time to manifest it self fully in the Creation that so the just God might Judge and destroy it Root and branch with a witness and that every mouth may be stopt and silent but what shall justifie the Righteous Judge in his Judgments which are equal just and true And this time of the growth manifestation Reigne and Government of this Seed the man of Sin or son of perdition which hath been exalted above all that is called God And the sufferings and oppressions of the Righteous seed hath been the time of the Creators forbearance long suffering and patience he that can hear let him hear even the long suffering of the Lord God gratious and merciful whose Name is I AM and besides him there is no Saviour he that can receive it let him and happy is the man that hath him on his side and that he may not be moved for the great God is come to move and to remove and shake all foundations Roots Seeds Plants and Trees that are not of the Root of Iesse the Plant of his own Right hand 's planting And wickedness shall be broaken as a tree Therefore look to it you ungodly ones ye seed of evil doers for your time is short you have had your day or rather your hour and power of darkness in which you have delighted to live in and manifest the Root and fruits of the wicked one even the Serpents seed which hath been bruising the heel of the womans seed even causing them to suffer by reproaches cruel mockings and persecutions as your brethren Ishmael Cain and Haman with many more of the same seed and stock have done to the Righteous seed in Ages past but now are the last of that Generation even the Dragons Tayle which think to draw down the stars of Heaven by your power of pride Rage and madness and are casting out many flouds of Venome against the woman and the remnant of her seed which keeps the Commandments and testimony of Jesus But it 's in vaine for you to strive against God the Creator of heaven and earth woe is your portion in so doing you will be ground to powder in the dreadful day at hand For as I have received of the mighty God in his eternal Counsel do I declare unto you that you that now are in the Spirit of Pride Envy Malice uncleaness Pleasures of this evil world Scoffing and deriding the poor and harmless and are in the flattering titles and respecting persons and forcing and persecuting about Religion and Worship in disdainfulness fullness and Idleness Hypocricy and all manner of unrighteousness I say you that are in this seed or spirit which brings forth these fruits and effects whether you be Popes Emperours Bishops Kings Priests Princes Dukes Earles or Counsels of ungodly men or any other of these flattering titles you bear you are of the same seed stock or offspring as was Cain Ishmael Haman Esau and the rest of that Generation mentioned in the Scriptures of truth out of whose Loynes proceeded many Princes as were the Princes of Ishmael and Dukes of Edom which were of Esaus stock who sould his Birth-right for a messe of Pottage Hear this ye ungodly and set your ears tingle for this is your state who for the satisfiing the Lusts of the fleshly Birth which are but for a season that war against your souls have lost the comfort rest and eternal peace thereof in the salvation of the pure Righteous God and instead of fearing his great and dread full Name and departing from iniquity and submiting to the strivings and reprofes of his Light and holy Spirit which lets you see the evil of your ways you are like Goliah of Gath the uncircumcised Philistine who defied the Armies of the living God and are vaunting your selves with your Challenges upbraiding and deridings against the true Israel for whose sake he will break the strength of Nations as he did in the days past when they were oppressed And be it known to you who are in the seed and spirit before mentioned by what names or flattering titles soever you are called oppressing the innocent who have no helper in the earth but the living God alone and are living in the pleasures of sin and ways of unrighteousness you are unto God the pure eternal Jehovah of Israel even as Pharoah Sodom and Egypt who are smitten with blindness not seeing the heavy plagues and dreadful Judgements that are swiftly coming upon you O ye Sons of transgression and children of falsehood who love the glory and pleasures of this world which passeth away and the honour below and vanity of vanitys which vexeth the pure spirit of the Righteous God and oppresseth your own souls your day hastens in which you will be as Stubble in the firery Oven even all you heathen that are at ease for the great and dreadful God of Israel is very sorely displeased with you and the wo and vengeance of his fury burns against you even this last Generation of Persecutors though you may plot consult and decree against his remnant whom he hath Redeemed from that seed fruits works and ways which you are in even out of Babylon and are brought to Sion where they declare the vengeance of the Almighty God against Babylon the great Whore whored from God the contrary to God which hath ruled and sat over Nations I say though you may combine and contrive much in the abundance of the wicked counsels of your hearts and decree unrighteous decrees yet you shall not prosper nor prevaile to accomplish your intents