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A60665	The wisdom of the earthly wife confounded, or, A manifestation of the spirits of some envious professors who are ready to prefer the hireling priests works of darkness, whose works are against the revelation and coming of Christ in spirit, as their fore-fathers works of cruelty and murder were against him in the dayes of his flesh, as may be seen at large in the scriptures of truth ... this was chiefly occasioned by some nonconformists promoting the works of darkness of a conformist (or chief priest of Warsick-shire, called, Thomas Willson, in his book, ... who slanderously charges the people called Quakers to be false interpreters of the Holy Scriptures) wherein is something of answer to such as have any true tenderness left in them, and would receive the truth if they knew it, but its like to the hard-hearted, stubborn and rebellious (like those, Matth. 27.25. who said, his blood be upon us and upon our children) it will be foolishness, as is the preaching of the cross to them that perish ... / by William Smith.	Smith, William, d. 1673.	1679 (1679)	Wing S4345; ESTC R9981	10,614	16

Visitation to all mankind and that by his secret Reproofs at times in their Consciences for Self-Righteousness as well as their other Ungodliness that they might turn to his Grace which hath appeared to all men Light or Witness within them and live And all you confused Builders of Babel with your many Lo here 's and Lo there 's you have rejected the Head or chief Corner-Stone and true Foundation and if you will be truly Wise that you may know him you must first become Fools that you may be Wise and then you will throw down and lay waste all your lofty Buildings of Self Righteousness and dig deeper then ever you have done yet to the true Rock and Foundation and whoso Bui'ds truly thereupon shall be safe But all you talkative Letter-wise People and Professors of all sorts that have no other Ru'e to try Spirits and Doctrines but the Scriptures in your Natural Carnal Reasons and fallen Degenerated Wisdoms though you neither know them nor the Power of God but are putting Darkness for Light and Light for Darkness justifying the Wicked and condemning the Righteous as did they whose steps you follow What! did you never read or take notice of the Fruits of trying Spirits and Doctrines by the Scriptures in their Carnal Reasons Degenerate Wisdoms being out of the spirit which gives a right understanding of them Was it not to Condemn the Saviour of the World and his blessed Followers to Death Oh! Outside Literal Professors of this Generation take heed ye be not found spiritually in the same steps The holy Scriptures we more dearly truly own in their places than you do and do esteem them above all other Outward Writings because of the great plenty and variety of sweet sound heavenly Sayings uttered by God in and through Christ Jesus who was filled with the Spirit without measure and anointed with the Oyl of Gladness above his Fellows as it s written of him and also uttered through Moses and the rest of the holy Prophets Apostles but we cannot set them above the Spirit We say they are a Testimony or Declaration of what the Primitive Saints were made Living Witnesses of by the working of the mighty Power of God in them whereby they came to put off the old Man with his Deeds and put no that New Man Christ Iesus which is after God created in Righteousness and true Holiness in whom ONLY was and is the Perfection of Saints And without witnessing of more or less of this Spirit that wrought in them that gave forth the Scriptures there is no saving Benefit nor Comfort to be had from them for they viz. the Scriptures do answer to the Witness of God or Light within People and they are given forth to be read and believed and only can be rightly understood in a measure of the same Spirit that gave them forth and they testifie how where and by what means people may attain to that Infallible Spirit that always was is the Saints chief Rule Guide Leader who leads in the same Path they were in that gave them forth and these only are the truly learned that can read them without wresting and to such they are profitable for Doctrine for Reproof c. but they were not given forth to be set above the Spirit of God they were not given forth to be wrested by Covetous Carnal-minded men to uphold their Carnal Sects Opinions Judgments and Religions to War against the true Spiritual Worshippers whom the Father seeks to Worship him in the Spirit in the Truth And inasmuch as the Invisible Wise God Creator of all things is to be honoured and esteemed above any Visible created thing so is his Holy Invisible Spirit to be honoured and esteemed above the Scriptures are not all holy Declarations made by the holy Spirit of Truth And who dare say That the Maker is not Greater and more to be looked at and esteemed than the Thing made How now Porfessors that in your Natural Reasons set your selves as Judges both of Scriptures and the Spirit that gave them forth and in setting the Scriptures above the Spirit of God your Darkness is largely Manifest And may you not be justly compared to those that built the Tombs of the Prophets and garnished the Sepulchers of the Righteous and were the Children of them that killed them The Scripture saith Believe not every Spirit but try the Spirits whether they be of God because many false Prophets are gone out into the World 1 John 4. 