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A25351 One blow at Babel in those of the people called Behmenites whose foundation is not upon that of the prophets ... but upon their own carnal conceptions begotten in their imaginations upon Jacob Behmen's writings &c. ... / by John Anderdon. Anderdon, John, 1624?-1685. 1662 (1662) Wing A3082; ESTC R28293 8,016 9

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ONE BLOW AT BABEL In those of the PEPOLE CALLED BEHMENITES Whose Foundation is not upon that of the Prophets and Apostles which shall stand sure and firm for ever but upon their own Carnal Conceptions begotten in their Imaginations upon Jacob Behmen's Writings c. They not knowing the better part the Teachings of that Spirit that sometimes opened some Mysteries of God's Kingdom in Jacob have chosen the worser part with Esau according to the predominancy of that Spirit which ruled in them when they made choice of their Religion as it doth in other the hearts of the Children of disobedience By JOHN ANDERDON LONDON Printed in the year 1662. One blow at Babel in those of the People called Behminites whose Foundation is not upon that of the Prophets and Apostles which shall stand sure and firm for ever c. KNow ye not that the stone cut out of the Mountains without hands is laid to the foot of all the Images set up in all the earth Before whom Dagon shall fall and Bell shall be confounded and all the gods of the Heathen shall be dashed in pieces and none shal stand though never so excellent and glorious in the sight of men for God hath determined that the Image of his Son Christ Jesus the Light of the world the fairest of ten thousands though hitherto more marred than any mans shall be set up made manifest and brought forth in this the day of God 's power by the operation of his Eternal Spirit in the hearts of men which changeth them into the likeness of his glorious Bodie prepared to do the wil of God and bringeth forth fruit to the praise and glorie of his Grace for ever And whither wander you in your imaginations inventing and setting up strange gods in your minds according to your own hearts lusts fall down worship the works of your own hands the Image that ye have set up that can neither go nor speak but are altogether dead and without life being formed out of the dust of the earth with your Mediums and borrowed instruments not according to the lively pattern workmanship of God in Christ Jesus the hope of glorie but according to your carnal inventions the Master-piece of your Form and Image that ye have created to your selves grounded upon some mis-understood expressions or imaginary conceptions of Iacob Behmen's writings the tendencie of whose spirit ye can never fathom nor see rightlie to judge of until ye come to the Light that thing so despicable in your eies also which gives the true understanding of the things of God and through Judgement brings men to sound and pure reason and discretion to judg and discern between the operation of spirits and shews what is imaginary and what is true which lets us see and fathom the ground and bottom of your errors and delusions and from whence your rise is and what your end is though you may propose great things to your selves as if ye were a people more exce●lent then others because there sometime appeared an excellent spirit in Jacob Behmen in some things and ye are of his Judgement But alas alas the Conclusions that you have drawn to your selves from his Writings will not profit you neither doth it make you any jot the more excellent that ye can talk much of him and his Books and Writings being not come to the right Spirit in which is life which brings men out of dead forms and vain imaginations and by its immediate teachings and power leads them up to God and teacheth them how to worship in spirit and truth What advantage would it be to us if we were able to speak with the tongue of men and Angels if we through the strength of memorie were able to dispute and talk of all the lives of the holie men of God and say that we are of such a man 's judgement and knew not that unerring infallible Spirit of God to lead us thereto What is all else that is done by way of imitation of others but traditional and such knowledge as puffeth up and maketh men Pharisaical as if they knew much when in truth they know nothing yet as they ought to know and such a people may pay tithe of Cummin and Anniseed be strict and zealous in formalities and neglect Judgement Righteousness and Mercie the weightier matters of the Law And friends this I must tell you That until ye have felt and known the Spirit of Judgement and Burning to pass upon you as Fullers Sope and as a Refiners fire to cleanse your earthen Vessels ye are not fit for the Lord's use neither do you serve him in your Ordinances as you call them with acceptance but toil and labour in your vain minds to bring forth nothing but abominations It 's no better whatever your conceits are yea and your ways are as grievous and burthensome to the Lord's Spirit as the way of prophanenesse for Hypocrisie is a most hateful thing unto the Lord and to professe Religion by way of tradition without the Spirit of Life to lead and guide men therein is no better than to Sacrifice Swines blood and the cutting off a Dogs neck in this the Day of the Lord. Therefore deceive not your own souls by your imaginary righteousness and self-separation which exceeds not that of the Scribes and Pharisees which enter not God's Kingdom but will be shut out as an unclean and unholy thing amongst the dogs that are without the Gate of that City wherein dwelleth that righteousnesse which God hath chosen and appointed and is wrought by his own Eternal Spirit But the ground of your Image is from that root which is evil of the Enemies planting and can never bring forth fruit unto God There is a right seed sown by God in the hearts of men but some falls on the high-ways side and Satan immediatelie cometh and catcheth away the Word out of their hearts and so becomes their Head and leadeth them to do that which is evil yet many times under a pretence of Religion Righteousness and Zeal for God And here the Devil works in a Mystery And thus friends I may deal plainly with you there was sometime in you I believe a hungering and thirsting after righteousnesse and from that desire as not knowing the way to attain thereunto you separated and searched holy Writings as ye judged to find out this way and not keeping to the Light in your own Consciences down to that which begat the desire which also shews the way and ye should have taken heed unto it as to a Light shining in a dark place until the day had dawned and the day-star had arisen in your hearts which would have given you the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ ye wandered in your imaginations to find out this way without a Guide and so erred and went astray from that which would have manifested the waie to you and in you and laid hold on that