The prophetie of the spirit of loue. Set-fourth by HN: and by him perused a-new, and more distinctlie declared. Translated out of Base-almayne into English

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The prophetie of the spirit of loue. Set-fourth by HN: and by him perused a-new, and more distinctlie declared. Translated out of Base-almayne into English
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Niclaes, Hendrik, 1502?-1580?
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The Prophetie of the Spi∣rit of Loue.

The first Chapiter.

THIS is the [ A] Sounde of the Voyce of the true Spirit of Loue: wher∣with the Lorde visiteth the Wickednes of the People vpon Earth / To thende yt it mought becom fulfilled, which the Lorde hath spokē through his holie Propheates. like-as ther standeth writen: The Lorde a 1.1 shall go-fourth out of his Dwellinge / and visit the Wickednes of the Inhabiters of the Earth: in such-sort / that the Earth also shall disclose the b 1.2 Bloud which shee hath swallowed-vpp / and not hyde thesame any lenger.

2. THe Lorde ؛the God of Heauen{punctel} moued Mee, in his Minde {reversed ;}or Spi∣rit;: his Powre incōpassed Mee, with a Russhing-noyse: and the Glorie of ye same God of Heauen, became great in my Spirit of his Loue: in such-wise / that ye great Cleernes of God whollye inuironed Mee / and shone rounde-about∣mee. Wher-through the Sight of myne Eyes, be∣came cleerer then Chrystall. and myne Vnderstan∣ding,

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brighter then the Sunne: in such-sort / that I insawe with myne Eyes, the great c 1.3 Long-suffering of God. and how lardge thesame extended ouer the Children of Men: and perceaued {reversed ;}with myne Vn∣derstandinge; the Breakinge-fourth of the d 1.4 greate Daye of the righteous Iudgment of God vpon the Earth: with which Breaking-fourth of the-same great Daye, God wil also now in the last tyme {reversed ;}as a e 1.5 Reuenger against all his Enemies; make-vpp himself and appeere / and f 1.6 iudg the vniuersall Earth with Righteousnes / accordinge to his Promises.

3. I insawe also / that God will powre-fourth his [ B] Wrath and Indignation, ouer all them that haue not {reversed ;}to their g 1.7 Amendement; taken-heede vnto hys Loue / Grace / & Long-sufferinge · but, in the Mercy of God / and in the Time of Grace {reversed ;}when-as the Mercy was proffered vnto them; h 1.8 refused thesame: and eauenso {reversed ;}bydinge sluggish towardes the Will of the Lorde; loued and ensued the worldlie Foo∣lishnes / Malitiousnes / and Self-mindednes / as also the Infidelitie of the Good-thinking-wise, more then the Saluation of God.

4. In all thissame {reversed ;}wherwith the Lorde so moo∣ued Mee, in his Minde; I tooke good-heede {reversed ;}in myne Vnderstandinge; what the Lord-his Mea∣ning and Will was: and wher-to or to what-ma∣ner of Seruice, the Lorde mooued my Minde.

5. When I then perceaued or vnderstoode it / so was the Lord-his Meaning and Will vnto Mee / eauen-such, as his Beeinge {reversed ;}or Essence; spake vnto Mee. For the Beeing of God gaue-fourth hys Sounde and Voyce: and spake vnto Mee H•…•…

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{reversed ;}through his Spirit of Loue; all these Woordes / and sayde:

6. GO now out / and byde alwayes in [ C] Mee: and {reversed ;}i 1.9 going-before with thy Ser∣uice, er-euer the Cleernes of the great Daye of my righteous Iudgment do com; let the Sounde of ye Voyce of my gratious Woorde passe-fourth, ouer the vniuersall Earth. Shewe all People, my Will: declare my Lawes / Ordinaunces / or Institutions, to the Vnunderstandingones: forbeare not any len∣ger the Transgressinge of Men: nether wynke thou hence-fourth at the Offences of any People: but make-manifest their k 1.10 Vnrighteousnes vnto them: and correct or reprooue them, for all their Igno∣raunce / Blockishnes / Self-seeking / and Hypocrisie / and for all their Lying-imagination of the Know∣ledg / wherwith they geeue-fourth themselues before thee, as-though I approoued their cause: in which dooinge, they all make-manifest their false Righte∣ousnes before Mee / and bringe their Filthynes be∣fore my Face / makinge themselues eauenso l 1.11 to an Abhomination before myne Eyes.

7. Let also the Slothfull / m 1.12 and all such as go-on so negligentlie [namely / such as followe-after the Fasshion and Beeinge of the wicked Worlde / n 1.13 or their Good-thinking / and consider not on the Ser∣uice and Requiring of my holy & gratious Woord {reversed ;}that passeth-fourth vnder the Obedience of my Loue; nor haue any regarde therto] knowe and vn∣derstand, that they all are o 1.14 an Abhomination and a Lothso•…•…es, before myne Eyes. and that I can∣not

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away with them / To thend that they all {reversed ;}tho∣rough thy Seruice out of my Loue; may turne them vprightlie p 1.15, to Mee & my Loue · q 1.16 repent them for their Sinnes · and be r 1.17 preserued, in the Cleernes of the Daye of my righteous Iudgment.

8. NOw / bowing myself in all Obedience to [ D] my God / I went-fourth: and bidde also alwayes in the Lorde / eauen as the Lorde had com∣maunded mee. And my Spirit being mooued tho∣rough Gods Powre, I gaue-fourth •…•…e Sounde of the Voyce of the gratious Woorde of the Lorde / like as I had also done in tymes-past.

9. And eauenso {reversed ;}out of the Loue of my God and Christ; became the gratious Woorde of the Lorde {reversed ;}in liuing Powre; out of the lyuing God, in sharpe Reprouinge / Chastisinge & Nourteringe {reversed ;}as with Documentes, to the Putting-away and Mortify∣inge of the Sinne of Death; / and also in Gentle∣dealinge or Healpfulnes to Saluation {reversed ;}as with sweete s 1.18 Waters, to the Raysing-vpp of the Righ∣teousnes of Life; t 1.19 flowing from my Body: and the Sounde of thesame Voyce, inlarged itself wyde-a∣brode, vpon the Earth.

10. Haue a good regarde therfore {reversed ;}O yee Chil∣drē of Men; vnto that which becometh This-day {reversed ;}out of the gratious Woord of the Lorde & his ho∣ly Spirit of Loue; spoken & expressed vnto you: and hardē u 1.20 not your Heartes, in any-case. but x 1.21 amend your Beeinge / To thend that yee may enter {reversed ;}with the Children of God; into the y 1.22 Rest of the Lorde.

The seconde Chap.

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ONce Children of Men / yee Chil∣dren [ A] a 1.23 of Defection {reversed ;}which will not beleeue nor vnderstand God-his Trueth · geeue any b 1.24 •…•…are to the Lord-his Will · nor fol∣lowe-after the Doctrine and Instructiō of the gra∣tious Woorde and his holy Spirit of Loue; how can I {reversed ;}in any-case; suffer you any lenger, then I haue suffered you? Seeing that the Lorde hymself will not forbeare you any lenger, in your Vnwil∣lingnes to his Righteousnes.

2. Thus-longe haue I, with the c 1.25 Longsuffer∣inge of the Lorde / beheld and considered-it also with Longsufferinge, what maner of Wayes it mought be / that yee all loued to walke in: and whether also any-man loued / or desired to enter obedientlye, into the d 1.26 Entraunce or first Schoole-rule to the Waye of Life and Peace / in such-sort as thesame becometh administred {reversed ;}vnder the Obedience of the Loue; ac∣cording to the Trueth of God.

3. Thus-longe haue I ben conuersant {reversed ;}in stil∣nes; with many of you. and ben by you, like as one that can well abyde to looke-on the Wickednes of Men / and yet not correct or reproue thesame. But in all thissame, my Spirit hath ben greatlie e 1.27 bour∣dened with greefe · and {reversed ;}with much heauy-cheere; very wofull and sorrowfull for you all, O yee Chil∣dren of Men.

4. For, vewinge the whole Face of the Earth / I [ B] beheld & noted directlie, the exceeding Distraught∣nes and f 1.28 Iniquitie of the peruerse World. and the manifolde g 1.29 Abhominations of Desolation, wher∣with shee hath brought herself into a most confused∣estate:

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also the many & manifolde h 1.30 Self-wisdoms / Chosen-holynesses i 1.31 / and false God-seruices or Re∣ligions of Men / which they haue taken-on vnto them, out of the Scripturely-learnednes / and Ima¦gination of the Knowledge · and made or deuyded themselues {reversed ;}ther-through; into manye Sectes / Dissentions k 1.32 / and Schysmes or Diuisions.

5. I Haue moreouer, marked {reversed ;}with Longsuffe∣ring; the Fourth-going of all such as bost them of the Loue / and perswade thēselues, that they cleaue vnto the Loue and the Wisdom / Whether that ther were any better-thing loued by them, then by the Worlde: and whether also, that they appro∣ched anye neerer to the Trueth of God / and to the vpright Beeing of the Loue, then the Wyse of the Worlde and Scripture-learned.

6. I haue also for-that-cause, walked louelye a∣mong certen of them / and behaued myself l 1.33 very gen∣tlelye with them: hopinge eauenso, that the true Feare m 1.34 of God / the n 1.35 Lust to the good and vpright Beeing / the vpright o 1.36 Zeale to the Righteousnes / and the Concorde p 1.37 of Heart in the Loue, shoulde haue ben found among them / more then among the worldly Wyse and Scripture-learned.

7. BVt {reversed ;}alas; like as the Worlde / together [ C] with her Wyse and Scripture-learned, are darkned or q 1.38 blinded in Heart / and deaff in the Vnderstanding (which comprehend not r 1.39 the good Beeinge of the Loue / nor-yet consider on any of all that which God {reversed ;}through the Spirit of his Loue; requireth: but haue alwayes a Lust to themselues / and cleaue-vnto the Couetousnes / the Volupteous∣nes

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of the Fleash / and the Self-wysdom, which se∣duceth them) eauenso I haue founde many of you {reversed ;}yea / almost all, which make-bost of the Loue / and talke much therof; to stand in such-like case: and also aduisedlie marked, that yee {reversed ;}vnder the Pretence or Colour of the Howse or Seruice of Loue; haue ta∣ken-on to your-selues, the s 1.40 Volupteousnes of the Fleash {reversed ;}according to the maner of the World; to be your freedom · and your owne t 1.41 Thoughtes of the Goodthinking, according to the Imagination of ye Knowledg (like vnto many vnilluminated u 1.42 Scrip∣ture-learned and Goodthinkinge-wyse) to be your Wysdom: and haue no regarde to the godly Life of the gratious Woorde / nor to the x 1.43 Counsell of the Testimonies of the holy Spirit of Loue / nether-yet humble you obedientlye to the Loue & her Seruice. And yet notwithstandinge {reversed ;}when one asketh you, whether yee haue adioyned you to the Loue / or are minded to continewe with a good will, by thesame; yee answer & say expresslie: O yea: Wee will cleaue vnto the Loue / and not forsake thesame in any-case.

8. Howbeit / yee couer ther-withall, your false [ D] Desires / and also the Lustes of your Fleash, wher∣in yee y 1.44 liue and walke: and remayne eauenso with∣out the Obedience of the holie Woorde / and of the Requiringe of his Seruice of Loue / and byde also bounde or owned to yourselues / and to your owne Counsell and Will: and com not to the Trueth of God / which floweth-fourth seruiceablelie, out of the Loue / for to be obedient {reversed ;}as right z 1.45 Disciples of the Woord; vnto thesame.

9. But verely / after such a maner, yee are {reversed ;}tow∣ardes

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the gratious Woorde of the Lorde / and his Seruice of Loue; a 1.46 eauen like-vnto an Whoore, which after her heartes Good-thinkinge {reversed ;}to a Clo∣king of her Whordom; chuseth an Husbande / and coupleth herself in mariaige vnto him / for that shee mought bost her as a Maried-wife. and vnder such a Couering / & Bosting that shee hath an Husband, committeth her Whordom / Seeing that yee in like maner without Christ / and against Christ {reversed ;}although yee make great boast of him; commit Whoordom / and deale nor walke not accordinge to the Doctrine or Requiringe of Christ.

10. For which your couered or cloked Whoor∣doms-cause and vnrighteous Walkinge, the Lorde hath mooued my Minde. and commaunded mee, to figure-fourth your Whordom & b 1.47 vnrighteous Wayes before you / also to c 1.48 reproue you therof / and to exhorte you to Amendement: and to warne you eauenso of the Destruction / that is for to com vpon the Vngodly, in the righteous Iudgment of God.

11. O Thou whoorish Nature! Be ashamed {reversed ;}I say; presentlie before the Lorde / and before the Seate d 1.49 of his Maiestie, wherout Hee de∣clareth his vpright Righteousnes / that thou bost∣est thee so of Christ, the gratious Woord of the Fa∣ther {reversed ;}e 1.50 as of thy Husband; and of the louelie Nature of his Loue: and yet {reversed ;}whilst thou so doest; holdest thine Heart common or of-one-beeing with the An∣tichrist / with the wicked World / and with the Self∣wisdomes of her Sectuaries & Scripture-learned. Peruse and ponder now well the f 1.51 Falshod of thyne Heart / and consider thoroughlie, all thy Couetous∣nes /

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g 1.52 Theeuerie / Self-seeking & Whordom, which thou hast committed against Christ and his Loue.

12. O Yee Children of Men: When yee now [ E] haue once perceaued and cleerlye seene {reversed ;}in your Inwardnes; into all thissame whoorish Na∣ture of your vnrighteous Walking / thē withdrawe you first-of-all therfrom h 1.53 / and turne you to the Goodnes of our Lorde Iesu Christ / and i 1.54 repent you: and let yourselues eauenso {reversed ;}vnder the Obedi∣ence of the holye and gratious Woord / and of his Seruice of Loue; becom k 1.55 chaunged to an vpright Beeing of Christ / and taught / l 1.56 instructed / and coun selled (as singleminded m 1.57 Children / which wholly geeue-ouer themselues obedientlie, vnder the Tuiti∣on or Custody of their Mother) by the Elders in the holy Vnderstandinge of the Spirit of the Loue of Iesu Christ: and eauenso {reversed ;}in all Obedience of ye Loue of Iesu Christ; becom fostered and trayned∣vp, in the godly Wisdom of ye holy Vnderstanding.

13. Heer-to applye you first-of-all, with faithfull Heartes: and com then eauenso to the louelye n 1.58 and true Beeing of the Loue of Iesu Christ / and to the vpright o 1.59 Freedom of the Children of God.

The thirde Chap.

O Yee Children of the a 1.60 defectinge or [ A] offallinge Beeinge {reversed ;}which saye that yee cleaue vnto Christ and his Loue: and vn∣der such a Bosting, commit your Whor∣dom; to you is my Crye and Callinge. For I la∣ment and bewaile very-much your b 1.61 Vnfaithfulnes /

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and all your Faynednes / wherwith yee thinke to co∣uer you, before Mee.

2. But no {reversed ;}beloued; no: Yee cannot byde-coue∣red before Mee / nor before the Face of my God: but yee must all {reversed ;}in thissame Daye of the Loue; becom manifest, before the Maiestie of God / and c 1.62 before the Seate of the Iudgment of Christ.

3. For although yee dissemble with Mee: and how craftelye soeuer yee couer or fayne you before Mee / yet are neuertheles d 1.63 all the Counselles and Falshods of your Heartes, manifest before Mee / and so-much the more naked and bare, e 1.64 before the Eyes of my Heart and Spirit.

