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A85133 A character whereby the false christs, or antichrists, seducers, false prophets, and house creepers may be known. Now in the latter dayes, wherein there are perilous tims [sic], as it is written & hath been foretold of in 2 Tim. 3.3. And saith Jesus, false prophets shall come, but by their fruits shall ye know them, Mat. 7. 15, 16. and 20. And now they are come, and by their fruits they are known, as it is written. As may be seen in two letters sent to severall priests in Liestershire, after two severall meetings, betwixt them and those called Quakers, one letter was to be sent to one Tho. Cockeram of swannington [sic], servant to the Lord Protector, at whose house one meeting was, as the letter will further make mention, and shew the difference betwixt the true prophets and the false, which letter was directed to him to to [sic] be read to the priests being present at the meeting, and the other was to the priest of Twycrosse, after the meeting appointed betwixt two priests, and those whom the world scornfully calleth Quakers: wherein is discovered the true prophet and the false, and who those are that creep into houses, leading silly people men and women captive, laden with sin, and led away with diverse lusts, ever learning, and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth; and who those false prophets and house-creepers are, that are spoken of, as is proved, both by their fruits, and also by Scripture, as may be seen, &c. / By one known to the world, by R[ichard Fu]rnvvorth. R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666. 1654 (1654) Wing F475; Thomason E817_8; ESTC R207412 17,091 16

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thy wicked evill and rebellious heart and so to wait for thy condemnation that the Light may judge thee and condemn thee who hateth it and acteth contrary to it condemnation thou cannot escape and the Light of God in thy conscience shall witnesse for me in thy condemnation as the book of conscience is penned 2 Thes 1.8 9. 1 Thes 2.11 12. Now all people you that sees or hears this read try your Priests by the Scriptures and their fruits and you shall finde them to be false prophets as this Hill and Whetstone and all such are and beware of them I warn and charge you as you will answer it before the Lord for false prophets ye shal know by by their fruits as Christ hath said Mat. the 7.15 16. c. And try your Priests by their fruits and the Scriptures Are they not proud and covetous are they not heady high-minded are not they railers and false accuse●s and such as Paul speaks of in the 2 Tim. 3. from the first verse to the sixth verse their fruits is there described and from such you are to turn away Of this sort are they that creep into houses Steeple-houses and keepeth you ever learning and never able to come to the knowledge of the truth by them verse the 6. and 7. Hear them not nor hold them not up for the Lord is against them and your souls shall never be benefited by them nor none in their nature for they shall not profit you at all nor none such as they are as you may read Jer. 23.32 Now you have time prize it and minde the Light of God in your consciences that which sheweth you sin and evill and checks and reproveth you in your consciences when you do amisse there is your Teacher that Light of God within you loving it and obeying it there is your condemnation that light hating it and disobeying it say not but that you are warned in your life time therefore repent and turn from your idols and idolatrous worship for you worship you know not what John 4.22 God is a Spirit and they that worship him now they worship him in Spirit and in truth and the Father seeketh such to worship him as it is written John 4.23 24. R. F. Leistershire the 8. Month. 1654. To the two Priests that were at the Meeting at thy house Thomas Cockeram the 4. day of the week and the 10. day of the 8. month Read this to them and the people that they may learn to know the true Prophet and false prophet and Minister of Christ and Antichrist asunder c. Luke 10.5 6. FIrst when I came in thy house I said Peace be in this house and then the wilde wanton Priest that is at thy house he laughed and scoffed at it to shew forth his unbroken nature and to fulfill the Scripture where it is said In the last dayes there shall come scoffers which shall walk after their ungodly lusts 2 Pet. 3 3 4. Here thou wanton Priest I charge thee the Red headed man to be no Minister of Christ but of Antich●ist and thou art without the fear of the Lord as I told thee and shewed that thou were neve● yet taught of God and also thou shewed forth thy ignorance of the Scriptures and art unfit to be a teacher of others who knowe●h not the first Principles or doctrine of Christ for when he sent f●r●h his Disciples