A collection of the several writings and faithful testimonies of that suffering servant of God, and patient follower of the Lamb, Humphry Smith who dyed a prisoner for the testimony of Jesus, in Winchester common-goal the 4th day of the 3d moneth in the year 1663.

TO THE Musitioners, Harpers, Minstrels, Singers, Dancers and the Persecutors; From one who loved Dancing and Musick as his Life, which be∣ing parted with, and the Light being come, which was before these things, in which they are all seen; And from it is declared THE Ground, Foundation, Beginning, and Father, and Children, and Compass, and End, and the Effects of all the Harpers, Musitioners, Singers and Dancers.

Who may read what I have learned, who have tryed their wayes, and also searched into the things of God, and declare this according to Scripture, and have found the Joy which Man cannot take away

JUBAL was the Father of all such as handle the Harp and Organ, and so the Father of all such Musitioners, being himself of the Seed of Lemach, who slew a man; and so the Son of a Man-slayer was the Father of all such as handle the Harp and Organ: And the Man Christ, the Light, is the Lamb slain from the Foundation of the World. And Jubal was of the Generation of Cain, who first slew a Man, and then built a City; he slew his Brother, one that was near unto him; and the Light of the Lamb slain is near unto every one, even that which comes from the Man of Sorrows is in the Heart; Cain's Seed slayes the man of Sorrows; the Musitioners were of Cain's seed: And that which slayes the man of Sorrows, invents, sets up and delights in the Instruments of Musick; and the Father of all such was Jubal, the seed of Cain, who built a City, and so

was a Rich man, and his seed delighted in Musick, and so his seed, who are gone from the Lords leading are building Cities, Strong holds, high and large Houses, with painted Parlours, and then set up the Instruments of Musick, in the cieled Houses with∣out, and within themselves full of Rottenness, or as a Cage of unclean Spirits, whereby the just is murthered, and the House laid wast and desolate, as to the Life of God, which should be the Temple of the holy Ghost; and the Father of all these was Ju∣bal, the seed of Lemach a Man-slayer, who also had another son Tubalcain (the seed of Cain) an Instructer of every Artificer in Brass and Iron; and he that hath attained to never so much, if not come to that which fulfills the perfect Law, is as sound∣ing Brass, 1 Cor. 13. and there is many also of the Seed of this Instructer, whose Instructions bring people to be but as sound∣ing Brass: And this first Instructor and Jubal, were the Off∣spring of Cain, the Vagabond driven from God, against whom the Blood of the Righteous doth Cry, yet so rich in the Earth, that he built a City, being separated from God, (who confounds mans wisdom) then comes that which makes merry over the Witness, Gen. 4.

And they who danced in the wilderness, and sung and made a great noise, and were in the Mirth and Vain Delights, were a stiff-necked People, and such as sate down to eat and drink, and rose up to play, like the same Generation now, who are stiff∣necked, and bow not to him, who is the Light, low in the Heart, to whom every knee shall bow, but eat and drink, and rise up to vain delights, having Musick at their Feasts, seeding themselves without fear, Jude 12. like Jezabel,. (at whose Table the false Prophets feed) who made a Feast, when she intended to murder the Righteous, to gain his Possession (read within) and that which Murders the Just; and such who forget God, delight in these things; for they that sung and danced in the Wilderness, forgot the mighty Power of the Lord which brought them out of Bondage, therefore they got into the carnal Liberty, like many others at this day, before they come to the true Rest; and these were in the false Worship, who Worship that which the car∣nal Eye might perceive, and these had lost the true Guide: And when they were in their singing and dancing, they knew not what

was become of him, who was the Minister of the Law, that disco∣vers sin; but though they who danced saw him not for a time, but began to dispise him, yet in a time unexpected he came upon them in the Fierceness of his Anger, who executed the judgments of the Lord upon those vain Dancers, with whom he was grieved, who was in the Church in the Wilderness, and is the holy One in the midst, who with a suddain slaughter destroyed these Dancers, whose voice of singing was not because of Mastry, neither was their Voice the voice of the Cry of the Oppressed; and these were Idolaters, whose Hearts were uncircumcised, and knew not the Wayes of God, who therefore condemned them with an utter Overthrow that they perished in the Wil∣derness, where they thus sinned, after they had seen the Deliver∣ances of the Lord, as many of the Rulers and People of Eng∣land have done, who have forgotten their Leader, to whom these are left for an Example, of whom there were about thirty Thousand slain for their Singing, Dancing and False Worship, Exod. 32. 1 Cor. 9.