4. For so longe as your Heartes stande not sub∣mitted goodwillinglie, to the Heart and Spirit of my God: nor are wholly geeuen-ouer {reversed ;}to f 1.65 obedient Disciples of the Woord; vnto ye gratious Woorde and his Seruice of Loue / Go can I also, through the true g 1.66 Light {reversed ;}wherin God hath glorified or tho∣roughly-lighted mee; right-well perceaue / see / and note / that all your Mindes and Thoughtes, are not mynded with the Heart and Spirit of my God / nor with the Requiringe of the gratious Woorde / and of his Seruice of Loue / but {reversed ;}ther-against; min∣gled with wicked h 1.67 Inclinations or Affections.

5. SEeinge now then that I {reversed ;}through the [ B] Light of my God; do cleerlie see-into all your pernicious ether corrupted Nature / and wick∣ed Inclinations: and gladlie vouchsafe you all {reversed ;}out of the vpright Beeing of my God; that which were better (To thende that {reversed ;}vnder the Obedience of ye Loue; ther mought be founde by you all, an vpright

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Beeing i 1.68 of the Loue of Iesu Christ) So cannot I of natures-part / nor of the k 1.69 Nature of the Loues∣part {reversed ;}which driueth mee therto; alwayes keepe-sci∣lence: but must {reversed ;}euen out of Loue; witnes vnto you the l 1.70 Perrels of Destruction / which haue bewrapped and incompassed you.

6. For-that-cause I admoni•…•…h you this-day, of the Destruction: and fore-tell you (as truly as the Lorde liueth) if yee indeuour not yourselues to the Obedience of the Requiring of ye gratious Woord and m 1.71 of his Seruice of Loue / for to becom vpright of Heart: to feare the God of Life: to loue the Ver∣tues of the louelye Beeinge of the Loue: to liue vp∣rightlie {reversed ;}n 1.72 in the Communialtie of the Loue; with all the Holions of God / and to deale or behaue your selues o 1.73 faithfullie with them: and so to becom whol lie godded with God p 1.74 and his Christ · or q 1.75 incor∣porated to that same godly Beeinge: but seeke your∣selues / or anye other thinge in or by the gratious Woord and his Seruice of Loue: or-els take vnto yourselues a good-thinkinge Woorde / and falslye vsurpe the Seruice of Loue / and boast you therof: and eauenso holde your Heartes common or of-one∣beeing, with the r 1.76 worldly Beeing & Fasshion / and with the false Heartes of the seditious Scripture∣learned / So will it thē assuredlie go-euell with you, in this Daye of the Loue of the righteous Iudg∣ment s 1.77 of God: Yea much t 1.78 worsse, then with the worldlie Ignorant / which haue not heard any bet∣ter, then the Maner or Rite of the Worlde / or of the seditious and sectuarish Scripture-learnednes.

7. For vnto you all (which presentlye {reversed ;}in thys∣same [ C]

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Day of the Loue; heare the Voyce or Sounde of the Spirit of Loue) the good Beeing of the Loue becometh expresslie set-fourth / and the Life of the vp∣right Righteousnes, figuredout before your Eyes: and to thesame also, yee all are u 1.79 called and intirelie∣bidden. and the Hande reached-fourth vnto you, to your assisting therin / To thend that yee should all, with goodwilling Heartes, wholly geeue-ouer your selues {reversed ;}vnder the Obedience of the Loue; ther vnto. and so enter-in to the Way or Entraunce to ye same.

8. BVt verelie / if yee now {reversed ;}in all this x 1.80 Loue & Mercifulnes, which this-day chaunceth or becometh brought vnto you, through the Spirit of Loue; will not geeue-eare to the Voyce or Testi∣monye y 1.81 of the gratious Woorde · nor learne {reversed ;}in ye Seruice of Loue; the z 1.82 Humilitie of Heart / nor the Meekmindednes of Spirit · ne-yet once laude nor thanke the God of Life, for such an appeered a 1.83 Grace. but b 1.84 refuse the proffered Grace / and turne you away therfrom: keepe-off thesame from your Heartes: runne-on lightmindedly, with your takē-on Know∣ledg: haue no regarde at-all to the Wysdom of the Loue: nor endeuour you to attaine to the Righte∣ousnes of the vpright Beeing of the Loue: and ea∣uenso {reversed ;}c 1.85 hardeninge your Heartes; followe-after your owne d 1.86 Good-thinkinge / So thinke well then heeron / and consider it aduisedlie {reversed ;}O yee Self-min∣dedones / and goodthinking Wyse; that yee {reversed ;}wit•…•… such Peruertednes of your goodthinking Heartes; shall beed e 1.87 estraunged from God and his Trueth wax-colde towardes the right Loue · and altoge∣ther vnwillinge, for to geeue-ouer your Heartes

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in the Seruice of Loue:

9. Yea, that God will also for that cause (seeinge [ D] that yee are so f 1.88 slothfull to the Seruice of his Loue / and to all what God {reversed ;}in this his holie Daye; requi reth) g 1.89 spewe you out of his Mouth. and not let you taste his louelie Beeinge · nor finde the h 1.90 Rest of his Holyones: but will let your Heartes rest∣blinded from his vpright Light · and your Time / Dayes / and Yeares, passe-awaye or i 1.91 perrish {reversed ;}with the Vngodlie; in Ignoraunce and Darknes.

10. O Yee k 1.92 Sluggish to the Will of the highest God / yee l 1.93 Seekers of your owne Selfnes, in the Seruice of the Loue / and yee all which are so wise or m 1.94 knowledgfull in your owne conceit / and {reversed ;}without the Counsell of the holie Spi∣rit of Loue; n 1.95 followe and ensue your owne Coun∣sell: iett-on with stiffe o 1.96 Neckes: and eauenso pre∣sumpteous-boldlie, p 1.97 hunte-after your owne De∣struction / How longe will yee yeat {reversed ;}through your Disobedience; bring Sorrowe and Care vpon mee / and paine mee so with angwish in my Heart?

11. How longe will yee yeat followe your owne Counsell: and cast behinde you the Counsell of the Wisedome?

12. Oh / I feare, that yee will not ceasse from do∣inge your owne Will / vntill that the Destruction haue vtterlie swallowed you vp: & that yee shall not find any more time of conuerting, to q 1.98 Amendement.

13. HOw are yee {reversed ;}for-shame; thus cold / and how [ E] slowlie com yee forward, to the Seruice of the Loue? How bide yee thus alwayes so very-chil∣dish or r 1.99 little-of-vnderstandinge, in the Knowledg

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of the Entraunce to the first Schoole-rule of yt chris∣tiā Doctrine of the Seruice of Loue / and of the hea∣uenlie Trueth? I haue {reversed ;}doubtles; held-fourth or expressed all Good before you. and euidentlie figu∣red-fourth the vpright Beeing of the Loue / and the Entraunce to thesame, amōg you. Through which Seruice {reversed ;}so extended on you; all my Hope hath ben, that I should haue reioyeed mee with you {reversed ;}in s 1.100 the Growing-vpp in the godlie Vnderstanding of the vpright Beeing of the Loue; as with louing Childrē of the Kingdom / in the godlie Beeing of the Loue. 14. But / alas (the which greeueth my Heart ful∣sore) Now that yee begin to ware aged or olde in the Vnderstanding / and ought {reversed ;}of-right; to be t 1.101 El∣ders in the holie Vnderstanding, I finde that ma∣ny of you growe not vp in the u 1.102 Oldnes of the holie Vnderstandinge of the gratious Woord or Christ {reversed ;}according to the vpright Beeing of the Requiring of his Seruice of Loue; but in your owne or self∣framed Vnderstanding / or destroying x 1.103 Knowledg / and yeat daylie increase therin / and not in the y 1.104 Wis dom of the Loue, that godlie Vnderstandinge.

The IIII. Chap.

OH! Wheare shall I once fynde [ A] such, as take-to-heart ye gratious Woord and the Instruction of his Seruice of Loue / or his Con̄sell a 1.105 of ye Wisdome / and cauenso {reversed ;}with singleminded b 1.106 Heartes; followe-af∣ter thesame obedientlie? For I finde by experience, that the most Part of People {reversed ;}which make a c 1.107 shewe,

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as-though they turned them to the Loue or to the Seruice of thesame; turne them not d 1.108 aright, to the Loue and her Seruice.

2. For that cause / such shewe plainlie their Vn∣faithfulnes: and, in turninge them awaye from the Requiringe of the Loue, it becometh manifest (in the Bringing-fourth or Spreading-abrode of their owne Counsell / Lust / and Will / which they take vn∣to them, through the Imagination of their Know∣ledg) that they are vtterlie estraunged from the gra∣tious Woord of the Lorde / and frō his Requiring / and turned towardes their owne Woord & Will.

3. For ther are very-fewe to be found, that geue ouer themselues heerto. namelye / to e 1.109 forsake their Self-wisdome or Imagination of the Knowledge / and to liue obedientlie f 1.110, accordinge to the Counsell and Doctrine of the Testimonies of the holie Spi∣rit of Loue. But almost all {reversed ;}and especiallie, they that refuse the Loue and the Requiring of her Ser∣uice; sett themselues to Iudgment / for to g 1.111 iudg with their owne Woord and Imaginatiō of the Know∣ledge, Gods gratious h 1.112 Woorde and the i 1.113 Seruice of his holie Spirit of Loue / as also the Elders in thesame Seruice.

4. Yea / many thinke also in their Heartes / that they will looke-well heerto / that they be not in anye wise seduced or deceaued, by the Loue {reversed ;}which k 1.114 ne∣uerthelesse is God himself; / nor by the Spirit of Loue {reversed ;}which is the true Godlynes of Iesu Christ; / nor by the Dayed-elder in thesame Spirit / which witnesseth the vpright Beeinge of the Loue and her Spirit.

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5. BEholde / such a Circumspection will they [ B] almost all occupie or vse / supposing eauen∣so {reversed ;}accordinge to their Good-thinkinge or owne Knowledge; to enter into the Life: and (although they are not regenerated in the Obedience of the Loue of Iesu Christ / l 1.115 nor yet vnderstand ye Workes of God / nor the Misterie of his Kingdom) to be more prudent and vnderstanding with their Know∣ledge, then God himself / and his Spirit of Loue.

6. Which Spirit hath now in thissame Daye {reversed ;}through the Mercie of God and his elected Mi∣nister; made manifest the secreat Treasures of God / and the godlie and spirituall m 1.116 Riches of the heauē∣lie Goods, so distinctlie & nakedlie / and also brought thesame so aboundantlie and liberallie vnto vs / in the Obedience of the Requiringe of his Seruice of Loue (wherout also wee declare-fourth thesame a∣gaine, among the Children of Men) that the Sim∣plest or Verie-least among the Vnderstandingones (if hee considered theron) mought right easelie vn∣derstand / that thissame our Ministration of the holie Woorde in the Seruice of Loue, is Gods Woorking / and not the Mans. and that thesame Spirit and such an holie Vnderstandinge n 1.117 as is witnessed and declared out of the same Ministratiō, proceeded not out of any Fleash nor earthlie Vnder∣standing · but out of the liuing God: and that-men also (without conceauing any Euel-opinion therof) ought to be obedient to thatsame Spirit, in the Re∣quiringe of his holie Woord and Seruice vnder the Obedience of the Loue.

7. Howbeit / many will not consider heeron: but [ C]

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they turne them almost all, to their owne o 1.118 Vnder∣standinge out of the Wisdome of the Fleash / and Scripture-learnednes or Imaginatiō of ye Know∣ledg / wherin they intangle / disturbe or disquiet them selues among each-other: and com not p 1.119 to the Vn∣derstanding, wherunto they are called or required / and wherin they mought vnderstand the Minde or Intent of the Woorkes of God.

8. OVt of these ignorant Vnderstandinges {reversed ;}accordinge to the Imagination of the Knowledge; very-manie make-vpp themselues pre∣sentlie / which iudge the Administration of the grati∣ous Woord of the holie Spirit of Loue, out of their ignorant and vnilluminated Vnderstandinges: and running-fourth eauenso {reversed ;}with their Iudgmentes; heere-and-theare, they knowe nor vnderstand not themselues, what they iudge therof.

9. For the One murmureth heere / and will haue it Thus after his Minde: the Other murmureth theare / and will haue it So after his Minde. The One hath seene or marked This in it / that is vn∣right in his Eyes. The Other hath hearde That therof / or-els cōceaued and imagined to himself ther out, som straunge or absurde Matier / that soundeth vnto him {reversed ;}in his Eares and in his Thoughtes; as vnright or Errour.

10. HEer-with now / and with such-like (as ther [ D] is mentioned) certen haue so much to do / and to talke-of / that they for-that-cause (through the great Toyle and Busines which they incomber themselues withall ther-about) becom so vtterlie blinded in their Heartes / that they {reversed ;}by no-meanes;

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can consider on the singleminded q 1.120 Obedience which the gratious Woorde and his Seruice of Loue re∣quireth: nor-yet on the aboundant Treasures and Riches r 1.121 of God / which {reversed ;}out of ye heauenlie Truth; becom s 1.122 reuealed {reversed ;}by God-his Grace; so ritchlie and liberallie vnto vs, in the Seruice of Loue · and {reversed ;}tho∣rough the holie Spirit of Loue; brought vnto vs, to Saluation.

11. They haue likewise not once any regard, what an vpright and louelie godlie t 1.123 Beeing, the gratious Woord bringeth {reversed ;}in the Obedience of his Seruice of Loue; vnto his Beleeuers.

12. Also they vnderstand not u 1.124 the Time, which is now present and at-hande: in which, the Ending of the peruerse x 1.125 World / and the Appeering of y 1.126 the Cominge of our Lorde Iesu Christ / and the z 1.127 Re∣surrection of his Holyones, cometh-to-passe.

The V. Chap.

OH! Is it not a verne lamentable [ A] case / that I haue a 1.128 laboured thus-longe {reversed ;}with such a Feruentie and Diligence; in the Misterie of the Woorkes of God, out of the godlie Powers / among the Childrē of Men · and geeuē-abrode thesame Misterie of the Workes of God vnto them {reversed ;}with so full Resolution; to their Saluation (for to declare therby Gods Trueth vpon the Earth) so openlie and cleerlie · dealt or ben conuersant in the trauell of the godlie Testimonies of the true Light, amonge so many · and also com∣muned or spoken thus-longe {reversed ;}pea, so often and ma∣ny-times;

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with them, of the b 1.129 Misterie of the King∣dom of the God of Heauens: And that I yeat find so fewe, which {reversed ;}with all their Heart; geeue-ouer themselues goodwillinglie {reversed ;}to obedient c 1.130 Disciples; vnto the gratious Woord of Life and Trueth / and to his Seruice of Loue / or that humble them {reversed ;}accor ding to the Requiring of the Woord / and d 1.131 Coun∣sell of the Wisdom; aright ther-vnder. For almost they all e 1.132 seeke themselues: and not the Lorde. and cauenso, hearinge and beleeuinge themselues, f 1.133 they followe-after their owne Will and Vnderstanding. and not the Lordes / nor his gratious Woordes.

2. Seeing then that they heare / beleeue / and wit∣nes so gladlie, their owne Woorde: and followe or ensue so gladlie, their owne Counsell / Wisdom / and Will / so will they also verie gladlie and willinglie, submit themselues ther-vnder: also gladlie geeue them ouer / and be obedient, to thesame. g 1.134 but not to the grations Woord of Life or of ye Spirit of Loue. Yea, such an absurde and preposterous Dealing, a∣gainst the gratious Woord of Life or of the Spirit of Loue, is vsed oftētimes much more by them which men haue in estimation / and count to haue Vnder∣standing, then by the Little & Singlemindedones.

