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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60643	The morning-watch, or, A spiritual glass opened wherin a clear discovery is made of that which lies in darknesse, from whence wars, contentions, and destructions do arise concerning a professed religion, with a few words of tender counsel unto the Pope, prelate, presbyter, independent & baptist, &c. ... / by ... William Smith.	Smith, William, d. 1673.	1660 (1660)	Wing S4317; ESTC R132	51,570	64

revealed and both the Law and Prophets bear witness unto him and the Scriptures throughout testifies of him and declare his unchangeableness who through all abides the same what he was in the beginning he was the same to Moses and to David and all the Prophets and Holy men of God who all received a measure of his unchangeable life and were thereby inspired and as that in them moved so they spake and declared and their Testimony agree● in one for they were all come to that which vvas in the beginning and all declared the same thing according to its manifestation unto them that from Moses until John all the true Prophets bo●e their Testimony unto CHRIST the Power of God whom they knew to be freely given of God to be a LIGHT and a LEADER that he might be salvation unto the ends of the Earth as they received they Ministred and truly testified of his Power and what they knew him to be made unto them so they declared of him and witnessed him to be a King a Judge a Law-giver a Rock a Fortress a Deliverer And so according to the Manifestation they Ministred and not by Tradition or Custom That the Testimony of John agreed with the Testimony of Moses and they both witnessed the same Thing and had Union with the same Life So John was come to that which was in the Beginning and in that he was the greatest of all the Prophets and was sent of God to prepare the Way and to make the Pathes streight for he was near to be revealed in glory of whom Moses and the Prophets had testified and John declared of the Word which was in the beginning by which all things were made And he testified That in the Word there was Life and the Life was the Light of men John 1. mark The Word in the beginning is the Life and Light of men by which all things were made This was his Testimony who was sent of God to bear witness unto the Light and he did not declare of another then the holy men of God had done the same that Moses and the Prophets had testified of and he was sent of God to bear witness unto this Truth which was in the beginning and he did not testifie of that to be the Light which Moses and the Prophets had written before him neither did he testifie of himself to be the Light but that is the true Light saith John that enlightens every man that comes into the world John 1.9 Here was the Light shone out of Darkness in John the Morning and the first Day was come unto him as was unto Moses and he beheld his Glory as the Glory of the onely begotten of the Father full of Grace and Truth Then God sent him to bear witness unto the Light which in him was made manifest that all in the Light might believe and he called unto others to behold him and said he was the Lamb of God and was come to take away the sins of the World John 1.29 Mark He beheld him and his Glory and felt his Power and what his Power tooke away then he declared him as he knew him and not from any Tradition or Writing before him though then there was much written which did truly testifie of him Weigh this Truth all ye Priests and Professors and ponder it in your hearts Have you beheld Christ and seen his Glory whose Name in Words you declare Have you felt his Power to take away your sin If yea then why do you teach for Doctrine mens Traditions and build upon other mens labours and stretch your selves beyond your own measures running into the Lines of what others have written And if nay then how dare any of you make mention of his Name or speak of his Glory or of his Power seeing you have not beheld him yet made manifest in your selves You are not sent of God no not one of you who cannot witness in some measure the glory of the onely begotten of the Father revealed in you Therefore let all flesh be silent and the mouth of Iniquity for ever stopped and let none speak more of Christ or his Glory and Povver then they knovv a measure of his Life made manifest in their mortal bodyes by vvhich they come to know their sin taken avvay For John testified that the giving forth of the Law vvas by Moses but Grace and Truth came by Jesus Christ John 1.17 Mark Grace and Truth vvas come unto John by Jesus Christ and he had beheld and had felt the Virtue of it by vvhich Moses Administration vvas fulfilled in him And this is John's Record who vvas sent of God to bear Witness unto him in whom is life the same vvhich was in the beginning of vvhom Moses testified that so their Record agrees in one and their Testimony is unto the same Life in Unity for they vvere