And Herod had Dancing before him, and she that danced, and he that was pleased with Dancing, caused his Head to be taken off that directed to him that is the Light, and preached the Lamb that takes away the Sin, and their carnal Nature, and so this murders that which is to prepare the Way of the Lord; and they took off his Head, and murthered him, who was a burning and a shining Light, and slew him that preached Re∣pentance; and so the Dancers and the Rulers of the Earth, who were pleased with Dancing and Musick, murther that in them, which calls to Repentance, and are ready to murder such as preach Repentance to them: And whilst there is a delighting in Dancing and Musick, that which calleth to Repentance is in Bondage; for John was in Prison when Herod was pleased with the Dan∣cing; and there is not a greater Prophet than he that preacheth Repentance; and he that proclaims the Way of the Lord was in Prison, and she that danced desired his Death, and he that caused him to be beheaded, was a King, a great one in the Earth, who was pleased with Dancing, and was a Swearer, out of Christs Doctrine; for he promised, with an Oath, What soever she would ask, who danced before him; then nothing would satisfie the

Dancer, but the Death of him who preached Repentance; and he was an Observer of Days, and kept the day of his Birth with Dancing: It was his Birth-day, the day of his Birth, in which he was brought forth, who was a Swearer (the Swearers delight in dancing) that caused his head to be taken off, who warned them that had the Oracles of God, To fly from the Wrath to come, and said, They were a Generation of Vipers, who had the Scriptures, and came also to his Baptism, and brought not forth fruits meet for Re∣pentance, (these are the Vipers) And so, that which is to lead unto Christ, doth suffer in Bondage, and is murthered, and the Head or first Appearance of it taken off upon that day which the Birth of that is brought forth, which is pleased with the Dancing (not like Job & Jeremiah) and delights in the Musick, and that which exerciseth the mind of the Creature in the dancing, desireth the Death and Murthering of that in Prison, which is to call to Repentance, above all other things; yea, there is nothing then so much desired as the Killing and Overcoming of that which is cast into Prison, by him that delights in the Musick, Matth. 14.

And when them in Israel, who had Harps (the Musitioners) them who delighted in Musick were carried Captive into Babylon, the Land of Confusion, in which Land Nimrod the mighty One in the Earth went hunting before the Lord, and by the River of Babylon they sate down and wept, who were before the Musition∣ers with their Harps; these went into Captivity because of the Sin, and hanged their Harps upon the Willowes, and sate down Mourning by the Rivers of Babylon; and that which delighted in the Musick caused the Captivity, and leads into Bondage that which should come to Liberty, whereby Sorrow, Weeping and Mourning comes in the End; for the Songs of the Temple is to be turned into Howling, and their Delight in the Musick was turned into Weeping, and they led captive from Zion, who were come to the land of Promise, and there took Liberty in these fleshly Delights, Psalm 137. The Mind that hath Wis∣dom may read this.

And it was the King of Babylon (who said, Is not this great Babylon that I have built by the Might of my Power, for the Honour of my Majesty?) that set up the golden Image to be

Worshipped at the hearing of all kind of Musick; and he also was a great man in the Earth, a great King, the King of Babylon, a mighty One in Confusion, who commanded the Magicians, the Astrologers, and Sorcerers, and Caldeans, and ruled over them, and all them that dwelt in the Earth; and he sent Greet∣ings of Peace to People, Nations and Languages that dwelt in all the Earth; but he that is the Light comes not to send Peace on the Earth; and the Angel cryed, Wo, Wo, Wo, to the Inha∣bitants of the Earth; but he that was King over Nations in the Earth had many Instruments of Musick, even all kinds of Musick, and he that delighted in the Musick set up the Golden Image, and by his command, they that heard the Musick were presently to fall down and Worship the great Golden Image, like the Children of Israel who set up the Golden Calf; and these were Idolaters, and in the false Worship; and that which delighted in all kinds of Musick, was in the Enmity to the Righteous Seed, and sought to murther them who denyed the Musick and false Worship, and therein such appear to be of Cain the Murtherer, and of Lemach, the Man-slayer: And these great Ones in the Earth, who had all kinds of Musick, were in Babylon; and these were the persecu∣tors, (and such persecute now) whose Rage was exceeding great against the Servants of the living God, who to him were faithful, though in Babylon, and regarded not their Musick, nei∣ther feared their great threatning Words, nor yet obey their strict Command, neither would they keep their Decrees, nor take much care to Answer them in that matter, nor bow before their Image, though made with Gold, nor Worship any other God, than he that dwells in his People, though they were in the Land of captivity, among them in the Land of Confusion, who at last were brought to confess unto, and fear and tremble be∣fore the living God (who is Light) that revealeth secrets in the Hearts

But that which delights in the Musick, seeks to murder the just, and unto that which seeks to murther, and persecute all them who are yet great in the Earth, are joyned (being not out of the Earth redeemed) and the Rulers of the Earth take counsel together against the anointed, which need not man to teach, which seed is preserved and anointed amongst the flames of their

