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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A41072	Womens speaking justified, proved and allowed of by the Scriptures, all such as speak by the spirit and power of the Lord Jesus and how women were the first that preached the tidings of the resurrection of Jesus, and were sent by Christ's own command, before he ascended to the Father, John 20:17.	Fox, Margaret Askew Fell, 1614-1702.; Fox, Margaret Askew Fell, 1614-1702. A touch-stone.	1666 (1666)	Wing F642; ESTC R31506	14,857	16

his Message as is manifested else how should his Disciples have known who were not there Oh! blessed and glorified be the Glorious Lord for this may all the whole body of man-kind say though the wisdom of man that never knew God is alwayes ready to except against the weak but the weakness of God is stronger then men and the foolishness of God is wiser then men And in Act. 18. you may read how Aquila and Priscilla took unto them Apollos and expounded unto him the way of God more perfectly who was an elloquent man and mighty in the Scriptures yet we do not read that he despised what Priscilla said because she was a Woman as many now do And now to the Apostles words which is the ground of the great Objection against Womens Speaking And first 1 Cor. 14. let the Reader seriously read that Chapter and see the end and drift of the Apostle in speaking these words for the Apostle is there exhorting the Corinthians unto charity and to desire Spiritual gifts and not to speak in an unknown tongue and not to be Children in understanding but to be Children in malice but in understanding to be men and that the Spirits of the Prophets should be subject to the Prophets for God is not the Author of Confusion but of Peace And then he saith Let your Women keep silence in the Church c. Where it doth plainly appear that the Women as well as others that were among them were in confusion for he saith How is it Brethren when ye come together every one of you hath a Psalm hath a Doctrine hath a Tongue hath a Revelation hath an Interpretation let all things be done to edifying Here was no edifying but all was in confusion speaking together Therefore he saith If any man speak in an unknown Tongue let it be by two or at most by three and that by course and let one Interpret but if there be no Interpreter let him keep silence in the Church Here the Man is commanded to keep silence as well as the Woman when they are in cofusion and out of order But the Apostle saith further They are commanded to be in Obedience as also saith the Law and if they will learn any thing let them ask their Husbands at home for it is a shame for a Woman to speak in the Church Here the Apostle clearly manifests his intent for he speaks of Women that were under the Law and in that Transgression as Eve was and such as were to learn and not to speak publickly but they must first ask their Husbands at home and it was a shame for such to speak in the Church And it appears clearly that such Women were speaking among the Corinthians by the Apostles exhorting them from malice and strife and confusion and he preacheth the Law unto them and he saith in the Law it is written With men of other tongues and other lips will I speak unto this people vers 2. And what is all this to Womens Speaking that have the Everlasting Gospel to preach and upon whom the Promise of the Lord is fulfilled and his Spirit poured upon them according to his Word Acts 2. 16 17 18. And if the Apostle would have stopped such as had the Spirit of the Lord poured upon them why did he say just before If any thing be revealed to another that suteth by let the first hold his peace and you may all prophesie one by one Here he did not say that such Women should not Prophecsie as had the Revelation and Spirit of God poured upon them but their Women that were under the Law and in the Transgression and were in strife confusion malice in their speaking for if he had stopt Womens praying or prophesying why doth he say Every man praying or prophesying having his head covered dishonoureth his head but every Woman that prayeth or prophesieth with her head uncovered dishonoureth her head Judge in your selves Is it comely that a Woman pray or prophesie uncovered For the Woman is not without the Man neither is the Man without the Woman in the Lord 1 Cor. 11. 