3. OH / How much and manye-times is it [ B] mentioned in our Writinges, that the Lorde detesteth / and is whollie minded against h 1.135 all Pryde of the Fleash / against all the Wisdomes of the earthlie or fleashlie Men / and against all their Industrie / Subtil-pregnantie / Knowledge / and Counsell: and how little becometh it takē to Heart: or how little thinketh and considereth the Man /

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that hee (touching Gods Causes) ought to holde himself i 1.136 still, in his Wisdome / Industrie / Vnder∣standing / or Knowledg / vntill that hee were endow∣ed and illuminated {reversed ;}in his Spirit; through the O∣bediēce of the Requiring of the seruiceable Woord, with the eternall and liuinge k 1.137 Woorde of God the Father · and l 1.138 incorporated to the vpright and loue∣lie Beeing of the Loue of Iesu Christ.

4. Whilst then that the Man is so vnmindfull of this / and bringeth-fourth alwayes so presumpte∣ous-boldlie {reversed ;}out of his good-thinking Prudentie or Industrie / and out of the Imaginatiō of his Know ledge; his owne Woorde / Counsell / and Will, so much and manifoldlie: witnesseth-fourth thesame for Trueth: and eauenso, accordinge to his manlie Wisdom {reversed ;}out of the Minde of his Fleash; goeth∣on therwith: and (because hee thinketh that hys cause is right) will nor desireth not anythinge-els / So must I other-whiles, let the Man alone or suf fer him to go-fourth therin for a season / waiting whē hee will com to a better Minde. and beholde with Longsufferinge, how it will go with him.

5. Therfore / for the Peaces cause (to thend that [ C] I wolde not contend with anyman) I keepe often scilence among Manye / and let-passe {reversed ;}in my Paci∣ence and Longsufferinge; all false Witnessinges a∣gainst mee: and eauēso abide-wayting for the right time m 1.139, wherin the gratious Woorde of Trueth / and the Discipline or Chastising-erudition mought be gladlie harkened-vnto and beleeued of the Man / for to refourme the Man eauenso {reversed ;}in cōuenient time; with Longsufferinge / and to preuent him, with the

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vpright Wisdom and holie Vnderstanding / if hap∣pelie hee mought by that meanes, be founde worthie of the Grace, that the Lorde wolde open vnto him the Doore of ye vpright n 1.140 Vnderstanding / and geue him yet-once to vnderstand, that hee ought to keepe∣scilence / and becom vtterlie dombe in himself: and first-of-all, to harken vnto the vpright seruiceable Woord of the holie Vnderstandinge {reversed ;}that cometh fourth o 1.141 out of the holie Ierusalem / and leadeth-in vnto the Godlines;: to shew-fourth vpright Frutes of Repentaunce: to geeue-ouer himself {reversed ;}for to becom obedient; ther vnto: and eauenso to becom p 1.142 taught obedientlie, in the vpright Wisdome of the louelie Beeinge / and in the holie Vnderstandinge of the Godlines: and so then to testifie therof.

6. OH / that the Man gaue him to stilnes: also had regard, with diligence and fer∣uentie {reversed ;}and that q 1.143 in humble-maner; to the Seruice of the gratious Woord vnder the Obedience of the Loue: and desired to doo the r 1.144 Will of the Lorde! So should hee then verelye learne well to note or perceaue, wherin the Lorde hath placed his Heart / Beeing / and Minde: and wherin Hee hath decla∣red or reuealed him-self / together with his Light / Woord / Spirit / and Trueth. and that it is also whollye the Will of the Lorde / that-men s 1.145 should heare & beleeue his Woord / Spirit / and Trueth, therout: and that-men ought also to assemble them {reversed ;}as obedient t 1.146 Disciples of the Woord; ther-vnto.

7. If now the Man once marked and vnder∣stoode thissame a-right / so should hee then also ve∣rely (if hee had a u 1.147 Lust to doo ye Will of the Lorde)

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endeuour himself {reversed ;}with good-will; ther-to / and ea∣uenso becom assembled ther-with: turne his Hear∣ing to thesame: and {reversed ;}out of the Sound of the Wit∣nessinges of thesame; x 1.148 take-to-heart the Wisdom of Instruction: and eauenso {reversed ;}growing-vpp therin, to the y 1.149 Olde-aige of the Man Christ; learne ther∣out to speake rightlie the holie z 1.150 Vnderstandinge of the godlie Wisedom.

8. For verelie / the true Ierusalem (which in [ D] times-past, descended {reversed ;}in sumpteous and gorgeous Garnishinge; a 1.151 from Heauen / and where-out the Woorde of the Lorde is b 1.152 promised to go-fourth) is risen-vpp therin, with his glisteringe Cleernes. In which Ierusalem, the holie Hill of Sion (wher out the Lawe of the Lorde is promised to go-fourth / and wheron the c 1.153 Temple / Tabernacle / or Howse of God is buylded) becometh exalted aboue d 1.154 all Hilles · and manifested to a Nourice of the Chil∣dren of Ierusalem.

9. And thatsame heauenlie State / with all what is of-one-beeing therwith, is verelie the e 1.155 peaceable Kingdom and Mercye-seate of all Beleeuers in Christ / the which is {reversed ;}from the Grace of God; com vnto Vs, now in the f 1.156 last time / accordinge to the Promises.

10. In which vndisturbable and fast-stablished Kingdom {reversed ;}g 1.157 that is com vnto vs, full of Peace / and full of all spirituall and heauenlie Goods; all holie Soules and godlie Vnderstandinges, do h 1.158 liue and inhabit {reversed ;}with all Triumph / Glorie and christian Ioye; free and without any Feare: and ther-vnto also all Men {reversed ;}that are good of will for to assemble

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them therto; are called and louinglie-bidden.

11. OH / that the Man vnderstoode thissame [ E] aright i 1.159! So should hee then assuredlie {reversed ;}with all Good-willingnes of his Heart; k 1.160 humble himself before the Throne of Grace / and soueraigne Maiestie of God: take-heede vnto the Woorde of the Lord therout: heare / beleeue / and goodwilling∣lie obey thesame: honour / laude / praise and thanke thatsame God, which hath prepared all this for vs / which also liueth from euerlasting to euerlastinge l 1.161 / and sitteth vpon the Seate of his Maiestie: and spread-abrode {reversed ;}euery-wheare; the great Actes and Wonderful-woorkes of God: as also reioyce him with great Ioye / for that such a Throne of Grace and Sauing-health, is now {reversed ;}in these last perrelous times; appeered / com / and declared {reversed ;}m 1.162 out of the heauenlie Beeing; vpon the Earth, vnto the Chil∣dren of Men, n 1.163 which hope on God and on the Comfort of his Saluation: and that also ther-tho∣rough, the o 1.164 Will of the Lorde is accomplisshed on Earth, as in Heauen.

The VI. Chap.

O Yee Children of Men / consider∣well [ A] now heeron / and haue a good regard therto / and take thesame yet-once effectu∣allie a 1.165 to Heart. namelie / how that pre∣sentlie, out of thissame Throne of Grace (which is appeered and com vnto vs, now in the last time, in the Mostholie of the true Tabernacle of God {reversed ;}to an euerlasting Stoole of Grace; b 1.166 vpon the Earth)

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the Glorie of the Lorde becometh made manifest · and his c 1.167 Lawe / Woord / and Will {reversed ;}accordinge to his godlie Trueth; expresslie witnessed.

2. For that cause / haue now a distinct Diuersi∣tie, in whom Gods Spirit and hys Woorde is reuealed or manifested / and in whom that it is yeat vnreuealed.

3. For consider: Wheare God / with his Christ and Spirit, hath his d 1.168 Dwellinge in anyone / and bringeth fourth his secreat Treasures of the heauē∣lie Goods therout / Eauen-theare is then trulie his Wisdome e 1.169 to be founde: and also the Counsell of God, accordinge to the Trueth. and not by the* 1.170 Straungers / nor by the Disobedient vnto the Woord / nor yet by the Goodthinking-wise / which seperate them from Vs and our godlie Doctrine / nether yet by Them, whose Spirit is not {reversed ;}in the Conformitie-of-beeing with Vs; f 1.171 begotten or borne out of God · but {reversed ;}in the Seperation against Vs; out of the Fleash of the earthlie Beeinge. Haue a good respect heer-vnto.

4. O Yee earthlie Generations (you meane [ B] I, yee earthlie vngodded Men) that ex∣alte and preferre your g 1.172 owne Woorde {reversed ;}which not∣withstanding is meere Lyes; so highlie / and heare and beleeue thesame so gladlie: also alwayes desire to followe-after your owne Counsell {reversed ;}which not∣withstanding is a meere Seducing and Deceit; and to be obedient ther vnto: and will eauenso, out of your Darknes {reversed ;}which is doubtles nothing els, but the curssed Kingdom of h 1.173 Hell / and the Possession or Habitation of all Deuels and wicked Spirites

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itself; iudge so gladlie the Light of Gods Trueth / and the Children of Light: Ah {reversed ;}beloued; consider yet once, in what Beeing and Nature yee are com∣prehended: and then iudge, from whence your Woord and Spirit is or hath his Originall, wher with yee will iudg & speake-fourth i 1.174 the diuine Ma∣tiers: and from whence also yee fett your Counsell / which yee {reversed ;}without God-his Counsell, wherwith Wee are of-one-beeing; so earnestlie ensue or follow after, k 1.175 according to your owne Minde of ye Fleash: and wher-out likewise yee execute the Iudgment, with the which yee iudge the Testimonies of the Light / and the Children of the Loue or of God.

5. Beholde / heerin now / and according to this maner, pronounce-fourth boldlie the Iudgment l 1.176 o∣uer your selues / and geeue-testimonie of your owne selues, what yee yourselues {reversed ;}in your Disobedience to the Requiringe of the Woord; are / or may be •…•…oned for. as likewise of your owne Woorde, which yee speake ther-out: For I commit therin the matier vnto yourselues for to iudge.

6. O Yee Children of Men / Seeing that yee [ C] iudg another / and all thinges, so gladlie or willinglye / so iudg now once also yourselues. Ah {reversed ;}beloued; doo {reversed ;}I praye you; eauenso: for I haue now geeuē the matier into your owne handes for to iudge.

7. Thus looke well rightlie into yourselues / and then pronounce-fourth {reversed ;}m 1.177 according to the Trueth; the Iudgment or Sentence ouer yourselues / what yee yourselues all are, according to your inward Man: And trulye / when yee once beginne to see

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aright into yourselues / then shall yee for-certē finde in yourselues / that yee are not minded according to God-his Nature or Beeinge · but according to the Nature of a corrupted / and earthlie, consumable, or mortall Man. and that your Woorde and Spirit / and all your Will and Counsell, n 1.178 is out of the Fleash of Sinne / o 1.179 and out of the Lyes of Darknes.

8. For, so longe as yee yeat liue in the p 1.180 Fleash of Sinne / and that yee are not {reversed ;}through the Doc∣trine of the Testimonies of the holie Spirit of the Loue of Iesu Christ; restored · nether prepared to the New Birth in Iesu Christ, in your Spirit and Vnderstandinge / nor yet humble you ther-vnto: and that yee are not q 1.181 taught {reversed ;}with the Admi∣nistration of the gratious Woord vnder the Obe∣dience of the Loue; to the Kingdom of the God of Heauens / or that thesame is not com vnto you {reversed ;}in your Obedience vnto the Woord and Seruice of Loue; r 1.182 in your Spirit: and that yee eauenso direct the Course or Fourth-going of your Life, without the Seruice of the Loue and his Requiring / So is then doubtles, all your Woord / Spirit & Coun∣sell {reversed ;}proceding out of ye Imaginatiō of your Know∣ledge s 1.183; no otherwise minded, but earthlie / diuelish & fleashly: and yee haue not any Sight nor Know∣ledg at-all, of God-his Matiers or Causes / nor of the Kingdom of God / according to the heauenlie Trueth. It is very-true.

The VII. Chap.

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HArken / harken: a 1.184 Holde you still be∣fore [ A] the Seate of Gods Maiestie / O yee Children of Men: and geeue-eare diligent∣lie. For ther cometh now fourth from the∣same Seate, b 1.185 Lightninges / Thonders / and Voy∣ees. Yea eauen-now the Lorde letteth hymself be hearde vpon the Earth: and hee, the highest God {reversed ;}which sitteth vpon his Seate / and liueth for euer and euer c 1.186; speaketh now out of his holie Dwellinge.

2. Haue now therfore a good regarde vnto the articular Vnfoldinge or distinct Definition of the∣same Sounde of the Voyce of the Lorde. For thus saith ye Lorde / or in this maner soundeth his Voice:

3. YOur owne Woorde {reversed ;}O yee Children of Men; is the d 1.187 Lye, which seduceth you.

4. Your owne Vnderstandinge, is the destroy∣ing and corrupt Knowledge: wherthrough yee {reversed ;}in your Iudging; misse the Right and the Trueth: and for that cause beare a false e 1.188 Ballaunce.

5. Your owne forcast or Conceauinge / Will / and Counsell, is the Falshod of your Mind / which begyleth you: in such sort / that your Steppes {reversed ;}by that occasion; cannot be vpright before Mee, saith the Lorde.

6. Your owne Beeing or false Minde of Dark∣nes, is the f 1.189 Kingdom of Hell / to a g 1.190 Dwellinge for all Diuels and false Spirites: wherthrough yee {reversed ;}with Faynednes and Coueringes of shame / and with manie-maner of Selfmindednes; are helde∣captiue h 1.191 or brought in subiection: Yea / so captiued / that it is very painfull and combersom vnto you, to make manifest yourselues {reversed ;}vncoueredlie or nakedlie;

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before the Seate of my glorious Maiestie: and for that cause also, yee obtaine i 1.192 little Lust and Loue to the Kingdom of Heauen [the which is the vpright Beeing and Minde of the euerlasting & k 1.193 vnchaung∣able Light] wherin I (saith the Lorde) l 1.194 liue and dwell, as an eternall and liuinge God.

7. BEholde (saith the Lorde) to liue m 1.195 and [ B] dwell in all your Inwardnes, with this∣same Light and Cleernes / that is my n 1.196 Righteous∣nes / and also the Righteousnes of my godlie King∣dom.* 1.197 But heer-out (saith the Lorde) yee thrust Mee / and keepe Mee off daylie, with your owne Woorde and Will: and bide eauenso with your fleashlie Will, alwayes diueled / and diuelishlie min∣ded: and thinke very little, that I haue loued you so intirelie from the beginninge · o 1.198 and chosen you to an Howse for my Dwelling. To which Glorious∣lordlynes with Mee, yee cannot com / so longe as yee refuse the Obedience of my gratious Woorde / and p 1.199 dispise my Spirit of Loue: and so harken to yourselues / and passe-fourth after the Direction of your owne Iudgment.

8. O Yee Children of Men (saith the Lord) consider and cal-to-mind yet-once, what yee all haue ben thus longe / and yeat are / so long as yee haue hearde and beleeued yourselues: or whylst that yee yeat dailie do heare and beleeue yourselues / and bide q 1.200 e•…•…raunged from my Seruice of Loue and vpright Beeinge.

9. And if yee now desire to come-againe vnto Mee · and to your vpright Beeinge & State / then •…•…eare nor beleeue not yourselues any-lenger: but

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heare and beleeue my r 1.201 Woorde / that {reversed ;}in my Ser∣uice of Loue; floweth-fourth out of my Mouth.

