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A85129	Antichrists man of vvar, apprehended, and encountred withal, by a souldier of the armie of the Lamb. Otherwise, an answer to a book set forth by one that subscribes his name Edmund Skipp, preacher of the Gospel (as he saith) to a people at Bodenham in Herefordshire; but is found one that is acting Antichrists part disguised: but nakedly seen, & herein discovered in this answer to his book, called the Worlds wonder, or the Quakers blazing-starre. And in this answer he is discovered, and proved to be one that is chief in the service of the old dragon: who pretends in his book to discover the mystery of the Quakers, as he calls them, and to lay open a dangerous design: who is found out, that whilst he hath been pretending to be chief in discovering a plot, or Antichrists misterious actings, is found himself to be the chief plotter, ... / Written in Worcestershire by a servant of the Lord, the second moneth called April, 1655.	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.; Smith, Humphrey, d. 1663.	1655 (1655)	Wing F470; Thomason E843_9; ESTC R202123	95,493	95

what I ●n●w that it is the Lord alone that teacheth his people to profit none teacheth like he who is now my teacher indeed and will be yours if you are made willing and obedient to be tought directed and guided by him who is gathering his out of all Nations kindreds and tongues Ezek. 31.11 which is by Jesus Christ the one and only Priest who is the light of the Gentiles and the light of the world by which he hath enlightened every one that commeth into the world John 1.9 which light shineth into the darkness and the darkness comprehendeth it not verse 5. Now the world is set in the heart of man Eccles 3.11 of the which world Christ is the light and he that followeth him shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life John 8.12 this is that grace of God that hath appeared unto all men teaching them to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts and live soberly righteously and godly in this present world Tit. 2.11 12. this is the light of Christ who is the word of God in the heart for this word of the living God is not farre off but it is nigh thee in thy heart and in thy mouth that thou mayst hear it and see it and do●t Deut. 30.14 Now therefore friends look not forth after them that say Christ is here or there for they are all deceivers the word is nigh the light is within thee even in thy dark heart although thy darkness cannot comprehend it because thou lovest darkness rather then the light of Iesus Christ which shineth in thy Conscience and lets thee see the evil of thy wayes and calles thee to repentance and to forsake the wicked and live this is the Talent that thou art hiding in the earth for the which thou must give an account to therefore say I unto thee minde that teacher that teacheth to deny ungodliness and this is the light of Iesus Christ in thy Conscience the which light proceedeth from Christ and leadeth all that loveth it John 8.12 up to Christ who is the way the truth and the life the only way and no other way to the Father Now all of you owning this word Teacher and light in your own Consciences you will come to witness Iesus Christ in you the light of life and know him to be the way unto the Father which leads out of the darkness of all the worlds wayes worships forms and fashions and customs and words wayes and actions and come to be gathered in the light unto Iesus Christ who is the light and from the light then to come to witness the Scriptures to be true yea even fulfilled in you by the same spirit as it was in them that did write and speak forth the Scriptures and so witness with them against the same things that were witnessed against then by the Children of the light who had fellowship with the Father by the which they saw that which in measure I witnesse that there is but one way one truth one light one faith one baptisme one spirit one head one high Priest who ever liveth to make intercession for us one Church of the first-born whose names are written in Heaven one God over all who is rich unto all that call upon him in spirit and truth the which worshippers the Father seeketh to worship him who is a Spirit and all his Worships are spiritual but God heares not sinners and he that regardeth iniquity in his heart the Lord will not hear him for there are none but the pure in heart that shall see God whose presence is terrible to all the m●kers of iniquity that continue in the unfruitful workers of ●●●ness Now all of you see that you keep unto the true guid which i● Iesus Christ and follow him and see that you do not turn again to the vomit as the manner of some is who begin in the spirit and end in the flesh Oh leave all for Christ you cannot serve two Masters you cannot be of the world and of G●● you must witness a separation therefore i● love to all your somes that have been professors with me in publick in these parts of the Nation and all others flatter not your selves in your conditions promising your selves liberty whilest you are the Servants of corruption therefore forsake the wicked and live H. S. FINIS

and forsaking Father and Mother Wife and Children for Christs sake what a fair colour is this Reply Thy colour we do deny but to the Truth of Christ we witnesse and own and thy Satanicall spirit will not let thee throw off nor deny the World c. for there Antichrist keeps his hold who hurries the hearts of such out after the world to seek the glory love and praise thereof and to deny it is so directly opposite to Antichrist and against his Kingdom that he will not lead creatures out of it and herein thou art discovered in thy colours to be of Antichrist and the world but we are taught first to seek the Kingdom of God and his righteousness and all other things shall he added as he hath said Matth. 6. Chapter and art thou so much offended that any should so love Christ above all as to follow him in the cross whereby they become crucified to the world and the world unto them and he that loveth father or mother son or daughter more then me saith Christ is not worthy of me Take notice of that Math. 10.37.38 Galat. 