gathered unto Him vvho vvas in the beginning and vvas made manifest through Generations to be a Light and a Leader and all that believed and obeyed him had Life Eternal in him And this is he that vvas made under the Law to Redeem them that vvere under the Law and in fulness of time came and vvas made manifest to Israel and vvas the end of the Law for Righteousness unto all that did believe and so he fulfilled the Ministration of Condemnation which could not justifie any because of its weakness he brought in a Ministration of Righteousness which did exceed in Glory And this was the Word in the beginning which became flesh dwelt amongst them they beheld his glory and received him and as many as received him unto them he gave Power to become the Sons of God even to as many as believed in his Name And John preferred him before all saying He that comes after me is preferred before me for he was before me and his shoo-latchets I am not worthy to unloose I baptize with water but he shall baptize with the Holy Ghost and with Fire whose Fan is in his hand he must encrease but I must decrease saith John And when he came and was made manifest unto Israel of whom Moses and the true Prophets had testified and whose Glory they saw was to be revealed he Ministred forth of his own Fulness and of his Fulness they received who upon him waited and in him believed Then he confirmed the Testimony of all the Holy Men of God saying I am the Light of the World he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the Light of Life John 8.12 And this Testimony the Pharisees could not receive but told him he bore Record of himself and his Record was not true These were the wise Generation and the Scripture-learned ones in that day who had the Law and the Prophets read amongst them every Sabbath and yet did not behold his glory when manifest amongst them of whom Moses and the Prophets had testified nor did not believe his own

fellowship one with another and the Blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth them from all sin And this is John's Testimony unto the Saints gathered in the Light and then he exhorted them to abide in it and walk in it and receive the Teachings of it For saith John You need not another Teacher but the Annointing which you have received of him and abideth in you Mark the Annointing which the Saints had received it did abide in them and they needed not that any man should teach them but as the same Annointing taught them all things and is truth and no lye 1 John 2.27 And in the Truth received they lived and it did abide in them and by the same Spirit of Truth were they led into all Truth and had Fellowship and perfect unity one with another in the Truth and they were dear and tender over one another and loved one another with an unfeigned Love and these were they that were born of God and were Children of the Light and of the Day and they were not of the Night nor of Darknes● but out of that state were redeemed and saved by the Power of Christ and in his Light they were led into the holy City which John in the Spirit saw descending out of Heaven from God having the glory of God and her Light was like a Stone most precious and the City had no need of the Sun neither of the Moon to shine in it for the Glory of God did lighten it and the Lamb is the Light thereof and the Nations of them that are saved shall walk in the Light thereof and the Kings of the Earth bring their Glory and Honor into it Rev. 21. Mark all that are saved must walk in the Lambs Light which shines in the Holy City and thither the Kings of the Earth must bring their Glory and Honour and all must be laid down at the feet of him who reigns for ever for unto the Lambs Power must all be subject he is greater than all there was none before him neither is there another after him the Alpha and Omega the Beginning and the Ending the First and Last Rev. 22. Mark I am Alpha and Omega the Beginning and the Ending the First and Last And here Moses and John meets in unity and their Testimony agrees in one and all the Dispensations and Administrations did hold forth this excellent Glory which unto John was revealed in the Spirit and from the beginning to the end of all that is declared and written in so many Words it is but a Testimony of him whose Name is called the Word of God Rev 19 Mark The WORD is his Name and it was in the beginning and by it was all things made that are made and all the Holy Men of God received it and had a part in it and by it they all obtained Life and they testified that there was not another Name given whereby any could be saved And this is declared in Words and is called Scripture of Truth but is not the Word whereby Life and Salvation comes For that was in the Beginning and is the same this Day and abides for Ever CHRIST the Power of God the Salvation of God without any variableness or changing and what Moses saw him to be in his time John saw him to be the same in his time and