into the world he said unto them When ye come in an house salme it and if the house be worthy let your peace come upon it but if the house be not worthy let your peace return to you again and whosoever shall not receive nor hear your words when you depart out of that house or City shake off the dust of your feet for it shall be no more tolerable for Sodom and Gomorah in the day of judgement than for that City Mat. 10.12 13 14 15. And thou the young wilde Priest Houldersh●w thou sh●wed that thou wert never taught of God nor sent of Christ for if thou had thou could have received his doctrine and his Messenger but thou shewed thy self like one of Pharaohs fed and wilde horses without government or any humility or moderation at all and the Minister of God exhorted young men to be sober minded and to let their moderation appear to all men but thou Houldershaw had no sobriety nor moderation at all nor no solidenesse nor gravity temperance patience nor honesty nor stayednesse at all but were filled with laughter and folly and foolishnesse like a foolish wilde wanton youth without any government as thy deeds made thee manifest and the light of God in thy conscience will witnesse against thee though thy conscience be seared and the earthly part above where the deceit hath its passage like a high way ground where wildernesse and wantonnesse foolishnesse and giddinesse runs up and down and treachery and deceit hath its abode and lodgeth in the seat of darknesse where lust and accesse pride boasting lying vain-glory scorn and disdain is y●t the light that is within thy conscience will awaken thee and rip thee up one day and be a swift witnesse against thee and be thy eternall condemnation that hateth it and acteth contrary to it and contrary to the Scriptures also which saith Put away jesting with foolish talking c. Eph. 5.3 4 5.6 But thou taketh delight in that which the Scriptures forbids and acteth contrary to the light in thy conscience willingly and wilfully and rejoiceth in thy iniquity and in thy foolishnesse here I charge thee again in the presence of the Lord to be no Minister of Christ but of Antichrist and thou art a servant of the devill and the light of God in thy conscience which checks and reproves thee in secret for sin and evil will witnesse against thee and greater will thy condemnation be thou lyer and wanton one thou scoffer and boaster proud foolish and prophane one thou servant of sin and enemy of righteousnesse thou serpent and viper how shalt thou escape the damnation of hell Call not thou this railing for it is Scripture language to the seed thou art of and to that nature thou art in and the light of God in thy conscience will witnesse the same as the book of conscience is opened and the Scriptures beares witnesse against thee and all in that nature as thy fruits maketh thee manifest Rom. 1.21 22. and Rom. 1.28 to the end Rom. 2.5 6. Rom. 6.16 John 8.34 44. 1 John 3.8 Math. 23.33 And when I asked the other Priest Bennet instead of you both whether he were a Minister of the Letter or of the Spirit he said of both the Letter and of the Spirit but Paul and the Gospel Ministers said ye was not Ministers of the Letter but of the Spirit 1 Cor 3 6. so he and thou both was found to be contrary to Paul and the Gospel Ministers in that but because I know him and thee to be but
Ministers of the Letter and no Ministers of Christ nor the Gospel nor the Spirit therefore did I ask him and thee both of you a Question concerning the Ministery in the Spi●it that it migh be made manifest to others th●t he nor thou neither of you was no Ministers of the Spirit for I asked him as well as thee how he could give account of the inward Ministration and what death had reigned over in him and how he came to the Law hrough the Prophets know J●hn in burnings to come burning shining what succeeded exceeded ●hat it he w●re a Minister of the Spirit he might give account of the passing from death unto life and to speak in the Ministery of the Spirit but neither he nor thou could answer to that nor give account of any thing at all concerning those Ministrations Then I begun to declare against your igno●ance to the people and to lay open your deceits and that Priest Bennet he b●lld ●nd ●●ared like a mad Bull and whouted like a Ran●ier or a Hun e● least the people should hear your deceits laid open but you are made manifest On ●hame ●hame let shame strike you in ●h ●aces and cover your lips and st●p your mouthes for ever ma ing a pro●ession of G●● o● Christ more in that nature who are desperately wicked and Th●●●s Cocke●am and all that have a desire to fear God be you ashamed of ●he ●●es carriages and actions of those wicked Priests that were so fi●hy and wicked and take heed how you hold them up I warn you and ch●rg● you in the presence of the Lord as you will answer it before