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A89849	A salutation to the seed of God. And a call out of Babylon, and Egypt, from amongst the magitians, where the house of bondage is, and the imaginations rules above the seed of God, the cause of all blindnes, and condemnation. Also that which is perfect made manifest, even everlasting righteousnesse, which endures for all generations, ... With the way to him, set forth most for such as groan for freedome from the power of sin; but may be serviceable to all who loves his appearance. Also a testimony from Christ what he is in this world, and where he is; ... Also a suite to such rulers, magistrates, and governours, as have not wholly hardened their hearts, and stopt the eare against the voyce of the spirit, that they may hear and their soules may live, and be established a blessing to the nations. With some things more added to this second impression. / Written in love to all your soules, by him who is called James Naylor.	Naylor, James, 1617?-1660.	1655 (1655)	Wing N310; Thomason E852_25	31,397	40

him not forgotten who in your wills make a profession and in the same wills contend for it with which you can fight and sue and trade in the world and heap together and what you will you pray and aske for and grudge if you be not satisfied but if you compasse your desires in that will the lust catcheth the gift but you forget the giver so that mercies become a curse to you which to those who in the will of God stands are a blessing which will of God is to keep the heart and eye to the Creator and giver and if such receive not the giver the gift is nothing that satisfies because the vertue and fulnesse is wanting whereby the gift is sanctified Thus is God prized and praised in his own Will a sacrifice for ever accepted Therefore Christ must not be offered up in his own will but in the will of the Father Mat. 26. 39. and in that will he had power to lay down his life and againe to take it up thus he is become our example whom we delight in the same will to follow which you that read this in the Scripture with your own wills cannot therefore to you the crosse is preached which must be taken up ere you can follow the example This is the slumbling Stone and Rock of offence God hath laid to prove you who say you love God and say Thy will be done in earth but loves your owne wills better as your practises witnesse to your face daylie when his will is your sanctification but yours is pollution and to live in uncleannesse against which he hath given testimonie witnesse that in all your consciences which is pure declaring daylie to your faces that he consents not to your sinnes nor takes delight in your destruction and here Gods love is tendered and your love is tried God so loveth the world that he hath given his Son a light into the world that whosoever believes and followes him shall not abide in Death and darknesse but shall have the light of life and this we know who love his appearance and that he hath loved us first and in that love we follow him and call to all to come to it But how doe you answer this love of his who abide in the love of the world where the Fathers love dwels not nor with his light will you be led out of the world where his love dwelleth thereof to be partakers yet you will talk of it where it is not and these vaine words cannot save you God is light and in him is no darknesse at all and if wee walk in the Light as he is in the Light then have we fellowship with him and the blood of Christ cleanseth us from all sin But what 's this to you who walk in darkness not cleansed nor can you believe that ever you can be while you live yet would you not be called unbelievers though that faith that purifies the heart you cannot own yes say you we believe we shall be cleansed after we be dead in another world so your faith must worke hereafter but is dead at present such a faith as never was professed by any you read of but that faith we witnesse which overcomes this world and this is present power as the Saints have found it and born witnesse of it that God was faithfull who had given them a measure above which was no temptation but your gift is to come so temptations prevailes for the present and you cannot own them where it doth not thus you put farre from you the good day the Lord and his power which now is present where he is received and believed And by such he is praised who by faith are redeemed above the pollutions of this world the strange land wherein they were captivated into freedome where Sions song is sung which you cannot unredeemed And here see your praises which arise from a vaine minde in your owne wills and imitations but not from a soule redeemed quickned and set free from the power of sin and temptation so your praises are not living praises nor from a living principle of the living God but from that principle where death reigns and the seed of God is in prison so you praise you know not what who are still unredeemed from bondage but where redemption is witnessed there that seed is raised the bonds of death are broken the way of life is found and this being known in the life then with understanding God is praised and with the same spirit which he hath raised which onely with God is accepted without respect of persons and here the works of God praise him and in his Saints he