1. I say the Infallible Spirit of God must Try all Spirits and without that none can try them Come Professors what say you have you that Infallible Spirit to try the Fallible with If you say Nay but we have the Scriptures to try them by I never yet heard any of you say otherwise I hope you will not deny but that the Spirit of Christ is Infallible and the Scriptures say He that hath not the Spirit of Christ is none of his Rom. 8. 9. And he that 's spiritual judgeth all things 1 Cor. 2. 15. So you Fallible-spirited Natural men what have you to do with the Scriptures you being the Unlearned men who have not learned of Christ you do but Wrest them to your own Destruction because you have no true Judgment in your goings and make to your selves crooked Paths Lo here Lo there and in your own private Spirits give your corrupt Meanings to the Scriptures oppose the Spirit that gave them forth The Apostle saith He that keepeth his Commandments dwelleth in him and he in him And hereby we know that he dwelled in us by the Spirit which he hath given us 1 Iohn 3. 24. The Lord God said by the true Prophet concerning the false Wo unto the Foolish-Prophets who follow their own Spirit and have seen nothing Ezek. 13. 3. And these are the true Confessors of Christ come in the Flesh and in the Spirit whatever Fallible-spirited men that are rending and wresting the Scriptures may judge of them And whereas some Envious Dark Spirits seeing their glorying in their Literal Knowledge so hard beset may suggest That I Design to possess People against or would beget them into a Low esteem of the Scriptures God knoweth if any such there be they greatly Wrong themselves and me and all those who believe their False Suggestions for my only End is That People might be possessed with the Spirit of Truth that leads into all Truth and teaches the true Knowledge of Scriptures and to set them in their places and not to be ever Learning and never able to come to the Knowledge of the Truth so that you all might come to Christ and learn of him that you may have Life is the Desire of your Friend Written in the 10th Moneth from Market-Harborough 1678. William Smith POSTSCRIPT HAving considered that some Dark Spirits like this Priest's may take Occasion at my so much judging his Works to be Works of Darkness without any

THE WISDOM OF THE Earthly Wise CONFOUNDED OR A Manifestation of the Spirits of some Envious Professors who are ready to prefer the Hireling Priests Works of Darkness whose Works are against the Revelation and Coming of Christ in Spirit as their Fore-Fathers Works of Cruelty and Murder were against him in the Dayes of his Flesh as may be seen at large in the Scriptures of Truth This was chiefly occasioned by some Nonconformists promoting the Works of Darkness of a Conformist or Chief Priest of Warwick-shire called Thomas Willson in his Book who slanderously charges the People called QUAKERS to be False Interpreters of the Holy Scriptures wherein is something of Answer to such as have any true Tenderness left in them and would receive the Truth if they knew it But its like to the Hard-hearted Stubborn and Rebellious like those Matth. 27. 25. who said His Blood be upon us and upon our Children it will be Foolishness as is the Preaching of the Cross to them that Perish By WILLIAM SMITH Printed in the Year 1679. The Wisdom of the Earthly Wise CONFOUNDED c. WE whom the heavenly Day-spring of God from on High hath visited who were once in Darkness and the Shadow of Death as well as others I say We do not marvel to see the Literal Outside Professors of this Generation of all Sorts and Perswasions out of the Truth as well as Chief-Priests the Old Enemies of Christ though they so much differ and disagree amongst themselves how ready they are to joyn Hand in Hand against the Lord and his blessed Heritage whom he hath blessed and will bless above all the Families of the Earth Yea how ready are you to catch up and imbrace any piece of Darkness and Confusion that ariseth out of the Bottomles Pit of the Deceived Envious and Babylonish Hearts of such as hate the Witness or Light of Christ in their own Consciences and also envy such who by believing in the Light of Christ within are Witnesses of his Spiritual Appearance So all you Malicious Papists Chief-Priests Presbyterians Independents and Baptists of all sorts c. that do not believe in Christ the true Light who lighteth every one that cometh into the World according to Iohn 1. 9. 8. 12. 9. 5. are all wrong in the Ground and you are all against us and we are against you all till you come out of Deceit Envy and Unbelief we know your Spirits will concur against us as did your Progenitors the chief-Priests the hard-hearted Iews Scribes Pharisees Saduces c. against Christ and his Followers in the days of his Coming in the Flesh who as Christ told them they did Err not knowing the Scriptures nor the Power of God Mat. 22. 