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A testimony of the appearance of God in the spirit of power and the true light, making manifest the deceipts of the Serpent with some reasons why Margaret Hambleton doth deny the Presbyterians of Scotland, they being found in the steps of the false prophets.
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Parker, Alexander, 1628-1689.
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A Testimony of the appearance of God in the spirit of Power and the true Light making manifest the deceipts of the Serpent with some Reasons why Margaret Hambleton doth deny the Presbyterians of Scotland they being found in the steps of the False Prophets THe living God who is the searcher of all hearts Jer. 17.10 who dwels in Light who is pure for ever and loves truth and equity and cannot behold but hates iniquity Dent. 32.6 Psal 11.7 Rom. 14.17 Malicah 3.6 Heb. 1.1 2. whose Kingdom stands in Righteousnesse who is the same to day and doth not alter nor change He the same living and true God who at sundry times in divers manners in times past speak to the Fathers by his servants the Prophets and afterwards did speak by his Son is now appearing according to his Promise Joel 2.28 29. in the power of his Spirit manifesting his power in destroying sin and wickedness 1 John 3.8 Tir. 2.14 and gathering unto himself a Holy and a peculiar people in whom and by whom he will be glorified Lay 54.13 Ezek. 34.10 c. and he will teach his people himself freely by his Spirit and they shall no more be made a prey upon by the false Shepherds nor spend their money for that which is not bread Isay 55.1 2. neither their labour for that which doth not satisfie But freely shall they drink at the living Fountain where true refreshment and satisfaction is to the hungry thirsting souls The same truth 1 John 1.1 the same power and word of Life as ever was is manifested and made known in the hearts of the Lords Children and Servants which hath separated them from ungodliness John 4.23 24. Tit. 2.11 12. and worldly lusts and redeemed them from the bondage and servitude of sin no more to serve and follow wicked lusts Luke 1.74 75. and worldly delights and vain sports and pleasures but in truth and uprightness of heart and mind to serve the living God in the new life of Righteousness Heb. 4.12 1 Cor. 3.16 17 and to worship him in spirit and in truth in his holy Temple not made with mens hands Acts 13.24 And this work and power of God is strange to the world and wonderful as ever the working of God were and many mouthes are opened wide to speak evil of the way of God and of his truth and of his faithful servants who live in the life of truth and the enemy of mans Soul John 8.44 the old serpent who was a lyar and a deceiver even from the beginning He is full of wrath and is stirring up his instruments in whom he rules to make war against the lamb and his followers that he may uphold his kingdom of sin and unrighteousnesse and keep people under his dominion and power of darknesse to act sin and serve him by obeying wickednesse and ungodly lusts and therefore he uses all meanes to keep them in his work and speaks evill of the work of God and his faith full servants crying out of error heresy and delusion and casting out their names as evill but this is no new nor strang thing to those who are acquainted with the workings of God and who know the wiles and subtilty of the serpent who in all ages hath opposed the appearance of God Gal. 4.29 and persecuted his life and power manifested in his righteous Servants as the Scriptures make mention The Prophets of God in the day of their Prophesy were hated persecuted by these professing people Mat. 23.29 30. c. who had the form of Moses words and many of them were killed Christ Jesus the Son of God whom Moses wrote of and the Prophets prophesied of in his dayes were hated and persecuted John 10.31 33. John 7.48 49. John 19.49 under the name of a blasphemer and this by a strict professing people and chief priests and rulers these and such as made a fair shew in words were found in rage and enmity and persecuted and crucified Christ the life Likewise the Apostles Acts 7.57 and true Ministers of the Gospel in the dayes of their Ministration they were hated and persecuted under the name of deceivers Acts 8.3 Acts 24.5 pestilent fellowes and movers of Sedition and such like And all along even to this day and age the true witnesses of God have suffered persecution 2 Tim. 3.12 yea and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution for saith Christ if ye were of the world John 15.19 20. the world would love his own but because ye are not of this world but I have chosen you out of the world therefore the world hateth you The servant is not greater then the Lord if they have persecuted me they will also persecute you John 16.2 and they shall put you out of the Synagogue ye the time cometh that whosoever killeth you will think that he doth God service And ye shall be hated of all men for my names sake Mat. 24.9 These Scriptures are fulfilled in these dayes by this sinful generation of Teachers and people who have long bin professors of truth in words Tit. 1.16 but have denyed truth by their wicked lives and deceitful works and now are made manifest by the true Light even by their fruits Mat. 7.20 and wicked rage and envy against the innocent casting out their names as evill and incensing the people against the Lords Lambs as it was of late manifestted by two parish Masters in the west of Scotland to wit one called Lewes Simorell and one Hugh Archbull who excomumnicated as they say one whose eyes the Lord hath opened to see their deceits Acts 20.13 and hath turned her face towards Sion to walk in the light whose name according to the flesh is Margaret Hambleton Whom the said two parish Masters did so incense their hearers against as that generation of murdering Priest did formerly against the Lord Jesus and his disciples as though she was not fit to live amongst them but nothing of fact or evil done was proved against her But their reasons are as I understand 1. Because she denyed the power of the Presbytery Secondly Because she denyed their Ordinances And Thirdly Because she would not forsake the company of Seducers and Hereticks as they call them Now to all ye people within the Parish of Monkland these things I write unto you to give you an understanding of what we own and what we deny that you may not be led away with blind guides and envious men Jude 10. to speak evill of those things you know not and so bring your selves under the curse with those who persecute the Lords innocent Servants Your Teachers do cry much against false prophets and seducers but do they ever shew you the marks of the false Teachers Some Scriptures I shall set before you whereby you may try your Teachers and compare them with