10. Submitt you s 1.202 ther vnder / and doo accord∣ing to my Counsell (saith the Lorde) So shall yee then com to right againe / also enioye my Goodnes / and inherit all my Treasures t 1.203 and Riches.

11. O Yee Children of Men (saith the Lord): [ C] Wherfore will yee thus bide so gladlie by yourselues / seeing yee are alwaies so-much decea∣ued with yourselues? For by yourselues yee finde nothing-els but u 1.204 Lyes and x 1.205 Darknes / wher-tho∣rough yee deuide / intangle / and destroy yourselues.

12. But by Mee / and by my Woord and Ser∣uice of Loue, yee finde the true Beeing of my Dwel∣linge / together with the Trueth / the Wisdome / and all good Counsell, to your Preseruation: also the Light of Life / y 1.206 the louelie Beeing of the Loue / and the euerlasting Life, to your Ioye and Felicitie.

13. Forthatcause {reversed ;}to your Preseruatiō; take now good-heede to the gratious z 1.207 Woord / that I presēt∣lie in thissame Daye {reversed ;}through my holie Spirit and Seruice of Loue; a 1.208 let to be heard / and set-fourth be∣fore you, out of the Tabernacle of my Dwellinge.

14. And eauenso, for my Loues cause (saith the Lorde) wherwith I haue alwayes loued you / b 1.209 for∣sake now yourselues / and all your owne Woorde / Will / and Counsell: and heare and beleeue onlie my Woord / that floweth {reversed ;}out of my holie Spirit and Seruice of Loue; from Mee. For otherwise, yee cannot come to my Dwellinge. [ D]

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Howse of my Dwellinge. namelie / to the Howse of my Loue / wherout I let my d 1.211 Woorde be hearde / and wherin I haue the Seate of my Maiestie.

16. Com now all hether / and (for my Loues cause) e 1.212 forsake whollie Yourselues / or your owne Life / and all what yee yourselues / & for your owne selues cause, haue takēon. And all what is Mine f 1.213 / or what belongeth to Mee / that bringe vnto Mee: and laye it all downe before the g 1.214 Feete of my Ma∣iestie / eauen the Howse of my Loue: and acknow∣ledg, that it is all my h 1.215 Proprietee or Very-owne.

17. WHen yee now haue done all this (saith the Lorde) then plant all your Heartes, in the onlie Heart of my gratious Woorde and ho∣lie Spirit of Loue / To thend that yee all mought be∣com i 1.216 one Heart / Beeing / or Minde, in Mee: and that I likewise {reversed ;}with my gratious Woord and ho∣lie Spirit of Loue; maye eauenso dwell / k 1.217 liue / and walke, in you all.

18. For therto trulie, the Seruice of my Loue stretcheth / which I now in the last time, extende so gratiouslie on you: and eauen therto, I haue also loued and elected you all, O yee Generations of Men / To thend that yee all {reversed ;}through the Seruice of my Loue; mought be assembled againe {reversed ;}in my godlie Beeinge; vnto Mee / and haue Loue and Peace amonge each-other. [ E]

19. Wherfore / seeing now that this is the last Time l 1.218 of Grace / in which (saith the Lorde) I let my Voice go-fourth (to thende that eueryone may com to my Rest) so m 1.219 harden not in anye-case this-daye {reversed ;}in the Hearinge of my Voice;

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your Heartes / that yee bide not with-out this my holie Rest, which is published vnto you / and wher∣vnto yee are courteouslie-bidden: But becom tur∣ned-about thervnto in your Hearte and Minde / and, for to enter into thesame / so gather you now all together vnto my Howse of Loue / and to my holie Tabernacle or Man of God n 1.220 / wherin I {reversed ;}as a glorious God; with my perfect God head {reversed ;}as with my Christ, at my right Hande / and with my holie Spirit of Loue, my true Beeinge; do liue / dwell / and walke: and wherin wee {reversed ;}as one true Deitie; haue reuealed and o 1.221 glorified Vs / To thend that yee all now, may becom consubstantiated or conforma∣blie-vnited {reversed ;}as one Man of God; in Mee / and in∣herit my Rest, with all the Children of God.

20. For verelie I saie vnto you (saith the Lorde) Whosoeuer now in thissame Daie of my Loue, as∣sembleth him not to my Howse / nor becometh {reversed ;}with his Heart; graffed p 1.222 or planted into my Heart / He shall not enter into my q 1.223 Rest / nor yet for-euermore inherit ne inhabit with my Children of Peace, the worthie pleasant Lande / which I haue promised vn∣to them / and r 1.224 prepared for them, from the Begin∣inge of the World: nether yet obtaine {reversed ;}ether in this time / or in any time to com; any Grace of Saluati∣on / Life of Peace / nor true Loue: nor yet becō s 1.225 one Beeinge, with my godlie Nature: but all Such {reversed ;}which so bide with-out Mee / and my holie Howse or Communialtie of Loue; shall be t 1.226 scattered-abrode and brought to confusion · and bounde {reversed ;}u 1.227 with the Bandes of Darknes; in the horrible Destruction. and so bide x 1.228 estraunged from the Light of my loue∣lie

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Face, for euer and euer.

21. O Yee Children of Men (saith the Lorde) [ F] Harden y 1.229 not in anycase your Heartes, in the Hearing of the Voice of my Spirit, in the Ser∣uice of my Loue: but com now all to this my z 1.230 Foun∣taine of Life: and refreash a 1.231 your Heart and Minde in thesame / and in her outflowinge Waters: For thesame Waters which flowe therout, b 1.232 are my safe∣makinge Waters of Life / to the Satisfyinge of all thirstie Soules after the Righteousnes: and those∣same are also to the Health of all them that drinke therof.

22. O how louelie is my Fountaine / and how sweete are my Waters, which flowe-fourth ther∣out. namelie / vnto all them that loue Mee / and vn∣derstand, c 1.233 that I am frindlie! Therfore d 1.234 come now all vnto Mee / saith the Lorde.

23. Leaue now the Frindshippe of the wick∣ed Worlde {reversed ;}e 1.235 which is an vtter Enymitie vnto God · and full of all maner of Iniquitie; and make your Frindshippe with Mee. For I am in no case churlish / f 1.236 cruell / horrible nor destroyinge / like as the wicked Worlde is: but I am louelie / grati∣ous / peaceable / and benefitiall / or safe-making / To thende that my Dominion maye eauenso {reversed ;}through my louelie and vpright Righteousnes; increase itself or g 1.237 becom great, now h 1.238 in the last time. and that ther be no Ende of the Peace, from this time fourth for euerm•…•…re / To thende that I maye doo eauenso, that i 1.239 which is right, on the Earth: and execute Righteousnes, amonge the People. For all Hea∣then {reversed ;}which turne their Heartes vnto God;k 1.240 attend

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on these my Institutions / which com-fourth out of the Seruice of my Loue / saith the Lorde.

The VIII. Chap.

BEholde and consider / and haue a [ A] good regarde heeron {reversed ;}O yee beloued and goodwillinge Heartes; what an Hearte / Lust / and Louea 1.241, God hath turned or borne towardes vs all / for to ridde and leade vs all, now in these last b 1.242 perrelous times {reversed ;}through his Seruice of Loue; out of the Abhominations of the peruerse Worlde: and so to bringe vs {reversed ;}with our will; to the Maiestie c 1.243 of his Glorie / To thend that wee should now in the last time {reversed ;}through his Loue / and through the d 1.244 Mediatour, his Christ; becom surelie saued · liue e 1.245 {reversed ;}alwaies and for euer; vprightlie / louelie / and peaceablie {reversed ;}in thesame Godhead; with each-other · and so f 1.246 inhabit the World {reversed ;}accordinge to the Pro∣mises of God the Father; in Righteousnes, for euermore.

2. Therfore [namelie / for thissame Loues cause, which g 1.247 God is extendinge so gratiouslie on vs] turne now your Loue likewise to thesame God of Life / and h 1.248 submitt you all vnder the Obedience of his Loue.

3. O Yee Deerlie-beloued (yee all {reversed ;}meane I; which saye and professe that yee loue the Trueth) stande in feare before the great glorious God / and applie you not to anye other thinge, then that which is according to his Will. esteeme right∣reuerc•…•…tlie i 1.249 his Woorde. haue a singuler regarde

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to the Lawe of his Doctrine: and {reversed ;}with whole Heart; respect well thissame proffered k 1.250 Grace / which {reversed ;}through the gratious Woord of the Lorde; becometh expressed or heald-fourth before you, vn∣der the Obedience of his Loue. [ B]

4. Which Woord of Grace and Life, God hath geeuen in my Mouth · l 1.251 writen thesame {reversed ;}together with the Lawe of his Commaundementes; in my Heart Minde and Thoughtes · and chosen Mee to be his Minister / for to administer now in the last time {reversed ;}vnder the Obedience of his Loue; m 1.252 the∣same gratious Woorde / to declare his Trueth / and to sett-vpp his most-holie Seruice of Loue, tho∣rough the Beleefe / n 1.253 To thende that the whole Worlde may becom full of the Glorie of God / ac∣cordinge to the Promises.

5. FOr-that-cause com now all hether / and re∣fuse not the Lorde: but geeue-ouer your∣selues / and all what yee haue {reversed ;}o 1.254 that is the Lordes; goodwillinglie vnto the Lorde and his Woorde, to your Preseruation. Com now all / and laye∣downe yourselues / and all what belongeth vnto the Lorde, before the Seate of his Maiestie.

6. Respect well now thissame p 1.255 Time of Grace / er-euer the q 1.256 Wrath of God / and his Indignation, fall vpon all Vngodlie: and haue a diligent regarde in-time, what the Seruice of Loue requireth.

7. HOwbeit / if yee do r 1.257 refuse thissame Loue of God the Father: and with-holde from the Lorde, that which belongeth vnto him: not feare thesame glorious God: cast his Woorde / Lawe / & Will s 1.258 behinde you: not regarde the heartie Mer∣cyfulnes

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of his Loue, which hee sheweth so liberallie on vs: forsake the Communialtie of Holyons vnder the Obedience of the Loue / and refuse to assemble you vnto thesame: and eauenso cleaue much-rather with the Vngodlie, vnto the wicked World: becom puffed-vp in pompe / and lightminded of Heart: and eauenso followe-after {reversed ;}accordinge to your Lustes and Goodthinkinge; your owne Freedom / t 1.259 Will / and Counsell / So will God then also turne-away his Loue from you. and not let you tast the louelie Beeing of his Loue (which Hee now in the u 1.260 last time, bringeth vnto his elected Holyones {reversed ;}which submitt them vnder his Loue; to an eternall x 1.261 Rest of the Godlines) nor inherit thesame for euermore: but yee shall y 1.262 dye in your Sinnes / and beforced to beare your Condemnation z 1.263 and Punishment, more then the Children of the peruerse or wicked World / to whom this Grace hath not ben proffered.

8. Yee shall likewise dailie {reversed ;}the longer the more; [ C] waxe-blinded a 1.264 from the Waye of Life: becom in∣corporated to the wicked and malitious Beeinge of the Vngodlie: and ende your Dayes and Time, in Vngodlynes: and eauenso, the Number of your Yeares shall then perish or waste-awaye, with the Vngodlie: and your Ende shall be b 1.265 horrible.

9. For like as it shall go with all Vngodlie / ea∣uenso shall yee also becom c 1.266 rooted-out {reversed ;}in Indig∣nation; from the Lande of the Liuinge · and con∣demned in the d 1.267 Fire of Hell. And I {reversed ;}which am the Lordes; cannot likewise {reversed ;}of the holie Natures-part of my God; be moued with any Remorse of Pitie or Compassion towardes you.

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10. For that be farre from the Minde of my Soule / that I should sett myne Affectiō of ye Loue, towardes any such as loue not God nor his Lawe. but bide by their e 1.268 owne Knowledg / and are vngod∣lie of Will: Be hee then what hee is, Frinde / or Straunger.

11. But f 1.269 blessed are they to the Lorde / and belo∣ued in my Heart, which feare the Lorde: also cleaue obedientlie {reversed ;}in the Seruice of Loue; with humble Heartes, vnto the holie Woorde of the Spirit of Loue / and are godlie of Will. Yea / my Minde standeth goodwilling towardes all Such / eauen to all Grace and Mercie: Be hee then what hee is, Frinde / or Straunger.

The IX. Chap.

BVt now / if {reversed ;}happelie; certen of the [ A] goodwillinge Heartes to the Loue, shoulde take these our fore-spoken Sayinges, som∣what heauelie or greeuouslie to minde / and saye ther vpon: Because wee are not altogether per∣fect, Yee / nor the Lorde, haue not {reversed ;}peraduenture; a∣nye Good-pleasure in vs: and wee shall also {reversed ;}possi∣blie; for our Imperfections cause (seeinge that wee yeat daylie stumble / fall / and sinne very-much) pe∣rish with the wicked Worlde and all Vngodlie.

2. O Yee Beloued / and all yee goodwillinge Heartes, which are goodwillinge to the Obedience of the Witnessinges of the holie Spirit of Loue / but are yeat to younge a 1.270 and to weake, to enter into the Perfection: These forespoken sharpe

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Sayinges / Reproouinges / and Punishmentes, are not spoken to such as humble themselues obedi∣entlie to the gratious Woorde and his Seruice of Loue / for to doo the Lord-his Will: nor yet to the Good-willingones vnto the same Obedience b 1.271 (al∣though they are yeat younge and weake, in the Ac∣complishing of the Perfectiō): but to the Euel-wil∣ling / and to all them that {reversed ;}with peruerse c 1.272 Though∣tes and false or deceitfull Intentes; enter-in so fals∣lie d 1.273 besydes vs / and meane or purpose in no wise the Loue. but in all, themselues: and eauenso {reversed ;}with their e 1.274 malitious Heartes and peruerse Thoughtes; fal-awaye againe from vs: also sclaunder or f 1.275 blas∣pheame the holie Woord and our vpright and god∣lie Seruice of the Loue: and so spewe-fourth their Falshod {reversed ;}with many Lyes; ouer vs.

3. Beholde / ouer this g 1.276 wicked and venemous Nature, passeth-fourth the Iudgment of God h 1.277 and his Punishment, to the Condemnation of the same wicked Nature.

4. FOr that cause {reversed ;}O yee goodwilling Hartes; [ B] sett-apart such Thoughtes (as that God and the Spirit of his Loue / or his Holyones, should not {reversed ;}for your Weaknes cause; haue any Good-ple∣sure in you) in anye-case farre from you: but re∣member (as it is also very-true) and looke into the same accordinge to the Trueth / that the Grace of God the Father / and the Mercyfulnes of his Loue, preuayleth or taketh-in the Preheminence i 1.278 aboun∣dantlie, by or in the Beleeuers of the Woorde: and that God and the Spirit of his Loue, is k 1.279 Longsuf∣feringe towardes all Good-wyllingones, which

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humble them vnder the Obedience of his Loue: al∣so l 1.280 beareth them in all their Weaknes: and m 1.281 for∣geeueth daylye all their Synnes / To thende that they should eauenso enioy his Comfort · and growe∣vpp {reversed ;}with cheerfull Heartes or good Courraige; so∣much the goodwillinger in the Obedience n 1.282 of the gratious Woorde / and so go-on or prease-fourth vnto o 1.283 the Perfection.