29. And even so do ye who will not abide his Spiritual Appearance in your selves nor in such as are Witnesses of it So in this State you are all from the Highest to the Lowest of all sorts both Priests Teachers aad People far from the true Interpretations of holy Scriptures and if ever you come truly to it you must come down from climbing up another way to Christ the Door and Light of the World who lighteth every man that cometh into the World And also if you will be true Followers of him that you may have Life and Treasure in Heaven you must with the Young man Matth. 19. which I believe will be as hard for many of you Rich Ones in your Natural Wisdoms as for him Sell all your great Possessions of that Wisdom which is from below which is Earthly Sensual and Devilish in which you have given false Interpretation upon the holy Scriptures and thereby wofully wrested them to Justifie or Indulge your selves in a continuance in sin to the end of your days the Wages of which is Death as faith the Apostle But the Spirit gives Life and leads to true Interpretations of holy Scriptures though Contrary to your Natural Dark Conceptions and Imaginations The Natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirit of God they are Foolishness unto him neither can he know them because they are Spiritually discerned see 1 Cor. 2. Now I would have all you Outside Literal Imitaters of all sorts that are not too high too swelled with your vain Notions and Imaginations to lay them by a while and consider Seriously since there is but One ●ay to God and One Truth One Lord One Faith One Baptism which is Spiritual and only known to the true Spiritual Worshippers Mark One God and Father of all who is above all and through all and in you all Ephes. 4. 5. and a Mystery to you all and ever will be while strangers to the Light of Christ within which will give a right Understanding of Scriptures to them that believe in it and follows it and will lead to a right use of them c. But how many Ways Worships Faiths Baptisms c. are there amongst you every one Crying up his own Way and Form pretending to the Scriptures for it Oh! what Distractions and Confusions are here And where must they be charged upon the Scriptures or upon you with your many Lo here 's and Lo there 's Every one for his own Way in Opposition to the Way of God which is but One and his People One in it Now look upon your selves and among your selves and behold the Fruits of your Interpreting Scripture Is it not to make the World or People like a Wilderness Lo here Lo there See here See there But what saith Christ Believe them not go not after them nor follow them for behold the Kingdom of God is within you Luke 17. 21. Thus saith our Lord Christ Jesus and we have believed him and in our measures have Infallibly found it so And if this should seem strange Doctrine to any to whose hands these may come though of the many Ways Forms and Perswasions since you all profess the Scriptures to be your Rule I would know how you Interpret these following Scriptures God is a Spirit as Christ said and is to be Worshipped in the Spirit and in the Truth God is Light and in him there is no Darkness at all If we say that we have fellowship with him and walk in Darkness we Lye and do not the Truth but if we walk in the Light as he is in the Light then have we fellowship one with another and the Blood of Iesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all Sin Christ said I am the Light of the World he that follows me shall not walk in Darkness but he shall have the Light of Life and said Believe in the Light that ye may be the Children of the Light The Grace of God which bringeth Salvation hath appeared to all men teaching us that denying Vngodliness Worldly Lusts we should live Godly Righteously c. in this present World This Grace appearing unto all is that all might believe therein and obey it and be saved but some of Old did dispight

unto the Spirit of Grace as many do now against whom the Apostle testified and Iude in his Epistle witnesses against such The Apostle said unto the Saints By Grace ye are saved through Faith c. and said It s a good thing that the Heart be established with Grace And the Lord said to Paul My Grace is sufficient for thee c. Christ in his Parable of the Talents and of the Pearl and of the Field and of the Sower and of the good Seed which fell upon the divers Grounds doth clearly hold forth the Universal Love of God unto all People God said by the Prophet Look unto me O all the Ends of the Earth and be ye Saved c. As many as are led by the Spirit of God they are the Sons of God The Spirit of Truth which doth lead the Saints into all Truth the same doth Convince the World of Sin as Christ hath promised Christ said This is the Condemnation that Light is come into the World and men loved Darkness rather than Light because their Deeds were Evil for every one that doth Evil hateth the Light neither cometh to the Light lest his Deeds should be reproved but he that doth Truth cometh to the Light that his Deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God See John 3. 