught first to seek the Kingdom of God and his righteousness and all other things shall he added as he hath said Matth. 6. Chapter and art thou so much offended that any should so love Christ above all as to follow him in the cross whereby they become crucified to the world and the world unto them and he that loveth father or mother son or daughter more then me saith Christ is not worthy of me Take notice of that Math. 10.37.38 Galat. 6.13 16. but thou art offended that any should love Christ above al their Neighbours as themselves so manifests that thou art an enemy to those that walk according to the Gospell Rule through the Cross who are of the Israel of God who witnesse grace and mercy which is the Priviledge of the Israel of God that walk according to that Rule in the Gospel Gal. 6. v. 16 which thou art offended at them that walk according to the Rule in the Gospell who love Christ above all and their neighbour as themselves and fulfill the Royall Law by doing the will of God and walking in the Light Life and Power of Truth Therefore let all the children of Light that dwell in the divine Love light life power of the eternall Truth judge of thy deceipt Antichrist will not destroy his own kingdom and now he is offended that the Kingdom of Christ in the souls of his Saints is set and setting up which foretells the destruction and downfall of thine and the downfall of the Priests of the World and their Antichristian ministry at which thou art sore moved and like a troubled Sea froming out thy own shame but thou art discovered and thy deceiptfull works laid open and made manifest therefore stop thy mouth who art of the World and the old S●●pents seed and also Prognosticating Astronomer like but this Astronom call judgment is falss and not true as is proved and laid open to the Publick view Again thou says They endure much affliction opposition and persecution from the World c. Reply Then let all that fears God take notice of that for the World loves its own but the Quakers Reproachfully called and persecuted by the World are not of the World but being in Christ and so Christians they do suffer by the World and men of nature contrary to Christ for Christians did not nor do not afflict one another nor persecute but were so done by informer Ages Hebr. 11. and here thou hast cleared thy self to be no Christian but of the World and so Antichristian and those called Quakers to be Christians and not of the World who are as thou says so persecuted and reproached by the men of the World and thou art one that doth so shamefully reproach Christ Encourageth his to bear the Persecution of the World and speak evill of them and the wayes and workings of God in them c. Yet they being Christians and suffers by thee and the men of the World the Christians aforetime did so suffer and were persecuted by the World as they are now and their Conditions is not contrary but agreeing to the Conditions of Christians friends and servants of Christ before them being compared with Hebr. 11.36 37 38. 2 Cor. 6.4 5 9 7.8 2 Tim. 3.10.11 12. and also compared with that saying of Christ to his where he encourageth them to bear the Reproaches and Persecutions from the men of the World where he saith A warning from the Lord to such as Reproach and persecute under the nick name of Quakers or such as are of the divine nature made partakers if the World hate you it hated me before it hated you if you were of the World the World would love his own but because I have chosen you out of the World therefore the World hateth you c. John 15.16 17 18 19. Here Christ hath a chosen People that suffers affliction from the men of the World for his Names sake But the People whom the World reproachfully calleth Quakers they suffer reproaches afflictions and persecutions from the men of the World for Christs sake therefore they are the People that Christ hath Chosen out of the World Take notice both thou and all you that so slander and reproach and also such as persecute Christs Chosen-people whom you scornfull call Quakers and beware what you do against the Innocent be you sure that the Lord Jesus Christ will cal you to answer before him for it consider also of that 25 Chapter of Ma●h ●● vers 41 42 43. and so on to 〈◊〉 an●●●e what you can ●earn out of it and cease your cruelty ●●ult persec●●●● and reproach not the people of Christ so as you do sco●●●●tly by you called Quakers no● any that ●●e of the divine n●●●re ●●●de p●rtakers 2 Pet. 1.3 4 c. Again thou saye● There●re 〈◊〉 a p●●ple to be sound that cry out more against Antichristi●● all apprea●●●es of sin and ●●●ghteousness then they do c. Page 40. Reply Also here again thou do●st more fully clear th●●●o be the people of God for they are to have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness b●t rather reprove them 〈◊〉 5 11. and that they do according to thy say●ng The people of God may repove sin and cry out against unrighteousness and ●●ey a●●●●g in righteousness being taught by the g●●●e of God to deny ungodliness and worldly lus●● and to live righteously soberly and godly in th●s present evil w●●ld T●l 2.11 12. they may ●●st●y cry out against sin in all appearances and also against ●l●might ●●s●ess whatsoever for the people of God did so b●●ore them that were so taught by the grace of God before them and they that did so cry out against sin in all appearances and unrighteousness of what sort soever were the p●●ple of God and were not del●●ed and they that in the spirit and power of truth do cry out against sin in all appearances and against unrighteousness of what sort soever such are the people of God now and are not del●●●ed but the people whom the world doth scornfully call Quakers they do so to w●● as the people of God ●for●●●me did ●●●●g out against sin in all appearances and all unrighteousness w●●●soever being themselves taught by the grace of God ●●o deny ungodli●ess and worldly luste