is glorified and admired in all who are raised above the graves who are in him and see his worke and this Church is rightly gathered who out of sin death and darknes is brought into God who is holy with whom dwells no unclean thing Here are the pure praises where the Sons of God sing together having the Psalme given of the Father these praises are pure which from him comes to him returns freely but this is not known to the sons of bondage nor believed by you therefore you sit down in a shaddow empty and form without power nor the presence of God you have not who take your rest in fleshly formes that eye cannot see him nor know him thus in your sins you perish for want of his knowledge who is our life eternall and to you is freely tendered but by your unbeliefe denyed so his love rejected All you that are in the world who lye in wickednes God so loveth you that he hath sent his Son into the world to you a witness against the world and all the deeds of it that they are evill but all that own and follow him into the good work he leads them and out of the evill hee keeps us and that 's his light which in your consciences shines in the midst of darkness which you comprehend not with your dark mindes nor sensuall wisdome yet a faithfull witness is it against your deeds of darkness declaring your end and death upon your life and sorrow and howling upon your laughter condemning your vain pleasures and invention with which you spend your pretious time which should be redeemed and not spent unprofitably which with the light the Saints and redeemed ones are led to to redeeme the time and this is our diligence and delight in but yours is to spend it shewing a contrary nature and leader a contrary delight in a contrary kingdom with whom you joyned and to whom you are fashioned according to the course of this world and the Prince and powers of it which rules in children where disobedience is born and brought forth And thus you are united into that nature which God hath appointed the Devil to be Prince of and wrath and woe the end of and so God is justified herein that you who despise the riches of his light

in observations of dayes yeares persons and formes loe here loe there and the time and manner of his reigne you are jangling about and what a-one he shall be and which of you shall be greatest at his comming and such like conceits without you hath the enemy up amongst you till you have wholly lost the favour of Christ within and can neither know his appearance in your selves nor beleeve him in others in whom he is come nor know what a one he shall be What a Christ is this you are looking for Is he the same that was from the beginning whose kingdome is not of this world and doe you looke for him after another manner then he hath appeared is he not the same yesterday and to day and for ever how hath the enemy of your soules deceived you and keepes you spending houres and dayes talking of him what he was and what he will be at a distance without you but knowes not him at hand what hee is so that when hee would appear in you to lead you out of the world you know not his voyce nor will you obey him in spirit because he is not come in your forme nor teacheth after your will and in your way so is hee now set at nought by you builders as ever he was and you cannot receive him in your hearts nor is there any roome for him in the Inne farther then to take on and express as a covering for your pride and earthly pleasures let that of God in your consciences be judge betwixt God and you herein how you receive the Son of his Love the despised one search your hearts therewith and see Can you receive him who is set as a signe every where to be spoken against will you beare his markes in your body will you take up his Crosse dayly and beare his reproach will you own him in whippings stoneings mockings and temptations and to be counted the filth of the world and off-scouring of all things for his name sake Can you be willing to be accounted fooles that his wisdome may be manifest in you will you beare his reproach in stocks and prisons and dungeons and to be numbred amongst transgressors will you confess him before men to the loss of your estates and to the casting out of the Synagogues will you own him in leading you through the loss of all your unjust gaine and oppression in your tradings or will you follow him to yea and nay in all your occasions shall nothing separate you from the Love of God in him who is rejected of all the World This is our Christ and this is his condition in this world as ever it was and this is his Glory to carry his People through all these things and above all these into the eternall Kingdom of the Father and them present perfect without spot or wrinkle or any such thing and this is he whom the world cannot receive nor all you who are in the worlds pleasures can see any comelines in him nor beauty that you should desire him that eye is blinde that jangles about him afar off in the carnall comprehensions and sensuall wisdome it 's the eye of faith that seeth him present in the measure and leads to follow him and he that beleeves hath the witness in himselfe wherewith his glory is seen in the eternall the same to all generations that will receive him who is the light of the world yet not of this world nor his glory from whose root springs righteousness