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A60648	A new primmer, wherein is demonstrated the new and living way held forth by way of question and answer, as from a child's enquiry after truth, to be informed by the father. Here being divers particulars answer'd, and plainly opened, that may be profitable both in this present age, and ages to come. Published for the benefit of all sorts of people, and may be very serviceable for every family, and of great use for young children to learn in, so soon as they can understand their language, that they in the fear of God may be instructed, and remember their creator in the dayes of their youth. For which I travel, enduring affliction for the truths sake, William Smith.	Smith, William, d. 1673.	1665 (1665)	Wing S4322; ESTC R224034	28,937	98

am but a Child and want understanding tell me therefore how I must get out from amongst these evils for I now see my selfe beset with them and I would willingly deny them and part with them for Christ. F. Why Child I shall briefly inform thee of this thing When thou feelest thy mind inclining toward● any evil and that the Light discovers it to be evil then do thou mind the Light that discovers it and stand thou still and joyn not to it but deny thy selfe though thou mayest feel ● strong inclination towards it and i● thou stand still waitst in the Light● thou wilt receive Power against it● and strength to overcome it an● thou wilt feel the Power of th● Light to cross thy Will in what i● would do and in the Power tho● wilt feel thy Salvation and so ● thou mindest the Light and in it believ'st thou wilt be kept from joynin● to the Evil and walk in the dail● cross to thy own Will whereb● the World will be crucified unt● thee and thou wilt be crucifie● unto the World and true Judgement will be Executed upon th● Evil-doer and death will come upon thy own life and slay thy lust that hath loved any thing more then God C. I desire one particular Instance to clear this thing to my understanding F. I shall give thee one instance which by minding thou mayest know all the rest When thy Heart is lifted up in Pride and thou standest Exalted in thy own Minde and there hast High thoughts of thy selfe and striving to Adorn thy Body with costly Apparel and to put on any thing more than is needfull for the service of the Body the Light of Christ in thy Conscience will reach unto thee and plainly shew thee That the thing thou art Exercised in is an evil thing so as thou mayest sensibly feel correction for it Now if thou turnest to the Light when it reproves thee and corrects thee and yield unto it without resisting it will reach to the top of thy Pride and bring thy haughtiness down and lay thy loftiness low and will crucifie thy carnal affection with the lusts of it and will bring death upon it so will thy life and pride be taken away and Humility wi●l spring and come into Honour and in the Power which is the Cross the Old thou wilt feel put off and the New will be put on and thou wilt be made a new man in Christ who will revea● the Father unto thee and give the true knowledge of Him his Way an● Truth C. This is a strait gate Father I● there not another way by which I may come to know God F. Nay Child there is not another Way for Christ is the Way and if thou desirest to come to walk in Christ thou must part with Also for him and Deny thy selfe to follow him Therefore doth the Power stand in the Gate to keep out all that is Unclean and to Crucifie it before there can be an Entrance And that is the Reason child why so few enter in at the strait Gate but do not thou flye the Crosse but mind the Light that leads in it so wilt thou feel the Regeneration wrought and a Birth born that is of God and is Heir of the Kingdom C. But must every work of the flesh which the light reproves me for be denyed and crucified after such a manner F. Yes child for in the Self-denyal and daily cross thou wilt feel the Enmity slain and the Power will work thy Freedom out of the Bondage wherein thou hast been held Captive under the Enemies Power and if thou lyest down patiently and bearest the Judgment willingly Judgment will be brought forth unto Victory C. Alas Father this is a hard saying and if there be not another way to come to the true knowledg of God I begin to faint already and do not see how I can be freed from the evil that daily attends me F. The saying is not hard child but unto that which Reasons about it that would keep a Life in something that must be destroyed and there is no cause for thee to faint child though evil attend thee daily but believe in the Light and it will work the Work for thee and remove thy burden from off thee for all things are possible with God and there is nothing too hard for him therefore reason not about it but believe over it and the Lord God will not forsake thee untill he hath perfected his Work for his love is to that which breatheth in thee and through Judgement he will Redeem thee and