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A40250	Several papers some of them given forth by George Fox; others by Jame [sic] Nayler, minister of the eternal word of God, raised up after the long night of apostacy to direct the world, to wait for the revelation of Jesus Christ, and to turn their minds to the true light, that they may be reconciled to God; of the world is not worthy, and therefore doth hate, persecute, and whom inprison them, under the name of Quaker[s]. Gathered together and published by A. P. that the truth may be spread abroad, and deceit be discovered. Wherein the plain, honest, and sober conversation of the saints in fear and trembling, is justified, against the idle bablings of formal professors ... and of all sorts of persons, under pretence of civility. Also the priests of England, with their imaginary doctrines and worships discovered to be the grand enemies of Jesus Christ; and the true worship of God in spirit and truth made manifest. ... With a word to the people of England ...	Fox, George, 1624-1691.; Naylor, James, 1617?-1660. aut; Parker, Alexander, 1628-1689.; Killam, John. aut; Parnell, James, 1637?-1656. aut	1654 (1654)	Wing F1904; ESTC R218791	32,715	40

as you will answer it before the Lord consider of it and lay it to heart this is the day of your visitation Freind D. W. MY love salutes that which is pure of God in thee mind that light of God in thy conscience which checks and reproves thee for sin and evil and it will turn thy mind within and shew thee the evil of thy doings and tell thee plainly thou ought not to act in that which is evil this is the light which Christ Jesus hath enlightened every one that comes into the world withall and this light will not onely shew thee thy evil deeds but it will shew thee the good way which thou ought to walk in yeilding obedience to this light which discovers unto thee sin and evil it will teach thee to deny that which is evil as the light makes it manifest unto thee in measure and this light which Christ hath given to every one to enlighten thee withall it will not onely teach thee to deny that which is evil but it will teach thee to act in righteousness and to do unto all as thou would be done by Loving this light thou wilt bring thy deeds to the light that the light may prove them and here is thy teacher present with thee obeying it the light and hating this light which makes manifest sin and evil here is thy condemnation eternally Now thou hast time prize it and put not the day of the Lord afarr off for the time past is unrecoverable the time to come is uncertaine the time present is thine now while time is improve thy talent which the Lord hath given thee that thou mayest receive the Blessing which is Well done thou good and faithfull servant thou shalt be made Ruler over much but on the contrary if thou be negligent and sloathfull and slight the mercies of the Lord to thy soule and hide thy talent in the earth then thou art that sloathfull servant who said Christ was an austere man for the Lord hath given every one a measure to Profit withall then thou must receive thy portion Go ye cursed into hell prepared for the Devil and his Angels Now it is called to day arise and put off the old man with his deeds for the old man must be put off with his deeds in measure before the new man can be put on with his deeds which is after God created in righteousness and true holiness therefore in the feare of God worke while it is day for the night comes when none can worke it is said Rejoyce O young man in thy youth But know for all this thou must come to Judgement Now friend consider what thou art a doing and take heed of spending thy time carelesly without the fear of God and the Lord give thee understanding that thou mayest see what thou art doing that thou mayest chuse the good and refuse the evil From a friend to thy soule and to all that love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity and in truth This was I moved to write to thee who am a prisoner of the Lord in York Castle whose name in the flesh is John Killam ALL friends in your several measures dwell and abide in that which is immortall of God in you which is begotten by the ministry of the word which is not of the world but leads out of the world and crucifies the world who in it dwells this doth witness so all to the witness keep your minds and upon it wait and be attentive that you all in the tenderness may be kept and the witness preserved waking and alive in you that which witnesseth with the Just and righteous pure God in you against all deceits hypocrisie or self-ends in you that herein you may be preserved every one in your measures faithfull to God who hath called you that herein you may grow out of the world self flesh and the knowledge thereof which all defiles and perisheth into purity righteousness and holiness which condemns the world that in the true favour and discerning you may grow to sever between the precious and the vse the clean and the unclean the pure and the unpure that you may know and owne the pure life in one another the pure language and the pure voice that true Judgement may pass upon that which is contrary least for want of favour and true Judgement you joyne with the unclean spirit which spots and defiles staines and darkens the understanding and then slothfulness gets up and earthly mindedness and self-endedness and self takes its liberty which all staines and dishonours the truth of God the father of truth from whence all truth proceeds But woe from the Lord will follow the careless slothful disobedient rebellious one who causes offences so all in the presence of the living God to the witness of God in you I speake to feare the living God of life and Power and in it dwell that in it you may be preserved low and tender your minds to the measure of light which manifests darkness and what out of it ariseth which is contrary to the light drawes from the light and so draws from God that in the light this may be seen Judged and condemned and here you are kept in your measures and daily growth out of the world self flesh or whatsoever is of the same that all things may be given up into his will who is God over all and creator of all whose owne all is and here you are kept single and free Just upright and pure every one in your measures in the continuall exercise in a growing condition the witness being kept waking but I do you all warne to take heed of setting up a false rest out of light in the carnality in the form without the life and power painted with the word of truth catched in the comprehension talked of such feeds death in whom death raign and such with the light which they are turned from are seen Judged and condemned Ignorance not to be pleaded So all tender ones who feare the living God and abide to the light which opens manifests and discovers within that upon it you may wait for teaching and direction looking out at any but every one in particular mind the light of the Lord Jesus which hath convniced you to be your guide and teacher in all things bringing all your thoughts words and actions to the light by it to be tryed and proved at it to ask councel and direction and here God alone is teacher orderer and mighty counceller who is the everlasting Father and Prince of peace and joy and here true Judgement is set up which keeps in the watch and the cross and here true peace is preserved which stands in obedience through the Cross and herein true favour you grow and in the discerning and the pure wisdome you grow in your measures received from the fountaine which orders all and distinguishes between the precious and the vile and the two seeds and what is