and purposes against my people I the Lord have spoken it no more then Pharoah Goliah Herod or Haman did who sought the young Childs life to destroy it but was prevented so you may consider it did ever any fight against God his seed and people and prosper But you may object being of the contrary seed and say are you the seed of God or his people against whom we have made Laws and decrees traps and snares even you that are called Quakers for we look upon you as Hereticks disobedient and dangerous persons not submiting to Governments not honouring Authority nor respecting persons nor giving us flattering titles but are of another generation then we are of therefore do we consult and contrive how to destroy you from being a people by imprisoning spoyling of goods and banishment and death also if we could bring it about and that even the whole Nation would not rise against it for all sober people we perceive are affected with you and your ways and dealings amongst them by which we are afraid to proceed so far as otherwise is in our hearts to do To which I shall answer in the Name of the Lord. That we who by the sinful and adulterous generation are scornfully called Quakers are the people servants and children of the most high God which might be demonstrated or proved paralel to his chosen seed and people in all Ages by the spirit ways
IACOB is become a FLAME and the house of ESAV Stubble Or the Battail betwixt Michael and the Dragon in which the Seed of the woman is bruising the Serpents Head And Cain the first Birth the Persecutor is found the Vagabond and Abel and Abraham that wandred the freinds of God Being a true discovery of the two seeds or births between which the enmity is put the time and day being come in which the Elder must serve the Younger With a few words to the Priests Bishops Episcopal-men and professors of this last Age and a short warning to the Rulars and Inhabitants of the EARTH Do men gather Grapes of Thorns or Figs of Thistles IN the beginning God created the Heavens and the Earth the Sea and all living Creatures and the end of their creation was to serve and manifest the glory wisdome power goodness of God their Creator and for no other end were they Created in the beginning and that all his works of Creation should be in subjection unto him being ruled and governed by his pure Righteous power Counsel and wisdome And to the end that his wonders and power and goodness and wisdome might be the more manifest he endued man with a proportion of the same that he himself is even pure wisdome Love Holiness Truth Justice and Goodness or whatsoever might be named of the properties and qualities of the Creator mark this was the end of Gods Creation especially of mankind to set forth his own glorious virtues and holy righteous power that so his workmanship might be a continual praise unto him living in subjection to that pure power by which they were created this was Gods end even to glorifie himself in these things Therefore said his dear Son who came to restore man and the whole Creation into its first state Herein is my Father glorified that you manifest or bring forth good fruits mark this glorifies God and his end of Creation by this is answered even the bringing forth of those virtues in power and life again But whilest man is in the transgression seperation and alienation from God he answers not the end of his Creation but is out of his right and proper habitation fallen short of his glory neither can he manifest Gods wonders and power wisdome and truth and goodness in that state but doth manifest and bring forth the power and lying wonders works and properties of the wicked one which is called the old Serpent the Divel and Satan whose workings are contrary to God and the welfare of his Creation therefore is he called the Adversary and was known so to be by the true Seed in all Ages who came again to be restored into that state in which they enjoyed the power and virtues and wisdome of God and so in the end of their Creation even bearing good fruits gloryfying God in body soul and spirit Now consider man in the beginning was made uprightly and planted a noble Vine and in that state was blessed of God his Creator in whose power and virtues he should have continued and in the wisdome authority and dominion thereof to have ruled over all the Creation yet as a subject to that power by which he was made and created and not aspire above it mark that for it was so and this was the first appearance of the Adversary even to draw out the simple mind to be more wise knowing and seeking something to himself with a promise mark that ye shall be as Gods knowing to which hearkning and obeying the upright and simple mind is deceived and beguiled of that wisdome Power Glory and Blessedness which endures for ever and so feeds on that which dyes of it self against the command of God for knowledge doth vanish away but the life power and blessings of God endures for ever and will never dye though Heaven and Earth may pass away Therefore consider O mankind in what state thou wert at first created and by what spirit and power thou wast then upheld and guided and to what state or seed the everlasting blessings of God the Creator are due and of right unto for now are the Springs and