shew thee his Salvation C. But must I be born again Father F. Yes child or else thou canst not enter into the Kingdom of God C. How may I come to know that with the work of it F. By diligent waiting in the Light whereby thou wilt come to feel the effectual working of God's Power through which the old Birth with all the Deeds of it will die and thou wilt feel a new Birth raised which after God is Created in Righteousness and true Holiness C. And what shall I be when such a Work is wrought and the new Brith raised F. Why Thou wilt be made a new man in the Immortal Seed and thou wilt have a new Heart out of which will proceed new Thoughts Words and Deeds and then thou canst not live any longer in the Evil but in the Good into which thou art redeemed by the Resurrection of Life And herein child is the Lord God truly known his Way and Truth C. Oh Father that I could feel this Work effectually wrought in me then surely I should be eased of much that now oppresses me F. Why do not hasten child but keep stayed in the Light and there thou wilt feel the hand that worketh and know the power of it whereby thy Redemption will be perfected and the Seed Immortal raised then thou wilt feel the Oppressor broken and thy Burden taken off which will give ease unto thee and bring in Joy for Mourning C. But if there be not another way to know God then how is it with all those People that do not thus believe and yet professe God and Truth and Scriptures F. Why child all that are faithful to God in what he makes known unto them they are not Judged though unto the Truth they be not yet clearly attained And though there may be a difference in the Profession yet it is but one thing in all that breathes after God which the Lord brings through the Dispensations and Administrations of Professions to inherit Life in the Possession and it is not a Profession that makes a Christian though people in a Profession may speak largely in words of the Grace of God and the Love of God but they read in that Book Notionally before they have passed through the Judgement experimentally And do not thou busie thy mind so much to look after others but mind thy self for thou must give an account of

hitherto have much regarded it F. That is the true Light of Christ that lets thee see thy Thoughts and the intents of thy heart and God hath freely given it unto thee and requires thy obedience to it Therefore child for the time to come be more diligent and have more regard unto it and when it shews thee Evil and reproves thee for Evil obey it so it will rend the vail from off thee that is spread over thee and keeps thee from the knowledge of God C. But if I should turn unto it and obey it when it reproves me for sin is there power in it to save me from sin and to deliver me from all Iniquity F. Yes child all power in Heaven and Earth is in it and it is made manifest not only to shew sin but also to destroy it and if thou obeyest and in it believest thou wilt feel it condemn sin and destroy the Devil that begets it and it will draw thee near to God and give thee the knowledg of his glory C. That is the thing that I earnestly desire but when I look within I see nothing but a body of corruption F. That which discovers to thee the body of corruption that is the Light of Christ and when thou first seest thy self in it thou canst see nothing but corruption standing but by obeying and believing in it thou wilt feel it break the body of Corruption and set thee free out of that bondage C. But is that the Light of Christ that shews me my Thoughts and Words and Deeds and makes them manifest what they are F. Yes child that is the light of Christ and with it are they all made manifest and thou canst not hide any thing from it when thou art in secret it is with thee and there shews thee what thy thoughts are it sorts thy words and deeds and lets thee see whether they bee good or evil if thy Thoughts be after vanity it discovers them and reproves thee in thy own Conscience for them and thy thoughts thou canst not hide from it if thou speakest vain words or dost any evil deeds it condemns thee in thy self and thou canst not fly from the Judgement of it and this is the pure Light of Christ in thy own Conscience child and is alwayes near thee to reprove thee for the things that be evil C. This is true for I do feel something in me that lets me see Evil both in Thought Word and Deed and I also feel many checks in my Conscience when I am doing the thing that is evil F. Why that is the Light of Christ that lets thee see all that ever thou hast done and also what is present with thee and what thy life is in and what thy love is after And if thou mindest thou wilt see what ever riseth out of the darkness and what the Prince of Darkness tempts thee to do so that thou wilt find that the Light of Christ will make manifest every evil in the appearance of it and will call thee to abstain from it and if thou obeyst it will keep thee from joyning to it And I shall