5. For consider and looke-into it once aright: If the Sinne {reversed ;}whil•…•…t it was yeat night; haue p 1.284 preuay∣led in vs: How much more then shall the Grace and Mercie of God, to the obtayninge of the Righte∣ousnes (Seeinge that now {reversed ;}to the Saluation of Men; q 1.285 the Daye, against the Night / and the Loue with her safe-makinge Seruice, against the Sinne and Condemnatiō, is entred-in) preuaile or take the preheminence ouer vs? namelie / ouer all them that are r 1.286 good of will / and that submitt / or whollie geue∣ouer themselues, with all their Heart {reversed ;}for to be s 1.287 o∣bedient vnto the holie Woorde; vnder the Loue: and expresse eauenso {reversed ;}in the Geeuinge-ouer of their Heart; that they haue not any Will to the t 1.288 Sinne or that which is u 1.289 vnright / nor yet to the x 1.290 Darknes∣ses of the wicked Worlde: but haue turned all their Lust to the Righteousnes / for to y 1.291 walke vprightlie {reversed ;}with the Communialtie of the Loue; in the Light of ye louelie Beeing of God. For God hath no plea∣sure z 1.292 in the Perishing of Sinners: but his Pleasure is, that they should all conuert vnto Him / a 1.293 repent them for their Sinnes / & liue in his Righteousnes.

6. FOr-that-cause / O yee Feeble-minded of [ C] Heart / and all yee Infirme or Weake,

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which loue the vpright Life / Permitt not anye euell Surmysinges to take-effect in you / nor yet geeue∣place to the Vnbeleef / wherby you mought be plue∣ked-away from the God of Life / and frō the Howse or Communialtie of the Holyones of his Loue: but in all thinges wherin your Memorie or Vnder∣standing mought chaunce to be mooued, applye al∣waies b 1.294 your Mindes and Thoughtes, to the In∣struction of the Wisedome / and to the Doctrine of the holie Vnderstanding of the Spirit of Loue: and submit c 1.295 eauenso your whole Memorie or Vnder∣standinge / with all your Mindes and Thoughtes, to the Vertues of the Godlines / for to followe-after thesame, in all Obedience of the holie Woord / and to becom olde d 1.296 and vnderstandinge therin / To the∣ende that yee {reversed ;}in the Youngnes of your Vnderstā∣dinge; seduce or deceaue not yourselues, with any straunge and e 1.297 vnprofitable Thoughtes.

7. But yee shall alwayes {reversed ;}in your Youngnes & Weaknes let the Geeuing-ouer of your Heart / or your Goodwillingnes to the Loue / and to the Obe∣dience of the Requiring of her Seruice, f 1.298 appeere or becom expressed, before the g 1.299 Elders of the holie Vn∣derstanding in the Testimonies of the holie Spirit of Loue. and not {reversed ;}at the first; the Perfection. For verely / it is not in your power, at the first {reversed ;}in the time of your Youngnes and Weaknes; to bring∣fourth the Perfection.

The X. Chap.

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SEcue diligent eare heerto / and vn∣derstand [ A] well the Woordes of my Voice / O yee Nouises in our hol•…•…e Communial∣tie or Famelie of Loue {reversed ;}wherin God him∣self dwelleth and walketh; and yee all which are yeat younge a 1.300 in the holie Vnderstandinge · and weake in the Accomplishinge of the vpright Righteousnes: Consider and note once aright, which is your first Schoole-rule / or the Beginninge of the christian Doctrine, in our vpright Seruice of the godly Loue. Namely / that yee first-of-all, turne you about from the b 1.301 Iniquitie / and from all vngodlie Beeing: vt∣terlie forsake all the c 1.302 Abhominations of the wicked World: and {reversed ;}with all your Heart; d 1.303 depart ther∣from: and eauenso, humble and whollie geeue-ouer your-selues vnder e 1.304 the Obedience of the Loue / for to becom as singleminded f 1.305 and obedient Children / by whom no Deceit / nor anye Lust or Will vnto subtiltie or craftynes / nor any Fainednes or Dub∣blenes of Heart / nor-yet any Vnfaithfulnes, is to be founde: but which daylie {reversed ;}in the g 1.306 Departinge from the Iniquitie / and in the Increasinge h 1.307 or Growinge-vpp in the good Beeinge of the Loue; make-manifest themselues, with naked or vncouered Heartes, before the Seate of the Maiestie i 1.308 of God. and eauenso {reversed ;}in the Confessinge of their Sinnes; sigh k 1.309 and complaine ouer all their pernitious or cor∣rupt Nature and wicked Lustes and Thoughtes, which make-vpp themselues in them / and whertho∣rough also they yeat somtimes stumble and fall.

2. Beholde {reversed ;}yee Deerlie-beloued; enter first into thissame small l 1.310 Waye: For thesame bringeth or

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reacheth to the Perfection.

3. VErelie / to such goodwillinge Heartes / [ B] which enter eauenso {reversed ;}accordinge to the Trueth; into thesame small m 1.311 Waye, that leadeth vnto Life: and to all such as applie them thervnto, God hath n 1.312 a Good-pleasure: and the Spirit of my Minde standeth also inclined {reversed ;}to all Goodnes and Mercie; ouer those-same / Because they do {reversed ;}in such an humble Submission; plainlie expresse, that they feare God: o 1.313 hate the Iniquitie with her euell Af∣fectes or Inclination / and {reversed ;}against those-same; are good p 1.314 of will towardes God & his q 1.315 Righteousnes.

4. But wheare as now such a good Will and Geeuing-ouer of the Heart, is not found / in those I haue no Confidence, that they meane or purpose in any-wise the true Loue: nor yet that they haue any Lust or Will, to liue in the good Beeinge of God: nether-yet also that the vpright Loue and Trueth, is sought / loued or desired by them.

5. For all Such, as haue not any good Will / Lust / nor Desire, to the good Beeinge of God (but liue according to their owne Selfmindednes / r 1.316 and according to the Sensualitie / Will and Pleasure of their Fleash) nor yet desire to enter obedientlie, into the singlemynded good Will, s 1.317 accordinge to the Pleasure of God / and the Requiring of his Worde and Seruice of Loue (in which Seruice, all Coue∣ringes and Bewitchinges of the Heart / and all Darknesses and earthlie lyinge Mindes, become layed-off t 1.318 or are put-away) ne-yet to be brought, out of the earthlie, lying, and couered Beeing / to the Beholding of the vncouered Face of God & Christ,

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in the Spirit: nor to God-his u 1.319 Hill of the heauenly Sanctuarie: nor to the x 1.320 mostholie Illuminatinge from an High ؛the most-soueraigne y 1.321 Maiestie of God{punctel} / Thosesame are not meete, to enter into Gods Sanctuarie / nor to liue in his good Beeinge.

6. All such then (as is aforesaide) that haue not any minde heervnto: but z 1.322 refuse thissame Grace and Loue of God the Father {reversed ;}which is appeered / louinglye-graunted / and also brought, vnto Vs Littleones / and God-his Elect, out of many Thow sandes in this World; and dispise thesame / or make vpp themselues ther-against / Those cannot I ve∣relie, account or esteeme for anye Communialtie of Loue / nor for any Holyones of God or Christ / nor yet for any such as haue any Good in their minde.

7. All such Vnbeleeuers and Resisters of the [ C] Loue and her Seruice, may be right-easelie knowne by a 1.323 their wicked Deedes and Inclination. For such false Heartes (let them cloke or hide themselues how they will) do all make themselues b 1.324 manifest, that they all {reversed ;}against the Trueth / and against the Spirit or Mind of the supreame God; are or stand, with the peruerse Worlde {reversed ;}which is worthie of the Fire of c 1.325 Hell / and of the euerlasting Condemnation: altogether earthlie and d 1.326 diuelishlie minded. They will also {reversed ;}with their earthlie Vnderstandinge / and fleashlie Minde; alwayes surmount or beare-sway aboue the Wisedom of the Loue.

8 AH / Consider yet-once {reversed ;}yee Beloued; whether that it accorded-well or were consonant, that the Heauen should lye vnder / or on the lowest place · and the Earth driue or lie-swaying therouer.

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Verelie / much-lesse accordeth it / or it is farre more absurde, that God-his Minde of the e 1.327 heauenlie Trueth / the holie Vnderstandinge / and the Wise∣dome or the Beeinge of the godlie Loue, should lye beneath / or {reversed ;}as depressed; al-vnder · and ye Mindes of the earthlie and diuelish Lyingnes / and the Self∣will of the earthlie Man / with the Wisdome of the Fleash, raigne or beare-sway therouer.

9. Therfore be now ashamed {reversed ;}O yee Children of the Fleash / which presentlie are so f 1.328 goodthinking∣wise; that your Heartes / Will / and Thoughtes, stande so g 1.329 peruerslie minded against the God of Life and his Trueth / and against the Requiringe and Ordinaunce of his Seruice of Loue: and that yee will alwayes {reversed ;}with your Knowledge and fleashlie Mindes; beare-swaye aboue the holie Spirit of Loue and his godlie Testimonies · and {reversed ;}according to the Imagination of your Knowledge; raigne o∣uer his Wisdome.

10. OH / I cannot wonder sufficientlie, at [ D] thissame Blindnes of Men (which not∣withstandinge {reversed ;}through the false h 1.330 Light; looke so highlie or are so farre seeinge, in their Knowledge). and especiallie / that the Man is {reversed ;}in all; so i 1.331 voide of vnderstanding / that hee alwayes {reversed ;}according to the Insight of his Knowledge; cleaueth-vnto and lo∣ueth the Basest, for the Best / the Vnpurest, for the Bewtifullest / the Consumeable, for the Euerlasting / and the Earthlie, for {reversed ;}or insteed-of; the Heauenlie.

11. O ignorant & blockish earthlie Man! How grose art thou become of Vnderstanding / that thou •…•… like Esau; sellest or geeuest-ouer thy k 1.332 Birth-right,

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for any-thinge wherafter thou sufferest thee to lust: and eauenso losest the Blessinge of Isaac / and the Inheritaunce of the heauenlie Bewtie?

12. Yea / ther is yeat one thinge, that maketh mee exceedinglie and much-more to wonder. namelie / that manye good-thinkinge Spirites or earthlye Men, are now waxen so presumpteous-bolde / and arrogant of Heart / that they {reversed ;}with a fleashlie l 1.333 and wicked Nature / and lying Beeinge / and with their vnrenewed or vngodded Heartes; busie themselues or take vpon them, m 1.334 to iudge the godlie Matiers / and the Sentences of the holie Scriptures.

13. PHy on thee {reversed ;}thou wicked Nature of the earthlie Man; which art so impudent or arrogant, that thou sparest not {reversed ;}with thy earthlie Knowledge; to sett thy-self n 1.335 to Iudgment / for to geeue-sentence of the godlie Matiers: and dost not {reversed ;}first-of-all; iudge thyself / and what thou art.

14. If therfore thou ceasse not from thy wicked Workes / and from thy Iudging of God-his Ma∣tiers (which doubtles thou o 1.336 vnderstandest not / and forthatcause also iudgest those-same falslie) nor yet beare anye Sorrowe for thesame / nor p 1.337 repent thee therof: but bide boldlie by thy false Iudgmentes / So will then verelie the Woord of the Cursse (yea all the q 1.338 Cursses which stande writen in the Booke of the Lawe of the Lorde) proceede and be executed against thee, now in thissame Daye of the Loue of the righteous Iudgmēt of God / to thy vtter Roo∣ting-out and r 1.339 eternall Condemnation.

The XI. Chap.

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•…•…Thou false a 1.340 Seede / thou adoulte∣rous [ A] Generation of the earthlie Man: Thou which hast inhabited the Earth, with Vnrighteousnes · iudged it falslie, with thy Lyes · b 1.341 seduced the Simple · oppressed the Littleones · murdered the Holyones of God · and spilt or shead the vngiltie & innocent or simple Bloud, vpon the Earth / Looke to it, what will now com vpon thee: and how that the Day of thy c 1.342 Re∣wardinge {reversed ;}wherin all thy Wickednes shall be re∣compensed thee; is d 1.343 harde-at-hande / yea, euen in the Doore.

2. Yea / all the Destruction that is fore-spoken (according to the mentioninge of the Scriptures) to com vpō thee / will now {reversed ;}in thissame Day; e 1.344 with much Calamitie / Angwish and Smart, fall vpon thee. And I HN {reversed ;}on the behalfe of all the Holy∣ones of God and Christ / which thou hast f 1.345 murdered without iust cause, eauen from the Beginning vntill thissame Day; will also waige the Lawe with thee: and paint-out or figure-fourth thy Wicked-actes, before thine Eyes.

3. Yea / I will {reversed ;}with the Power of my God; be vpon thy necke: also require g 1.346 at thy hande, the Bloud of all the Innocent or Vngiltie: and tra∣uerse the matier or waige the Lawe with thee, whe∣ther thy cause be right or wronge / before the true Iudgment of my God.

4. I will not ceasse nor keepe-scilence {reversed ;}through [ B] the Spirit of Iesu Christ my Sauiour; before the Iudgment of God h 1.347 / and the Iudgment-seate of Christ {reversed ;}with i 1.348 Accusation against thee, for all thy

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Vnrighteousnes and Falshod; vntill such time as thy Dominion be brought-downe · thy Memoriall vtterlie k 1.349 rootedout from the Earth · and thy Por∣tion had for thee, in the l 1.350 Bottomles-pitt / which is prepared for Thee and all wicked Spirites.

5. Yea / from hence-fourth, in the Brekinge-tho∣rowe of this Daie of the Loue {reversed ;}which Day is the tocominge m 1.351 Immortalitie; nether thy Ware or Marchandice / nor yet thy deadlie Venim, out of the false Selfwisdom of the Fleash {reversed ;}wherwith thou hast vsed and practised thy Deceit vpon the Earth / and forne so longe thy Dominion; shall be n 1.352 of va∣lue anye-more.

6. For now in thissame Da•…•…e {reversed ;}O thou deceitfull Seede; thou shalt becom taken-awaie or o 1.353 rooted∣out from the Earth / and buryed in the p 1.354 Hell: where thy Death / and the Burninge of thy Condemnati∣on, shall q 1.355 endure for euer and euer: the which is thy Portion and thine Inheritaunce.

7. O Thou Broode r 1.356 of the venemous Dra∣gon (yea, of the Deuell / and of the earth∣lie lyinge Generation) which art begotten of the Seede of the Serpent and viperous Generation / and hast alwaies ben a false and wicked s 1.357 Whoore, vpon the Earth: Ah / com now fourth / and let it ap∣peere before the righteous Iudgment of God / wher in thou of rightes-part, shouldest execute the Iudg∣ment / and beare the Dominion or haue the prehemi∣nence, on the Earth.

8. Beholde / I geeue thee to vnderstande / and protest against thee, before the Iudgment of God / that all thy Matiers / Iudgmēt / and Affaires, are

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•…•…tterlie vnright / or that thou errest greatlie in them all: and hast alwaies dealt {reversed ;}as an t 1.358 adoulterous Harlot; falslie and vnfaithfullie, vpon the Earth.

9. If-case now thou haue right in thy cause / then [ C] iustifie or cleere thyself now, before the Righteous∣nes of Christ & his Holyones. Therfore com now & appeere by the u 1.359 Light of Loue / or by the Daye of Christ / and beholde thyself once {reversed ;}by the Light; how defiled thou art with thy x 1.360 Whordom: and whe∣ther also ther be any Right or Equitie by thee, con∣formable to the vpright Being of ye Bride of Christ.