6.13 16. but thou art offended that any should love Christ above al their Neighbours as themselves so manifests that thou art an enemy to those that walk according to the Gospell Rule through the Cross who are of the Israel of God who witnesse grace and mercy which is the Priviledge of the Israel of God that walk according to that Rule in the Gospel Gal. 6. v. 16 which thou art offended at them that walk according to the Rule in the Gospell who love Christ above all and their neighbour as themselves and fulfill the Royall Law by doing the will of God and walking in the Light Life and Power of Truth Therefore let all the children of Light that dwell in the divine Love light life power of the eternall Truth judge of thy deceipt Antichrist will not destroy his own kingdom and now he is offended that the Kingdom of Christ in the souls of his Saints is set and setting up which foretells the destruction and downfall of thine and the downfall of the Priests of the World and their Antichristian ministry at which thou art sore moved and like a troubled Sea froming out thy own shame but thou art discovered and thy deceiptfull works laid open and made manifest therefore stop thy mouth who art of the World and the old S●●pents seed and also Prognosticating Astronomer like but this Astronom call judgment is falss and not true as is proved and laid open to the Publick view Again thou says They endure much affliction opposition and persecution from the World c. Reply Then let all that fears God take notice of that for the World loves its own but the Quakers Reproachfully called and persecuted by the World are not of the World but being in Christ and so Christians they do suffer by the World and men of nature contrary to Christ for Christians did not nor do not afflict one another nor persecute but were so done by informer Ages Hebr. 11. and here thou hast cleared thy self to be no Christian but of the World and so Antichristian and those called Quakers to be Christians and not of the World who are as thou says so persecuted and reproached by the men of the World and thou art one that doth so shamefully reproach Christ Encourageth his to bear the Persecution of the World and speak evill of them and the wayes and workings of God in them c. Yet they being Christians and suffers by thee and the men of the World the Christians aforetime did so suffer and were persecuted by the World as they are now and their Conditions is not contrary but agreeing to the Conditions of Christians friends and servants of Christ before them being compared with Hebr. 11.36 37 38. 2 Cor. 6.4 5 9 7.8 2 Tim. 3.10.11 12. and also compared with that saying of Christ to his where he encourageth them to bear the Reproaches and Persecutions from the men of the World where he saith A warning from the Lord to such as Reproach and persecute under the nick name of Quakers or such as are of the divine nature made partakers if the World hate you it hated me before it hated you if you were of the World the World would love his own but because I have chosen you out of the World therefore the World hateth you c. John 15.16 17 18 19. Here Christ hath a chosen People that suffers affliction from the men of the World for his Names sake But the People whom the World reproachfully calleth Quakers they suffer reproaches afflictions and persecutions from the men of the World for Christs sake therefore they are the People that Christ hath Chosen out of the World Take notice both thou and all you that so slander and reproach and also such as persecute Christs Chosen-people whom you scornfull call Quakers and beware what you do against the Innocent be you sure that the Lord Jesus Christ will cal you to answer before him for it consider also of that 25 Chapter of Ma●h ●● vers 41 42 43. and so on to 〈◊〉 an●●●e what you can ●earn out of it and cease your cruelty ●●ult persec●●●● and reproach not the people of Christ so as you do sco●●●●tly by you called Quakers no● any that ●●e of the divine n●●●re ●●●de p●rtakers 2 Pet. 1.3 4 c. Again thou saye● There●re 〈◊〉 a p●●ple to be sound that cry out more against Antichristi●● all apprea●●●es of sin and ●●●ghteousness then they do c. Page 40. Reply Also here again thou do●st more fully clear th●●●o be the people of God for they are to have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness b●t rather reprove them 〈◊〉 5 11. and that they do according to thy say●ng The people of God may repove sin and cry out against unrighteousness and ●●ey a●●●●g in righteousness being taught by the g●●●e of God to deny ungodliness and worldly lus●● and to live righteously soberly and godly in th●s present evil w●●ld T●l 2.11 12. they may ●●st●y cry out against sin in all appearances and also against ●l●might ●●s●ess whatsoever for the people of God did so b●●ore them that were so taught by the grace of God before them and they that did so cry out against sin in all appearances and unrighteousness of what sort soever were the p●●ple of God and were not del●●ed and they that in the spirit and power of truth do cry out against sin in all appearances and against unrighteousness of what sort soever such are the people of God now and are not del●●●ed but the people whom the world doth scornfully call Quakers they do so to w●● as the people of God ●for●●●me did ●●●●g out against sin in all appearances and all unrighteousness w●●●soever being themselves taught by the grace of God ●●o deny ungodli●ess and worldly luste

which in thy first demonstration thou would charge the Quakers withal who says they are so clearly mistaken that they call evil good and good evil In this thou art charged to be a lyar and false accuser and thy saying is a clear mistake and altogether false therefore as thou art so is it and both evil and so of the Devil not knowing what thou says nor whereof thou affirms saying they and it is thy self and such as thou art And where thou judgeth the Quakers by thee so called with such false judgment and so falsly accuseth them thou may'st be ashamed and blush speaking so vainly and foolishly out of the envy and pride of thy heart which thou would cover with feigned pretences but they will not shelter thee It is thou that art so clearly mistaken in judgment and not they as thou falsly saith that regards not what thou sayest In saying those that thou calls Quakers do judg the wayes practices and actions of all people to be abominable Antichristian and unjust except their own and above all people do they cry out against and disown such who by the world are reproved and disowned as the Church and Disciples of Christ I answer the Church and Disciples of Christ we do not disown nor cry out against therefore in that thou hast again vented thy lie but thee and all false hearted hypocrits and such as pretend to be of the Church and disciples of Christ and are not such we disown cry out against and deny And all that walk in the way to the Father which is but one Ioh. 14.9 such we do not deny cry out against nor disown but al that walk in that way we own even all that are in Christ and walk in him in the lowest degre we do not call that way nor such actions abominable but the way of holiness which the Prophet Isaiah speaks of in Isa 53.8.9.10 and the unclean shall not pass over it but all contrary ways and act ons to puritie and holiness we disown cry out against and deny and all such as say they are Jews and are not but of the Synagogue of Satan such we cry out against deny and disown but the true and right way we own and especially all such as are in that way and all those that are reproached and disowned by the world who are of the Church and disciples of Christ therefore thy lie Edmund Skip is abominable and false and as it is so art thou an abom nable lyer and false hearted hypocrit and one that speak lyes in hypocrisie that hath so regardlesly said Secondly All actions and practises which are in righteousness is by us owned and not denyed knowing this that he that doth righteousness is of God and that is owned but he that doth not righteousness is not of God and that is by us disowned