Fountains of the great deep broke open unto the children of men and the great day of God and the Lamb is manifest and come in which all things works and fruits shall be proved and tryed of what seed root or ground soever and every seed shall have his own body he that hath an ear to hear let him hear and now shall the seed and body of the Serpent call to the Mountains and Rocks to fall on them to hide them from the wrath of the Lamb the womans seed and of him that sits upon the throne to whom be blessings and goodness all glory and honour Amen for ever Now this was the Serpents seed whose head is and must be bruised that at its beginning sprang up in the mind with a deceivable promise of being wise and knowing of himself lifting up above and without respect of subjection to his Creator so from this root grew pride selfishness earthly wisdome and disobedience to every good motion of that holy righteous power by which he was created and here is that Proverb true After pride comes a fall for it s not of God but abomination to him and the seed of evil doers shall never be renowned but must be bruised by the dread and power of the Lord of Heaven and earth and be chained down as a slave of abominations for ever and the day is come in which the Almighty hath laid hold on this Dragon and will seal him down into the pit of perdition no more to arise and deceive the Nations of the Earth and the Ax of his displeasure against unrighteousness is laid at the root of the great tree of wickedness and down must it come as a Milstone that is cast into the depth of the Sea as you have heard of Babylon for this is the Mother or original of all Harlots and abominations of the earth and they that live in wickedness and take pleasure in ungodliness are the children of this womb of Confusion where all is out of the true order and subjection of the Holy pure God of truth yet are wise to do evil but to do good have no knowledge being lifted up out of the fear of God that made them yet there is a government and kingdome and fruits and properties of this seed of wickedness in the time of its reign and predominancy As there is of the seed of God in its reign and government but contrary in nature fruits and effects and this wicked deceivable one hath got a Church Religious Worships and Orders as they call them and are in the imitation of the true seed things like Cain but from the root of confusion and enmity as by its fruits and effects is manifest through the Creation of God this is that Elder which must now serve the Younger having had its day or rather night and
worship and practises life and conversation of his servants and Children from the beginning to this day First consider there are but two seeds in the whole Creation between which emnity is put and are obsolute contrary in Nature fruits and effects that is the seed of the Serpent And the seed of the Woman which is Christ in his people the same to day yesterday and for ever the Imanuel who is now coming in ten thousands of thousands of his Saints called Quakers who tremble at his word for they are the people that shall spring up and spread from the Root of Iesse over the face of the whole Earth through the vertue and power of this seed Christ Jesus whose fruits and effects is Love meekness patience temperance mercy fulness justness soberness righteousness holiness peace and joy in the eternal power and spirit of the pure God doing to all men as they would they should do to them these and such like are the fruits of the tree of this seed of the Woman Christ which must bruise the head of the Serpent whose seed brings forth contrary fruits and effects in every particular though in some things it might imitate the Righteous seed as Cain did in matter of sacrifice or worship or the like but still it s from another seed root and ground which is acursed for said God cursed is the ground for thy sake mark that the ground not the simple earth which is good but the ground of envy murder and wickedness that had opened his mouth in him to swallow up his brothers blood from which it cryes against him and his generation of murderers about sacrifice and worship at this day and for ever so this is the other seed whose fruits and effects are manifest as saith the Scriptures even the seed of the fleshly Birth which persecutes the birth born of the Spirit of the living God which are these envy pride wrath malice striffe anger highmindedness frowardness bitterness uncleaness laciviousness covetousness drunkeness wantoness revellings rioting emulations witchcraft hatred heresies Idolatry injustice partiallity and hipocrisy these and such like are the fruits and effects of the Serpents seed which hath spread as a great tree of wickedness over the whole earth and is that cursed one that hath so long cumbred the ground And these are also the Children of Babylon the great Whore which hath Reigned over the Nations and Kings of the Earth happy is the man that dasheth these against the stone Christ Jesus the light that discovers them and these are those wares costliness pretious things of Babylon even the fruits and pleasures of sin the glory riches worships and beloved practises of iniquity which proceeds from this seed of falsehood satisfying a ground that is accursed for ever