he they all look for their gaine from their quarter And Peter saith of such in his days that they through covetousness make merchandise of the people who have hearts exercised with covetous practises who have forsaken the right way and have followed the way of Balaam who loved the wages of unrighteousness And Jude cryes wo unto them for they go one in the wayes of Cain and run greedily after the error of Balaam for reward but those that were sent out by Christ counted it their reward to the Gospel without charge neither ever had any set means but went about having no certaine dweling place never was Masters but servants to all for Christs sake Never went to Law for Tythes or any other earthly thing but suffered persecution and as alwayes he that was after the flesh persecuted him that was after the spirit even so it is now All people try your Priests by the Scriptures and never think to heare the Word of the Lord from their mouthes who walke contary to the Scriptures for such were never sent of God for had they been sent of God they would abide in his Doctrine And John saith such hath not God but he that abides in the doctrine of Christ hath both the Father and the Son And if there comes any to you and bring not this Doctrine you are forbidden to receive them into your houses or bid them God speed for if you do you are partakers of their evil deeds And unto the wicked saith God What hast thou to do to declare my Statutes or that thou shouldest take my Covenant into thy mouth seeing thou hatest to be reformed J. N. The Worship of the Saints and of the world how they differ YOu selfe-willed Professors and you conceited hypocrites lament for your woe and misery is coming you who dissemble with God and Man and deceive both your selves and others away with all your curious minds which feedeth on the aire and are so light and which feedeth upon your dainty dishes and novelties you are above the Cross and so the earthly will is sed and fleshly desires Woe unto you self-conceited ones which gaddeth abroad to change your wayes death doth feed upon death and death doth speak death and all is death the letter is death and the carnall mind is death The Lord hath said the Seed of Woman shall bruise the Head of the Serpent and people will talk of it without them But O Man and Woman doth not death reigne in thee while the carnal mind reigneth death reigneth and the seed of the Serpent is head in thee it God have not bruised him in thee and dust is the Serpents meat you must all see it in your selves Whatsoever is seen is dust all your outside profession is dust which you have got out of Books and Sermons and your Latine Greek and Hebrew and all which is outward is dust and all your glorious Gospel-notions is dust and your gold and silver is dust and fine Apparel is dust and all the worlds glory the mind feedeth on is dust all the worlds profession and worship which is not in spirit and truth is dust If the head of the Serpent be not bruised in thee by the seed of the Woman thou wilt see these to be so for the pure worship is not without but within The worlds Church is without them carnal lime and stone and their call is outward a carnall Bell and a carnal man speaking the carnall letter to carnal minds for carnall money and carnal ends The Saints Church is in God and the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ The worlds assembly is without them a company of earthly minds meet in a Steeple-house The Saints are brought to the general assembly of the first-born and to the innumerable company of Angels and to the spirits of just men made perfect and to God the Judge of all The worlds Teachers are of the letter without a proud man called of men Master and hath the chiefest place in the assemblies going in long Robes loving greeting in Markets the highest roomes at Feasts all which Christ forbid The Saints teacher is within them ye need not that any man teach you but as the anointing that you have received teacheth you of all things and is true and is no lye and even as it hath taught you ye shall abide in it The worlds law is without them in the command of the letter and they break the command and so it is death The Saints Law is within them written in their hearts and they are all taught of God from the greatest to the least And shall no more teach every one is neighbour saying Know the Lord for they shall all know him The worlds light is without them a Chapter or a Verse which was other mens light left upon Record The Saints light is within them you have a light that shineth in a dark place to which you do well that you take heed untill the day dawn and the day star arise in your hearts The worlds word is without them and they take the letter for the word when as the word is invisible The Saints word is within them the word is nigh thee in thy heart and in thy mouth and doth sanctifie them and is sharper then a two edged-sword dividing asunder and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart The worlds witness is without them which is the letter and it bears witness against all the practice of the world The Saints witness is within then he that believeth hath the witness within himself The worlds Baptism is without them sprinkling of infants for which is no command or example in Scripture The Saints Baptism is within baptized with one spirit into one body and are made all to drink into one spirit The worlds communion is without them taking a little bread and wine which is carnall and cals that a Communion but are separated in spirit and are not of one heart and one mind The Saints communion is within them in spirit written in one anothers hearts and though absent in flesh yet present in spirit The worlds touchstone is without them and they try the liuing by the dead the spirit by the letter The Saints touchstone is within whereby they try the spirits whether they be of God or no every spirit that confesseth Jesus Christ come in the flesh is of God and he that confesseth him in truth hath him and the Father also The world is ruled by outward rules all goeth from the rule The Saints rule is within them Christ who ruleth in them and is the head of the body The worlds record is without them The Saints Record is within them the spirit that God hath given into them is their record The worlds Sabbath is without them

