life freely he is a â—iving fountain yea he is a living fountain and all that will come shall be tefresht in that Christall fountain where the water of life springs continually to wash the Garments of those that are filthie By his Blood are we all cleansed O ear the living God of life and power for powerfull is he to all them who trust upon him for life and power against sin by faith are we saved If we trust in God as a redeemer Faith is belief and belief makes perfect all those that trust in him for redemption he that hath faith purifies himself even as God is pure by the fountain of righteousness that comes from God he is righteousness for ever and his Kingdom cannot change no changeable thing can therein enter The Heavenly fountain is set open for men therein to wash and to be cleansed to serve the living God of life and power yea unto him is power given who is the Son of God that enlightneth the dark world and leadeth up to the Father of life and light Friends consider of all these things that is herein written they shall stand eternally either for your condemnation or justification If you believe and repent God will shew mercy if not your judgement shall hasten to your Condemnation The innocent Lamb hath long suffered under the abhomination of all flesh now will God get himself a name above all names and his power shall be known above all powers his glory shall stain all flesh and that glory shall be layd in the dust who have been exalted above the innocent and made desolate widows houses and wronged the fatherless and the poor this hath been the cry many hundred years the righteous Law of the living God hath been forgotten and mans will hath been performed by the children of disobedience who have studyed revenge against the innocent Lamb of light and life and power but unto him shall power be given to avenge his enemies a double reward shall the wicked receive their reward shall be doubled the same Bread which they have broken unto others the same shall be broken to them this is the word of the Lord unto you Inquisitioners repent and turn from your evill ways and come down to the light of Jesus and by it be guided and it will turn you from dead works to serve the living God that an end may be put to all that have been gathered and not by the Lord from the eternall Spirit by the power of the living God this was I ordered to write for the good of your souls A friend to your souls and an enemy to your deceit A. GARGILL FRIENDS TO all you who calls your selves Roman Catholicks Romans you are indeed and no Israelites he that is an Israelite knoweth the Lord but your ways are abhomination to the Lord acted in the deceit of your Hearts deceitfull is your practice unstable is your minds you are lead by tradition to the destruction of your souls your cringing and bowing it is all in the fall you bow unto dâ—ad Images like your selves death seeds on death and that is the end of your practice by tradition of your old Fathers which you call Saints they are Authors say you and you believe as thâ— Church believes and the Church as you call it have their Author from the Devill the Father of lyes he was a lyer from the beginning and by a lye is his Kingdom upheld in the children of disobedience through mischievous men are the innocent beguiled beguiled are all they whose life is death whose end is destruction learn to live in God that your lives may be holy and unblameable befâ—re the Lord of life that a living Sacrifice may be offered and not a dead stone you say your Images and likenesses that are not is your redeemer he that redeems is the Lord you set them in the stead of God when you do say likenesses puts you in mind of Christ Jesus did you ever Preach any suâ—â— Doctrine that a dead thing renews the mind what think you of this are you not ashamed to be called Christians when the very â—urk walks more unblameable do you not whore and swear and murther and steal and cheat and couzen and yet you say you are Christians If you were Christians then you would be like Christ Jesus but him you never knew you have a name to live and are dead the living praise the Lord yea the living pâ—aise the Lord your moulten Images cannot save you nor all your prayers to Mary and to the Saints Mary her self when she lived upon the earth claimed no such authority but was subject to the Lord of life even as was others who is my Mother Sisters or Brother even they which do the will of my Father saith the Lord Christ Jesus when the Scribes and Pharisees came and told him that there was his Mother and Brethren looking for him he stretched forth his hand toward his Disciples and said these are my Mother and Brethren who do the will of my Father shewing that he was no respecter of persons but loved all who feared the Lord his love is unchangeable his love is undefiled and an undefiled life doth he require no other thing doth the Lord require but separation from sin from the beginning hath it separated man from from God no other thing maketh a stranger but disobedience God require than holy life and that you are strangers to you call your Priests Holy men you have a light from Jesus tâ—aâ— shews you they are as bad as you and that you are as bad as them and where is then your Church The Church of Christ is pure and an hidden thing from the carnall the Church is hid in God and none can see his glory but they that are like unto him his glory is an undefiled life amongst his people he taketh delight in those that keeps his Commandements his Commandement is pure and holy and no unclean thing can enter into his kingdom his kingdom is pure indeed even of Christail even as the Sun at noon day so is his glory to them known that keeps his Statutes and his Law and this Law is to be guided by that eternall Spirit which leadeth up out of the world to the Father of life and light This is the condemnation of the world that light is come into the world and men love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evill be ashamed of your evill deeds and turn to the light of Jesus which discovers sin the light of God placed in all your consciences that tells you you should not swear nor lye nor deal falsly by it God will be known to be a righteous judge God is a judge of evill and a lover of righteousness and he loveth all them that put their trust in him Come all ye ends of the earth and be saved saith the Lord yea come all and drink of the water of life freely the water of life is the wisdom