as he was made manifest unto them so they testified of him and exalted him above every Name and laboured to gather people unto him and many believed in him and were united to him and by one Spirit were baptized into one Body and had fellowship and communion in one life and in the Spirit they worshipped God with one accord and served him with one consent And this was glorious in its time and a Service accepted of God for they were single and upright to God and worshipped him in his own Spirit and his living presence was amongst them and the Light of his Countenance did shine upon them and their hearts were made glad and rejoiced in him and they offered up a living Sacrifice of Praise unto his Name Then did Antichrist begin to work amongst them and with his subtilty entered and prevailed over some of them and through his deceivableness entangled them and drew them from their obedience unto the Power in which they were gathered then did those forsake the rest that in the Power were kept went out from them and turned the Grace of God into wantonness and made Shipwrack of Faith and a good Conscience then Night came upon the Disobedient and the Vail spread over them and darkness covered them and they lost the Life and Power of God and went out from the Spirit and from the Truth and so became false Apostles and Deceivers holding the Form but denyed the Power had the Sheeps Clothing kept the Words but inwardly ravened from the Spirit And these Apostates who were gone from the Life and Power of God and had lost the Leading of his Spirit they turned into the Flesh and joined to the Harlot and committed Whoredom and generated in the Flesh and conceived a false Birth and in their own strength brought it forth and it turned a Persecutor of the Birth born of the Spirit and exercised Dominion and Lordship over others and sought to pervert the Right Way of the Lord and to turn people from it and after the Saints decease who by the true Spirit were guided then the false Apostles and Deceivers prevailed and drew people unto their Way which stood in the Form out of the Power so that the people were covered with gross Darkness and their minds blinded that the things of God were not at all perceived then they sought out many Inventions and made many Likenesses and set up Forms and every man's Way seemed right in his own eyes and all became observers of their own Way so set up the Kingdom in their observations and all crying that Christ was in that Way which they had made and observed Now Christ beheld the coming of such and exhorted to beware of them and not believe them nor go forth after them for he declared that they were false who shall cry him up in any observation or set up the Kingdom of God in any such thing therefore saith Christ The Kingdom of God is within you Luk. 17. So in this dark Night of Apostacy that was entered people ran into Confusion and did not understand one another And when this glorious Day was lost that the Saints lived in who gave forth the Scriptures and that people were gone astray and erred from the leading of the Spirit and had no union with the Life and Power that the Saints enjoyed then they got their Words and in the strength of their Imaginations they set up a Way and formed a Likeness then centered in the Form and rested there for Life so was the Light and Day of God lost and no Morning in them appeared but gross Darkness was over them and

Earthly corruptib●e Wisdom you have formed and brought forth and as you obey and believe in it it will lead you to God where Life and Eternal Salvation is obtained and Peace and Unity is enjoyed and possessed for ever Depart from Vanity and live A few Words of tender Counsel to the PRELATES with all that w●lk in that way generally called PROTESTANTS BEhold your WAY ye People and consider what is brought forth by you Look into the GLASS of Righteousness and see whose Image it bears Are you come to that which was in the beginning And doth the Light shine out of Darkness in you Your VVayes and Doings must come to tryal and your VVork must be seen of what sort it is for the Light maketh all things manifest You deny the POPE and those with him in words and you have got the Name of PROTESTANTS to be your Covering but when your Works are brought to trial they savour of the Popes Root and your fruit hath both one taste and your Births are Sime●n and Levi you are in the Apostacy and in Darkness you abide and there you wander form the Way of Truth and then you make a Way in your Inventions and se● up a Worship in your Wils and drinks of the Whores Cup and the Beast's Mark is in your FOREHEAD You have an Observation which you make to your selves and you set up the Kingdom there and the Customs and Traditions you walk in which by the Popes Power was first instituted and you uphold and maintain his Birth which was nourished and brought up by him in this Nation of England when his Power extended over it and his Skirts covered it and