19 20 21. 1. 9. 8. 12. First Epistle of John 1. 5 6 7. John 16. 8 9 10 11 12 13 14. Jer. 17. 10. Psal. 7. 10. Mal. 3. 5. 1 John 5. 10. Isa. 55. 4. Rom. 8. 13 14. Psal. 50. 16 to the End Acts 13. 47. 26. 17 18. 2 Cor. 4. 6 7. Let us hear what Interpretations you will give to these Scriptures Again the Apostle Iohn saith God is Love he that dwelleth in Love dwelleth in God and God in him Again He that hateth his Brother is a Murtherer and no Murtherer hath Eternal Life abiding in him Again Christ said unto the Saints I and my Father will come and make our abode with you And God hath promised That he will dwell in his People and that he will write his Law in their Hearts and put his Spirit in their Minds c. Let us see how skilful you are in Interpreting these heavenly comfortable Sayings The Lord God said by the Mouth of the true Prophet concerning the false Wo unto the Foolish Prophets who follow their own Spirit and have seen nothing Eccles. 13. 11. But the true Apostle said The Spirit it self beareth Witness with our Spirit that we are the Children of God This Spirit was and is all the true Christians Guide this did of old and now doth bear Witness with or unto the Spirits of all true Believers that they are the Children of God who are led thereby for it leads them to do those things which please God The Apostle saith The Scriptures came not in Old Time by the Will of man but holy men of God spoke them as they were moved by the holy Ghost or Spirit and he saith they are of no private Interpretation So you who deny Immediate Revelation and deny and hate the Universal Infallible Spirit of God and Christ you have nothing to Interpret the Scriptures with or by but your own fallible private Spirits and the wicked Spirit The Prince of the Power of the Air which works in the Hearts of the Children of Disobedience as saith the Apostle and with these joynt workers in Wickedness you cannot rightly Interpret the holy Scriptures but by the help of this dark Spirit you are taught to wrest them to your own Destruction The Lord in mercy deliver you from this false Teacher The Kingdom of Heaven is likened to a man that gave to his Servants Talents c. Matth. 25. 14. A manifestation of the Spirit is given to every man to profit withal 1 Cor. 12. 7. Whatsoever makes manifest is Light and Christ is that Light Ephes. 5. 13. He that declareth to man his Thoughts the Lord the God of Hosts is his Name Amos 4. 13. Elihu was constrained by the Spirit within Job 32. 18. The Word of God is within Deut. 30. 14. Psal. 119. 11. The Law and the Covenant of Life is within Jer. 31. 33. The Word of Faith that purifieth the Heart is within Rom. 10. 8. Heb. 4. 12. The sure Word of Prophecy and the Day-star is to arise within 2 Pet. 1. 19. God Christ and the Spirit of Truth that leadeth into all Truth are to be known within John 14. 16. Know ye not your own selves how that Iesus Christ is in you except you be Reprobates 2 Cor. 13. 5. The Mystery that hath been hid from Ages and Generations is Christ within Col. 1. 26. The Anointing the true Teacher that shall never be removed into a Corner is within 1 John 2. 27. Isa. 30. 20. That which may be known of God is manifest within Rom. 1. 19. I thank thee O Father Lord of Heaven and Earth because thou hast hid these things from the Wise and Prudent and hast revealed them unto Babes Matth. 11. 25. see 1 Cor. 1. 26. We are not led by our own Conceivings nor Imaginations as the Carnal-minded out-side Professors are to interpret the holy Scriptures but by a measure of the same Spirit of Truth from which they were given forth in and by which they can be only and alone truly read and known by which Spirit we are made living Witnesses to the Truth of them and can read them within which is far more then the bare outward reading And we know that the Son of God is come and hath given us an understanding that we may know him that is true John 5. 20. And greater is he that is in us that teaches true Reading and right Interpretations of holy Scriptures then he that 's in the World 1 John 4. 4. And hereby know we that we dwell in him and he in us because he hath given us of his Spirit 1 John 14. 13. And we are sure it is he for he hath done that in us and for us that none other could do And he that believeth hath the Witness in himself 1 John 5. 10. So our God is a God at hand a Just Righteous and a Merciful God who in his everlasting love hath committed a Talent or Measure of his Grace and giveth his Light for a Witness and a Leader Isa. 55. 4. to every Man and Woman that cometh into the World and according to their improving or not improving of it believing or not believing in it is the Salvation or Condemnation of all mankind Now to speak comparatively after the manner of men if a man should demand a sum of Money with Usury of another that never had any of him and condemn him for want of it would it not be altogether Unjust But the true God is Just and Righteous in all his wayes and man's Destruction is of himself And further we say that God in his endless love hath offered a Day or Time of