cannot give the worlds treasure is but vanity and a lye by a lye are the Kingdoms of the earth upheld in their vain concupiscence long yea long hath the heritage of the Lord laid waste I pitty your souls that lye in darkness you see not the light which doth not change all is changeable under the Sun the Son of righteousness never changes your light changes and burns out your Lamps and Candles in your Synagogues of Satan and you â—ight them again to beautifie and adorn the place of your lust where your life stands what glory is this to the Lord and what doth it advantage you to do these things God never required when did God require any of these things at your hands as for going into Cloysters or Monasteries do you hear any such names in Scripture for Saints to lodge in their habitation was in the Lord and not in earthly Houses their habitaiton is a House without hands a building of God and God is the Author of that practise which the Saints follow no other Author have we but the Lord he is our Lord and Law giver you have Lords many and Laws many and as you make them you break them your selves you say you should not murder nor steal nor commit adultery and you your selves are adulterated from God you have committed fornication with the Scarlet coloured Whore and drunken the Cup of her Abhomination is not this murthering of the just one which is a friend to all and would not the death of any You have no pitty to your own souls you lye in your Blood and do not see the God of the world hath blinded the eye the Eternall eye of God disâ—overs all your abhominations which are gathered in by your subtill minds and inventions imitating and practizing by tradition thus hath one generation deceived another Many Authors have you for your traditions all from one Root and the Root is evill As for Augustins Jesuits and Caputians when did the Lord by his Spirit guide you to these names there is but one name to be saved by and that name leadeth out of all names the Lord giveth a new name and a white stone to his people and none knows it but they that have it you change your names from one name to another but where is the life that leadeth to salvation that you know not you cannot witness a change by the power of God from your evill wayes and what doth it advantage for you to change your names How vain is this how naked is your conditions before the Lord you cannot be hidden any longer Light is come into the world and men love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evill now will the Lord appear in the children of light to discover all your abhominations and your deeds to be evill Evill minded men you are who deny the Lord to be the Author and finisher of your faith he that hath faith as a grain of mustard seed removeth mountains mountains of sin I mean which hath been exalted above the Lord and his anointed you annoint your Priests with Oyl to imitate Aaron where is the fruits of this anointing the anointed of the Lord is pure purity and peace becometh his House for ever where is this House witnessed by you Are not your minds corrupted with dumb Idols And self-inventions and your Gods is like unto your dead and dumb Idols is your hearts addicted too you mind not the living God that quickneth and raiseth from death to life from the power of Satan to serve the living God your prayers and inventions is all in the fall it is Cains sacrifice all your worship is abhomination unto the Lord you act it in the old nature which is enmity against God out of the light of Jesus do you busie your minds praying to Mary and making of Images and likenesses you are not you worship the works of your hands by vain tradition have you been led from one generation to another have you lived in Idleness and sloath not knowing the Cross of Christ that Crucifies sin your Crosses of wood and stone cannot save you nor redeem you from your vain conversation you bow to your Cross and rise again as wicked and carnall as ever the Cross of Jesus is not so it teaches to deny self selfly minded men cannot please God neither can they in all their imitation performe the minde of God in that which standeth in the old nature all must be destroyed all your inventions come down to the light of Jesus which shines in a dark place dark is the heart of man a light hath God placed therein bring your deeds to it there your fruits may be made manifest whether they are wrought in God yea or nay did God ever require or when did you hear his voice that you say you are guided by his Spirit and you say the true Church cannot erre This is true the Church of Christ cannot erre who are guided by his eternall Spirit his Spirit you never knew to guide your minds and to lead you to these practices as worshipping Images you deny the resurrection of Jesus you serve your lusts and your Popes Invention by his Articles you are guided to deprive Kings of their authority and sit in the seat of Justice as you call it If you were spirituall there things need not concern you you are usurpers in all your practices you say that which you call your Church is above the Law it is above the Law indeed you neither fear God nor man you are Lawless livers to make your Churches as you call them a preservation for murdâ—rers he that sheds mans Blood by man shall his Blood be shed All manner of evill do you uphold for money murderers and adulterers and say you can for give them did you ever read in the Scriptures that ever pardons were sold for money where is your example for these things why do you hide the Scripture from the people or by what authoritie were they not given forth by the Spirit of God for generations to come God excludes none all that will come may and drink of the water of life freely free is that Spirit that leads to righteousness it straitens none that will believe and turn to the Lord. Come all ye that are heavy laden saith the Lord and I will give you ease he burdneth none his yoke is easie and his burden light unto all them that desire to live with him he is a cherisher of the innocent and a destroyer of deceit deceit hath gathered into your hearts swift destruction to your souls if you repent not repent and turn to the Lord that your evill deeds may be forgiven come near unto the Lord by the light of Jesus which shines in darkness the heart of man is dark it comprehendeth not the light but the light of Jesus comprehends you all and discovers your deeds to be evill and all your practices abhomination to the Lord repent and turn in