burning Enmity) for the Princes, the Governours, the Captains, the Judges, the Rulers, the Counsellors, the Sheriffs, and all the Rulers of the Provinces, who were of Babylon, that delighted in the Musick, stood before the Image, and were in the false Wor∣ship, and joyned together in the Persecution, (as such do now) a∣gainst the Seed of God, and to confirm the Decree made by the King of Babylon, which Decree was made with such fierce Tyranny, and height of Pride and Envy, that nothing less but presently to cast into the burning fiery Furnace, would satisfie that Nature, which ruled in these great Rulers in the Earth, that loved the Musick, whose fire of Enmity burned within them, and they caused their Decree to be Proclaimed with a loud Voice, That at the hearing of their Musick, all men should Worship their Image, or presently be cast into the Fire without, because of their Fire of Enmity within, the which Decree being not obeyed, nor their Image worshipped, nor their Enmity within, nor Furnace without regarded by the Servants of the living God, presently the King of Babylon was so full of Fury, as the Furnace was full of Fire, so that the form of his Visage was changed, and rose up in that Power of Enmity against the Righteous Seed, like Cain the Murtherer, who rose up against his Brother, whose Countenance also was changed, whereby it appears he and the rest were of Cains seed, and the Musitioners of their Father Jubal, the seed of Lamech, who slew a man; read Dan. 3. When the Harp and the Musick go, they must Worship the Image.

And the Persecuting Rulers of England need not to put this far from them, being Rich and Mighty in the Earth, and Envi∣ous like Cain, and delighting in the Musick like the rest of his seed; for the great Whore, and Mother of Harlots, and A∣bominations of the Earth, Mystery Babylon, hath made all the Kings of the Earth Drunk with the Wine of her Fornication, and the Great Men, the Rich Men of the Earth, and all Nations have com∣mitted Fornication with her, who have corrupted the Earth, and all Nations wonders after the Beast; and in all Nations the Seed, and Children of Mystery Babylon, and of Cain and Lamech are sprung up, and even in this Nation and other adjacent Kingdoms, the Princes the Governours, and Captains, the Judges, the Treasurers,

the Counsellors, the Sheriffs, and the Rulers of the Provinces, de∣light in the Instruments of Musick, and are Envious against the Righteous Seed, who cannot bow to any Image, nor Worship, any Golden glorious Image or Likeness whatsoever; but the living God, who is able to deliver them, and is a Spirit dwel∣ling in his People, and in Spirit is Worshipped by them, who cannot bow unto, or worship any Image or Likeness without set up by the will of man.

And therefore it is this day that the Governors, and Captains, the Judges, the Treasurs, the Counsellors, the Sheriffs, the Ju∣stices, and all the Rulers in the Earth, who are of Babels stock, and of their Fathers, Cain, Lamech and Jubal, are joyning together to persecute them that Worship God in Spirit, who commanded not to bow down or worship any Image or Likeness; and so their Like∣nesses are denyed, the Substance being come, and Christ reveal∣ed within, who is a man of Sorrows, who said, The World should rejoyce, John 16. 20. But their joy should be turned into sorrow; and his Light in the Conscience is it which judgeth those vain Delights in carnal Musick, which is to perish with the using.

For when the Spirit was departed from Saul, he sought for one to play upon a Harp before him, and for a time he was satisfied with that, and when he heard the Musick, he would be well, but afterwards his delight in the Musick could not over∣come that Murthering Spirit in him, but at the very time that Saul heard the Musick he sought to slay him that was to be King; and such as Saul, who reject the Counsel of God, slayes him that is the Light, and would not that he should reign, who is a man of Sorrows; and he that loved the Musick, had an evil Spirit, or something that troubled him, and that which moved in him, while he heard the Musick, to murther that which was to Reign, (the Lords Anointed) the same thing led him to the Witch; And so first he left the Spirit of God, then sought ••ase by Musick, then sought Counsel from the Witch, & he was shortly after destroyed. They follow Witchcraft, who obey not the truth, which makes Free; and he that is the Light, is the Truth, and the Lamb slain, by that which takes delight in that, which is out of the Truth, invented by the Generation of Cain, a Fugitive in the Earth, of whom his deceived Mother said, I have gotten a

man from the Lord, whose seed loves that which keeps from the Lord, and leads into the Witchcraft (like Saul) not obeying the Lord, nor the Truth of his Son, who is the Light; and Saul being required made use of the Harp, to quiet him for a time, from whom the Spirit of the Lord was departed, and af∣terwards the seed of the Evil-Doers, even the chief of the Na∣tions, did chaunt to the sound of the Viol, and invent unto them∣selves Instruments of Musick (like David) putting far away the Evil day, lying upon Beds of Ivory, drinking wine in Bowls, but not grieved for the Affliction of the Righteous seed; and these were them that were at ease in Sion, who were to go into Capti∣vity with the first that go into Captivity, whom the Wo is to, as may be read, Amos 6.

And Solomons Wives, his Men-Singers, Women-Singers and Instruments of Musick drew away his Heart from the Lord; and after he cryed against the Vanity of these things; for it leads out from the Spirit (and fear) of the God of order within, in∣to the confused things without, and such as follow that, are of Babel, the Mother of Harlots, who hath made all Nations drunk, in whom the time is come, that the Voice of Harpers and Musitioners shall be heard no more at all; for the Foundation and Skirts of that great Whore and her Craftsman are discovered with the Light, which judgeth these things.

From a Prisoner of Christ, in whom my Life is hid, Humphery Smith.