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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A57526	A true believer's testimony of the work of true faith; who hath believed in Christ Jesus the true light, who enlighteneth every one that cometh into the world, that all men through him might believe. Wherein are many excellent things held forth, which through faith in the light are seen, learned, and certainly believed, &c. and are profitable for all to reade. With a visitation to the called of God every-where. By a servant of the Lord, Geo. Rofe	Rofe, George, d. 1664.	1661 (1661)	Wing R1790; ESTC R222733	39,311	98

goodly Babylonish Garment for which his Name became blotted out amongst the Tribes of Israel though he hid his deceit in the Earth By Faith it 's seen that it was just in Micaiah the Prophet of the Lord that he spake the VVord of the Lord faithfully though against the King and his Purposes and the Four hundred Prophets though he suffered for it By Faith it 's seen how just it was in Elijah to declare the VVord of the Lord though he was called a Troubler of Israel for it and his Life fought to be made a prey upon who was sent after into many Nations and amongst many People because he pleased not Jezebel and the King and their Priests and Prophets And it was just in Elijah when he witnessed against the Deceit of the Priests of Baal who were great in the Kingdom and fed at Jezebels Table Four hundred of them to bring the People off them whom he slew when he had faithfully manifested their Deceit to the People though Jezebel sought his life for it Now these were zealous for the Lord and feared not the face of Man nor to displease the Rulers and Powers of the Earth whom the false Prophets and Teachers ever sought to please and to be in favour withal By Faith in the Light it is seen that it was just in Samuel the Prophet to testifie against Saul and his People because they fulfilled not the Word of the Lord but let their minds run into the Earthly things in reserving the Fat and the Best in pretence of sacrificing to God but God would have Obedience and not Sacrifice and his Voice hearkened to before the fat of Rams So that Disobedience was as Witchcraft and Stubbornness as Inquity and Idolory And Saul saved Agag King of Amalek alive whom Samuel slew And the good Spirit of God departed from Saul because he had disobeyed By Faith it is seen that it was just in Nathan the Prophet to Reprove David King of Israel because he had transgressed By Faith it is seen that it was just with the Lord to rend the Kingdom out of the ●and of Solomon and his Son because Solomon transgressed the Commandments of he Lord and followed not the Lord fully ●o do his Will but took Wives of the Daughters of the Heathen who drew his ●eart into Idolatry By Faith it s seen that it was just and true Faithfulness in Mordecai the Jew who feared and worshiped the living God that he would not bow down before proud Haman though he was the second Ruler in the Kingdom and the King had commanded concerning him that all men should bow down before him and reverence him this faithfull Mordicai would not bow though it was the King's Commandment he was subject to the Higher Power the Power of Truth in which he gave up his Life and the Life of the whole Seed of the Jews in danger of being destroyed rather than he would bow contrary to his Conscience and God unto whom he bowed wrought deliverance for him and for his People and destroyed proud Haman his house who was in the lower power who was displeased that the Righteous bowed not before him Here all may reade their figure who are displeased that the Righteous will not bow unto them now nor reverence them with bowing Hat and Knee and giving flattering Titles of Honour to them which for Conscience sake and its Peace sake they cannot do but bow unto God worship God and honour God and obey every Just and Righteous Law of man By Faith in the Light it is seen and believed that the true Prophets of the Lord gave forth a just Testimony against the false Prophets and false Teachers and false Shepherds and false Pastors Isaiah the Lord's Prophet gave forth a faithful Testimony against the Priests the Shepherds of Israel and Watchmen and said they were all ignorant they were all blind they were all Shepherds that could not understand sleeping lying down and loving to slumber yea they were dumb dogs that could not bark greedy dogs that never had enough every one seeking for his gain from his quarter These had their minds run into earthly things and were justly testified against And Jeremiah justly testified against such Priests as bear Rule by their Means and said it was a filthy and horrible thing committed in the Land That the Priests should bear Rule by their Means and the Prophets should prophesie falsly and the People love to have it so but what will ye do in the end thereof saith he He likewise bore Testimony against such Priests and Prophets who were light and treacherous who with Lyes and lightness made the People light and vain from whom Wickedness and Prophaness was gone into all Nations They were to him Sodom and as the Inhabitants of Gomorrha and said the Lord was against them who prophesied and used their tongues and said The Lord saith when as they had no other word but what they stole from their Neighbours Therefore the Lord said he was against them they ran and he never sent them and they should not profit the People at all who were telling their false dreams and with their Lyes And Lightness made the People light and vain This Jeremiah was put into the Dungeon for his testifying faithfully of the Truth of God against both Rulers and Priests and People And they that trembled at the Word of the Lord in his dayes they were cast out unto whom he spake the Word of the Lord saying Hear ye the Word of the Lord ye that tremble at the Word of the Lord your Brethren that hated yon and cast ye out said Let the Lord be glorified He shall arise your glory and to their shame And through Faith Ezekiel testified against such Shepherds and Teachers as fed themselves and not the Flock who fed with the Fat and cloathed with the Wool and made a Prey upon the People who flattered the Ungodly and put Cushions under their Armholes speaking Peace to the Wicked and justifying the Ungodly for a thing of naught while they put into their mouthes and feed them with the fat These were in Confusion one building a Wall and another daubing it with untempered Mortar who healed up the hurt of the Daughters of the People slightly until they made the wound uncurable and the souls that should have lived became destroyed This Ezekiel was a Sign and a Reproach amongst them and they accounted of him to be but an enditer of Parables And Hosea testified justly against the Priests who went in Cains way in envy he said As a Company of Robbers wait for a man so do the Company of Priests murder in the way by consent they commit Lewdness c. By Faith it 's seen how just and faithful it was in Shadrach Meshach and Abednega the Servants of the most High God who would not bow at the King's Commandment not bow to the Image nor serve the god which Nebuchadnezzar the King had set up though it