mercy and judgment who is meek and lowly a man of sorrowes acquainted with grief who takes no pleasure in unrighteousness to set up pride but shakes his hand at the gain of oppression who strikes at your life in all unrighteousness and that 's his witness in you which cals you out of their vain things that with his light he might lead you out of the world there to commune with you about your back-slidings and shew your transgressious and the everlasting Covenant of the Fathers Love even the eternall inheritance which none can come to but who receives his witness in the light a Cross to all the worlds lovers and it's glory So if you can receive him you may if not this I say to you your expectation will faile who lookes for his appearance in the worldly glory or after your imaginations who judge him to be like your selves or such a one as you would have him who have changed your glory for fading things and so imagine of him also Doe you think the Lamb hath changed his glory because the beast is got up into his seat nay his glory is the same though you have changed your God and have bowed down to the Prince of this world and his glory and hath committed adultery therewith yet God is the same and changes not Wherefore come down you painted harlots you adulterers and adulteresses whose minds would uphold carnall delights and yet profess the name of the Lord Jesus you are an ill savour to the Nations whom the Lord is about to gather who say you are the people of God but live worse then the Heathen you are the enemies of God and your profession stinkes in his nostrills will he accept your words when your lives preach rebellion openly and have begot a faith in one another to beleeve that God wil accept you herein a Christ you look for conformable to your Kingdom of pride and worldly glory selfe-worship respect of persons whither you have followed the Heathen into that principle where man erres thither are you gon out of the faith of Christ which stands not in respect of persons neither can you beleeve who receive honour one of another so your hope shall perish and your sorrow and your end shall come upon you in one day except you returne though now you put it afar off yet shall you see that vain words shall not save where Light and life is denyed And you whose unity stands in the visibles and by them are gathered together and there you receive and know one another and that you make the door to receive into your Church and without it no Communion whose knowledge is outward and your worships outward as in words or water bread or drink or any carnal perishing things though good in their time and place to them who in their place could use them yet were they not given as the substance but as the shadows not in the place of God but in way of obedience to God as many other carnal things which in their place and time must not be omitted as Temple Circumcision Sacrifices Brazen-Serpent which were good till set in the place of God and till they who had them set them up against truth and righteousness and became as bad if not worse then they that had them not yet blessed themselves in their evil ways because of them and excluded all else Then the Lord departed out of them and left them empty and desolate

A SALUTATION TO THE SEED OF GOD. AND A Call out of Babylon and Egypt from amongst the Magitians where the house of bondage is and the Imaginations rules above the Seed of God the cause of all blindnes and condemnation Also that which is perfect made manifest even everlasting Righteousnesse which endures for all generations who will receive it and beleive therein which is Sions glory Christ with his life and power made manifest in mortal flesh With the way to him set forth most for such as groan for freedome from the power of sin but may be serviceable to all who loves his appearance Also a testimony from Christ what he is in this world and where he is written to such as are imagining such a Christ as they would have but cannot receive the same that is from the beginning and in the same way manifest Also a suite to such Rulers Magistrates and Governours as have not wholly hardened their hearts and stopt the eare against the voyce of the Spirit that they may hear and their soules may live and be established a blessing to the Nations With some things more added to this second Impression Written in love to all your soules by him who is called JAMES NAYLOR We have found him whom our soules loves And greater is he in us then he that 's in the world LONDON Printed for Giles Calvert at the Signe of the Black-spread Eagle at the West end of Pauls 1655. A SALUTATION TO THE Seed of God AND A Call out of Babylon Egypt from amongst the Magitians where the house of bondage is and the Imaginations Rules above the Seed of God ARise shine forth thou seed of the Covenant to which the Promise is for thy glory is come and with Judgement is the Lord arisen to redeem his chosen and all that turn to him shall be covered with righteousnes even that which before the world was and above all the world is which is perfect for evermore Put off your rags you that have covered your selves with your wisdome and let that which is imperfect be done away How long will it be ere you hearken to the Lord that you may pertake of the best and receive of the Lord freely that your souls may be satisfied that no