10. Com-on now / and let mee heare & see / Whe∣ther thou art able to excuse or cleere thyself by any∣meanes, that thou hast right in thy cause · or anye Inheritaūce with Christ / ether Conformitie with the holie y 1.361 Church or Bride of Christ. But what shall be the sequell / Trulie thou z 1.362 thyself shalt not choose but acknowledg by the Light / that thou art false · and a meere Straunger vnto Christ and his Church: and that thou likewise hast iudged falslie, in all thy Iudgment · and alwayes dealt or walk∣ed wickedlie: that thou also art worthie a 1.363 of the e∣uerlasting Condemnation / and that it appertaineth or belongeth not vnto thee, to haue or beare anye Dominion vpon the Earth.

11. But if thou refuse to com by the Light / and wilt yet notwithstāding excuse or go-about to cleere thyself, before all Eyes of the Fleash b 1.364 / as-though thou haddest right in thy cause / and maintaine that thou art the c 1.365 Bride or Church of Christ: and that thou hast not dealt as an adoulterous Whore · but faithfullie, as an vpright Maried-wife / So will I

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then, out of my Ielousie which I beare ouer thee (O thou false Nature d 1.366 / thou lying and vnfaithfull earthlie Man / which art consubstantiated / or an in∣corporated Bodie, with the Antichrist) cause thee to appeere before the Priestes or Elders of the holie Vnderstandinge: and make thee to drinke-out {reversed ;}ac∣cording to the Lawe of the Lord; e 1.367 this Cupp of the bitter curssed Water of my Ielousie: yea / f 1.368 thesame shalt thou be constrained to drinke / To thende that it may eauenso therby becom manifest and knowen, Whether thou art an adoulterous Whoore / or the vpright & faithfull Maried-wife of ye Man Christ. [ D]

12. For verelie / li•…•…e as the Ielousie of an Hus∣bande standeth ouer his Wife / that shee dealeth not faithfullie / but as an adoulterous Whoore / Eauē∣so standeth also my Ielousie ouer thee, thou earth∣lie Man {reversed ;}which wilt g 1.369 be the Espoused-wife of the Man Christ / or vauntest and geeuest-fourth thy∣self for thesame; and also ouer all such / as {reversed ;}with the Spirit of the earthlie and h 1.370 diuelish Beeing; bost them to be the Maried-wife of Christ / or of his Spirit of Loue.

13. FOr-that-cause / if thou now account not thy self, for an Whoore: but esteemes•…•… thee for the faithfull Espoused-wife of Christ: and that my ielous Conceauing cannot stand otherwise towardes thee, but that thou art a presumpteous Whoore / which dissembleth or playeth-the-hipo∣crite with Christ / and coueredly i 1.371 committeth-whor∣dom: & yet neuerthelesse wilt be iudged, as a faith∣full Espoused-wife of Christ / So shalt thou then presentlie, be constrained to drinke this bitter k 1.372 curss∣ed

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Water of my Ielousie · and to beare the Curss∣inge of an adoulterous Whoore / or of an vnfaith∣full Wife.

14. But if now thou be faithfull / and the vpright Espoused-wife of Christ / thē feare not to drinke these bitter Waters, for any Destructiō that can chaunce vnto thee therout / or endamaige thee therby. For the vpright Maried-wyfe or Bryde of the Man Christ [namelie / the faithfull l 1.373 Communialtie of the Holyones of God / or the Fellowe-members of Christ] hath ben constrayned in times-past {reversed ;}by her Aduersaries; to drinke such-like: and the bitter Wa∣ters haue not hurt or endamaiged Her.

15. But trulie, as for thee {reversed ;}O thou corrupt Na∣ture of the earthlie Man; thou shalt in thy vaine∣glorious Bosting {reversed ;}that thou art the right Espoused∣wife of Christ; he found a Lyer · and as a wicked, mischeuous, and m 1.374 false Whoore: and, through these bitter curssed Waters, thy Hippes or Thighes shall rot / and thy n 1.375 Wombe breake: and so shalt thou then becom made-manifest in thy whoorish Nature.

The XII. Chap.

BEHolde / Heer-to thou must needes [ A] com / and it shall now also fall vpon thee / O thou vnfaithfull Seede / a 1.376 thou earthlie and lying Man / which hast at all tymes dealt or behaued-thee hypocritically and b 1.377 falselie, against God the Father {reversed ;}by his Seruice of ye Lawe; against Christ, the Sauiour {reversed ;}by his Seruice of the Beleef; and against the Holie-gost {reversed ;}by his Seruice

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of the Loue;. and eauenso vaunted or geeuen-fourth thyself, to be the Communiastie of Holyones / or c 1.378 the Coioyned-bodye of the Bodye of Christ, a•…•…-ouer the vniuersall Earth. But thou shalt presentlie be for∣ced to beare thy iust Sentence-of-iudgment & Ac∣cusation / As that thou art false / and {reversed ;}against the pure d 1.379 Bryde / Church / or Coioyned-bodie of Christ; a poluted or e 1.380 defiled Whoore: and that thou art worthie of the eternall Condemnation f 1.381 and Fire of Hell.

2. And although thou woldest neuer-so-faine co∣uer thee, with thy Hipocrisie · and geeue-fourth thy self {reversed ;}in this Daye of the Loue; as faithfull and vp∣right / yet shalt thou not be able so to do. For heere auaileth now no-lenger any Hipocrisie or Couered∣nes: nether-yet likewise shall anyman knowe how to couer himself, before thissame Light of the Loue: but they must all now becom g 1.382 apparantlie-mani∣fested {reversed ;}euen thesame that they are; by thesame Light.

3. WHosoeuer now therfore is earthlie min∣ded [ B] / false and couered of heart / and de∣sireth to continew therin / His Nature shall now right-soone bee seene or perceaued. For the Light of this Daie, h 1.383 shineth now so perfect-bright & cleere / that no Vngodlie / nor any Hipocrites or false Hear tes (let them thē holde themselues so presumpteous on their false Righteousnes, as they will) shall a∣ny-way be able i 1.384 to endure or bide-standinge, in thissame Daie of the righteous Iudgment of God.

4. But / whosoeuer is heauenlie minded / and vp∣right of heart: humbleth himself {reversed ;}with a goodwil∣ling Heart; vnder the Loue and her Seruice: who•…•…∣lie

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geeueth-ouer himself, vnder the Maiestie of God: and cauenso {reversed ;}without any peruerse k 1.385 Thoughtes; loueth the vpright and godlie Beeinge / By such-a∣one thesame shall likewise certenlie appeere / and {reversed ;}in ye Expressing of his Deede; be verie-well perceaued.

5. For to those-same vpright Heartes {reversed ;}which walke l 1.386 obedientlie, in the Doctrine of the gratious Woord and Seruice of Loue / and shewe all Faith∣fulnes thervnto; it is graunted to vnderstād in their Spirit {reversed ;}accordinge to the heauenlie Trueth of the vpright Beeinge; m 1.387 the Misterie of the Kingdom of the God of Heauens: wherthrough they make-ma∣nifest the Powers of the Holie-gost / and the Testi∣monies of his liuinge Waters / n 1.388 which flowe {reversed ;}at that time; from the Bodie of their Spirit / and reach •…•…auen vnto the euerlasting Life.

6. But the Straungers {reversed ;}which walke with-out the Famelie of Loue / or deale falslie therwith; o 1.389 tast not the louelie Beeing of the spirituall and heauenlie Goods. For they vnderstand nor p 1.390 knowe not the∣same any otherwise, but according to an earthly and fleashlie Beeinge: For earthlie and fleashlie are •…•…ll their Mindes and Thoughtes.

7. BVt {reversed ;}alas; this cannot an earthlie Man [ C] {reversed ;}which trulie is alwayes nothinge q 1.391 but fleashlie minded; comprehend nor vnderstand: yet will hee neuerthelesse alwayes go-on, with his ly∣inge, earthlie, and fleashlie Mindes / and iudge ea∣uenso the spirituall and heauenlie Vnderstandinges therout. For-that-cause hee cannot haue any Lust nor beare any Loue, towardes the True / Spiritu∣all / and Heauenlie. but well, towardes the Lyinge /

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Earthlie / and Fleashlie: wherout hee likewise (as it is right-well to be perceaued) bringeth-fourth no∣thing-els, but the r 1.392 Woorkes of the Fleash and of the lyinge Beeinge.

8. But a spirituall Man s 1.393 is clothed with the Spirit of God and the Trueth: For that cause hee is also according to the Trueth, spirituallie minded. His Fourth-goinge and the Lust of his Woorkes, is {reversed ;}in all; to the t 1.394 Fruites of the holie Gost / for to bringe-fourth thosesame out of the Spirit of God / and so to publish or declare-fourth the Kingdom of God / and his Righteousnes.

9. For hee knoweth {reversed ;}out of the secreat Misterie of the Kingdom of God; how to discerne and dis∣tinct the spirituall Goods, according to the heauen∣lie Trueth / or holie u 1.395 Vnderstandinge: to-weet / that hee sheweth & declareth an expresse Difference, be∣twixt the x 1.396 Earthlie / and the Heauenlie / and betwixt the Lying / and the True: the which, to all earthlie vnregenerated Men {reversed ;}with all their Industrie and Prudentie; is a thinge y 1.397 vnpossible.

The XIII. Chap.

SEeing now that Gods Wonder∣ful-woorkes / [ A] the Spirit of his Power / & the a 1.398 Misterie of his Kingdom of Heauen, is b 1.399 knowen and vnderstanded, onlie of the heauenlie & spirituall Man / So hath not an earth∣lie and fleashlie Man {reversed ;}out of his naturall & scripture learned Vnderstandinge; anye Sight nor Know∣ledg c 1.400 at-all therof: Yea / hee is so vtterlie voide of

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thesame, that hee cannot vnderstande the smallest Title therof · much-lesse thē, expound or interpreate thesame {reversed ;}according to the Trueth; vnto an other.

2. But hee may well heare witnessed therof {reversed ;}ac∣cordinge to ye manlie maner; through the seruice∣able or writen Woorde / and also speake-fourth thesame againe afterwardes. but through himself / or out of his owne Vnderstanding, hee d 1.401 vnderstan∣deth not anythinge at-all of thesame, accordinge to the Trueth: but it is all couered and e 1.402 secreat before him / or in Similitudes / Images / Figures / and Parables. For that cause, hee cannot likewise {reversed ;}out of his owne Wisdom; once conceaue / nor f 1.403 compre∣hend in his Knowledge, what thesame {reversed ;}accordinge to the Trueth; is, in the godlie Beeinge.

3. If hee therfore will iudge / speake-fourth / and [ B] interprete anythinge therof, according to the Ima∣ginatiō of his owne Knowledg / So is it all {reversed ;}doubt∣les; false and Lyes, what hee both conceaueth and also speaketh therof. wherout it becometh knowen, that a fleashlie Man {reversed ;}out of his naturall Vnder∣standing; g 1.404 knoweth not anything at-all of the Spi∣rit of God: and that it is all Foolishnes, what hee iudgeth or speaketh therof.

4. Verelie / therfore they all do erre very much / that iudge, according to their Vnderstandinge {reversed ;}out of the earthlie Beeinge / or out of the Fleash or Let∣ter; God-his Trueth {reversed ;}which is heauenlie and spiri∣tuall; and his Wonderful-actes (whether it be of* 1.405 that which is passed · or of that which is present · or of that which is to come) or take vpon them to dis∣cusse thesame. and will teach / instruct or order the

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ignorant People, according to their Iudgment.

5. For verelie / Gods Trueth / and his Workes {reversed ;}which Hee worketh not through any fleashlie Vn∣derstanding. but,i 1.406 through the Power of his Spi∣rit / out of his holie Heauen; are farre aboue all Vn∣derstandinges of the Fleash. Yea / not anyone of all the Children of Men, can {reversed ;}through his naturall Vnderstandinge out of Bloud; k 1.407 comprehend nor vnderstand thesame / nor yet finde-out the grounde therof.

6. Therfore suerlie, God-his Trueth / the excel∣lent Bewtie of his heauenlie Kingdō / and his god∣lie and heauenlie Woorkes, are l 1.408 vnknowen vnto all Fleash / and vnto all fleashlie earthlie Men: But it is geeuen vnto the Children of the Kingdom ؛the Communialtie of the Loue{punctel} to vnderstande the se∣creat Misterie therof.

7. IT is likewise {reversed ;}verelie; a great Follie, vpon [ C] the Earth / yea a presumpteous and arro∣gant Enterprise or Dealinge {reversed ;}which is also vtterlie without all Equitie and resonable Vnderstanding; that the earthlie and fleashlie Men, sett themselues to Iudgment / for to iudge {reversed ;}out of their naturall Comprehending and Industrie / or out of their scrip turelie Learnednes, according to the Fleash; the spi∣rituall Trueth of God / and God-his heauenlye Wonderfull-actes, wherof ther is not anything at∣all m 1.409 geeuen them to vnderstande: wherin they all {reversed ;}with their Vnderstandinges; runne to an Ende: Yea / they com so to an Ende or growe to such an ex∣igent therin / that they knowe not oftētimes n 1.410, where to catch or take-holde-of thesame againe.

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8. But many are heerin very o 1.411 arrogantlie-min∣ded. For / when-as they {reversed ;}with their Vnderstand∣ing; are runne-to-an-ende, in the godlie Matiers: to-weet, that they haue not nor cannot comprehend nor vnderstand thosesame aright / Yet perseuer they notwithstanding searching ther-after: and, prosecu∣tinge or ensuinge thesame with their Imagination of p 1.412 the Knowledge / they will neuerthelesse alwayes be iudged to haue right. Yea / they wolde much-ra∣ther, iudge Moses / the Propheates of God / toge∣ther with the Appostles of Christ / and God-his elec∣ted Minister HN, to erre or misse the right / then that they wolde {reversed ;}by anye meanes; confesse and ac∣knowledge, that they {reversed ;}in the Imagination of their Knowledge concerninge the godlie Matiers; are ignorant and lyinge.

The XIIII. Chap.

O Yee blinde People / yee arrogant, [ A] distraught, earthlie Men / and all yee sub∣till or pregnant Self-wise of the Fleash / together with all yee false Heartes of the Scripture-learned / yee a 1.413 Cainish Ceremonie-mini∣sters / and yee Persecuters and Murderers of the Abelish vpright Heartes: Wherfore b 1.414 exalte yee yourselues so arrogantlie, against the high-excellent Maiestie of God / and his righteous Iudgment? Consider and looke yet-once into it, what yee haue done.

2. Oh {reversed ;}alas; yee haue {reversed ;}the which will now fal∣out •…•…ainfullie or sharplie against you; set yourselues

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{reversed ;}with your false Nature; 'to Iudgment: iudged* 1.415 God-his Causes {reversed ;}out of your Lyes; altogether fals lie: seduced the Simple: beleeued your owne Iudg ment, which is vnright and false / and borne-domi∣nion therwith, ouer the Earth: Also ben d 1.416 vnbelee∣uinge of God, in his Trueth · and resisting of the Loue: and cauenso {reversed ;}with your false Iudgmentes; falslie e 1.417 accused or defamed the vpright Heartes / as men worthie to be rooted-out from the Earth.

3. FOr-that-cause / let yourselues now be coun∣sailed, by the Wisedom / and looke bytimes into all your Ignoraunces / and let it all fal-awaye from you / or geeue it-all ouer, wherin yee haue sup∣posed to be wise or vnderstandinge: and f 1.418 shewe∣fourth Repentaunce for your Sinnes / vnder the Obedience of the Loue of Iesu Christ.