cryed out against and denyed he that doth righteousness is of God and he that doth not righteousness is not of God 1 Ioh. 3.7 and 10. Thirdly In this the children even of God are manifest and the Children of the Devil take notice of this all ye unrighteous ones and thou also who art the lyer and of thy Father the Devil and all such Ioh. 8.44 therefore see what is prepared for such Rev. 21.8 and lying slandering and false accusing is from the evil so of the Devil and that is Antichrist an but Edmund Skip in thy blazing Star thou hast vented thy lies slanders and false accusations to blaze abroad so proving thy selfe to be such a one therefore thy actions are Antichristian actions and thou art an Antichrist and of thy Father as aforesaid and such there are many 1 Iohn 2.18 Then thou and all such are to be cryed against disowned and utterly denyed and though thou may'st be offended because I tell thee the truth but the Spirit of truth doth judg the deceit of thy base heart our own is accepted and the unjust rejected and the way of truth true Church and Disciples of Christ we own and all false ways self-pretended Churches and unrighteous actions we deny against them cry and altogether disown 1. To that which thou calls thy first charge pag. 7. If thou was charged for hypocrisie though thou seek to justifie thy self thy self-justification will not stand good but is null and void therefore of no effect for I have already proved thee to be a lyar slanderer and false accuser of the truth and of the innocent one also that regards not what thou falsly against the truth saith and hast said so a lyar in hypocrisie as before is proved therefore upon thee who art in the hypocrisie and deceit the charge shall stand and as Conscience-Book is opened the light which changeth not though thou alter and change yet the light will then answer upon thee Gods judgments to be just and the woes that are due unto hypocrites to be due unto thee as well as to them spoken of in Ma. 23 who art in the nature turned from the light of which hypocisie doth arise as well as false accusations slanders and lyes Secondly Something now to that which thou calls thy second charge when thou says Thou art charg'd for acting against thy Conscience c. I Answer though thy Conscience may be seared as such that make shipwrack of faith and a good Conscience and now a fleshly confidence be got up in thee and thereby a lying false accusing spirit doth possess thee as the issue of thy heart hath made it manifest and the light in thy Conscience thou art an enemy unto and acts contrary to that which should exercise thy Conscience towards God that is evidently demonstrated to any single eye and in secret the light in thy Conscience which thou art an enemy to it will here for the truth witness the same and also against thy deceit Though thou seek to resist the Cryer it will cry and in thy Conscience against thee testifie and be as a dart at thy heart when Conscience-Book doth open and the light which changeth not will stand firm and be thy condemnat on from God that hates it and walks contrary to it It saith thou should not lye but thou doth lye and art here proved a lyar then thou acts contrary to that within thy Conscience therefore contrary to thy Conscience And the light in thy Conscience saith thou should not falsly accuse any nor judg with unrighteous judgment c. but thou doth accuse falsly and hath accused falsly those thou calls Quakers falsly and also judged and doth judg with false judgment c. which will not abide the tryal nor stand before the judgment seat of Christ but both thou and it are for judgment and in thy condemnation remembered thou will also be of what against the truth thou hast acted and done and acting against the truth and light the light in thy Conscience thou actest contrary to thy Conscience and though thou say thou do not thou art proved a lyar before

such also as supposes gain to be godliness and those likewise that sollowes pleasures which we deny and turn them back as thou art and the Priests and Antichtistian ministers such as are proud and supposes gainto be godliness which they do not that th●u accuseth under the name of Quakers and thou thy self if thou was not blind might see that thou clears them also of that thyself in thy 30 and 31 pages where thou sayes they are made to deny their callings c. but as for giving over labouring and following of wordly business thou says thou could bedy with that and shews thy Reason as thou says ●hat when thou considered that most men are overcome and surfeited with the cares things of this life thou thought as thou sayes that the people of God should be upon the extream on the other hand those then are not they that suppose gain is Godliness c. here thou takes them also according to that saying of thine to be the people of God and yet thou calls them a misted People what confusion is here how confused thou art saying and unsaying building up and throwing down Babylonish and thou cleares them from the cares of the World and for surfeiting with that and yet in the places of Scripture before cited as in 1 Tim. 6.5 6. that is speaking of one that is Proud c. which thing they deny and abhor and also declare and testify against it as Isaiah did that said Wo to the Crown of Pride Isa 28. and by that Scripture which thou art blind in and cannor see what in darkness thou hast done thou hast Ranked them amongst a people that doates about Questions and strife of words and such as follow pleasures c. which things they deny against them testifie and they are no such thou thy self in another place hast confuted thy self therein and cleared themof that in thy 20 Pag. for thou says there they desire to become fools and to be made weak and as thou says thou knowes not what is doth appear thou says thou knowes not what that art so confuted and so consuting thy self in thy own sayings theresore let all the wise hearted take notice of that and judge by what spirit thou art guided even by a Spirit of delusion error and deceipt And to that in thy 19 Pag. where thou says they Reckon it their perfection and bappiness to be deprived of all here thou speakest thou knowest not what a divination of thy own brain and an imagination of thy heart And whereas thou says the Spirit of God doth neither so Act nor teach c. I answer the Actings and teachings of the Sparit of God we own but deny thy sayings who are ignorant both of his actings and teachings as before is proved and as thou thy self in uttering thy Confusion hast made it plainly manifest And where thou art telling of one thing that did very much stumble thee a great while and it was this thou sayes that they said the best things that ever they Received from God mentionag knowledge and faith and high enjoyments must burnt up and destroyed I Reply they that walk in the light stumble not The best things that ever we Receaved from God as Faith Heavenly-wisdom and Spirituall enjoyments is owned c. but they that disobey the light and walk contrary to it they stumble even at noon-day but thou walks not in the light and therefore thou stumbles and would aspire to know the Saints Conditions