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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89849	A salutation to the seed of God. And a call out of Babylon, and Egypt, from amongst the magitians, where the house of bondage is, and the imaginations rules above the seed of God, the cause of all blindnes, and condemnation. Also that which is perfect made manifest, even everlasting righteousnesse, which endures for all generations, ... With the way to him, set forth most for such as groan for freedome from the power of sin; but may be serviceable to all who loves his appearance. Also a testimony from Christ what he is in this world, and where he is; ... Also a suite to such rulers, magistrates, and governours, as have not wholly hardened their hearts, and stopt the eare against the voyce of the spirit, that they may hear and their soules may live, and be established a blessing to the nations. With some things more added to this second impression. / Written in love to all your soules, by him who is called James Naylor.	Naylor, James, 1617?-1660.	1655 (1655)	Wing N310; Thomason E852_25	31,397	40

come to see the power that sin hath not over you and that you are wholly polluted and sold under it then will you see the great transgression and the feare of God will appeare in you and so your hearts will grow tender in his feare which is but the beginnings of the knowledge of God and his wisdome And so waiting in the light you will come to see openings and breathings after Christ Jesus in which abiding and waiting low in the feare you will come to see some openings and promises of the Fathers Love to that seed which is breathing in you after him and some hopes of pardon of sin in Christ Jesus and so come to see the Law and the Prophets prophesying which condition many have come to and then have lost their condition by the mindes getting out of the feare and flesh exalting into the promise and so come to get the wound heald before death be flaine and so loses that little communion they had with God afarr off but never come so far as to the washing throughly nor to the marriage but the light minde gets into this and tattles it out to others and calls it experience yet never came so far as to see Christ and the Father yet after these doth the world wonder notwithstanding they live in the same filthiness as they did formerly yet say they I have assurance so many years since and the promise of God is sure and his Covenant cannot be broken but cannot see that the condition is lost and the seed is buryed under the earthly pleasures to which the promise was for the promise is to the seed which is one not to seedes which is many Gal. 3. 16. not to the fleshly man which is now got up but to the spirituall seed which is meek and lowly which God teacheth and blesseth and the creature that turnes to it is blessed because of that meek Spirit into which they are turned and should be for ever if in it they did continue for to it is the Covenant which cannot be broken therefore all that depart out of it it will not follow for then should not the Covenant stand sure in that seed which is but one one heart one minde one soule one spirit and whosoever receives this unity of faith shall finde this Covenant sure but this was never placed in the worldly seede but in the spirituall so the carnall is death and hell that 's its covnant but the spirituall is life and peace that 's its Covenant and each Covenant stands sure to them who are in them So that creature who was sometimes tender and lowly minded and that seed awakened to which is the promise not waiting in the promise till it be performed the creature turnes into the world where the curse is and there inherits yet is the Covenant sure to the seed and all that abide in it and this all witness who have waited in their measure though he that turnes from it is damned And if you abide faithfull in the light waiting you will be so far from turning into the liberty of the flesh that you will see every vaine thought and Imagination judged in the first motion and the ground of all sin you will see layd open and so come to see the Axe layd to the roote of the corrupt tree that hath brought forth the evill fruite which is Johns Ministery and the Baptisme of Repentance and so be led on to him who fulfills all righteonsness and that kingdome you will heare preach't at hand which consists not in words but in power then vaine babblers you will come to see and avoide and be brought onely to presse after Righteousnesse and so see your light grow and spring up to the burning and shining till the day-starre arise in your hearts then will you cease to put God and Christ afarre off you and waite to see Christ in you the hope of Glory and so come to see Christ in you the light the way the truth and the life and not to have your light and life to seeke in a booke without you nor from men but Christ your life in you made manifest in your mortall bodies and so coming to the Son and to see him revealed by him come to have the Father revealed also and so come to the knowledge of God which is life eternall even God in his Temple where hee is worshipped in Spirit and truth and this truth in you and this God in you then shall you know that your bodies are the Temples of the living God as hee hath sayd I will dwell in them and walke in them 2 Cor. 6 16. And that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you 1 Cor. 3. 16. By which Spirit he is worshipped and by the same Spirit you are taught and this is not knowne by heare-say nor got by imitation nor taught in the imaginations but through death it is learned onely in those who in the light are guided and by the Spirit kept in the fire and in the water where death is slaine faith purifyed and the body cleansed and purged from its drosse and filthinesse patience given and proved and all the gifts and graces of God which vaine mindes talke on but know not but in words these to be waited for in the light received in the faith and proved in the patience to the bringing the Creature wholly to rely upon God in the worst condition even at their wits ends when all the world failes and becomes enemies then to fall into the defence of God alone or when the world tempts with the greatest pleasures then to deny all for the love of God this is soon talked on but none can have it but who have received it in the same way of obedience that Christ hath gon before and leades in Spirit and power all his after him who beleeve in his light and follow it Then may you say follow us as wee follow Christ and walke as you have us for examples till then you are but imitators and out of the life and power and so lead one another into formes and traditions but deny the power which should give you victory over sin in this world and so you get the Saints words but their lives you have not that you looke for in another world but in the meane time goeth on to fill up the measure of evill and so go to the grave in feare and torment And all those Calls and Reproofes of the Spirit of light in your owne hearts now by you slighted are by him recorded and remaines a testimony against you till that dreadfull appearance of the righteous Judge and heart-searcher shewing his love tendered and his desire to save from sin and condemnation which love being rejected there is no escaping condemnation And you that have form'd a Christ in your owne imaginations so as your pride lust ryot and oppression may be exalted and you in them and now your eyes are abroad expecting his comming without you