leannes there may be nor crying out of wants Can the Lord be pleased with that righteousnes which that of God in your consciences declares to be imperfect Or will he accept that which is none of his own Consider of this you Professors of the Nation who pray and weep and seek but finde not that which gives peace nor reconciles you to God W●●hout faith in Christ its impossible to be well-pleasing to God who is your peace and that 's not faith in Christ that lays hold of an imperfect righteousnesse for that 's your own But that 's the righteousnesse of God which by faith in Christ alone is f●eely received and the least measure is perfect This is the gif● that comes from above which takes up the creature above all other That which we have received we declare and wee can doe no other for in him is our glory and this of his is our boldnes in the day of Judgment that as he is so are we in this world herein is our love perfected in him because we are of him and one with him in his righteousnes and that measure we have of it is freely ours without upbraiding and an inheritance we have in it wherefore we leave all to follow him who is our fullness and cannot but call to all who loves their soules to come to us knowing his freenesse And your labours to no purpose you who are kindling sparkes with whom we have laid long in sorrow and we know the end of your labour and your fruit is cursed though in the sweate of your browes you bring it forth all you that say you must doe what you can and Christ will doe the rest you must do some and Christ must doe other some this is your own way and not the way of God for here the linsie-woolsie garment is seene which is forbidden for in the way of God Christ is all in all but here is part in you and part in him as you imagine and you are two and there is sin for while you live sin lives and if we say we have no sin we deceive our selves and have not the truth in us But where he alone lives there is no sin for the life of Christ is the death of sin as it is manifest and for this purpose we know he was manifest to take away our sinnes and in him is no sin for by the appearance of his life are we translated into his likenesse which is our boldnesse and he that hath this hope purifies himselfe even as he is pure for we see him as he is our life our hope our strength and way which is pure and perfect and as he is so he makes our way perfect and this is our peace that we have nothing but what we have received and it is his owne and he cannot deny himselfe who is faithfull and with his faithfulnesse are we made faithful to him and the least measure of him which comes from above which is present power and in a measure of him we move and have our being where nothing is impossible The day of his power is come whereby we are made willing in which will his people ever took pleasure and whatever he doth is good for us and his wonderous works we see which have been told of how with his own arme he takes the kingdome is us which so much we talked on when we did not know him nor his power but with you put the good day far off us to another generation when the Lord was neare us though we did not know him but looked for the kingdome of God without us which was within us unregarded therefore did we sit down in sorrow being out of that way where rest was placed and did not se● him who was foreordained for good works wherein we should walk in which by him we should be exercised therefore we could never come to be satisfied but our conscience still accusing us in our best performances yea feares and doubtings were our best condition who therein were like the false Prophets speaking peace one to another where God had not spoken peace in our consciences thus healing the hurt deceitfully as all the world at this day is doing crying peace when the bonds of iniquity still stands and you are servants in evill workes where the Prince of this world is Ruler and guid and what peace can you have while that Kingdome stands and you in it and this Kingdome must stand till his power be known who is appointed to take it and binde the Prince of it Wherefore come out of Death all that will have life and make no longer Covenant with it How can you prevaile who take the Serpents councel to overcome

and his next appearance cryed them down without and set up the substance of them within so that God hath been forced all along to pull down what he himself did set up though never so good yet if cannal the carnal mind would get into it and adulterate from the maker as you may reade in the Scriptures how many things he hath laid waste upon that account even at his appearance in some of his sons and daughters even such things as he had said should be signs for ever yet their abuse caused the servants of God to cry them down so your carnal things wherein God and his power and righteousness is not your setting them up instead of Christ makes them odious to all that know Christ and they cannot see that which belongs to God given to any creature and be silent but you will say they are commands of God and there is no Scripture for taking them away I say those carnal things are but commands as Circumcision and the Passover were and many other yet were they taken away with out letter by that Spirit that gave them when they were abused what letter had Hezekiah to take away the