in one Instance plainly inform thee of it When the Devil temps thee to put forth thy hand to take any thing that is not thy own the Light of Christ lets thee see it to be evil and thou art sensible that it is not thine before thou touchest it and if thou dost not obey the light that discovers it then the Devil prevails and draws thee to do it and so thou becomest a Thief for which the Light reproves thee Or if thou be tempted to tell a Lye the Light lets thee see it before thou speakest it and thou art sensible that the thing thou art to speake is not true and if thou dost not obey the Light that shews it the Devil prevails and draws thee to speak it and thou becomest a Lyar for which the Light reproves the. C. This is true but will the Light deal thus plainly with me in all things F. Yes Child it will deal plainly with thee in all things and will not deceive thee in any thing but will make it manifest as it is If it be a Lye it makes it manifest to be a lye and that which makes manifest a lye that is true and will not deceive thee therefore minde it and obey it and it will devide aright And what is of the flesh it will let thee see to be flesh and so for Condemnation C. Father shew me what the Works of the Flesh are that I may know them F. Thou art to mind the Light and it will shew thee and give thee true knowledge of them for if at any time thou livest to the flesh and satisfies it with the affection and lust the Light will condemn thee and the Work that is brought forth by thee by which thou mayest certainly know that it is a work of the flesh yet for thy Information I shall mention some of them and shew thee what they are Covetousness Drunkenness Witch-craft Hatred Variance Emulation Strife Debate Deceipt Anger Envie Malice Back-biting Whispring Pride Fornication Adultery Gluttony Swearing Lying Sporting Playing Carding Diceing Dancing Ringing Feasting Revelling Banqueting With much more and they that live in such things cannot inherit the Kingdom of God C. Here is a great number Father But do all these and more then these lodge in People F. Yes Child all these and more than these lodge in the heart that is deceitful where they are generated by the subtilty of the Serpent which is the seed of the Evil-doer and he forms them up into a body which is the body of sin and where they are and the life in them they separate from God and vails from beholding the Brightness of his Glory C. But cannot I know God his Way and Truth and yet live in some of these things F. Nay Child if thy life be in any of them and thou walkest in them thou livest in that which can neither know God nor Please him and the Way and Truth of God thou art out of For as far as the East is from the West so far doth sin separate from God C. But must I deny them all F. Yes Child for if thou livest to the Flesh thou must die C. Alas Father who then shall be saved F. Why those that turn when the Light reproves them for sin and those that obey and believe therein for in the Light the Name of Christ is known in which is Salvation and he that Believes is saved C. But may I come to Witness those Works of the Flesh destroyed whilest I am in the body seeing they separate me from God his Way and Truth F. Yes if thou believest in the Light it will arise in Power and destroy thy Lusts that War against thy Soul and will subdue the evil Concupiscence of the unclean Nature out of which proceeds all evil and in which thou canst not please God C. Father I

earthly from which no good thing can arise and it brings forth a birth in its own likeness and of its own nature which by the Spirit is truly discerned and every work of the flesh is manifest to the Spirit for the Spirit searcheth all things truly judges all things for the Spirit is truth And though this may seem in many of your eyes to be rash judgment and you may call it so yet it will stand a witness against all that are satisfying the flesh For there is not any thing so hardly received as that testimony that strikes at the life of another and that which deals plainly and simply with all and desires the good of all that meets with the least entertainment in the hearts of people but that which flatters and cryes peace when the bonds of Iniquity stand that is a pleasing thing unto the minds of all who walk in the flesh and that which coms to rip them up and discover their nakedness to their shame that they kick against and will not own nor receive it for truth for there is not any people would come to shame for what they do and that which opens secrets and brings any thing to light by which shame may come upon them they turn against that and reject it though the thing be really true which is witnessed against and so there is no work of the flesh that would come under the spirits Judgment though it be truly discerned and judged as it is and the Discerning and Judgment stand in the truth but those concerned in it will not own it but cry out Who made you a Judge And why are you