the Promise in the Seed before the World began even Life Eternal which in the Saints abides when the World shall be no more who through Faith have overcome the World and inherit Life Eternal and this is Jesus the only true God and the Saviour of the World who is from Generation to Generation By Faith I came to see that the Light which enlightneth every one which comes into the World answereth the Law and the Prophets and is the Life of them both condemning every Transgressor Transgression in which Light the Law being manifest condemneth the Jew that hath the Law and sinneth under it and condemneth the Gentile who having not the Law in the letter sins out of it and by the Light all the World will become guilty that every tongue may confess to God and every mouth may be stopped when by the Light which enlightens every one every ones deeds will be manifest for that records them all in the Book of Conscience and brings them all into remembrance before God and testifieth of them between God and man so that all come to be left without excuse By Faith in the Light it 's given me to see how all the World live in vanity transgressing the Light and the Law and the Prophets and those things that are noted in the Scriptures of Truth and it 's nothing they have more set at nought and less esteemed on and less regarded than these and less regarded than the Lord and his Truth and the Scriptures or writings of it though so highly cried up in words By Faith I see they prefer even those things which are as naught and worse than naught for they corrupt their minds before the Truth and Scriptures of it even in those things in which they transgress the Apostle's Doctrine in following the fashions of the World in wearing of Gold and Pearls and costly things and Rings on their hands and Jewels in their ears and Ribbonds Toys Baubles and costly Laces of Gold and Silver on all parts of their Bodies according as the lusts of Ignorance and the treachery of the proud earthly Nature and earthly sensual Wit invents Fashions to the great Dishonour of God and their own Bodies in which they should bear the Image of God and sanctifie their Vessels unto Honour but alas the Body which should be for the Lord that is given up to be fornicated after those unprofitable things before-mentioned and many more in the Fashions of the World in which many have given up themselves and in vain Bowings and vain Complements and vain Traditions and vain Flatteries and though they will say their hearts are not in those things yet by Faith in the Light I have seen long ago That all who live in such things and say their hearts are not in them deceive their own souls for by Faith I have seen long ago that none can live in such things but they do it to please that which is vain and of the Vanity and out of the Spirit of the Truth By Faith I have seen that it is hard for many to let the World go for many hang in it until they become ready to pass away and perish with it But blessed are they whose part is in the World to come who have denied themselves and this World and let the Kingdom of this World go whose part is in that which is Immortal By Faith I have seen that none can come highly to esteem of the Truth and the Scriptures of it but who believe in the Light that by Faith they may deny the World and all things thereof and their own selves also for that which loveth the World the Wrath of God is upon it the Love of the Pather is not in it this denies the Father and the Son and highly esteems of the Scriptures and never comes to Yea and Nay in all Communications neither fulfilleth the Royal Law and the Prophets for this is selfish and lightly esteems of the Law and the Prophets and will not fulfil them in doing to all men as men would be done unto By Faith I see this Principle which is earthly and hangs in the earthly Nature is a snare to thousands in this the Day of the Lord and earthly things are ready to ensnare many when they by Faith have overcome many other things which were snares unto them before but blessed are all they that dwell in the Faith in the Light in the Power which gives Victory over the World and over all that appertains unto it My Kingdom is not of this World saith Christ He that will enter into my Kingdom he must deny himself and take up his daily cross and follow me for none can enjoy two Kingdoms nor serve two Masters By Faith in God I received Power to deny my self and to cross my self in the love of all things and all delights beneath the Truth of God and to lay hold on the hope of Salvation though for its sake I suffered with the rest of the flock of God in the hatred of the World in Reproaches in Stonings in Tumultings in Scourgings in Stocks in Prisons in Fetters of Iron in Bruisings in Woundings in Travels in Rejection of all the World and yet by Faith have rejoyced over them all in hope accounting all things as nothing to be compared with the Glory which God hath revealed in his own Seed and the Power which by his own Son he hath revealed in me By Faith it was confirmed unto me that the Law and the Prophets and Christ's and the Apostles Writings the Scriptures are certainly Truth declared from the Lord and the Words of the most High God which I never doubted on from a Child but that they were to be believed by all By Faith I came to receive an understanding in those things noted in the Scriptures of Truth and to be satisfied concerning all things therein contained for in the day when I sought Knowledge and was ready to be incumbred in seeking out the mystery of things by Faith in the Light I received the Answer of God which I read in the word of Faith in my heart which spake on this wise faying That I needed not to seek Knowledge but to wait upon the Lord and to have my mind truly bowed before Him in the measure of his Life and whatsoever thing I stood in need of to know and that the Lord saw it expedient He would certainly give me the knowledge of it and to understand it in the Lord 's own appointed time VVhich Word hath been as a Stay to my Soul and I have seen God fulfilling it from day to day who hath made known Himself to me and given me His Truth who requireth nothing of any one under Heaven but that which He first giveth who condemneth none but for disobeying that which He giveth By Faith I see all the Professors of the World are aiming at the wrong Mark and seeking the wrong thing and in the wrong Way for they are seeking