the judgement seat of Christ lest you be partaker of th●● plagues and the curse of God come upon you for it Rev. 18. To the light of Christ Jesus in all your consciences I speak that with it your mindes may be turned within to see into your own hearts and see if ever you get benefited any thing by them at all that will stand you in stead in the day of tryall no nor never shall benefit by them nor none in their nature who are out of the light and out of the truth as they are hear them not not ho●d them not up as you will answer it for the Lord is against them and all such as ●hey are and their blessing is accursed like those Priests spoken of in Mal. 2.1 2.3 to the 10. And the Lord will make them contemptible in the eyes of all his people And was he not blinde You might see their basenesse as it were manifested that day and if the blinde lead the blinde shall not both fall into the ditch Mat. 15.14 Now say not but that you are warned in your life time for to the light of God in all your consciences shall I be witnessed in the terrible day of the Lord to whom my testimony was declared that day as the book of conscience is opened and Cockeram to the light of God in thy conscience I speak that which sheweth thee sin and evill and checks and reproves thee in secret and lets thee see when thou dost amisse and acteth contrary to it that with the light of God in thy conscience thy minde may be turned towards God from whence the light comes in it to wait for teaching and deny those Priests and blinde guides for all the children of ●he Lord shall be taught of the Lord as he hath promised Isa 54.13 14. Jer. 31.31 to the 3.5 Ezek. 34.11 12 to the 17. John 6 45. Heb. 8 10 11. John 1.9 John 8.12 Now if thou love that light which sheweth thee sin and evill and reproveth thee in secret there is thy teacher that light loving it and obeying it there is thy condemnation for ever that light hating it and disobeying it John 3.19 20. Now thou hast time prize it and take heed who thou entertaineth in thy house such a proud foolish wilde wanton heedy high-minded scornfull and disdainfull one in thy house under the name or pro●ession of a Minister of Christ as that Redheaded fellow the young Priest is who hath not so much as a form of godlinesse therefore not the power and if thou and the rest were not very dark and blinde in the things of God thou and all the rest might see that Houldershaw nor Bennet nor none in their nature who are of the seed of the serpent as they are do neither follow Jesus Christ nor his true Ministers for their example as their fruits maketh them manifest and they doe not abide in the Doctrine of Christ therefore have they not God but are the false Prophets seducers and antichrists hold them not up for God is against them and all such are by Believers and the children of the light to be denyed therefore receive not such into thy house under that pretence which thou receiveth them neither bid them God speed lest thou be made partaker of their evil deeds 2 John 9 10 11. Now thou art warned and to the light of God in thy conscience am I made manifest yet shut up from thy dark minde for light shineth in darknesse but darknesse comprehendeth it not as it is written and witnessed John 1.5 Now I shall prove them two Priests Bennet and Houldershaw and all in their nature who are out of the light and out of the truth as they are to be no Gospel Ministers but false prophets as their fruits maketh them manifest and the Scriptures they witnesse against them for saith Iesus Christ false prophets shall come but by their fruits shall ye know them for they say and do not and are workers of iniquity and are cursed therefore must they depart from him as he hath said and as it is written and witnessed Math. 7.15 16 20 23. Do they not say that they are Ministers of Christ and do they not say that Christ hath sent them c. But they have no authority from Christ neither are they approved of by him who do neither abide in his Doctrine nor follow him for their example therefore are they false prophets that say and doe not they say that they are sent of Christ but they do not abide in his Doctrine neither do they follow him for their example and he that saith he is in Christ ought himself also to walk even as he walked as it is written and witnessed 1 Iohn 2.4 5 6. But Priest Houldershaw and Priest Bennet and all the Priests of the world and Ministers of man walk contrary to Christ and do no not abide in his Doctrine as their fruits maketh them manfest c. For Christ was never proud neither had he any mans person in admiration because of advantage but the Priests of the world or Ministers of man they respect rich men for their riches and disrespect poor men for their poverty and have great mens person in admiration because of advantage that they also may be great in the earth and be called