with thy vain mind but cannot for out of their life faith and enjoyments thou art shut and for destruction to suffer but thy fallacy we deny which Iles in these words of suffering losse of all that we Received of God and where thou says of faith knowledge and high-enjoyments and would charge a Lie upon us saying that we should say we should suffer losse of them thy fallacy we deny but Faith True-knowledge and what we have receaved of God that we enjoy according as his Divine Power hath given unto us all things that pertain to life and Godliness through the knowledge of him that hath called us to Glory and Vertue 2 Pet. 1.3 c. And where thou says that they desire to become fools and to he made weak and thou knowes not what Page 20. Reply Thou hast shot forth thy sting in thy tail or hinder part of thy words in that fall acy or saying where thou says thou knows not what as thou hast said how confused thou art as I said before to say thou knowes not what therefore thy judgment and sayings must needs be false and not true that as thou thy self hath said thou says thou knows not what and an in thy confusion and falshood treachery and deceipt thou hast nothing to do to judge of the wayes of God nor of the people of God And where thou says The Holy Ghost judgeth it meet that all care and diligenoe should be used hath in Reading exhorting one another c Reply What the Holy Ghost teacheth that we do own and also at we are guided thereby to evercising of those Graces A Sting in the tail a satit cy denyed wherewith the Lord hath endued our souls we also own and to he kept diligent in the Spint to understand the mind and will of God in the making sorth of his Love that we may be to the praise of the glory of his Grace and Reading and Prayer that we do own but thy Sting in thy tail fallacy or lying-divination that we deny Reading and Prayer and all Godly exortation according to the teachings of the Spirit of God is now witnessed amonst the people of God by the world called Quakers Which is this where thou says Those beguiled wretches pretend they must not Read or Speak a good word to one-another Reply thy saying in this is all false and thou laid a smooth-ground before it and coloured it over and layes this in the middle to stumble the simple thou subtill Serpent this fallacy we deny and the pretences shall stand for thy self and the begulied and wretches thou speaks of but Reading we own and speaking good words exhorting one another and prayer by the Spirit of Truth and speaking the Truth in Love that we may grow up in Him in all things which is the head even Christ from whom the whole body joyned together and compacted by that which every Joynt supplieth according to the effectuall working in the measure of every part maketh increase of the body unto the edifying of its self in Loves Ephes 4.15 16. And where thou says They say they have no freedom to speak admonish or discowise about heavenly things or any thing whereby they may glorifie God or do good one to another Reply Math. 5.16 This saying is altogether false and not true and thy fallacy we deny but speaking about the things of God and that which may glorifie him that we do own knowing that by obeying

not our thoughts the Lying Spirit hath told thee so by which thou art deceived and so taught to lie thy Tongue is deceitfull and so is thy heart and now the Spirit of Truth tells thee the same and also witnesseth against thee and thy deceipt And that distrustfull care we deny and know that Christ doth engage his people to leave it but there is a true care which Christ engageth the hearts of his people unto and that we own And the love of Christ teacheth us diligence and faithfulness also which engageth our Hearts and Souls unto him and to do justly love mercy and walk humbly with our God to serve him with Reverence and Godly fear and also to serve our generation in Love by being faithful unto the Lord our Redeemed passing the time of our sojourning here in fear and true care therefore thou open Lyer lay thy hand upon thy m●d●● and ●●ish be ashamed for ever that thou should be to befooled by the Devil as thou art to be his slander-Carryer and sow his seed of distention lies slanders and evil 〈◊〉 and so Labours to harrow it into the fear of enmity and grounds of Prejudice And that saying where thou says Thou hast read 〈◊〉 what an insolent proud Authentick manner the Devil spoke to Christ c. Reply That shall stand for thy self who are the Devils-slander-carrier and Satans Proclaimer and Publisher of lies slanders and deceiptfull wicked evill and filthy aspersions in such a 〈…〉 insolent Authentick manner against the Truth of Christ and his Brethren and friends so against him in them and Reviles the servants of the living God is thy Fore-fathers did Revile our b●est●d Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ but were joyce in this that we are counted worthy to so suffer for his Names sake Math. 5.10.11.12 and with all knowing this that the servant is not greater then his Lord as he himself hath said therefore we bear it in Remembrance dwelling in his word John 4.1 〈◊〉 John 15.20 And where thou says we own visions and Revelations c Reply That we do not deny if we should we should deny the Spirit of Truth and the Condition of the holy men of God Act. 9.10 11 12. and Act. 10.17 and we also know this that there is no true knowledg of God but by Revelation as Christ himself hath said Who spoke Truth and could not 〈◊〉 and he is also to be beleeved and obeyed who is the way to the Father and the Scriptures bears testimony from his own mouth to the ●●●e undeniable and grounded Truth as may be read Matth. 11.27 Luk. 10.22 And where thou sayes so making themselves eithe Prophets or Apostles c The Lord maketh both true Prophets and true Apostles Reply Self we deny and all the Power of darknesse so in that thou hast told another Lie and of our selves we are not able to think any thing as our selves but our sufficiency is of God who maketh both Prophets and and Apostles and so able Ministers of of the New Testament or Covenant not of the Letter but the Spirit for the Letter killeth but the Spirit giveth life this the Scriptures witnesseth and we witnesse with them 1 Sam. 3.19 20 21. 2 Pet. 1.21 Eph. 4.4.11 12 13. Rom. 12.6 7 Acts. 13. 