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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A91829	Of perfection. The great mystery of Anitchrist unfolded, by the rising of the sun of righteousness; or, The difference between the work and ministery of the messengers of God, and the work and ministery of the messengers of Antichrist. By a labourer in the vineyard of the Lord, called of the world Ambrose Rigge.	Rigge, Ambrose, 1635?-1705.	1657 (1657)	Wing R1486; Thomason E919_10; ESTC R207535	6,869	9

walks in it 10. Your preaching is contrary to the Apostle and your wisdom is contrary to his who came not with entising words of mans wisdom but in the demonstration of the Spirit and of Power and spake the wisdom of God in a mystery among them that was perfect 1 Cor. 2. 6. but your wisdom and speaking is to make people believe they shall never be perfect and so are as far contrary to his as light is from darkness therefore it is no marvel that people is begotten into a contrary faith and belief and their wisdom so earthly carnal sensual and devilish now if this be not the Doctrine of Devils let all who are of an upright heart judge 11. You are against the end for which the Scripture was given forth which was for the perfecting of the Man of God 2 Tim. 3. 17. And so are the Antichrists the Scripture speaks of 12. You are against the Prayer of the Apostle for the Saints Heb. 13. 20 21. whose Prayer to God was that they might be made perfect in every good work Now your Prayers is that he would give you grace when as his grace hath appeared to you and you have turned it into wantonness and so tempts God to give you that which you would spend upon your lust but your prayers are an abomination to him and he will not hear you because you regard iniquity in your hearts and works it with your hands and cannot believe that ever you shall be brought out of it here your prayers are out of the Faith and so are not accepted but you are those that must depart from the Son though you may prophesie in his name and preach his words in your synagogues and make many long prayers to him as your forefathers did yet your iniquities hath made a separation between him and you and though you make many prayers he will not hear because you have cast his perfect law behinde your backs and hath wrought despite again the Spirit of Grace 13. You are against the prayer of Peter for them he spoke to who prayed that the God of all Grace who had called them unto his eternal Glory by Christ Jesus after they had suffered a while make them perfect 1 Pet. 5. 10. And the Apostle Paul said Let as many as be perfect be thus minded Phil. 3. 15. but you being men of corrupt minds doth withstand this as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses and to this Faith are Reprobates and so hath not victory over the least evil that is in the world and therefore are to be denied by them who are not of the world who keeps people ever learning but are never able to come to the knowledge of the truth 2 Tim. 3. and so are to be turned away from and denied according to the Apostles command 14. You are against the offering of Christ who through the eternal Spirit offered himself to God to purge their consciences from dead works to serve the living God Heb. 9. 14. now this you do not believe that ever you shall be brought from dead works and so cannot be servants to God for his servants you are to whom you do obey whether it be of sin unto death or of obedience unto righteousness Rom. 6. 16. 15. Your pleading is against the one offering which hath perfected for ever them that are sanctified and so here you lies in the pollutions of the world children of disobedience in whom the Prince of the air lodgeth the Spirit that now worketh in you whom you believe and obey which opposeth the Spirit of truth which the world cannot receive which who doth receive and obey comes to be sanctified and so by one offering perfected Heb. 10. 14. but this your enmity is against and so your many offerings day by day and year by year doth not make you that are the comers thereto perfect but your consciences are corrupt and your preaching vain and faith vain and are yet in your sins and can never believe any other now here have you made the blood of Christ of none effect which takes away sin and purges the conscience from dead works in all them that know it and this is the cause of your 〈◊〉 envy and rage against them who by the power of God are brought to witnesse the one offering whereby they are perfected from sin and so from condemnation to do the will of God which is their sanctification From him who now suffers in outward bonds at Dorchester in the Country of Dorset for declaring against the Spirit of Antichrist which is now abroad in the world who is called among men AMBROSE RIGGE Now all you aforementioned who saith and believeth no man or woman shall be made free from sin while they be upon earth I ask you one question Where shall people be made clean seeing as death leaves them judgement finds them and no imperfect or unclean thing must enter into Gods Kingdom Now I challenge you all Priests and Professors of what kinde or sort soever who are of this Faith Answer by plain grounds of Scripture without adding or diminishing where or with what must people be made perfect that people may no longer give ear to lying vanities but may strive to make their calling and election sure knowing that no other thing obtains the Crown of Life And send your Answer to any of those people that are in scorn called Quakers or to me in particular whose name after the flesh is A. R. FINIS