3 4 13. Also that other Scripture in 1 Tim. 2. where he is exhorting that Prayer and Supplication be made every where lifting up holy Hands without wrath and doubting he saith in the like manner also That Women must adorn themselves in modest apparel with shamefastness and sobriety not with broidered hair or gold or pearl or costly array He saith Let Women learn in silence with all subjection but I suffer not a Woman to teach nor to usurp authority over the Man but to be in silence for Adam was first formed then Eve and Adam was not deceived but the Woman being deceived was in the transgression Here the Apostle speaks particularly to a Woman in Relation to her Husband to be in subjection to him and not to teach nor usurp authority over him and therefore he mentions Adam and Eve But let it be strained to the utmost as the opposers of Womens Speaking would have it that is That they should not preach nor speak in the Church of which there is nothing here Yet the Apostle is speaking to such as he is teaching to wear their apparel what to wear and what not to wear such as were not come to wear modest apparel and such as were not come to shamefastness and sobriety but he was exhorting them from broidered hair gold and pearls and costly array and such are not to usurp authority over the Man but to learn in silence with all subjection as it becometh Women professing Godliness with good works And what is all this to such as have the Power and Spirit of the Lord Jesus poured upon them and have the Message of the Lord Jesus given unto them must not they speak the Word of the Lord because of these undecent and unreverent Women that the Apostle speaks of and to in these two Scriptures And how are the men of this Generation blinded that bring these Scriptures and pervert the Apostles Words and corrupt his intent in speaking of them and by these Scriptures endeavour to stop the Message and Word of the Lord God in Women by contemning and despising of them If the Apostle would have had Womens speaking stopt and did not allow of them why did he entreat his true Yoak-Fellow to help those Women who laboured with him in the Gospel Phil. 4. 3. And why did the Apostles joyn together in Prayer and Supplication with the Women and Mary the Mother of Jesus and with his Brethren Acts 1. 14. if they had not allowed and had union and fellowship with the Spirit of God wherever it was revealed in Women as well as others But all this opposing and gainsaying of Womens Speaking hath risen out of the bottomless Pit and spirit of Darkness that hath spoken for these many hundred years together in this night of Apostacy since the Revelations have ceased and been hid and so that spirit

of the 〈◊〉 are the Lords he hath set the world upon them he will keep the feet 〈…〉 and the wicked shall keep silence in darkness for in his own 〈…〉 man be strong the Lords Adversaries shall be destroyed and out of Heaven shall he thunder upon them the Lord shall judge the ends of the World and shall give power to his King and exalt the Horn of his Anointed Thus you may see what a woman hath said when old Ely the Priest thought she had been drunk and see if any of you blind Priests that speak against Womens Speaking can Preach after this manner who cannot make such a Sermon as this woman did yet will make a trade of this Woman and other womens words And did not the Queen of Sheba speak that came to Solomon and received the Law of God preached it in her own Kingdom and blessed the Lord God that loved Solomon and set him on the throne of Israel because the Lord loved Israel for ever and made the King to do Equity and Righteousness And this was the language of the Queen of Sheba And see what glorious expressions Queen Hester used to comfort the People of God which was the Church of God as you may read in the book of Hester which caused joy and gladness of heart among all the Jews who prayed and worshiped the Lord in all places who jeoparded her life contrary to the Kings command went and spoke to the King in the wisdom and fear of the Lord by which means she saved the lives of the People of God and righteous Mordecai did not forbid her speaking but said If she held her peace her and her Fathers house should be destroyed and herein you blind Priests are contrary to Righteous Mordecai Likewise you may read how Judith spoke and what noble acts she did and how she spoke to the Elders of Israel and said Dear Brethren seeing ye are the honorable Elders of the People of God call to remembrance how our Fathers in time past were tempted that they might be proved if they would worship God aright they ought also to remember how our Father Abraham being tryed through manifold tribulations was found a friend of God so was Isaac Jacob and Moses and all they pleased God and were stedfast in Faith through manifold troubles And read also her prayer in the Book of Judith and how the Elders commended her and said All that thou speakest is true and no man can reprove thy words pray therefore for us for thou art an holy Woman and fearest God So these Elders of Israel did not forbid her speaking as you blind Priests do yet you will make a Trade of Womens words to get money by and take Texts and Preach Sermons upon Womens words and still cry out Women must not speak Women must be silent so you are far from the minds of the Elders of Israel who praised God for a Womans speaking But the Jezebel and the Woman the false Church the great Whore and tatling women