sin for now is the Lord a going â—o reckon with the ends of the earth your glory shall be laid in the cust dust is the Serpents food food for Devils and not for men learn to feed on the substance which is Christ Jesus which leadeth out of all that is visible up to him by whom the world was made In the beginning was the word and the word was God and dwelt among men man hath turnd his back off the light he is fallen from innocency by subtilty hath he been led to the destruction of his soul The light of Jesus shews you this that your enemy is sin and leadeth to a desolate habitation which is not in God God is a finisher of faith and the Author of righteousness peace and pure holiness The Devil he is the Author of sin he was a lyar from the beginning and by a lye are you led to disobey the Lord of life The living praise the Lord yea the living praise the Lord for ever and ever never wil God forsake those that fear his presence and tremble at his word tremble all ye Cedars of the earth for your glory shall be shaken by the brightness of his coming shall your glory be consumed even as Chaff before the wind shall the wicked be scattered and their glory brought to nought the glory of the earth shall be laid waste God will leved the Hills and mountains The barren mountains shall become a fruitfull field and the true shepheard shall be known he will feed his Sheep in the plain where no Wolves shall come to devoure them he is a good Shepheard indeed he carryeth his Lambs in his arms he preserves the innocent and feedeth the Hungry and the rich he sends empty away Away with all your abhominations that you have gathered into your selves in the wrong nature and fed the flesh and starved your souls by the fall is flesh exalted and by the Spirit is righteousness increased the Spirit of God I mean which leadeth out of lust covetousness pride and murder all this hath been gathered in by the fall of Adam In that nature you are you cannot witness a new life and yet you say you are holy and unblameable in your actings towards God God you never knew your actions is denyed by the Lord of life for they are but dead works your works is like your selves fruitless trees you are full of leaves bearing no fruit at all The fruits of righteousness is a stranger amongst you your deceit is known to the Lord you can no longer be hidden light iâ— come into the world and men love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evill The evill root hath been advanced the Nations have been drunk all manner of abhominations have been gathered in and men thereon have built Palaces and Towers and strong Holds These Camps shall be broken the Army of the Lord shall destroy their buildings he is a coming with ten thousands of his Angels to reckon with all flesh he will gather his people together out of all corners of the earth yea throughout the earth will God be known his kingdom shal be advanced Long long hath the Heritage of the Lord laid waste now shall the Harlot be discovered the wicked have been exalted and the poor have suffâ—red the Lamb of innocencie hath been forgotten amongst men men have gloryed in their shame and gathered to themselves swift destruction Come down unto the Lord and mind innocencie it it will bring you to know an eternall kingdom that kingdom is endless that kingdom can no man enter by subtilty or deceit even as a child is nourished by the mother so doth the Lord tender those that feed on him this food is an innocent life and an harmless habitation an habitation of glory is the kingdom of God and none can enter there but those that are sanctified by his blood he redeemeth from sin and death death is the end of all under the Sun The Son of righteousness maketh his enemies to fly before him he dissolveth their glory by the brightness of his coming this appearance is not by mans will it cuts the rebellious minds in sunder and bringeth down the lofty in their imaginations Is not this an imagination to consecrate and make holy as you say water to sprinkle your faces what is it that can make holy you being sinners your selves you do call it holy water where have you this rule or by what Spirit are you guided If by the Spirit of God then would your fruits appear to be like unto him that Spirit begets like it self things that are sanctified those that are sanctified are by that Spirit guided their fruits are not like yours setting your selves in an exalted seat of judgement and you your selves are to be judged by that eternall Spirit which cuts down transgression you your selves being found transgressors how can you sit in the seat of judgement with a safe conscience to judge others and you your selves as corrupt as any and as sinfull as any how can you then be so impudent as to take upon you these things which belong to the Lord onely he is judge of all he is judged of none and his judgement is true and shall stand eternally for ever and ever never will God be known in this nature which you act in as your committing of murther did ever Christ when he was upon the earth murther those that would not believe in him have you received this example from the Lord of life let that in your consciences judge whether these fruits be wrought in God yea or nay if not of God then must it be of the Devil he was a murtherer from the beginning and so are you even as Cain slew Abel so are you murtherers and manslayers your foundation is tyranny against the living God are you bent your mischief is made manifest to the children of light and life they who lives in God sees the dark world how it stands advanced in mans heart the world is compleated in the children of disobedience and they are become Princes by their Author the Devill he is the Prince of darkness and darkness possesseth their hearts that is guided by lyes that Spirit say you can't erre which you are guided by now consider with your selves what Spirit it is whether it be the Spirit of God or of the Devil did ever God command you to murder men yea or nay minde your selves and in this practise do not you uphold adulterers murderers and thieves If they be never so wicked you let them alone in their sin if they will but honour you who calls your selves the Romish Church you are Romans indeed and not Israelites your fruits makes you manifest what you are and from whence you came and whether you will go if you do not repent to him which is the Author and the finisher of all wickedness it is he that gives you glory this glory which shall become desolate desolation is your portion if