4. For verelie / when yee looke {reversed ;}accordi•…•…ge to the Trueth; into your-selues / and all that yee haue done / So shall yee not choose but perceaue and acknowledg / that yee haue g 1.419 not vnderstoode / know∣en / nor iudged the earthlie and natural. Thinges {reversed ;}which yee haue passed-thorowe / and are yeat daylie a passing-thorowe; trulie or aright.

5. SEeinge then that yee haue not ben able [ B] to vnderstande nor iudge rightlie those thinges, which {reversed ;}accordinge to the earthlie Beeinge; are like vnto you / and wher-about yee daylie haue∣to-doo: How should yee then {reversed ;}O yee blockish & igno∣rant earthlie Men; be able to vnderstāde or iudge ye heauenlie or spirituall Thinges, which are h 1.420 secreat or hiddē before you / and which yee haue neuer scene / nor are passed-thorowe them? But, for your owne

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Honours sake i 1.421 {reversed ;}which yee seeke at the handes of the vnregenerated Men / and more esteeme and couet then the Honour of God; many of you will not ac∣knowledg thesame / nor yet confesse your Blindnes.

6. Yee k 1.422 comforte yourselues apace with Lyes: and prouoke eauenso God-his righteous Iudgment to come vpon you. In which l 1.423 Iudgment, it becom∣eth nowe discouered vnto you / and yee are let m 1.424 to see / or it becometh made-knowen vnto you, in your Heartes / that yee all {reversed ;}which are of the Earth / and haue resisted the Trueth of the Life; haue spokē pre∣sumpteouslie against the Lorde · dispised the Loue, in her louelie Nature and vpright Seruice · n 1.425 and blaspheamed the Spirit of Loue, which is the true Holie-gost.

7. BEholde / it shall now in thissame Day o 1.426 of the righteous Iudgment of God {reversed ;}wher∣through all false Iudgmentes / and Vnrighteous∣nesses becom made-manifest; be geeuen vnto you to see-into or plainlie to perceaue, all this your Fals∣hod / or horrible Iniquitie. And the Recompence for thesame, shall likewise {reversed ;}O yee false earthlie Men; fall vpon you, p 1.427 with much Affliction / Distresse / Miserie / and Woe, in all your Heartes.

8. If yee now then {reversed ;}perceauinge well all your [ C] Falshod / and in the time of your Affliction and Di∣stresse; laye not yourselues prostrate {reversed ;}to a q 1.428 Bench for the Lorde-his Feete; before the Seate of the Maiestie of God: but will needes {reversed ;}with your false Iudgmentes and Vnrighteousnes; beare the Do∣minion, against God and his Maiestie / So shall yee yet neuerthelesse (whether it be then with your

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will / or against your will) be troden-downe {reversed ;}as the Enemies of God; r 1.429 with the Feete of the Sainctes · and laide vnder the Feete of the Lorde.

9. For our God ؛the Lorde of Hostes{punctel} cometh presentlie s 1.430 to Iudgment: and will plainlie shewe and make-knowen, the Howse of his Dwellinge. namelie / that the Heauen and the Heauenlie-man, is his t 1.431 Seate · and the Earth and the Earthlie∣man, the Bench of his Feete / Eauen as the Lorde hath spoken thesame in times-passed, through the Mouth of his holie Propheates.

The XV. Chap.

O Yee goodwillinge Heartes / which [ A] haue now in these last perilous tymes,* 1.432 adioyned yourselues {reversed ;}with a good Will; vnder the Obedience of the Loue, with Vs Littleones and Electedones of God / Consider well presentlie on the Straungers, which haue no∣thing-els in their minde but b 1.433 subtiltie & guyle. and also on all Such as com-in with all c 1.434 Self-seekinge · with their fleashlie d 1.435 Lustes and Desires · and with their Goodthinking e 1.436 / and Selfwisdom, besydes our holie Communialtie of the Loue / and then at-the∣last {reversed ;}when as they are aware that the gratious Woord is against or contrarie-to their Selfseeking and Goodthinking; seperate them againe from Vs / and from the Woord and Requiringe of the Ser∣uice of Loue: Yea / consider well what a Nature / Beeing or Disposition they shewe-fourth / and how that they {reversed ;}to ye Renting f 1.437 & Diuiding of our Com∣munialtie

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of the Loue; make-vpp themselues against Vs and our godlie Doctrine / So shall yee then finde-out in the Deede and Trueth / that all such do m•…•…ke manifest themselues {reversed ;}with their Self-wisdom and g 1.438 Goodthinkinge-knowledge; to be contrarie∣minded, against the holie Woorde of the Spirit of Loue / and also turne them away from the true Obe∣dience of the Requiringe of his Seruice.

2. FOr that cause, take now good-heede and [ B] beware of all them, that {reversed ;}with their Self∣wisdom or Imaginatiō of the Knowledg; h 1.439 besydes the Doctrine of the Godlynes {reversed ;}which is taught you through the Spirit of Loue; institute or bringe-in {reversed ;}according to the Self-seekinge of the Fleash; their straunge or forged Doctrines / and false Dealinges (Wher-with they breede Diuision and cause Of∣fence): And seperate you from Such-persons. But abide stedfastlie grounded in our mostholie i 1.440 Beleef of the Loue of Christ / k 1.441 and perseuer therin, eauen to the Ende: That is / till vnto the louelie Beeinge of the Godlynes.

3. Turne not asyde {reversed ;}in any case; to any forrein Beeing, with-out the Loue: fall not awaye likewise from the Seruice of the Loue, for the Ignorantons cause, which make oftentimes {reversed ;}by reason of their dis∣orderlynes; Discorde and Offence: and for-that∣cause also, they must (as the Matier or Case requi∣reth) be l 1.442 punished / chastised / and instructed: Also becom not sluggish nor careles, with the m 1.443 Slouth∣ful-persons: but {reversed ;}with Diligence and Lust of your Heart vnto the vpright n 1.444 Righteousnes and Holy∣nes; submit you alwayes obedientlie and humblie,

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vnder the godlie Testimonies of the holie Spirit o•…•… Loue / vntill that the gratious Woorde & his Loue be planted in you, o 1.445 with Meekmindednes: the which is the Saluation of your Soules / and the Establishing of the Promises of God the Father.

4. For in thesame vpright Beeinge, God will bringe vnto you all his Treasures / p 1.446 and heauenlie Goods. also all Peace q 1.447 / and the euerlasting Life, aboundantlie. It is verytrue.

5. O Yee Holyones of God {reversed ;}thou louelie Cō∣munialtie [ C] of the Loue; feare not: but be now of good cheere vpon the Earth, against all your Enemies. For beholde / r 1.448 your God con•…•…th to be auendged on all your Enemies / for to l•…•…ye them {reversed ;}that they may be troden-downe; vnder the Feete of your Lord & Sauiour Iesus Christ. and eauenso {reversed ;}in your s 1.449 second Birth, out of the holie Spirit of the Loue of Iesu Christ; to transporte or yeald-ouer the Iudgment and Dominion {reversed ;}vpon the Earth; vn∣to you and your Sauiour, Iesus Christ / To the∣end that yee with Him and Hee with you and your Sauiour, Iesus Christ / & with his holie Spirit, should {reversed ;}frō hence-fourth, world-without-end; raigne with t 1.450 Righteousnes, vpon the Earth · and u 1.451 iudge thesame with Equitie / according to the Promises.

The XVI. Chap.

MAke you to the flight / a 1.452 Make you [ A] to the Flight: Yea, get you now all out of the Waye / yee Enemies of the Lorde and his Seruice of Loue: and geeue the

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Lorde {reversed ;}with his Holyones; b 1.453 his Roome. Yet shall yee not escape the Vengeaunce of God.

2. For the Lorde cometh-fourth now in Migh∣tie-power, with his righteous Iudgment, vpon the Earth / for to purge thesame of all her Weedes: Yea eauen-now {reversed ;}in the right c 1.454 Time of Haruest; the Lorde cometh d 1.455 / with his Aungels / for to roote-out all Weedes, from-off the Earth.

3. O God / e 1.456 smyte now in with thy Sickle / and begin eauenso {reversed ;}with thy Aungels; to reape the whole Earth. For the Weede is becom rype f 1.457, vpon the Earth / and his Eares are thorough drye. For that cause roote thesame now cleene out: for wher-to / or to what profite, hath it hys place {reversed ;}a∣mong ye good Wheate; vpon the Earth? forasmuch as ther is not any Good to be looked-for therout.

4. BEholde / the g 1.458 Weede, is the manifold∣sort [ B] of Lyes, against the Trueth of God / the manymaner of Iniqui•…•…ies, against the Righte∣ousnes of Christ / and the vnmeasurable Vngodli∣nes of all Vngodlye, against the Godlynes / and against the true Beeing of the holye Spirit of Loue / which are all worthye h 1.459, to be rooted-out from the Earth · and condemned in the i 1.460 hellish Fyre.

5. For / for thissame Weedes cause, k 1.461 the Earth hath ben thus-long curssed · and the good Wheate •…•… which the ignorant Reapers haue also iudged to be the Weede / and worthy to be rootedout / or could not oftentymes discerne the one from the other; l 1.462 op∣pressed or kept-vnder.

6. THerfore the Lorde cometh now, m 1.463 in the Ende of the Worlde / and maketh a plaine

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Difference / and a right Discerninge, betwixt the Weede and the good Wheate. Yea / the Lorde hath made-vpp hymself / and hee cometh now {reversed ;}in the right or due tyme; n 1.464 with the Heate of his burning Fyre / for to consume {reversed ;}with his Fyre; all the W•…•…edes / and to emptie or disbourden the Earth therof / To thend that shee mought com againe to her Blessinge / and vpright Fruitfulnes: o 1.465 Wher-through the Earth is now moued / the Heauens troubled / the Elementes melt with Heate / and the Token of the Cominge of the Sonne of Man, appeereth in the Heauen.

7. With which Rumour or Russhinge-noyse [ C] of the Power of God / and his Holyones, p 1.466 the last Trompett doth also presentlie geeue-fourth her Sounde: Through whose Blast of her vehement Sounde / and through the Appeeringe of the Com∣inge of Christ, q 1.467 the Dead stand-vpp or aryse vnto the Iudgment of God: In such-sort / that Daniell ؛the holie Propheat{punctel} is also rysen-vpp r 1.468 in his part / for to execute now in the last tyme {reversed ;}or Endinge of the Worlde; the Iudgment {reversed ;}with God and his Righteousones; s 1.469 vpon the Earth / against all Vn∣godlie / To thende that they all {reversed ;}together with the Woorkes of their Vngodlynes; mought now be∣come rooted-out and condemned / Like-as there is writen therof:

8. REioyce now in thissame Daye, t 1.470 all yee holie Prophtates / Aungels / and Apo∣stles. For this is the u 1.471 Daye of the Vengeaunce of our Lorde and God / for to reuenge the Bloudde of his Holyones x 1.472 / that the Sinners haue spilt or shead vpō the Earth / and for to declare or reueale his

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Holyones againe gloriouslie, vpon the Earth / To thende that they mought y 1.473 inhabit thesame peacea∣blie, in all Loue / and raigne therouer or z 1.474 iudge the∣same with Righteousnes / from hence-fourth world∣without-ende.

The XVII. Chap.

O All yee a 1.475 Sluggish and Slothfull / [ A] which haue walked thus-longe very vn∣lustelie {reversed ;}as-though yee had ben drowsye∣of-sleape; in the Seruice of the Loue · and had very little Loue vnto God-his Righteousnes: Yea / which haue ben so ouer-careles or negligent / that yee haue not taken the Seruice of ye Loue / and the vpright Righteousnes of thesame, anything-at∣all to Heart: in such-wyse / that {reversed ;}by that occasion; your Fielde (whilst yee haue ben so slothfull) is wax∣en barren of the good Corne · and your Vyne-yarde likewise, of the good Wyne / b 1.476 and are ouergrowen with Nettels and Thistles / Becom yet now once awaked c 1.477 / and make your Way or Steppes speedie / for to enter into the Life of the vpright and louelie Beeing of the Loue / er-euer the Doore of the louelie Kingdome and Paradice of the Lorde (whilst yee com-forwardes so sluggishlie and drowselie) d 1.478 be locked or shut-to.

2. For beholde / e 1.479 the Ende cometh (yea / the Ende cometh swiftlie on) and the last Time is now at-hande. After which f 1.480 Time, ther shall not be a∣nye Saluation of the Life / nor Health of Soules, more to be obtayned.

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3. O Yee foolish People / which are now so sluggish: Cal-to-minde the foolish Vir∣gins / how they neglected their time, g 1.481 for to gather or prepare-them Oyle in their Vessels: and how that they for that cause (when the time appeered or was come, that euerie-one {reversed ;}which had Oyle and Light, in his Vessell or Lampe; should enter-in with the Bridegroome) must bide with-out the louelie Kingdom of the Bridegroome.

4. VErelie / in thissame Daye of the Loue / of [ B] the true Bridegroomes Cominge, it will also go in such-like-sort with you all {reversed ;}yee foolish and sluggish People; which followe so incessantly your owne Counsell / Will / and Fredom h 1.482, accordinge to your Minde of the Fleash: and haue no regarde to the Sanctification in the Spirit / wherin the god∣lie Oyle becometh brought vnto vs.

5. Therfore looke now to it bytimes / and take good-heede, vnto the i 1.483 Sanctification in the Spi∣rit / or vnto an vpright Beeinge and Minde / To thende that the lyke happen not vnto you, as chaun∣ced to the foolish Virgins.

6. BEholde / k 1.484 presentlie in thissame Day, yee are yeat all warned. Respect-well ther∣fore thissame l 1.485 Tyme of Grace / whylst ther is yeat Grace and Comfort at-hande / and to be obtayned: and haue a diligent regarde vnto the Seruice of Loue. and what thesame requireth.

7. Verelie / It requireth not This nor That / accordinge to the Fleash of the worldlie Dealinge / nor accordinge to the Dealinge of the false Heartes and vnregenerated Hypocrites. but, m 1.486 an vpright

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Beeing in the Loue of Iesu Christ: That is / to be∣com n 1.487 releassed frō all Ownednes or Selfnes · and hallowed o 1.488 & iustified, in the Spirit of our Minde, through Iesus Christ and his Seruice of Loue.

8. Whosoeuer then {reversed ;}in all Obedience of the Re∣quiring of the gratious Woord and of his Seruice of Loue; doth {reversed ;}in such sort; respect-well or take good heede vnto thesame / Hee shall also be p 1.489 loued of God the Father / of the Lorde Iesu Christ / and of the ho∣lie Gost. Yea / they shall com to him / and make a godlie Dwellinge with him.

9. HEer-vnto geue you now all whollie ouer / [ C] and turne all your Vnderstanding to the godlie Doctrine of the Seruice of Loue: and be ea∣uenso q 1.490 obedient vnto the holie Woord of the Spi∣rit of Loue, in his Requiringe / To thende that yee all, maye now in thissame Daye of Loue {reversed ;}in which Christ cometh vnto vs; with the holie Oile or An∣nointing of ye holie Spirit of Christ, r 1.491 meete Christ ؛the vpright Bridegrome{punctel} in his Coming · and liue and triumph s 1.492 euerlastinglie, with Him and all his Holyones, in the Kingdom of God his Father.

