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A testimony against the false teachers of this generation by one who is come from under them, unto the true teacher and shepherd of the soul
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Abbott, Margaret.
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encrease I will set shepherds also over them which shall feed them there shall none of them be lost saith the Lord. Now mark and consider ye Priests of England is not this your own condition Are not you scattering the people abroad as it were sowing pillows under their elbows in telling them that there is no perfection in this life and though they continue in sin yet when they dye they shall be saved by the death of Christ When as in the least measure you have not brought them to that which is the first step to know Christ by which is the light of Christ manifest within them so you as it were thrust them away from the knowledge of Christ deceiving them telling them that that which is a true Witness of Christ within them is but the light of nature or something of a little value which I bear a testimony for will lead them into the way of truth and so to the true knowledge of Christ Jesus I have seen saith the Lord also among the Prophets foul adultery and presumptuous yes they take the most shameful men by the hand flattering them so that they cannot return from their wickedness Now mark and consider is not this your condition If any of the servants of the Lord be sent with a Message from the Lord to the people and any wicked man lay violent hands upon them you do as it were take them by the hand and join with them in imprisoning them and whipping them stocking them stoning them despiteful using them declaring to the people that they are seducers deceivers Jesuits deluders vomiting out most falsly all manner of lyes against them so that you keep the people that they cannot return from their wickedness Therefore dear friends and people turn your minds to that of Christ within you which maketh known unto you all the evil of your doings whereof I am a Witness to this day and as you come to mind it it will shew you the intents and secrets of your hearts bring to light the works which are not wrought in God and turn away from these dumb shepherds which no longer then you are putting into their mouths will speak to you and consider what you have profited by them how many of you have been under their Ministry some thirty some forty years some more some less but what can you witness as in the presence of God you have profited by them Therefore thus saith the Lord I have not sent these prophets and yet they run I have not spoken to them and yet they preached but if they had continued in my counsel they had opened to my people my words and they had turned my people from their evil wayes and wicked imaginations Therefore dear friends consider how many thousands have been followers of them these many years and still continues in their evil ways and wicked imaginations therefore thus saith the Lord Hear not the word of the prophets that preach unto you and deceive you truly they teach you vanity for they speak the meaning of their own hearts and not out of the mouth of the Lord. Consider I pray you do not the Priests of England at this day speak divinations of their own brain taking other mens lines speaking from them their own thoughts not witnessing in the least the life and power of those that spake those words Therefore in love to your souls do I warn you to turn to the Witness of Christ within you which will guide you into the way of truth which will bring you to the Father for saith Christ I am the way the truth and the life no man comes to the Father but by me So now here is set before you the way to God here I say is set before you life and death Thus saith the Lord God which gathered together the scattered people I will bring yet another Congregation to him Come all ye Beasts of the field that ye may devour all the beasts of the wood for his watchmen are all blind they have altogether no understanding they are all dumb dogs not being able to bark they are sleepy sluggish are they and lye snorting the shepherds have no understanding but every man turneth his own way every one after his own covetousness with all his power Therefore friends people consider in the fear of the Lord I speak in love to your souls Is not this the condition of the Priests of England at this day Are they not covetous Do they not preach for hire Do they not seek for large preferments Do they not leave their flock and go from one place to another for larger revenues Do they not seek for gain from their quarters and if you do not give them do they not prepare prisons for you Therefore thus saith the Lord The righteous perisheth and no man regardeth it in his heart godly people are taken away and no man considereth it Therefore thus saith the Lord Turn ye turn ye why will ye dye As I live I do not desire the death of a sinner hearken diligently unto me for lo saith the Lord I will teach you wisely And now I have a Word to you of the baptized Churches you that say you are the Churches of Christ and none but you take heed and do not go forth in imitations of the Apostles into washings and dippings and breaking of bread and laying on of hands not having the same call which the Apostles had but come down to the Witness of God within you and there see with the light of Christ within you whether you be baptized your selves with Christs Baptism vvhich is with the Holy Ghost and vvith fire see vvithin you if you have passed through the fire vvhich John speaks of Verily saith John I baptize with water but there comes one after me which will baptize with the holy Ghost and with fire vvhich is Christs baptism So I say Come to see your selves first baptized vvith Christ's baptism before you go forth to baptize others For verily saith Christ I will not be worshipped in Temples made with hands neither with any outward observations but he that worships me shall worship in spirit and in truth for my dwelling is amongst the sons of men I desire every one that reads this to read with the light of Christ within them for many false things are cast upon the children of light for beating their testimony for the Lord Jesus Christ having nothing justly to lay to their charge let all sober people vvhich cometh to read this judge of it whether these who falsly accuse the upright and innocent be not shut out from the kingdom of God yea or nay when Christ saith He will judge every one according to the deeds done in the body whether good or evil I warn you in the feaâ— and dread of the Lord That you let the time satisfie which you have spent in your pride wicked words and actions against the pure spirit of the