and busie-bodies which are forbiden to Preach which have a long time spo●●n●●tled which are forbidden to speak by the True Church which ●●●st is the Head of such VVomen as were in transgression under the Law which are called a VVoman in the Revelations And see further how the wise VVoman cryed to Joah over the VVall and saved the City of Abel as you may read 2 Sam. 20. how in her wisdom she spoke to Joab saying I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel and thou goest about to destroy a City and Mother in Israel Why wilt thou destroy the Inheritance of the Lord Then went the Woman to the people in her wisdom and smote off the head of Sheba that rose up against David the Lords Anointed Then Joab blew the Trumpet and all the people departed in peace And this deliverance was by the means of a Womans speaking but ta●lers and busie-bodies are forbidden to preach by the True Woman whom Christ is the Husband to the Woman as well as 〈◊〉 Man all being comprehended to be the Church and so in this True Churc● Sons and Daughters do Prophesie Women labour in the Gospel but the Apostle permits not tatlers busie-bodies and such as usurp authority over the Man would not have Christ Reign nor speak neither in the Male nor Female Such the Law permits not to speak such must learn of their Husbands But what Husbands have Widows to learn of but Christ And was not Christ the Husband of Philips four Daughters And may not they that learn of their Husbands spe●● then But Jezebel and Tatlers and the Whore that denies Revelation and Prophesie are not permitted which will nor learn of Christ and they that be out of the Spirit and Power of Christ that the Prophets were in who are in the Transgression are ignorant of the Scriptures and such are against Womens Speaking and Mens too who Preach that which they have received of the Lord God but that which they have preached and do preach will come over all your heads yea over the head of the false Church the Pope for the Pope is the Head of the False Church and the False Church is the Popes Wife and so he and they that be of him and come from him are against Womens speaking in the True Church when both he and the false Church are called Woman in Revel 17. and so are in the Transgression that would usurp authority over the Man Christ Jesus and his Wife too and would not have him to Reign but the Judgement of the great Whore is come But Christ who is the Head of the Church the True Woman which is his Wife in it do Daughters Prophesie who are above the Pope and his Wife and a top of them And here Christ is the Head of the Male and Female who may speak and the Church is called a Royal Priesthood so the Woman must offer as well as the Man Rev. 22. 17. The Spirit saith Come and the Bride saith Come and so is not the Bride the Church and doth the Church only consist of Men you that deny Womens Speaking answer Doth it not consist of Women as well as Men Is not the Bride compared to the whole Church And doth not t●e Bride say Come Doth not the Woman speak then the Husband Christ Jesus the Amen and doth not the false Church go about to stop the Brides Mouth But it is not possible for the Bridegroom is with his Bride and he opens her Mouth Christ Jesus who goes on Conquering and to Conquer who kills and slayes with the Sword which is the words of his Mouth the Lamb and the Saints shall have the Victory the true Speakers of Men and Women over the false Speaker THE END

many Women that were Widows which had no Husbands to learn of and many were Virgins which had no Husbands and Philip had four Daughters that were Prophets such would be despised which the Apostle did not forbid And if it were to all Women that no Woman might speak then Paul would have contradicted himself but they were such Women that the Apostle mentions in Timothy That grew wanton and were busie-bodies and ●atlers and kicked against Christ For Christ in the Male and in the Female is one and he is the Husband and his Wife is the Church and God hath said that his Daughters should Prophesie as well as his Sons And where he hath poured forth his Spirit upon them they must prophesie though blind Priests say to the contrary and will not permit holy Women to speak 2. And whereas it is said I permit not a Woman to speak as saith the Law but where Women are led by the Spirit of God they are not under the Law for Christ in the Male and in the Female is one and where he is made manifest in Male and Female he may speak for he is the end of the Law for Righteousness to all them that believe So here you ought to make a distinction what sort of Women are forbidden to speak such as were under the Law who were not come to Christ nor to the Spirit of Prophesie For Hulda Miriam and Hanna were Prophets who were not forbidden in the time of the Law for hey all prophesied in the time of the Law as you may read in 2 Kings 22. what Hulda said unto the Priest and to