10. For I saye vnto you verelie: Whosoeuer now {reversed ;}in thissame Daye of Loue; bideth slouthfull & careles, towardes the vpright louelie Beeinge: and eauenso estraungeth his Heart, from the Ministra∣tion of the Elders in the Seruice of Loue / ether hol∣deth it common or of-one-beeing with the consuma∣ble t 1.493 Beeing of the peruerse World / Hee shall not be annointed with the holie Oile of the holie Spirit of Christ / nor with his louelie Nature · nor yet let-in {reversed ;}with the sanctified Holyones of God / or Cōmuni∣altie

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of Loue; to the u 1.494 Rest of the peaceable King∣dom: but be x 1.495 shutt ther-without, with the wicked Worlde / and with all Self-wise and Vngodlie.

11. THerfore remember now bytimes (yee all which are now {reversed ;}in thissame Day; so sloth full or sluggish, towardes the Seruice & Entraunce of the vpright Beeinge of God · and so self-wise a∣gainst the holie Spirit and the Requiringe of his Seruice of Loue) what a Miserie and y 1.496 Painful∣greefe it will be for you to beholde / when-as all the Holyones of God shall gather them together {reversed ;}in the Perfection of the Loue; z 1.497 from the fowre Endes of the Earth, to a Kingdom of God. and that yee shall finde yourselues shutt ther-without.

12. Verelie / then will it fal-out to-late for many, [ D] to gather or prepare them {reversed ;}out of the Ministration of the proffered Grace; the godlie Oyle / or holie Annointing of the Spirit of Loue, in their Vessels.

13. WHosoeuer now therfore respecteth not the right a 1.498 Time of Grace / and of the Fruitfulnes of the good Seed / that hee, in the Har∣uest {reversed ;}or Fulnes of the Time; may get his b 1.499 Barnes full of good Corne: but is careles / and c 1.500 slouthfull towardes the Entraunce of the Requiringe of the gratious Woorde and of his Seruice of Loue / Hee shall likewise haue lacke of d 1.501 Corne [namelie / of the Fruites of the Woorde]. and then afterwardes (when hee findeth himself poore & e 1.502 emptie / and seeth well, that ye Holyones of God, are filled with great store of Goods) be constrained to bewaile his case with f 1.503 greeuous Miserie / and shall not finde any∣more meete or conuenient time, for to gather any∣thinge.

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but {reversed ;}out of Doubtfulnes; fall into g 1.504 great Dispaire. and eauenso {reversed ;}in Gnawinge or Torment of his Heart / and in Wringinge of his Handes; greatlie lament the time which hee hath neglected and misspent / and which also is not to be recouered againe / and rufullie bewaile his Condemnation and Miserie, for euer and euer.

The XVIII. Chap.

•…•…Oofe to it bytimes / and a 1.505 amende [ A] your Beeinge / O yee Children of Men: and take mine Admonitiō to heart. Make not {reversed ;}in anycase; light account of the tocō∣inge Greefe-of-minde, which shall fall / and is also alredie fallen ypon b 1.506 the Vngodlie, with much Ca∣lamitie and Miserie: but endeuour you {reversed ;}with good willinge Heartes; to enter into the c 1.507 Obedience of the Requiringe of the gratious Woord / and of his Seruice of Loue / Ere-euer that thatsame Miserie {reversed ;}wherof ther is tolde you; fall likewise vpon you.

2. Be d 1.508 wakefull now therfore / and keepe alwaies a sharpe or diligent Watch, against all your Ene∣mies. namelie / against all the Mindes & Though∣tes / which make them vp in you, out of the Fleash of Sinne / and wolde eauenso {reversed ;}contrarie to the Coun∣sell / Will / and Doctrine of the holie Spirit and of his Seruice of Loue; plucke or allure you e 1.509 after the Pleasure of the Fleash.

3. BEhold / I tell it you / and heartelie exhort you / euen out of all the Loue of my Heart and Spirit: Harken not to them: beleeue nor fol∣lowe

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not their Will or Counsell: but {reversed ;}against all your owne Mindes and Thoughtes of the Fleash / and against all your corrupted Nature / Lust / and Desires; geeue or applie you whollie to the f 1.510 Obe∣dience of the Requiringe of the gratious Woorde and of his holie Spirit of Loue / So shall yee then assuredlie, out of thesame Obedience {reversed ;}g 1.511 in maner of sufferinge; finde an other Nature and Beeinge by you, which shall shewe itself much vprighter and louelyer / then that which yee haue had out of the Will or Selfmindednes of the Fleash. For, doing eauen-so / yee shall {reversed ;}through the Obedience of the Requiringe of the gratious Woorde and of his Seruice of Loue; becom h 1.512 incorporated to the loue∣lie i 1.513 Nature of God / and to the euer-lastinge peace∣able Beeinge of the holie Spirit of Loue.

4. If yee now heare and vnderstand all thissame well / that the holie Spirit saith vnto you all, out of [ B] the Seruice of his Loue / So consider then with di∣ligence / what a k 1.514 Life of Righteousnes is required of you: and geeue or endeuour you vnto thesame. I haue {reversed ;}for-certen; tolde it you plainlie enough / and tell it you yeat againe / To thend that yee may well vnderstand it aright. namelie / that yee should in∣cline and geeue-ouer all your Inwardnes, to the Requiring of the gratious Woord and of his Ser∣uice of Loue / for to becom l 1.515 incorporated {reversed ;}through the Obedience of the Requiring of thesame Woord and of his Seruice; to the vpright and louelie Bee∣inge of the Loue / To thende that God in you / and yee in God · and so-fourth yee all {reversed ;}amonge each-o∣ther; mought liue peaceablie, in all Loue.

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5. But {reversed ;}alas; although yee heare and vnder∣stand all thesame / yet do manye of you neuertheles, refuse the m 1.516 Goodnes of the Lorde: and followe al∣most all, your n 1.517 goodthinkinge Knowledge.

6. AH-beloued / Wherfore refuse yee thus the good Beeinge? Wherfore do yee {reversed ;}tho∣rough your good-thinkinge Knowledge; alwayes holde yourselues thus backe? And wherfore take yee not the Matier {reversed ;}which is to the Preseruation and Saluation of you all; with whole Minde, to heart / for that yee mought enter obedientlie, into the true o 1.518 Schoole-rule of the christian Doctrine of the Seruice of Loue / and p 1.519 growe-vpp {reversed ;}accordinge to the Requiringe of thesame; in the godlie Vnder∣standinge? Iudge it now yourselues / Whether that thesame, whervnto I exhorte you out of the right Seruice of Loue, be not the vpright Life and louelie Beeinge of the Loue / q 1.520 whervnto the Man is created and r 1.521 chosen / for to liue therin.

7. For consider I pray you: Is not the vpright and louelie s 1.522 Beeinge of the Loue {reversed ;}whervnto I ex∣horte and demonstrate you; much decenter / vpright∣er / and peaceabler, then your owne Beeinge of the Fleash t 1.523 / and the wicked Beeinge of the peruerse Worlde?

8. Seeinge now that yee {reversed ;}in your owne Consci∣ence; [ C] cannot choose but acknowledge / that the loue∣lie, vpright, and peaceable Beeinge of the Loue, is the Mostbest: and that thesame bringeth the vp∣right u 1.524 Rest vnto the Man / So is it trulie a great wonder vnto mee, why yee do not then {reversed ;}with more Diligence and Feruentie; loue and secke-after the∣same:

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and that certen turne them away so lightlie, from the Doctrine stretchinge ther-vnto.

9. HOw are yee thus lingeringe or holding∣back of yourselues / that yee com-forward so slowlie / for to enter obedientlie, into the first En∣traunce x 1.525 of the Requiring of the gratious Worde / and whollie to geeue-ouer yourselues to the Most∣best / and so to go-fourth therin y 1.526, till vnto the good Beeinge of the Perfection? O take-holde yet-once of a goodwilling Minde / and purpose {reversed ;}with a good will; not to z 1.527 halte any lenger on both sydes: but let all your Thoughtes stretch heere-to: namelie / to cleaue {reversed ;}obedientlie; vnto the good Beeinge of the Loue, with all your Heart and Minde. and obedi∣entlie to followe-after the Seruice of the Woord, in his Requiringe / vntill that yee be growen-vpp to the a 1.528 perfect Olde-aige of the holie and godlie Vn∣derstandinge · and b 1.529 incorporated {reversed ;}with Spirit / Hearte / Minde / and Soule; to the good Beeinge of the Loue.

The XIX. Chap.

O All yee a 1.530 People {reversed ;}which heare this∣day, [ A] the Voice or Testimonie of the Spi∣rit of Loue; b 1.531 take this effectuallie to heart: incline all your Mindes and Vnderstan∣dinges to the holie Woorde of Trueth: and haue eauenso your Ioye {reversed ;}in all c 1.532 Thankes-geeuinge to the Lorde; amonge each-other.

2. But let not your Ioye and Thankes-gee∣uinge to the Lorde, •…•…e in the fleashlie d 1.533 Volupteous∣nes /

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nor in the Ioye of the peruerse Worlde: but reioyce you {reversed ;}with Thankes-geeuinge to the Lorde; in the great e 1.534 Grace and Mercie, which is appeered and com vnto vs {reversed ;}now in the last time; vnder the Obedience of the Loue: To-w•…•…et / for that wee {reversed ;}tho∣rough the f 1.535 Renewinge of our Spirit and Minde; obtaine to becom Children of God / in the Obedience of the Loue of God the Father: g 1.536 also Coheyres with Christ, in the spirituall Riches of God / or hea∣uenlie Goods: and to liue h 1.537 euerlastinglie with God {reversed ;}as his chosen holyones; in his holie i 1.538 Rest / and in his louelie Nature or Beeinge.

3. BEholde / heere-to {reversed ;}as to a Kingdome of God full of all louelie Beeinge; hath God chosen Vs: and k 1.539 prepared from the Begin∣ing, for Vs / and for all l 1.540 beleeuing Heathen {reversed ;}which assemble them through Iesus Christ, vnto his Peo ple; thissame Kingdom of his vpright and louelie Beeinge / which wee now inherit in thissame Daye of his Loue / To thend that now {reversed ;}in the Very-last; the Scripture / and all what God hath spoken, tho∣rough his holie Propheates / and what is writen of Christ, should also {reversed ;}in Vs / and with Vs; become fulfilled m 1.541 / to the Honour or Glorie of God / and to our Ioye: like as ther standeth writen:

4. Be glad / and n 1.542 reioyce yee Heathen, with his [ B] People: For the Lorde will reuenge the Bloud of his Seruauntes, o 1.543 on his Enemies · and be fauou∣rable to the Lande of his People.

5. The Vprightones or p 1.544 Beleeuers, shall be o∣bedient {reversed ;}in the Loue; vnto the Lorde / and iudge the People.

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6. They shall receaue a q 1.545 glorious Kingdom / and a bewtifull Crowne, at the Lord-his Hande.

7. They are a r 1.546 Congregation of Righteous∣ones: and their Exercise, is Obedience and Loue.

8. They shall s 1.547 shyne like as the Sunne / in their Fathers Kingdom.

9. The Lambe of God t 1.548 hath redeemed them with his Bloud / out of all Generations & People: and hath made them Kinges and Priestes, vnto God: and they shall raigne vpon the Earth.

10. They are a u 1.549 Tabernacle of God, amonge Men: God will dwell with them / and they shall be his People: and Hee {reversed ;}God himself with them; will be their God.

11. SEe / this is {reversed ;}assuredlie; the heartie Mer∣cifulnes of God ouer vs, now in the last time / To thende that now {reversed ;}in the last time; x 1.550 the Glorious-lordlynes of God, should {reversed ;}in Vs; becom manifested or declared / and the Scripture fulfilled.

12. Yea / this is the Rewarde or Recompence [ C] of Iesu Christ / vnto vs Littleones and God-his Elect, in the last time: To-weet, that wee are made {reversed ;}through the gratious Woorde of the Lorde, in his Seruice of Loue / and through the y 1.551 Bloud of the pure and vndefiled Lambe; Kinges vnto God · and Priestes or Elders in the holie Vnderstandinge / For that wee should now in these last Dayes {reversed ;}z 1.552 as faithfull Sainctes of God and vpright Elders in the holie Vnderstandinge of the Testimonies of the holie Spirit of Loue; a 1.553 raigne vpon the Earth, in Righteousnes · and {reversed ;}vnder the Obedience of the Loue; b 1.554 iudge the Worlde with Equitie / according

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to the c 1.555 Propheatyinge of the holie Propheates and Appostles of Christ / and of the Holie-goste.

13. HEer-in {reversed ;}yee Deerlie-beloued; reioyce you now All, with Laude and Thankes-ge∣uing vnto God: d 1.556 and praise highworthelie his ho∣lie Name. Not onlie for the Bountiful-actes of God, extended on you: but also, that presentlie {reversed ;}in thissame Daye; his holie Spirit of Loue, is e 1.557 pow∣red-fourth so aboundantlie, ouer Vs and in Vs. and that the true Doctrine to thesame holie Spirit, is likewise {reversed ;}as a f 1.558 liuinge and safe-makinge Water; flowinge-fourth out of Vs / to the Saluation or Safe-makinge of all Beleeuers of the gratious Woorde: and that eauenso {reversed ;}to Righteousnes vp∣on the Earth; the Scripture becometh fulfilled. namelie / by all the Beleeuers / which now humble themselues goodwillinglie and faithfullie, vnder the Loue / take to heart the Woorde of Trueth / and growe-vpp obedientlie therin g 1.559 till vnto the Olde∣aige of the Man Christ.

14. WHosoeuer now therfore {reversed ;}vnder the Obe∣dience [ D] of the Loue; hath a good regarde vnto the holie Woorde of Trueth, that is admini∣stred out of the holie Spirit of Loue / and exerciseth him therin, for to be obedient vnto his Requiring: and eauenso {reversed ;}to that effect; fourthereth or becometh healpfull vnto the Seruice of Loue / Hee shall like∣wise according to the Trueth, enioye & be partaker of all the Bountiful-actes which God extendeth on Vs ؛his chosen Holyones{punctel}: and also euidentlie see / how that Christ ؛the Righteousone{punctel} appeereth pre∣sentlie h 1.560 in Glorie / and becometh i 1.561 wonderfull in all

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his Beleeuers: and that also {reversed ;}through the-same Christ and his Holyones; the vniuersall k 1.562 Earth, shall {reversed ;}in this Daye of the Loue, which God himself hath appointed or ordayned; be iudged with Equi∣tie · and purged from all his Vnrighteousnes: and that all ye Sainctes of God [namelie / the Cōmuni∣altie of ye Loue] shall inhabit thesame with l 1.563 Righ∣teousnes · and raigne with Faithfulnes & Trueth / from hence-fourth, worlde-with-out-ende. Amen. This shall all assuredly, com eauenso to passe: and in his time be founde eauen-thus.

15. HEer-with-all {reversed ;}Once beloued and obedient Children / and all yee constant Faithful-ones, in this our vpright Seruice of Loue; my heartie Exhortation and Desire is, vnto you All / that yee will take thissame effectuallie to Heart. and not seeke nor desire anythinge-els, with your Will and Minde / but that the Loue of Iesu Christ {reversed ;}with her verteous Nature and vpright Beeinge; may obtaine a m 1.564 Shape in you. and that the Ser∣uice of thesame Loue, may also {reversed ;}therto; be fourther∣ed or assisted amonge all People / To thentent that thesame Seruice, may in all Trueth and Loue {reversed ;}to the Welfare and Saluation of all Men; obtaine the Preheminence · and {reversed ;}to Concorde & Loue in Iesu Christ; prosperouslie flourish, o∣uer the vniuersall Earth. That graunt vs the Lorde ؛the al∣mightie God{punctel} through his Loue. Amen. HN.

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