and his next appearance cryed them down without and set up the substance of them within so that God hath been forced all along to pull down what he himself did set up though never so good yet if cannal the carnal mind would get into it and adulterate from the maker as you may reade in the Scriptures how many things he hath laid waste upon that account even at his appearance in some of his sons and daughters even such things as he had said should be signs for ever yet their abuse caused the servants of God to cry them down so your carnal things wherein God and his power and righteousness is not your setting them up instead of Christ makes them odious to all that know Christ and they cannot see that which belongs to God given to any creature and be silent but you will say they are commands of God and there is no Scripture for taking them away I say those carnal things are but commands as Circumcision and the Passover were and many other yet were they taken away with out letter by that Spirit that gave them when they were abused what letter had Hezekiah to take away the Brazen-Serpent and break it in pieces what Scripture had Paul to cry down Circumcision when he saw it abused though he had circumcised what Scripture had Paul to deny that he was sent to baptize when he saw them abuse it and setting it up above Christ and many other things which by the Spirit of God was removed when Idollized for which the literal observers who denyed the Spirits teaching counted them blasphemers as you do now and so by such they suffered for holding forth the substance and denying the shadows to such as Idollized them though otherwise the shadows had been lawful nor do I judge any that do it in obedience and so come up above it but all you that stick in these outward things contending about dipping or sprinkling but neglect the power and life you are the Jews of these days who strive about outward washings some for yong and some for old but in the mean time all out of the power and in the world in your own wills and worldly pleasures and profits pride and covetousness some for free will others not but all in your own wills and thus while you are about these things received by tradition the law of God written in your hearts is made of none effect nay you cannot own it that there is any thing there to guide or give the knowledge of God so you have a form of God but the world hath power over you and in you and so are become a reproach to Religion wherfore come out of the world and the power of darkness and come to the guide of the spirit of truth that you may be set free to the Lord from the rudiments which God is departed out of and follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth then shall you see him separating you from the world in the substance of truth in mercy and righteousness before you be hardened in your wickedness and your forms be left to you desolate and a strange thing come upon you which is seen concerning some of you who will not now own his appearance who before all form is will it not be a strange thing to see you who above all have cryed out for liberty of Conscience and against persecution who have been persecuted for Conscience-sake to see you become the most subtil persecuters that ever were in the world you in this generation be not grieved to hear of these things for God is bringing strange things to pass which you will not believe though it be told you but when it is come upon you remember you have been told for the Lord is gathering his seed out from the heathen where it hath been scattered and who will not be gathered shall be scattered and who will not come into the kingdom of the Lamb must be left amongst the beasts and when man denyes the Spirit of God to lead him he is no better who hath blinded that eye that foresees the evil shall fall into mischief ere he be aware ANd you Rulers Magistrates and Governours who have the sword of the Lord in your hands to rule in righteousness and judgement there is one thing needful for you to minde that you know the Lord to be your Judge and Law-giver in particular without which you cannot rule for God nor as deserving the name of Christians the Heathens exercise Lordship in their own wills and there is but one thing that differs you from them if you rule for God and after his will so as to give way that he may set up his kingdom in the soul who hath set you up to rule amongst men And you cannot rule for God unless you be ruled by him but if you have received his Law written in your hearts and his Judgements there and his power and authority and your souls subject thereto for Conscience-sake even to that power that is of God to come under it and the principle of everlasting Judgement and righteousness to reign in you and rule you and with that power and authority upon you and with you you go forth to judge his people and the heathen then you rule with God and for God and with his power and authority which you have received and to which you are joyned are you justifyed before the Lord God for whom you judge and his Law in every Conscience shall answer to your judgement that it is just and of God and so to that power of God and his authority shall every soul be subject not onely for fear but also for Conscience sake so you become Ministers of God to others but if you depart out of the counsel of God and the leadings of his Spirit and get up into the seat of those that went before you and take counsell at your selves and your policy to establish your wills as a law and have not respect to the law written in the heart but contrary to it set up respect of persons and places instead of Judgement and righteousnesse Then it must needs be that all who have respect to the everlasting Law and power of God in Spirit must suffer by you as witnesses against you as the Prophets Apostles and Martyrs have done against your forefathers till the Lambs testimony be finished and ended against you also yet are not we despisers of authoritie herein no more then they were who in subjection to that power ordained of God suffered by the wills of men who should have defended them by that power from the wills of men who are not subiect to that power of God so by men who deny that power that is ordained of God to rule in them by those doe such suffer as obey that power yet are the Innocent ever accused to be against the power who are but against mens wills in obedience to the power and this is no new thing in this