Brazen-Serpent and break it in pieces what Scripture had Paul to cry down Circumcision when he saw it abused though he had circumcised what Scripture had Paul to deny that he was sent to baptize when he saw them abuse it and setting it up above Christ and many other things which by the Spirit of God was removed when Idollized for which the literal observers who denyed the Spirits teaching counted them blasphemers as you do now and so by such they suffered for holding forth the substance and denying the shadows to such as Idollized them though otherwise the shadows had been lawful nor do I judge any that do it in obedience and so come up above it but all you that stick in these outward things contending about dipping or sprinkling but neglect the power and life you are the Jews of these days who strive about outward washings some for yong and some for old but in the mean time all out of the power and in the world in your own wills and worldly pleasures and profits pride and covetousness some for free will others not but all in your own wills and thus while you are about these things received by tradition the law of God written in your hearts is made of none effect nay you cannot own it that there is any thing there to guide or give the knowledge of God so you have a form of God but the world hath power over you and in you and so are become a reproach to Religion wherfore come out of the world and the power of darkness and come to the guide of the spirit of truth that you may be set free to the Lord from the rudiments which God is departed out of and follow the Lamb whithersoever he goeth then shall you see him separating you from the world in the substance of truth in mercy and righteousness before you be hardened in your wickedness and your forms be left to you desolate and a strange thing come upon you which is seen concerning some of you who will not now own his appearance who before all form is will it not be a strange thing to see you who above all have cryed out for liberty of Conscience and against persecution who have been persecuted for Conscience-sake to see you become the most subtil persecuters that ever were in the world you in this generation be not grieved to hear of these things for God is bringing strange things to pass which you will not believe though it be told you but when it is come upon you remember you have been told for the Lord is gathering his seed out from the heathen where it hath been scattered and who will not be gathered shall be scattered and who will not come into the kingdom of the Lamb must be left amongst the beasts and when man denyes the Spirit of God to lead him he is no better who hath blinded that eye that foresees the evil shall fall into mischief ere he be aware ANd you Rulers Magistrates and Governours who have the sword of the Lord in your hands to rule in righteousness and judgement there is one thing needful for you to minde that you know the Lord to be your Judge and Law-giver in particular without which you cannot rule for God nor as deserving the name of Christians the Heathens exercise Lordship in their own wills and there is but one thing that differs you from them if you rule for God and after his will so as to give way that he may set up his kingdom in the soul who hath set you up to rule amongst men And you cannot rule for God unless you be ruled by him but if you have received his Law written in your hearts and his Judgements there and his power and authority and your souls subject thereto for Conscience-sake even to that power that is of God to come under it and the principle of everlasting Judgement and righteousness to reign in you and rule you and with that power and authority upon you and with you you go forth to judge his people and the heathen then you rule with God and for God and with his power and authority which you have received and to which you are joyned are you justifyed before the Lord God for whom you judge and his Law in every Conscience shall answer to your judgement that it is just and of God and so to that power of God and his authority shall every soul be subject not onely for fear but also for Conscience sake so you become Ministers of God to others but if you depart out of the counsel of God and the leadings of his Spirit and get up into the seat of those that went before you and take counsell at your selves and your policy to establish your wills as a law and have not respect to the law written in the heart but contrary to it set up respect of persons and places instead of Judgement and righteousnesse Then it must needs be that all who have respect to the everlasting Law and power of God in Spirit must suffer by you as witnesses against you as the Prophets Apostles and Martyrs have done against your forefathers till the Lambs testimony be finished and ended against you also yet are not we despisers of authoritie herein no more then they were who in subjection to that power ordained of God suffered by the wills of men who should have defended them by that power from the wills of men who are not subiect to that power of God so by men who deny that power that is ordained of God to rule in them by those doe such suffer as obey that power yet are the Innocent ever accused to be against the power who are but against mens wills in obedience to the power and this is no new thing in this