Lord Jesus Christ for it vvill not satisfie him that you say you know him and with your lips profess him and denies him in his works and in his wayes ye are found in false accusing lying and slandering and with all manner of unclean Words Works and Actions for them that bears their testimony for him against unclean spirits are made by his power to declare against them where ever they come they reckon us as Hereticks but it is little to us for reproaches are our riches but it is none but them vvho are of that generation which called the Master of the house Beelzebub the Prince of Devils vvhich are found in the evil practices now but this is the day of the Lords power vvherein light is come into the World but men loves darkness rather then light because their deeds are evil They will not come to me that they may have life that their deeds which are evil may be judged and such as are acted in the light justified and they reconciled unto me saith Christ And vve that are the children of the Lord do bear our testimony that this is the day vvhich the Lord vvill pour out his spirit upon all flesh his sons and daughters shall prophesie and this is the day vvherein he is manifesting his povver amongst the sons of men and maketh knovvn his mind to his sons and to his daughters Therefore fear and tremble before the Lord all ye that live in the World vvithout a God What vvill ye do in the day of your calamity vvhen the Lord God shall come to call you to judgement to give account for vvhat you have done in the flesh vvhether it be good or evil Therefore hear the Word of the Lord all you that make a mock of the Lord and of his appearance thus saith the Lord Thus long have I ever holden out mine hands to an unfaithful people that go not the right way but after their own imaginations to a people that is ever defying me to my face if thou comest nigh them they say Touch me not for I am holyer then thou all these men when I am angry shall be turned into smoke and fire that shall burn them for ever behold it is written before my face saith the Lord and shall not be forgotten but recompenced I will reward it to them into their bosoms I mean your misdeeds and the misdeeds of your fathers together saith the Lord but I will take a seed out of Jacob and out of Judah one to take possession of my hill my chosen shall possess it and my servants shall dwell there therefore will I number you to the sword that ye shall be destrâ—ed all together for that when I called ye gave me no answer when I spake ye hearkened not to me but did wickedness before me and those â—â—ing that leased me not therefore thus saith the Lord God Behold my servants shâ—ll eat but ye shall have hunger Behold my servants shall drink but ye shall have thirst behold my servants shall be merry but ye shall be confounded behold my servants shall rejoice for very quietuess of heart but ye shall cry for sorrow of heart and complain for vexation of minde your name shall ye leave accursed among my chosen for God shall slay you and call his servants by another Name whoso rejoiceth upon earth shall rejoice in the Lord the true God for the old afflictions shall be forgotten and taken away out of my sight for lo I shall make a new heaven and a new earth and as for the old they shall never more be thought upon nor kept in mind but the Lord saith Be glad and evermore rejoice for the things that I shall do for why behold I will make a joyful Hierusalem and his people joyful yea I my self will rejoyce with Hierusalem and be glad with my people and the voice of weeping and wailing shall not be heard in her from thenceforth they shall build houses and dwell in them they shall not build and another possess they shall plant Vinyards and eat of the fruit of them they shall not plant and another eat but the life of my people shall be like a tree and mine elect shall still enjoy the work of their hands they shall not labour in vain nor beget with trouble for they are the high blessed seed of the Lord their fruits are with them and it shall be ere ever they call I will answer them while they are but yet thinking how to speak I will hear them the Wolfe and the Lamb shall feed together and the Lyon shall eat hay like the Bullock but Earth shall be they â—â—pents meat theâ— shall no manstay nor hurt one another in all my holy ill saith the Lord. Therefore in the 〈◊〉 of the Lord come down to his witness within you all you who are abroad wandering up and down seeking rest from the moâ—thes of men and climbing up to heaven to your own wills and 〈◊〉 the spirit of truth which is the spirit of the living God buâ— I say Woe unto all those who stands in opposition against thâ—â—thâ—â—spirit of truth I say eternally woe and plagues and misery a from the Lord God will come upon all those that opposeth the Son of God in his appearance therefore I say repent repent repent while the door of mercy is open unto you lest ye â—â—â—â—ut out for without stands dogs whoremongers adulterers 〈◊〉 all that tells lies therfore I say let this be a warning to you 〈◊〉 from the Lord least you have your portion amongst the hypâ—â—â—â—tes where is weeping and wailing and gnashing of teeth for ever This is from one who is a witness to the everlasting Truth Margaret Abbâ—tt THE END