1 Pet. 4.10 2 Cor. 3.5 6. Gal. 1.11 12. And where thou says Let this be also wel observed these dreamers say not withstanding they pretend it is God by some speciall Revelation or Inspiration be what it wil the Lord must be the Author of it pag. 34. Reply Thy fallacy we deny and therein thou hast uttered another Lie be ashamed and blush and for the Dreamers they shall stand for thy self and such in thy nature and deceablenesse of unrighteous who defile the flesh and despiseth the Spirituall dominion and Government which we witnesse unto by which Spirituall Poner the flesh with the affections and lusts are crucified Gal. 5.24 and with the Spirit and Power of our God are we sanctified washed cleansed and justified 1 Corimb 6.11 therefore we are no Dreamers For we witnesse the Spirituall dominion and Government by which we are preserved in our sanctification by Christ Jesus as such was in theirs that spoak against the dreamers Jude 1.2 and Revelation and Inspiration and the Lords sending according to the good pleasure of his will and the working of his divine power we own but thy pretence and fallacy or sting in thy call where thou says Be it what it will be God must be charged with it that we utterly deny and so testify against this abominable lye and ●●●n it back upon thee and the dreamers there remain Observe it well And where thou says Did you ever know a People acted through a more glorious shew or pretence of Righteousness then they are c. Reply Thy shews and pretences is by us denied but to obey Christ in all his discoveries and divine Appearances working unto Righteousnesse and changing from glory to Glory into the pure Image by the power of the Lords Eternall Spirit 2. Cor. 3.17 18. as such afore-time did that we we with the Scriptures do also witnesse and own and as Christ hath said to his Father in the eternall love to his in the glorious appearance and discovery unto such as were changed and changing into the Glory where he saith all mine are thine and thine are mine and I am glorified in them John 17.10 and the sufferings is not worthy to compared to the Glory revealed within Rom. 8.18 and God who commanded the Light to shine out of darknesse hath shined in our hearts through his glorious discovery and divine appearances of Glory and Righteousness to give us the knowledge of his Glory saith the Ministers of Christ and even in the face of Jesus Christ this treasure have we in eathren vessels that the excellency of the power may be of God and not of us 2 Cor. 4.5 6 7 and the Saints fellowship with Christ in the Glory is to be admired as the Apostle saith to the Thessalonians which glorie appears in the inwards 2 Thessal 1.10 this the Scriptures witnesse and in the fulfilling and changing into glory of Righteousnesse we also witnesse according to the measure and manifestation of his divine appearance fellowship with him in the pure enjoyment of Light Life and Love received from him who is the Lord our Righteousnesse and so made unto us Wisdom and Righteousnesse 2 Cor. 1.30 and with him and the Spirituall operation we witnesse according to his divine Appearance both in Glory and Righteousness as the Scriptures also witnesseth which we do own and with them also witnesse and of Christ according to his pure discoveries of his love according to His glorious Appearance which we do own but thy fallacies and guilded pretences we do deny and thee and thy pernicious wayes disown And where thou say Their throwing off and denying the World and all care and pains thereof for Christs sake

fail as you will answer the contrary Given under our Hands Seals this 27. of March 1655. Nicholas Pearson Thomas Belamy Something in reply to Edmond Skipps Book which he calles the Worlds Wonder or the Quakers Blazing-Starre who saith he is a Teacher of the Gospel at Bodenham in Herefordshire At his Book the World may wonder but the Children of light doth not for his folly in it they manifest and him to be the Wandring-Starre who is wandered from truth and thou may read in Jude in the end Edmond Skipp that in thy Conscience shall me remember who is called of the World Humphry Smith There shall come in the last dayes scoffers walking after their own lusts 2 Pet. 3 3. Babylon is fallen and become the babitation of Devils Rev. 14.8.18.2 BEing moved to write something in answer to the scandalls that hath been cast upon the truth by Edmond Skipp in a Book called the Worlds Wonder or the Quakers Blazing-Starre wherein he hath not only cast many aspersions upon us in these parts of the Nation to wit Herefordshire but also on those yea all of those whom he never saw not heard whom the great and mighty power of God hath raised by the pure life of Christin them to witness and live in which we hear a handful of Babes are but in a little measure yet brought to witness therefore not for our own vindication but for the simple ones sake who ever was carried away in all ages with Scribes Pharisees false Prophets false Apostles through the sleight and craftinesse of men whereby they lay in wait to deceive 2 Cor. 4.2 Therefore take notice that not many wise men after the flesh not many learned not many mighty for the wisdom of this world passeth away and the Lord is now taking the wise in their own craftiness and chusing the foolish things of the world to confound the wise and the things that are not to bring to nothing things that are that so no flesh may glory in his sight but that the Lord alone might be exalted in this the great day of his power Isa 2.11 wherein he is risen out of his holy habitation Jer. 2.13 to shake terribly the earth Isa 2.19.21 and bring down the haughti●e● of man and la● low the haughty looks of man Isa 11. who are going forth like men of Warre in their own strength against the Lord and against the anointed witness the last page of Edmond Skipps Book Psal 2.2 Now that the truth of Jesus Christ may the more appear I shall in this following discourse in b●se● lay open some of the former and yet-lived-in dece●ts of this open enemy and also some of his lies which he hath written against the truth of Christ whom the world knowes not therefore they write speak hate stone whip imprison and ●a●●y say all manner of evill against us wherein the Scriptures are fulfilled by them Matth. 5.11 12. whose Judgement slumbereth not and whose damnation lingereth not Now before I proceed further I give thee a little notice what sort of people he thus hath opened his mouth wide against and it shall be made manifest and that from his own writings which declare us to be the people of God chosen out of the world John 1● 19 and he to be the persecutor I shall give thee a few short hints but if thou wilt observe his writings thou wilt finde that he himself hath declared that our whole life and practice is proved by plain Scripture and that our lives and practises are the same with them that did write and speak forth the Scriptures but in short see his own words in page 40. Did you ever know people acted through a more gl●●●o●s ●●o●●or appearance of righteousness then they are to wit●ns their ●●nying and throwing off the world and all ●care and ●●ains●●or Christs sake their forsaking Father and Mother and ●ife and Children Luk. 14.26 Matth. 