you strive to preserve it and to give more life unto it and to set it up as a lawful Child and so in your COUNCELS makes Laws to establish it and to compel all to worship it and do not consider from what Root it springs or whether it be according to the Scriptures of Truth or the Saints life but you run in haste in your own Wills sets up what seems right in your own Eyes and then make Laws to uphold it and to compel all to be conformable to it under penalties and punishment And what have you more to say for your PRACTISE and WORSHIP then the POPE hath for his Or is your Birth more like the Truth or the Saints Practice then his whom you seem to deny What Scripture have you for your made-Church of Wood and Stone And who first ordained it to be a Church and consecrated it to be holy And what Scripture have you for your formed PRAYERS and your LETTANY and to make them up together in a Book and call them COMMON PRAYER Who first instituted COLLEDGES And who gave them their Names And who first ordained that men should be made Ministers at Colledges And who first appointed TYTHES to be paid to that Ministry And who first made a LAW to compel such a Maintenance Who first made and ordained LORD-BISHOPS and ARCH-BISHOPS Vicars and Curates And who first divided their BISHOPRICKS and Diocesses And how came they to rule over other people to make Vicars and Curates under them How came up HOODS and TIPPETS and SURPLICES And who first ordained that Ministers should be clothed with them in the time of their Worship And who first set up ALTARS and ORGANS and made Singing-men and Singing-boyes Have you not found out many Inventions and observe the Customs and Traditions which hath been brought in when Darkness over-spread And so you are found to be out of the Saints life and errs from the Scripture of Truth and your Root is the corrupted heart of the old man and your Likeness bears his IMAGE Behold your Birth Is it not after the Flesh and a Child of Whoredom It is not like the Form of that which was brought forth by the Saints that lived in the Truth and worshipped God in Spirit and Truth Oh! Arise ye people here is not your REST it is polluted and God will destroy it with a sore destruction Therefore come out of BABYLON partake no longer of her sins lest ye be destroyed with her Plagues And be not violent towards others that God hath separated from amongst you neither force or compel any people by a Law to conform to such a VVorship or bow to such a Likeness or uphold such a Church or maintain such a Ministery least you draw Judgement speedily upon your selves For BABYLON must be destroyed and the Inhabitants thereof scattered therefore doth the Lord visit in his Love that his Seed might be gathered before his Wrath take hold in Judgement For God hath a Seed amongst you which groans and is pressed under your Corruptions and Abominations and his Bowels yearns towards it And in tender Love is this declared concerning you that you may turn to the Lord in this day of his Visitation wherein his Arm is gathering from off the Mountains and Hills and bringing into the Fold of his Re●● for he is making haste and cutting the Work short in Righteousness Therefore all fear before him who is mighty to save and mighty to cut down and destroy and all encline to his Counsel whose VVord is near you and secretly reproves you in your own Conscience for the evil of your doings turn unto it for that was in the beginning and made and created all things and saw that they were good Hearken when the Word near you reproves you and obey believe and follow it for it teaches right things and your understandings it will open and bring you to consider the fruit of your doings and let you see your practise and Worship to be vain and it will lead you out of Confusion Warring and Fighting and destroying one another about your Religion and it wil bring you to know the pure Religion and undefiled before God which no carnal Weapon can either set up or pull down And so will you come into unity with God and one another and know the Rest and everlasting Peace that endures for ever Be not high-minded but fear A few Words of tender Counsel unto those called PRESBYTERIANS with all that are walking in that WAY HEar ye zealous PROFESSORS who are mounted up on high and in your Imaginations stand exalted What taste have your Fruit And what is the form of your Birth For you must come to the proof and the Tryal must pass upon you the Light hath found you out and makes you manifest and you are seen to be of the old Root though your Branch put out something higher the savour of your Fruit is bitter and the Form of your Birth is uncomely your Work doth not answer what you seem to profess you are run into observations and are setting up the Kingdom in words and make to your selves a Likeness and would compel subjection to it You have forgot the day of your Distresse when many of you suffered under Compelling Laws because you could not bow nor