so rash to judge as if all were to be condemned but your selves How do you know the hearts of people And why may not others be as right as you for what you know So every Form and Likeness would save its own Life by putting off the Judgment as if none could Discern it and no false birth that would have its Nakedness to appear lest it should come to shame thereby And thus People harden themselves against the Spirit 's Testimony which in it self is the searcher and tryer of Hearts and Reins and none can hide their Councel from it Mark Is not this the Judge that stands at the door and knocks Doth not he discern when Evil rises in your Hearts And doth he not there Reprove you What is it that you can hide that he finds not out What can you do in your secret Chambers that he doth not know And what Thought can you think amongst all your Thoughts that he doth not discern And doth he not judge you in your own Consciences if you have Thought any Evil or uttered vain Words or done any thing wickedly Will you deny this to be a true Discerner and a Righteous Judge Be sober and there is a Witness which you may feel in your selves to answer to the truth declared and all that have received the Spirit and are born of the Spirit they have an Understanding given them by which they are able to Discern the flesh all the works of it and give true Judgment upon it without respect of Persons not judging according to the flesh but according to the Spirit and sees to the Root and principle from which all things spring up and grow and they do not judge according to the outward appearance but judge Righteous judgement for such as Discern no further than what outwardly appears and then judge according to that Others from the same ground may draw as true a Judgment against them And here people are not to Judge lest they be Judged which is a place much alleadged against true Judgment but whoso Judges one of another it is not in the Spirit of Truth which doth Discern through all Appearances but it is in the flesh which cannot perceive beyond what doth appear And so all the false Births give Judgement one against another and cannot bear the Judgement of one another then they are provoked and angry one with another and run into confusion and Distraction Warring and Fighting and Destroying one another about their formed Religion none being come to the Spirit that gives a Discerning through what appears and gives true Judgment in the ground but all born of the Spirit have true Union with it and the flesh and the deeds of it are subdued under it and they are no more in the flesh but in the Spirit and have received Christ Jesus the Lord and walk in him and are Spiritual and the Spiritual man judgeth all things and he himself is judged of no man And whether you can receive it or no you are all truly tryed and judged not in the flesh but in the Spirit and your ROOT and FOVNDATION is seen and Discerned and is not found to be that which was in the beginning but that which the Subtility generated since the beginning and so doth he rule over you and blind your minds that you cannot see nor discern further than what appears and the Mystery of the Kingdom is hid from your eyes and you run into the Words with your carnal Minds and earthly Wisdom and from what is Written draw something to your selves and form up a Likeness in your conceivings and bring that forth in the strength of your own Wills and this is your Foundation and the first principle of your Religion and so the HARLOT hath brought forth many children which in her Womb have all been conceived and yet are not formed one like another but all differ in their Shape and Likeness and then strive one with another and yet are all children of one House and all of one Kingdom but no Love nor Unity found amongst them but Envie Hatred and Malice and all one against another and divided into Heads and Parties which is an evident Testimony of the Ruine Fall of your House and Kingdom For A House divided against it self cannot stand Therefore come out of it lest it fall upon you and utterly destroy you and all come to that where Peace and Safety is for God hath prepared a sure Refuge and Resting place for all that will come And he hath gathered many into Unity and perfect Peace therein and they rest in his Love and are preserved in his Power and he alone is their Strength and sure Defence so hath the Lord made his power known in this his Day and hath gathered a Remnant to that which was in the beginning which was the Saints Life and from which the Scriptures were declared and of which they all testified that is now made manifest which the false Apostles ravened from and many Sons and Daughters are come to glory in it and this is the Spirit of Truth which leads into all Truth that cuts down Transgression and Reigns over the Head of the Transgressor and doth discover clearly all the deeds of Darkness which are come up since the Dayes of the Apostles and are practised by such as are