10.37 though with so much affliction opposition persecution and disgrace from men is not this like the Crosse of Christ and the sufferings of Christ and his Apostles yea even the same their ●avelling so many ●●i●es from place to place Jer. 18.18 and speaking so boldly unto great men ●●●●●g out against their abominations their writing so many letters and dealing so plainly with men And there are hardly a people to be found that cry out more against Antichrist and all appearance of sin and unrighteousness then they do and in page 41. the whole bulk of their actings hitherto as fa●●e as I know or have heard do declare them to be carried forth as Ministers of righteousness page 44. for I am perswaded they dare not tell a lie Now see plainly before thou proceed the darkness ignorance and envy of this man that can persecute in writings and smite with the tongue such a people as he himself in this very darkness cannot chuse but con●e●s such things by and in who that is not altogether blinds will not see the b●●●ness darkness and ignorance of this mans confused-Writings See one more page 50. Now these people as farre as I am and ever was able to discern them are indued with a large measure in those things the Apostle mentioned in Heb. 6.4 5 6. I mean many of them that I know that I did take in my former intimacy and acquaintance with them to have received much of the power of truth through Christ and to hare much communion with God and large experiences of his lo●e but as for others of them they were never judged by me or the rest to be any more then a willing people and for such this Scripture doth not touch them even by this although there might be much more mentioned thou mayst see in measure in the light of Christ what he is that doth tail against such a people whose words lives wayes and actions are agreeable to the Scripture as he confesseth in his own Book The world loves his own and the world delights in its own the world speaketh to the world and the world hears that which is spoken from the earthly heart reacheth the deaf eare and no farther that which is comprehended by the dark minde that is spoken forth by the deceitful Tongue that feeds the deceit that lodgeth in the hearers so one darkness upholds another and the same deceit upholds its own in both speaker and hearer so in both Writer and Reader yea all that write and speak that which proceeds not from the life but from the death being in the state of death is but death speaking to death whereby Serpents are begotten or the seed of the Serpent is increased Now they that are of God heares Gods word and they that hear not his word are not of God for the natural man perceiveth not the things of the spirit of God for they are spiritually discerned by the spiritual man that judgeth all things though no man can judge him who is a Child of the day and dwelleth

the measure of the sufferings of Christ and those that have thus suffered in the flesh hath ceased from sin 1 Pet. 4.1.2 Thy second where thou mentions quaking thy lies there we deny but quaking and trembling we witness to be the Saints conditions fulfilled in us who witness the same power of God as they did Jer. 5.22 Isa 66.2 Psal 2.12 In the third thou speakest thy own lies at random In the fourth thou hast declared thy self to be an enemy to the sufferings of Christ calling it a delusion Oh let shame stop thy mouth for ever thou enemy of the Crosse of Christ and thy own soul for although Isaiah prophesied of what Christ in his own person hath fulfilled yet the Members of Christ are to take up his Crosse and follow him and it is written and witnessed 2 Cor. 1.5 for as the sufferings of Christ abound in us so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ 1 Pet. 4.13 2 Cor. 4.10 That which thou and the rest of the world doth call our bondage and slavery pag. 18. that was the Saints and is our joy and liberty by which the righteous seed is brought forth in obedience to the living God but it is no wonder that the world hate us for they know us not if we were of the world the world would love his own Iohn 15.18.19 Mat. 5.11 12. In answer to that in page 29. Iesus Christ is unto us the bread of life Iohn 6.33.35.48 and he is unto us the water of life Iohn 4.14 7.37 In page 30. thy lies are made manifest unto all men that knowes us for which of us doth deny to labour with his hands and which of us is it that liveth in idleness nay it is Satan the Father of lies that acts thee to say that we should say It is the language of Antichrist that bids men take care for their Families for we do take care for our Families with all diligence in the sight of God but our Conversation is without covetousness Heb. 13.5 What is mentioned in the third Rule pag. 31.32 33 34. to that I an●wer the same spirit that ruled in the Children of disobedience then even in the dayes of the Apostles the same spirit ruleth in thee and others now they stumble at both Prophets Christ and his Apostles and now the same Generation are stumbling at Christ in his Members so all they that stumble stumble at the light and at the corner stone as for the Prophesiers that thou mentions in page 36. I tell thee and them that all Prophesiers that are enemies to possession we do deny to be any Members of Christs Church which is in God 2 Thes 1. Page 37. is another lie yea more then one plainly in saying that we rank our selves with the sinful men of the world who are indeed all under the power of Antichrist from the which thou was never yet redeemed by Christ in thee for thou art astr anger to his life See what thou raisest from supposition or thy if in page 37. see what thou canst witness from those Scriptures fulfilled in thee thou art a Theif and a Robber stealing the Apostles words stealling the word from thy Neighbour thou confesseth that we walk like as the Apostles did in many things as in conversation words and writings in page 40. and 41. thou sayest that the whole bulk of our actions hitherto as far as thou hast either known or heard do declare us to be carried forth as Ministers of righteousness oh let all take notice of this the Devil speaks some truth but in the latter end of page 40. thou art thinking that Satans Kingdom is divided oh filthy conclusion oh meer Babel canst thou open thy mouth and let thy pen run against such a harmless people of whom thou thy self art made to confess such excellent things I shall now leave a little in following of thee in thy confused and deceitful lines and shall turn to that Scripture 2 Cor. 11.13.14 15. for such were false Apostles deceitful workers c. In page 41. elsewhere thou raiseth thy own conceivings as of other things of the Scripture and then amplifie or illustrate upon thy own Imaginations so giving private interpretations of the Scriptures for thy own private ends whereas no Scripture is of any private interpretation 2 Pet. 1.20 I shall lay down by plain Scripture who those false Apostles are 1. They are such as preach another Jesus 2 Cor. 11.4 now Jesus is a Saviour Thou shalt call his name Jesus for he shall save his people from their sins Mat. 1.21 he maketh an end of sin Dan. 9.24 being dead with Christ Rom. 6.8 the body of sin is destroyed v. 6. he that is dead with Christis freed from sin verse 7. compared with 1 Pet. 4.1 by the which we are made free from sin Rom. 6.18.22 and become the Servants of God so that the blood of this Jesus who is the son of the living God cleanseth us from all sin 1 John 1.7.2.12 because your sins are forgiven for his names sake which name is Jesus a Saviour from sin and we know that he is manifested to take away our sins and he that abideth in him sinneth not 1 John 3.5.6 Rev. 1.5 Now whosoever believeth that Jesus is the Christ is born of God 1 John 5.1 Now Jesus is a Saviour Christ is God in flesh or the anointing of the true Teacher 1 John ● 17 Now he that can witness a Saviour is brought forth in flesh he is born of God