the Ambassadors that were sent to her from the King Go saith she and tell the Man that sent you to me Thus saith the Lord God of Israel Behold I will bring evil upon this place and on the Inhabitants thereof even all the words of the Book which the King of Judah hath read because they have forsaken me and have burnt Incense to other Gods to anger me with all the works of their hands Therefore my wrath shall be kindled against this place and shall not be quenched But to the King of Judah that sent you to me to ask counsel of the Lord so shall you say to him Thus saith the Lord God of Israel Because thy heart did melt and thou humbledst thy self before the Lord when thou heardst what I spake against this place and against the Inhabitants of the same how they should be destroyed Behold I will receive thee to thy Father and thou shalt be put into thy Grave in peace and thine eyes shall not see all the evil which I will bring upon this place Now let us see if any of you blind Priests can speak after this manner and see if it be not a better Sermon then any of you can make who are against Womens Speaking And Isaiah that went to the Prophetess did not forbid her Speaking or Prophesying Isa 8. And was it not prophesied in Joel 2. that Hand-maids should Prophesie And are not Hand-maids Women Consider this ye that are against Womens Speaking how in the Acts the Spirit of the Lord was poured forth upon Daughters as well as Sons In the time of the Gospel when Mary came to salute Elizabeth in the Hill Countrey in Judea and when Elizabeth heard the salutation of Mary the Babe leaped in her Womb and she was filled with the Holy Spirit and Elizabeth spoke with a loud voice Blessed art thou amongst Women blessed is the fruit of thy Womb whence is this to me that the Mother of my Lord should come to me for lo as soon as thy Salutation came to my ear the Babe leaped in my Womb for joy for blessed is she that believes for there shall be a performance of those things which were told her from the Lord. And this was Elizabeths Sermon concerning Christ which at this day stands upon Record And then Mary said My Soul doth magnifie the Lord and my Spirit rejoyceth in God my Saviour for he hath regarded the low estate of his Hand-maid for behold from henceforth all Generations shall call me blessed for he that is mighty hath done to me great things and holy is his Name and his Mercy is on them that fear him from Generation to Generation he hath shewed strength with his Arm he hath scattered the proud in the imaginations of their own hearts he hath put down the mighty from their Seats and exalted them of low degree he hath filled the hungry with good things and the rich he hath sent empty away he hath helpen his Servant Israel in remembrance of his mercy as he spake to his Father to Abraham and to his Seed for ever Are you not here beholding to the Woman for her Sermon to use her words to put into your Common Prayer and yet you forbid Womens Speaking Now here you may see how these two Women prophesied of Christ and Preached better then all the blind Priests did in that Age and better then this Age also who are beholding to Women to make use of their Words And see in the Book of Ruth how the Women blessed her in the Gate of the City of whose stock came Christ The Lord make the Woman that is come into thy House like Rachel and Leah which built the house of Israel and that thou mayest do worthily in Ephrata and be famous in Bethlehem let thy house be like the house of Pharez whom Tamer ●●re unto Judah of the Seed which the Lord shall give thee of this young Woman And blessed be the Lord which hath not left thee this day without a Kinsman and his Name shall be continued in Israel And also see in the first Chapter of Samuel how Hannah prayed and spake in the Temple of the Lord Oh Lord of Hosts if thou wilt look on the trouble of thy Hand-maid and remember me and not forget thy Hand-maid And read in the second Chapter of Samuel How she rejoyced in God and said My heart rejoyceth in the Lord My Horn is exalted in the Lord and my mouth is enlarged over my enemies because I rejoyce in thy Salvation there is none holy as the Lord yea there is none besides thee and there is no God like our God Speak no more presumptuously let not arrogancy come out of your months for the Lord is a God of knowledge and by him enterprises are established the Bow and the mighty Men are broken and the weak hath girded to themselves strength they that were full are hired forth for bread and the hungry are no more hired so that the barren hath born seven and she that had many Children is feeble the Lord killeth and maketh alive bringeth down to the Grave and raiseth up the Lord maketh poor and maketh rich bringeth low and exalteth he raiseth up the poor out of the dust and lifteth up the Beggar from the dunghil to set them among Princes to make them inherit the seat of Glory for the Pillars