Therefore saith God come out of Babylon my people pertake not of her sins or fruits that ye be not pertakers of her plagues And now is the day come in which Babylon shall receive at the hand of the Almighty the Cup of the wine of his fury and indignation without mixture and shall drink the dregs thereof and wring them out and all her Marchants that have lived deliciously and delighted in her wares and costliness and traded with her shall houl wail and lament beholding the smoak of her torments which ascends up for ever and ever Hear this you superstitious and Idolatrous Priests Bishops and Hirelings for the foolish woman whose feet are not in her house but is without loud stubborn and clamourous is now pulling down her own house with her hands mark that by her own ungodly actions wicked words and practises slanders persecutions and greivous abominations even pulling or drawing down the just judgements plagues and eternal vengeance of the righteous God upon her own head he that reads let him understand for the time is at hand therefore consider all ye that live in enmity against the harmless seed and people this day are not you in pride which is abomination to God and Ambition and Covetousness which is Idolatry and love pleasures and vanities lusts of uncleanness deceit and flattery more then the pure living God of truth and righteousness and are not you in the stoutheartedness disdainfulness feignedness and Hypocrisy dissimulation and all manner of wickedness and are not you become the hold of every foul spirit and cage of unclean and hateful birds read your state and do not strive against that that lets you see it nor say no by any pretence or covering for the dreadful God hath found you out and his judgements and vengeance is your portion and the great day of the Lamb is come in which you are not able to stand This is the ground of your rage seeing you have but a short time as it is written the wicked cannot stand in the judgement nor sinners in the Congregation of the Righteous Therefore hearken all ye who are in the Babilonish Garments the night attire of the great Whore the Almighty strong and powerful God of Heaven and Earth is stripping and making her bare and naked as in the day in which she was borne to the the view of all Nations Men and Angels for the hour of her judgements is come her sins have reached to heaven and are come into the remembrance before God even her envy and rage scorning and disdaining persecuting and cruelty lusts and pleasures and vanities and all manner of Injustice iniquity and ungodliness flattering and deceitful titles ambition dissimulation Hypocrisy and Idolatry and the like abominations this is also the tongue of the Egyptian Sea which God Almighty of Heaven will shortly dry up that people may goe over dry-shod he that hath an ear let him hear and understand the day hastens yea it cometh swiftly in which righteous just sober and godly men and people shall walk with boldness with comfort and courage in the waies of holiness uprightness and truth in all the Nations of the earth or else the Lord God hath never spoken by me which I know he hath and will perform it Therefore tremble ye careless daughters that are at ease walking haughtily with stretched forth necks and wanton eyes howl howl and weep bitterly ye light puft up and vainglorious men and women the day of your calamity cometh on like an armed man and you shall not escape and upon all you that cry out against the children and servants of the most high God saying they will not obey Magistrates nor reverence such as are in Authority nor respect and honour Superiors nor be subject to the Kings Laws but are proud and wilful stubborn and disobedient and will not worship as we worship nor admire mens persons though they might have advantage by it Hear now my answer ye people whose portion is in this life who are of the houshould and stock of Esau the prophane person whose house is now as Stubble The God of heaven by his dreadful and Almighty power and Judgements hath broken in upon us
and contend in the same nature that matters not while you are in the spirit of Pride and enmity which is of the Devil your Sacrifice is not accepted of the Righteous holy God but is unto him as an odious smoak of Brimstone in the Nostrills of a man and your Church so called is not the body of Christ Jesus the Lambs wife but of the great whore which hath drank the blood of the Saints living in pleasures wantonness pride scornfulness disdain flattery deceit and vanity with your tongues at Liberty out of Gods fear in wrath and envy lust and malitiousness swearing cursing and corrupt communication rioting and sporting and all manner of ungodliness these are not the fruits of Gods spirit in which he is only worshiped nor graces of Christs Church but the Whores night garments for the Christians were and are to abstain from all appearance of evil and to waite upon God through his power to be sanctified throughout in body soul and spirit hating even the garment spotted with the flesh against which work the Serpent and his seed in all Ages have set themselves and took counsel together and made Laws and decrees even to hinder the appearance growth and Dominion of the Righteous seed and Image of God which is Christ in his