and can witness Christ in him the hope of glory which is Immanuel God with us and those dwell in God and God in them 1 John 4.16 2 Cor. 6.16 now sin is the unfruitful work of darkness God is light 1 John 1.5 Now he that saith he can witness Jesus and is born of God and yrt lives in darkness to wit sin he is a lier now Jesus is one with the Father and dwelleth in the Father now he that dwelleth in the Father hath this hope or faith that purifieth himself even as he is pure 1 John 3.3 and 5.1 and he that abideth in him sinneth not this is Jesus the son of the living God that saveth his people from their sins whom Paul witnessed revealed in him Gal. 1.16 by the which he preached grace and peace to the Corinthians 1 Cor. 1.3.30 22.16 now there is no other name given under Heaven by which men shall be saved therefore all those that cannot witness this Jesus this Son of God they are false Apostles that speak of a Jesus that they know not like those that went to cast out De●ils in the name of Jesus whom Paul preached Acts 19.13.14.15 16. those were not vagabond-Jewes only but chief of the Priests that did so now all that cannot witness this Christ this Jesus revealed and brought forth in them as the true Apostles did that spoke from the life of Christ in them even all others are false Apostles among whom thou art

seen in the light of Jesus Christ to be and in the world like a raging Sea whose waves casts up mire and dirt continually unto whom there is no peace Isa 57.20 21. a wandering Starre never setled Jude 13. but tossed up and down with every winde of Doctrine from such turn away 2. How you may know them P. 36.9 Abiding in the light that comes from Christ in that light you will see light so comprehend all the Children of darknes for he that followeth Christ who is the light of the world shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life to judge all the false Apostles and all the Children of the night who live in the dark minde in pride covetousness lying making a Trade of the Scriptures which were spoken forth from the light by those that witnessed it but thou that takes up their expressions and livest not in the same life thou art the false Apostle that preacheth another Gospel now besides the foregoing Scriptures thou hast declared thy self to be a false Apostle by thy own writings First in writing thy thinkings and conceivings page 50. yet my former thoughts page 53. I am but in part convinced page 16. methinks page 51. as I conceive such were the false Apostles 1 Tim. 1.7 understanding not what they say nor whereof they affirm but speak and write the imaginations of their own hearts as thou hast done in page 18. the thoughts of my own heart in the which are many devices Prov. 19.21 Secondly In being one of the world and calling thy fellow-Creatures of the world to judge what thou sayest and here thou hast manifested thy self to be a false Prophet entered into the world which the Saints of God never did page 23. and let all the world assure themselves that in page 45. here thou dost wrire thy self as thou art calles thy own to witness the world one with the world therefore we being gathered out of the world are hated and written against by thee John 15.19 I shall forbear to write what I know of thy former and yet continued practises this being sufficient to prove plainly that thou art a false Apostle whose many lies written against us I need not to mention in particular only some few in short that the simple may not be deceived by thee nor the truth suffer altogether under thy scandalls Page 48. Thou biddest the feeble Creatures of the world to judge of spiritual things though the world by wisdom knowes not God 1 Cor. 1.21 page 46. thou sayest that we do lying wonders but hast thou in all those lies and writings of thine proved that any of those which thou callest wonders are lying wonders for it is not thy saying it is a lying wonder that makes it to be so for there were such as thee that said that Christ cast out De●ils through Beelzebub but they were liers and so art thou Thou sayest our works are deceitful page 49. but thou hast no ground for it but the deceit of thy own heart page 18. the which thou callest the world to bear thee witness page 23. page 50. thou fayest we di●own the power and spirit of truth which is a lie but thou hast a form of godliness denying the power thereof 2 Tim. 3.5 Page 53. Thou sayest thou art in part convinced that peradventure the Lord would have his people walk in some way whereby they might be brought into a perfect unity in heart Oh art thou not here ashamed to let even the world whom thou callest unto so often read thy ignorance what art thou but in part convinced what way leads to unity Oh for shame for shame give over thy profession talk no longer of the Gospel thou hast made thy self manifest to all men Oh hast thou been talking of the Gospel so long and art yet ignorant of the way that leads to unity Oh let shame stop thy mouth and cover thy face for ever but if thou wouldest shift from this and say thou meanest an outward way or form I tell thee there is no way to have fellowship with the Father 1 John 1.3 but in the unity of the faith and the knowledge not a thinking of the Son of God who is the true living and only way unto the Father John 14.6 where is perfect unity even one heart and one way Ier. 32.39 which is away of holiness the Wayfaring men though fools shall not erre therein Isa 35.8 Also in page 53. thou sayest that thou art very sensible that thou hast lost thy comforts and therefore thou dost hope not to give over until thou hast found some way or means of having thy former enjoyments refreshed Why hast thou lost that thou never hadst thou saidst but now that thou was but in part convinced of the way and hadst thou the comforter long agoe and lost him now oh Babylons Merchant the way and the comforter is but one the which is Jesus Christ Iohn 14.6.17.26 Iohn 17.23 I know that if Jesus Christ had been brought forth in thee without which there is no true comfort who is the substance of all tithes types forms and shadows that thou could not unto this day have remained a Parish Priest and so uphold an Antichristian Priesthood halting between many opinions neither according to Aaron Levi nor Christ but living in thy own will and so living above Christ who lived not in his own will for saith he not my will but thine be done Iohn 6.38 And now who will regard thy writings when thou acknowledgeth that the comforter which is the spirit of truth is departed from thee now it appears thou art a lier indeed now thou hast no truth born up in thy understanding thy former injoyments as thou calls it which were indeed nothing but comprehensions got up in the wisdom of the Serpent Oh art thou not ashamed that the world which thou didst soon make up in thy writings should now read thy confusion art thou not ashamed in such a condition as this when thou confessest thy former enjoyments and comforts are departed from thee even now to write against those that thou acknowledgest to have large experiences and much of the power of truth through Christ page 50. Oh take heed least it had been better for thee that a Milstone had been hanged about thy neck and thou cast into the Sea Oh canst thou not look back on him whom thou hast thus pierced to wit the life of Christ in others now thou mayst read with shame and tears that which thy own hand hath written from thy own sinful heart look in page 5. and 8.18 which was then in the apostatized condition without the former comforts as thou calledst it page 53. now thou art found to be a false Apostle indeed Oh remember from whence thou art fallen and do thy first works yea repent ere it be too late Rev. 2.5 Oh though thou canst strive with man there is no striving with thy Maker who will come a