given you them you are set up above them who are made poore by you now is the Lord come to search you out and you shall restore for your theft four-fold Woe unto you that have had power in your hands to 〈◊〉 these things but instead of using the sword to scatter the works of iniquity have turned the edge of it against such as the Lord hath called out of these things and sent them to call others out left they partake of the Plagues that are to come upon those who are found in them Woe woe unto the blind guides who have called your selves Christ's Seedsmen and now that the Lord of the Harvest is come to look for fruits here is no better fruit to reap but such as these and that among such as you call Saints and the Churches of Christ And now that the Heir is appearing you are stirring up the powers of the earth how to destroy him left you be called to account for your great care to feed your own bodies and heap up carnall things and the little care for the soules of Christs Flock Now shall you not escape your day is near at hand Who could have believed that England would have brought forth no better fruits then these now after such deliverance as no Notion else can witness Oh tell it not among the Heathen left you strengthen the hands of the enemy and occ●sion the wicked to Blaspheme the name of the God of Hosts who is reported to be among us and hath subdued all our enemies and hath delivered us thus farre Awake awake all sorts of people can you say you have not had power in your hands against these abominations but now that you have not proved faithfull in the promises to the Lord in the day of your feares therefore is the Lord coming to call to account all sorts of dissemblers and oppressers and by his own right hand to get himself the Victory And now woe unto you that have known to do well and had it in your power but have not done it Woe unto you that have taken counsel at your owne wisdome and multitudes and not at the spirit of the Lord and have strengthened your selves by your Riches Woe unto your fruitless Trees you have long been digged and pruned but no fruits you have long cumbred the ground Woe unto you that are at ease in Sion houl woe and m●sery tremble ye women that are at ease strip you make you bare pu● off your pride and pu● on ashes turn your Musick into wayling your Feasts into Fasting and bitter lamentation and 〈◊〉 the Lord if there may be hope for your souls in the day of his fierce wrath that is coming upon the earth while you have time improve it J. N. Several Queries to be answered by Tho. Ledgard or any of those he ranks with himself under the name of Anti-Quakers 1. DId not God create man and woman perfect in his own Image without sin 2. Did not the first sin make a separation betwixt God and man 3. Whether is there any other way to unite God and man into spirituall Communion again but by being separated from the works of the flesh sin and uncleanness and being Redeemed into his first Estate 4. Was not that the end for which Christ was manifest in the flesh that by taking away sin he might restore man into his first Estate in which he was created in the Image of God without sin 5. Whether any can witness the work of Redemption perfected in them while they commit sin 6. Whether any unperfect unclean and sinfull one shall enter into the Kingdom yea or no 7. Was not that the end for which the Scriptures were written to warn all to turn from sin to holiness 8. Shall not God justly judge every one as he finds them at the day of judgement they that have done good into life eternal and they that have lived in sin into everlasting fire And whether do you look for a Purgatory to cleanse you from your sins between the day of death and the day of judgement 9. Whether a Christian have ground to believe and ought to wait for it that he shall be redeemed by the second Adam into that estate which he lost by sin in the first Adam 10. Are not all that are servants of sin out of the Covenant and under the power of darkness and in the Kingdom of the Devil 11. Is there any promise in Scripture due to any who have not confessed and forsaken their sins but all the Plagues written in the Book are to fall upon that generation of evil doers 12. Was it not the onely end why all the true Ministers of Christ both now and ever were begifted and sent into the world to wit to call people out of sin and to perfect the Saints in holiness and to present them perfect to God 13. Whether all those who both by Life and Doctrine encourage people to abide in that condition of sin imperfection and separation from God which Christ came to take away and so to unite God and man again do not oppose the work of mans redemption and withstand the onely end of Christ coming and so are Ministers of Anti-christ and labour to uphold the Kingdom of the Devil Now all you who plead for sin in your selves or others consider these things and see if you do not withstand the love of God in giving Jesus Christ into the world to clense from all sin all that believe in him and so to present you to the Father without spot or blemish and so you are the greatest enemies to your eternall salvation How will you stand before the Lord at that great day who would have gathered you out of your sin but you would not but have joyned with the Devil to uphold the wall of separation between God and you Woe unto you ye whited walls J. N. ALL People and Professors consider where you are and from whence you are fallen you that plead for sin and say None can be set free from sin while they are in this world you plead for a house for Satan in you while you are here and where will you have him cast out or what fellowship can you have with God while the Serpents head is in you you are separated from God and know not for what communion hath light with darkness God is light and he that dwels in God dwelleth in light and in him is no darkness at all but while you live in sin you are in darkness and the God of this world hath blinded your eyes that you cannot see and having blinded your eyes that you cannot see he leads you captive at his will and you are willing to be so and you do not believe that ever you shall be otherwise you are servants to sin and you take pleasure in it you are in the flesh and sin and have made