people in all generations the seed of the woman which is brusing the Serpents head Therefore All ye Rulers Priests Bishops Lip-professors and people who are gainsayers of the light the truth the way of God in his people and are persecutors opposers proud wanton disdainful wild scornful and rebellious against Gods witness that lets you see your evil deeds and vain conversation and all you swearers and drunkards lyers envious unbeleiving whoremongers hypocrites whores sorcerers fearful and abominable you are all without without are dogs the biters and every one that loveth and maketh a Lye Hear this you that oppose the power of the pure dreadful God and its mighty works amongst the children of men which he hath begun in his people called Quakers it is too weighty for you it shall break you to peices and confound you its Gods work you oppose and not mans and if you say in your hearts you will make us bow before you have done with us I tell you nay God hath raised a seed in us of his own life and Image can ye not understand which can never bow to unrighteousness Idolatry hypocricy and deceit but stand in the Royal power and Authority of the Living God bearing testimony against it and fear not him that can but kill the body and after that hath power to do no more but is in the pure fear dread and terrible power of the Almighty God who hath raised it up compassing it about as a wall of fire and you can never quench it for it is that love which is stronger then death that is shed abroad in our hearts blessed is the man that heareth beleiveth and receiveth it therefore it is imposible for you to prevaile against it unless you could prevaile against God or were stronger then him then might you hinder his handy works and mighty wonders which he hath determined to bring to pass in these last days for let me tell you the Kings Rulers Priests Bishops for to you now am I speaking and that from the eternal God of Heaven that you are at this day verily opposing the great weighty work of God which he will accomplish none shall be able to hinder verily you shall as easily pluck the Sun Moon and Stars out of the Firmament in which the living God hath set them by his power and orders them by his wisdome as stop hinder or fustrate the decree or purpose of God concerning his people and their Enemies in these last days For the day is come of which his former Prophets have prophesied and declared that in the last days he would poure out of his spirit upon his sons and daughters and they should prophecy But this is a strange work which you cannot understand as it is witten many shall be tryed purified and made white but the wicked will do wickedly and none of the wicked shall understand but the wise shall understand who are in that wisdom which the fear of the Lord is the beginning of And in the day when the proud were called happy them that tempted God were even delivered did some fear the Lord and met often together and thought upon his name for when a book of remembrance was written before the Lord and they shall be mine saith God I will spare them as a man spareth his son that serveth him though men will not spare them who are servants of the Devil and is not this the day ye this is the day even the notable day the great and dreadful day in which the mighty God will cut short his work in Righteousness and because of this Nations shall be distressed and in great perplexity the Sea shall roar and mens hearts shall faile them for fear and for looking after those things which are coming upon the Earth and men shall walk like blind men because of their Rebellion against God and God shall send his Plagues upon the Earth like showers of Hail even Sword and Famine and Pestilence and Earthquakes and dreadful Thunderings upon the head of the wicked and all flesh shall faile before him and the Mountains shall quake at his presence for the terible God shall roar out of Sion and utter his voice in Ierusalem and the earth shall tremble and pain shall take hold of the ungodly as a woman in travail and they shall not escape Therefore seek not to get ease and covering by your unrighteous decrees against the Saints of the most high God or by afflicting and abusing them for we whom you have thus dealt with are his chosen Generation his Royal preisthood his peculiar people zealous of good works whose cause he will plead with all flesh and there is not a man upon the face of the whole earth that God hath respect unto or his offering but in this seed of Abraham which is Christ in us which he hath raised to offer up living sacrifices acceptable in his sight for the sacrifice of the wicked is abomination to him and there are but two seeds roots or grounds as I have said from whence all good and evil springs the one is the seed of Gods own sowing which is now arising to spread over the whole earth even the Plant of Righteousness Truth and Equity and the other is the seed of Enmity against God his truth and people and this is the seed of evil doers which shall never be renowned And the son of God is come the seed of Renown and hath given us an understanding that we know him that is true and are in him that is true and we know him that is false and out of the truth and we know God only is to be worshiped and the Devil denyed