and to 〈◊〉 righteously soberly and godly in this p●ese●● evil world as the people of God ●●●●ime were therefore the people of G●d 〈◊〉 the 〈…〉 Quakers are ●ot delu●ed not delu●ers b●● children and servants of God and may c●y alo●d and ●ell the people of their sin● and transgressions as the Lords Prophet d●d who was n●t deluded nor no deluder Isa 58. and as the true Apostle said so do it Know you not that the unrighteous and such like shall not 〈…〉 the kingdom of God 1 Cor. 6.9 ●●o and wo to the ●●o●n o● of p●●●e Isa 28. and to the wicked ●t shall go ●ll with them Isa ● 11 Take notice of that and cease to do evil and s●●ve not the devil These people thou sayes if they be observed well are such 〈◊〉 people that would seem to be very ●●●m●eless in their whole carriage taking away thy cause or fallacy that they will 〈◊〉 speak words that be evil The people of God are of a blameless carriage and conversation Page 41. Reply Thy cause or fallacy being taken away these people tho● would accuse upon a false ground they are so blameless a people in their whole carriage that they will not speak an evil word then they are not guided by an evil principle but a good and it is to be observed that when they speak their words are altogether good take notice of that for thy fallacy I deny and set truth in its place and so the whole carriage of those people thou calls Quakers are according to the carriage of the people of God in fornier ages recorded in Scripture who was to let no evil word● nor corrupt Communication proceed out of their mouths but that which was good Eph. 4.29 30 31 32. and why art thou offended at them for practising that which the Minister of the Gospel did exhort unto in his doctrine here thou hast manifested them to be Christians and thou thy self Antichristian and hath learned thy Antichrist●an doctrine in the School of Antichrist being taught by his subtilty in that methodicall way and his gradations thou speaks of who by thy fallacies would conjure and so raise up as thou hast done gradually first slanders then aspersions and lies and after that many false accusations thy master old Antichrist and thee his Scholar and all thy fallacies lies slanders and false accusations we deny though thou have learned a deceitful work methodically in Antichrists School being taught by his subtilty in his gradations And again thy cause and fallacy being denied thou sayes They will not use labour pains or care that shall be evil pag. 41. Reply Thy cause and fallacy being there denied as in the other then not neglecting but doing that which is honest Just and good we are not in a vain shew of will-worship nor neglecting our bodies where thou wrests that Scripture which speaketh of the body in another manner and order Col. 2.23 neither do we seem to go beyond the servants and Ministers of Christ but witness with them Take notice what thou hast written and behold thy folly But we do not neglect doing that which is honest good and just but do that which is right and just in the sight of God and also speak to the edifying of the Body in love and so speak that which is good that speaking the truth in love we may grow up into him in all things which is the head even Christ from whom the whole body fitly joyned together and compacted by that which every joynt supplieth unto the effectual working of the measure in every part maketh encrease of the body unto the edifying of it self in love Eph. 4.15 16. And so now it is made manifest that the bulk of thy hitherto actings declares thee to be beguiled by Satan in this nature being deceitful transformed like himself and art carried on to lie slander and salsly accuse as thy master Antichrist doth who is cast down for he is the salse accuser of the brethren and in his School thou hast ●eamed the same and where thou sayes thou hast n●t any thing more of concernment to amplifie c. he ashamed of what thou hast done and if thou be pricked at thy heart remembered of what against the truth Satan hath taught thee to do then thou art and be sure thou shalt be as thy works is so will thy reward be who treasurest up wrath against the day of wrath and revelation of the righteous judgements of God who will render to thee and to every one in thy deceivableness according to your deeds Rom. 2.5 6 and 8. And not knowing any thing more of that deceit thou art in that thou shouldst Amplifie thou sayes thou will hasten to a period onely thou sayes this master peece is yet behinde A Reply to that called Satans Philosophical maxime of E.S. in pag. 41. 42. which thou calls Satans learned Philosophical maxime by which thou art ready to blaspheme for thou saies this master peece of work is yet behinde thou means thou sayes of making those creatures mechanical able to do deceitful works with their hands as the Apostles did by laying their hands on the sick c. page 42. How darest thou say the Apostles did deceitful works by laying on of their hands or darest thou call that which was the great power of God Satans Philosophical maxime and if the Lord so manifest or have manifested his power through and by his servants laying on of their hands as he hath done but how darest thou call that power Satans Philosophical maxime and that he should make any able to lay hands on the sick and recover them as the Apostles did and as Christ said should be done Mar. 16.16 17 18 19 20. If thou dare call this power mechanical or the great power of the divel and if thou darest say that the Apostles laid their hands on the sick to recover them and if thou dare say that such as by that power do lay their hands on the sick and work a healing and loving effect as that power by the laying of the Apostles hands did and now I say if thou do call this Satans Philosophical maxime and that it is his mechanical power or in short the great power of the devil to do so and that hath by the Apostles done so if thou call this power that wrought and worketh its effect by healing through laying on of hands the great power of the devil I say thou art then the greatest blasphemer that Satan hath or one with them that blasphemes the holy Ghost spoken of Mat. 12 31 32. in in that high measure And I demand charge and ●emmand thee in the presence of the Lord or any that dare say so to shew by plain Scripture where ever it saith that any by the great power of the devil or through Satans learned Philosophical maxime did ever receive from him such a power as to lay their hands on the sick and recover them c. or