Of PERFECTION The great Mystery of Antichrist unfolded by the rising of the sun of righteousness OR The difference between the Work and Ministery of the Messengers of God and the Work and Ministery of the Messengers of Antichrist By a Labourer in the vineyard of the Lord called of the world AMBROSE RIGGE THis is to all you Teachers Professors Priests and People whether Presbyterian Independent Anabaptist or Seekers as they are called or under what name or form soever they be or whatsoever they profess or plead for from the Scripture which was declared by the holy men of God which had gifts given them which was perfect from God in which they walked whose ways was perfect and upright before the Lord and was justified in his sight and pleased him walking by faith and in it by which they had victory over the world and that which was imperfect and they writ forth the Scripture from that which was perfect by the inspiration of God as they were moved of the holy Ghost which was and is profitable for doctrine for correction and instruction in righteousness c. that the man of God might be perfect thorowly furnished unto every good work and to this end did the holy men of God write forth a declaration in order of their life and power faith and victory and how they came to have victory over the works of the devil which is all imperfect and how it was the gift of God which was perfect which led them to a perfect man in Christ Jesus and how they came to tread upon serpents and scorpions and upon all the power of the enemy and to be more then conquerors through him who loved them Now they knowing that after their decease grievous wolves would enter in which would seek to draw many from the gift of God which is perfect the light wherewith Christ Jesus the light of the world hath lighted every man withal which is the gift of God the covenant of the Father which Moses Abraham and all the Prophets and Apostles of God bare witness unto now they knowing such would enter in whereby the worthy Name of God by which they was called would be blasphemed the ways and works of the devil would be pleaded for and upheld which stands altogether in imperfection which they who walk therein cannot believe any other who receives not the gift of God which is perfect Now this they writ forth that all who came to be turned to the light and in it walk which is the gift of God might have a cloud of witnesses against them who had stollen their words to plead for the devils kingdom but hates the gift of God and turns his grace into wantonness and hates that which would bring you to witness the power of God and the faith of God which is perfect which overcomes the world and so it is no wonder that you are left stumbling in the dark and blinde not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God and here you wrest the Scriptures to your own destruction Now all you Professors afore mentioned who are out of the light and walk not in it wherewith you are enlightned which comes from the Son of God do you not all meet and agree in this That no man shall be perfect while he is upon earth and do you not preach this and plead for this which is a doctrine well pleasing to the devil he will not contradict you in it for it is that which he would hear nevertheless all your high talking and several inventions and images set up from the letter yet here you are not separated but are of one minde faith and belief and so it is no marvel why there is so much pride covetousness lying swearing drunkenness and gluttony defrauding cozening cheating backbiting murther adultery theft and all other evil that can be named or invented acted among such who are in this faith and this belief which in stead of giving victory over these things leads into them and gives them the name of Failings and brings Davids words and Paul's words to cover these abominations with But now is the perfect day springing which discovers and makes manifest all your words and works to be evil and not to be wrought in God notwithstanding all your talking of him and calling him Lord and Master for his work is perfect to destroy the works of the devil And this is the reason why people hath been learning this sixteen hundred years and are yet ever learning but are never like to come to the knowledge of the Truth if they should learn sixteen hundred years longer but shall live and die in their sins because they believe not the light wherewith they are enlightned whereby sin is seen and condemned in the flesh and victory witnessed over it and so the righteousness of God is revealed from faith to faith in which the power of God which is the Gospel is received which opens the prison-door and makes way for that which is pure and perfect to arise and come forth and here the perfect Law of God comes to be set up to be the Schoolmaster unto Christ which teaches to deny all them who hath gotten the Saints words and hath transformed themselves as the Ministers of Christ and thinks very much if they be not called so when as they have bent all their strength and power against Christ and hath mustered up all their forces who will be under their command against the appearance of Christ but their weapons is carnal and their captain doth not lead them to salvation but to condemnation though he may make fair promises and large pretences to stand by them in the day of battel and to give them the honour glory and preferment of the world if they will serve him and be under his command and this is beautiful to the eye and sweet to the taste so that many hearkens to him and are willing to serve him and be under his command so some he sets on work on lying others on swearing and cursed speaking others on pride and covetousness and drunkenness and others who hath not money to satisfie their lusts and his will he leads them to covet and steal that which is another mans and so to the Gallows others that he cannot get into these things he leads them to wantonness and filthy pleasures to talk idly or jest foolishly or to go a gaming or sporting to spend their time without the fear of God others that he cannot get in gross evils he leads them into the Scriptures to get a profession and a talk of them that witnessed the precious faith whereby they was made partakers of the precious promises which was of right due to them but still he keeps them under his power and command subj●ct to his will in the fashions and customs and vanities of the world so that there is very little difference but in words and outward pretences among them whereby the Devil is more transformed