2 3 4 5 6 7 8 c. likewise Paul in his Epistle to Timothy marks out the deceivers so plain that even he that runs may read They shall be lovers of themselves covetous proud boasters incontinent fierce despisers of those that are good lovers of pleasures more then lovers of God having a form of godlynesse but denying the power from such turn a way And we in the light of the Lord seeing these things amongst your Presbytery and called Ministers we owning the true Prophets Christ and the Apostles testimony do deny * Their casting out of Margaret Hambleton is needlesse For she hath in the Power of God denyed them and turned away from them according to the doctrine of the Apostle and turn from such as they the true Messengers of God denyed and testified against And as for the Ordinances We declare that all the Ordinances of Jesus Christ which are durable pure spiritual and substantial which tends to purity and edification of the body we own Ephes 4.4 5 6. Acts 2.4 Rom. 4.15 and practise as preaching and praying as the Holy Spirit doth move and give utterance and singing with the Spirit with understanding according to Scripture we own But those fading elementary shadows which Christ hath put an end to we do not practise Col. 2.14 20 21 22. But as for those things which your Teachers calls Ordinances for which they have no example in the Scriptures we do deny as their great stone houses which are built with mens hands which you ignorantly do call Churches for God that made the world Acts 17.24 25. 1 Thes 1.1 John 4.21 22 23. and all things therein dwelleth not in Temples made with hands Christ Jesus put an end of Temple worship outwardly and now is worshipped in Spirit the bodies of his Saints are his Temple as the Scripture declares 2 Cor. 3.16.17 So likewise the things practises in those Idoll Temples we deny as their pulpit their standing praying pharesy like before and after their called Sermons their singing of Davids experiences in meeter As O Lord I am not puft in mind I have no scornful eye c. When people are so high and scornful they can scarce look one upon another and so causes the people to sing lyes and call God to witnesse such singing without understanding we do deny likewise their sprinkling of insants for which these have no example in the Scriptures we do deny Their taking a part of Scripture and adding to it their humane inventions 2 Pet. 1.20 21. calling it the word of the Lord which is but a divinaton of their own brain likewise their hourglass as the Papist use to say masse by and limiting themselves to a time which none of the Holy men of God ever did and therefore these their called Ordinances we do in the power of God deny as likewise their carnall and man-made-ministry Gal. 1.1.1 12. Mat. 10.8 their preaching for hire and filthy lucre their Tythes yearly set stipends and forced maintenance Augmentations gleab lands and all such Popish stuffe and Jewish rites we do deny and against such things do testify and all proud covetous and envious men we deny and turne away from such being out of Gods Councill and so do not nor cannot prophet the people at all but leads them captive in an empty and dead form laden with sin and led away with divers lusts ever learning 2 Tim. 3. but never able to come to the true knowledge of God as the fruits of the Ministry of Scotland sadly make manifest who are all excommunicated from it the life from the true Church and true Ministry And whereas your Parish Masters John 16.2 out of their envy and malice have cast out Marg. Hamb yet not being found guilty of any evil done but for Truth and its Testimony she shall not be left desolate 1 Pet. 4.13 14 15. Ezek. 34. Mar. â— 5 Heb. 6.8 but Jesus the true Shepherd will take care for her and feed her upon the tops of the mountaines and it were well for you and your Teachers to begin at home and pull the beame out of your own eyes let them pluck up the briars and thornes and those gâ—os weeds that are sprung so high above the paâ—e seed and as for the tares that are so like the wheat let both grow together until 〈◊〉 harvest Mar. 13.25 31. let them cast out all loveâ—s of money all covetous 〈◊〉 and all proud and lofty ones and all drunkards and sweareâ—s whoremongers and adulterers and all scoâ—ers and scoâ—nâ—â—s and light vain wanton ones Rom. 1.28 29 30 31 32. and liars and all cozeners and cheaters and stoners and strikers and persecutors and all envious wraâ—hâ—â— and malicious ones and such like workers of iniquity and then judge ye how many they will leave behind to make up theâ— Church and assure your selves all such as above mentioned 〈◊〉 live in the lusts of the flesh must be cast out from the pure God and his Holy City for the unrighteous cannot enter into the kingdom of God as you may read 1 Cor. 6.9 10. Gal. 5.10 20 21. Rev. 21.8 Thus much for the denyall of your Presbytery and their poweâ— who be found in those wayes and practices above mentioned and their imitated and invented Ordinances and as for their thâ—â— charge that she will not forsake the company of Seducers and Hereticks Acts 28.22 I say your calling them Seducers and Hereticks doth not make nor prove them so no more then their Brethren in envy and persecution the cheif Priests formerly their calling Christ a blasphemer and the Apostles deceivers did make or prove them so to be But this hath bin the subtilty of the serpent and of the false prophets and deceivers in whom he rules the better to cloak and and cover their deceit Eph. 6.16 they cry out against deceivers but their lyes slanders doth not touch the innocent for those whom your teachers do call Seducers we the servants of the most high God and in that way you which call Heresy Acts 24.14 so worship we the God of our Fathers owning and believing all things declared by the holy Prophets Christ and his Apostles 1 John 2.26 waiting for the redemption of the promised Seed Those be the deceivers and seducers which drawes people from the anointing and light within 1 Joh 2.20 27. Rom. 8. for the pure the Sons of God who are led and guided by the spirit of God and to this must all come to be led by if ever you be led in the way of God for nothing can guide and lead in Gods way 1 Cor. 2.11 1 Cor. 10.7 but that which comes from God and the manifestation of the spirit is given to every man to profit withall Therefore all people cease from the hirelings who preach for the price Isa 2.20 Isa 54.15 Mat. 11.28 29. and turn to the Lord who teacheth his people freely mind his call who saith Come unto me take my yoke upon you and learn of me I am meek and lowly in spirit and you shall find rest to your Souls A. P. THE END