in the light and hath no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darknesse out of which the Children of the day are delivered and can witness the darkness past and the true light now shining in them but all those who say they have fellowship with light and walk in darkness are lyers and all lyers are shut out of the Kingdom and are estranged from God who is altogether pure ho● and righteous just perfect light and those that dwell in him are in he is and they only have the minds of Christ the which all the world and earthly hearts are ignorant of Therefore I shall not put the worldly carnal heart to judge of what may be written by me although I am but yet leaving off the world and entering into a little of that which is eternal which no eye of flesh can ever attain unto and live neither can any but those that live in the same life that speaks aright or understand what is spoken from the life by those that speak aright from the pure life therefore let not thy deceitful heart deceive thee in judging herein for the old heart is deceitful as I shall further make manifest both unto the world and unto the Children of the light not only from what I hear but from his own written words and my knowledge and being witnessed by the light and truth as it is manifested in me whereby something may so plainly appear that e●en the world it selfe may see the deceit that alwayes hath been and yet is in this man who now desires all the world to take notice page 23. of his exposition of his lies that he himself hath cast on us who are not of the world therefore the world knoweth us not for we witness against it that the deeds thereof are evill After Edmund Skipp had thrown off his Tithes and convinced of much more which he was waiting to throw off too he then told me not long before he left us that he had not faith to carry him through neither could he beleive but he was confident that the Devil would steal all that he had from him again the which is now too true Woe woe woe from the eternal God to all the Inhabitants of the earth who dwelleth in the earthly darkness being seated in the earth drove out from the presence of the living God and are vagabonds and fugitives in the earth whose Center is in the earthly dark minde woe to all those that put light for darkness and darkness for light woe to all those that go down to Egypt for help in Egypt the pure seed is captivated and kept in bondage in Sodom and Egypt the Lord is daily crucified and put to open shame woe to all the Oaks of Bashan and all the beasts of the field woe to them that build their nests among the Starres for Capernaum that is listed up to Heaven and in its wisdom in its own strength shall be brought down to hell for the Lord God of life and power is risen out of his holy habitation to confound the language of Babel and dry up the tongue of the Egyptian Sea and famish all the gods of the Heathen that know not God whose presence is terrible to all the Children of disobedience therefore woe unto him that striveth with his Maker who ariseth to scatter his enemies and to wound the head of every one that goeth on still in his wickedness Oh the day of the Lord is at hand wherein every man shall receive according to the deeds done in his body then he that hath seemed to wait and now begins to smite his fellow-Servants saying his Master delayes his comming and so eat and drink with the drunken that are drunk indeed with the wine of the fornication of the Whore of Babylon those are Drunkards indeed that are drunk with wine and o●ercome but not with strong drink such stagger at the promises and stumble at the corner stone but when that stone shall fall upon them it will grind them to powder therefore be warned of the Lord thou that despi●est and wonder for all the works of the Lord are wonderful least thou perish for the Lord is working a work in these dayes that thou canst not believe nor any that live in their own wisdom exalted above the pure wisdom of Christ who teacheth all his to deny all yea even all both wisdom righteousness wit and all carnal comprehensions for they are followers of him who lived not in his own will for saith he I came not to do mine own will but the will of him that sent me and saith Not my will but thy will be done and he that is not yet made a fool and so denies his own will and wisdom is yet exalted above the crosse and the son of perdition is exalted above all that is called God sitting in the Temple of God even in the holy place where truth should alwayes be exalted Christ should raign as King and subdue all his enemies under his feet and lead captivity captive that a gift may be received which gift is eternal life and this life is in the son by which gift all that are in the son-like obedience do witness being made heirs with him in the eternal Covenant which is established upon better promises then the first therefore he taketh away the first that he might establish the second which is witnessed in the son-like obedience by the which we are made the righteousness of God through him the which is a mystery to the dark world whole mouthes are now open to speak evil of that they know not calling the great and mighty works of God the delusions of Satan and the conditions now witnessed in the Sons and Daughters that the Prophets and Apostles both passed through to speak of those things they now call the works of Antichrist But he is an Antichrist that denieth the Father and the Son now see who is an Antichrist no man knowes the Father but the Son and he to whom the Son reveals him he that denies this Revelation denies both Father and Son that is Antichrist Now to know the Father is eternal life and he that saith he knoweth and hath fellowship with the Father and walketh in darkness is a lyer and the Devil is the Father of lies and he that liveth not in the truth which is Jesus Christ he must needs lie because he is out of the truth and t●erfore found an enemy to the pure truth as it is in Jesus who is the truth and life it self by whom the world is and shall be judged when the Lord shall come in flaming fire rendering vengeance on all that know him not this day is even at hand yea even now the Lord is comming a swift witness against all unrighteous ones who hold the truth of God in unrighteousness living in their ungodly practises sporting themselves now in the day-time spending their time upon their lusts living in their own wils speaking forth the