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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A61907	Certain papers given forth from the spirit of truth which witnesses against the wisdom of the world and unrighteousness of men, both priests and people, and against their false wayes and false worship and which witnesses of the light of Jesus Christ in the conscience wherein true wisdom is, that people may see with the true light into the things that be invisible and be converted and healed of God in Christ Thomas Stubbs.	Stubbs, Thomas, d. 1673.	1659 (1659)	Wing S6086; ESTC R15298	8,198	8

the World and speak of God but ignorantly worship him not knowing the true and living God who is worshipped in spirit and in truth Io. 4.22.23 God that made the World and all things therein dwelleth not in temples made with hands neither is worshipped with mens hands Heaven is my Throne and Earth is thy footstool what house will you build me saith the Lord seeing my hands hath made all these things Act. 7. Steven was stoned to death for witnessing forth the truth against the stif necked and rebellious people of the World who are uncircumcised in heart and eares who do resist the holy Ghost and as did your forefathers so do ye hold up the same things and do persecute stone and imprison the messengers of the Lord who declare against your traditional worships and hethenish practices which are held up by priests and people that they have no rule of Scripture for Mat. 15.8 9. Isa 28. Therefore search the Scriptures and every one examine your selves see what ye hold up and worship all you who call a steeple house the Church are deceived through the ignorance that is in you and your blind guides who are your teachers and have each of them a steeple-house to creep into one year after another where they will let none come but themselves and who they please there they cause you to err lead captive silly women laden with sin led away with divers lusts alwaies learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth 1 Tim. 3.1.2 To that light of Christ in your consciences I speak which will eternally witness the truth and that this is your condition you cannot deny it unlesse you lye against the light in your consciences your leaders live in pride and covetousnesse while they promise you liberty they themselves are the servauts of lust and uncleannesse being men of corrupt mindes so the blind leades the blind and both falls into the ditch Lu 6.39 And know ye not that your hearts should be an house of prayer and ye members of the Church of Christ but while ye live in sin and in the lusts of the flesh ye yeeld your members to be servants to the Devil And your hearts which should be a house of prayer ye have made it a den of Theeves and a Cage of unclean birds and a den of Vipers and venemous beasts to dwell in And ye are not members of the Church of Christ for no whore-monger nor drunkerd nor sweater nor lyer nor covetous person nor proud and high minded one nor who lives in pleasures and wantonnesse nor deceitful person nor whosoever works abominations and do live in sin and uncleannesse these are not members of the Church of Christ nor have any inheritance in the Kingdome of God 1 Cor. 6.9 10. for all that filthinesse defiles the flesh and because of these things the wrath of God is for the children of disobedience Eph. 5.4 And how full is the land of Priests and people that worship they know not what and hold up an outward temple and call a steeple-house the Church of God and thither do resort proud and covetous persons drunkards swearers lyars oppressors dissemblers hypocritical persons and professors which are fair sayers but not doers of what they say and all these sorts of people now combind together and are persecuters now as their forefathers were and as they did so do these now persecute stone and imprison those that do witnesse forth the truth as Steven the messengers of the Lord did against the stisnecked and rebellious people who are uncircumcised in heart and live in filthinesse of the flesh and in pride and covetousnesse in pleasures and wantonnesse in envy and persecution both Priests and people your lives do plainly make manifest whose children you are and that you live in the same nature and act the same things that the Pharisees and your forefathers did which held up the outward Temple and called truth heresie and stoned the prophets and despised the messengers of the Lord and were the betrayers and murtherers of the holy one and the just and as did your fore-fathers so do ye hold up the false prophets that seek every one their gain from their quarter and such as Isaiah the true prophet was sent to cry out against Isa 56.10.11.12 Saith he his watchmen are all blind they are all ignorant they are greedy dogs that can never have enough and they all look to their own way every one seeks for his gain from his quarter they did so then and do not the Priests so now they that have eyes to see may plainly see who are the false Prophets by their fruits ye may know them And do not the Priests now preach for hire cry peace peace to them who put into their mouthes and who put not into their mouthes they prepare warr against them such Micah was sent to cry out against Mic. 3. They preached for hire then and do not they all so now And have the chief place in the assemblies stand praying in the Synagogues and are called of men Master as the Scribes and Pharisees did and were and which were the persecutors of Jesus Christ and the Apostles and do they not take counsel together now as the chief Priests Pharisees and Herodians did and perrecute those who are sent of the Lord to crie out against their deceit and heathenish practices which are held up by Priests and people contrary to the Scriptures And woe and judgement was their portion and wo and judgement is yours who lives in the same nature and act the same things that the chief Priests and Pharisees and their followers did for the mouth of the Lord hath spoken it And did not the word of the Lord take hold of your fore-fathers and they returned and said like as the Lord of Hosts hath spoken so hath he done to us Zech. 1 2 3 4. and the word of the Lord endures for ever Therefore fear and tremble ye workers of iniqutity and seed of evil doers both Priests and People that bring forth fruits of unrighteousnesse and as did your forefathers so do ye call the trueprophets seducers deceivers but by your fruits ye are easily known who are the fals prophets and corrupt trees who are for the fire and corrupt trees cannot bring forth good fruits and Jesus Christ hath foretold by their fruites ye shall know them Mat. 7.16 c Therefore if you will but search the scriptures and look at the fruits that are brought forth yee need not be deceived but may see who are the false prophets see in Jer. 5.30.31 and Jer. 6.13.14 c. Jer. 8.8 and Jer. 23. ch Mich 3. Jsa 56.10 11 12. and Isa 28.7 Ezek. 22.26 and 24. ch Look these Scriptures and you may see whether this sort of men be not now as they have been of a long time but now their kingdome is falling and as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses so do these men resist the truth being men of corrupt mindes reprobate concerning the faith but they shall proceed no further and their folly will be made more manifest as theirs also was Therefore come out of Babylon come out from among them and hold not up the false prophets and idol worships and heathenish practices which are held up by the priests and people that know not the living God whose sacrifice is not accepted but is abomination before the Lord. And all that live in pride earthly-mindedness in lust uncleanness are Gentiles that know not God and they rage against those who are redeemed from their vain conversation that the people of the world live in which run on the broad way to death Hell and destruction living in swearing lying covetousnesse pride and wantonnesse both priests and people But wo wo wo is to the wicked and all that worship the Beast which the whole world wonders after Rev. 17. Therefore all that desires the welfare of your soules hearken to the voice of Jesus Christ in you in the conscience which he hath enlightened you with mind to be guided by that which checks you when you swear or lie or use any deceit in your callings there is a light in your conscience that reproves you and tells you that you should not do so And when your hearts runs after covetousnesse and pleasures of this world and when you spend your time in vain idle communications foolish jestings or laughter the light in the conscience reproves you and tells you that you should seek the kindome of God and the righteousness thereof before all things and let not vaine idle communication proceed out of your mouth but fear the living God and delight in him alone now in loving this light of Christ in the conscience and obeying it it will lead you up to purity and holiness and into the true fear of the Lord but in hating the light of Jesus Christ and giving liberty to your vain light minds you run on the broad way to death Hell and destruction and the light in the conscience is your condemnation Ioh. 3.19 20.21 and Jo. 8.12 So all people take heed to the light by it you are left without excuse Rom. 2.16 c. now ye have time prize it whilst it is the day of your visitation THE END