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.

The the Sons of Men.

YOu Sons of men, whom God hath made to shew forth the works of his hands, listen a little, be quiet and hear, and let your Minds be still; Why should Envy arise in your hea••ts? let my words be received in Love; for behold, I speak in Righteousness and in Peace, from him that hath good∣will towards man; let your vain thoughts be denied, and in cool∣ness of Spirit, in true Moderation give ear a little; Why should the true fear of the Lord be dispised by you? And why should you not receive instruction, that your Souls might live in Peace forever? Or, why should I be esteemed by you as an Enemy, for bringing the Message of Everlasting Peace to you, which long did want it? Be quiet now therefore, and hear, all ye Judges, Ru∣lers, Governours, Justices, and all other Officers and People whatsoevr, upon the face of the whole Earth, who ignorantly from your Zeal in that knowledge which puffeth up have had a hand against a dispised, rejected, forsaken People, that are accounted the Off-scouring of all things, and are accounted as sheep for the slaughter, and are killed all the day long, who fol∣low him in the Travail of their Souls and brokenness of Heart, whose face is marred more then the Sons of men, to whom from him no Beauty nor Comeliness doth appear, nor any thing, wherefore he should be desired, who indeed and in truth is not of this World.

Behold, I say, unto you, who have persecuted the Innocent, and smote the harmless with the Tongue, and the Fist of Wick∣edness, if you will let the humble seed arise in you, and read with fear, and consider in Meekness, with a true desire to re∣ceive the Power of God's Love, unto you is this Word of Visitati∣on sent; therefore, O ye men, feel ye that which opens the heart; for behold, I was made of one flesh with you, and the Lord God, and Father of my Life, made all men of one Blood that they might feel after him and find him; and surely, from the true sence

and feeling of Gods infinite Love unto Mankind, that he might be saved from Wrath to come; Therefore am I moved, with my Father's Pity, to visit you, to whom Gods Love is, and in whom the Seed lieth in Bondage, and is not brought to the birth nor de∣liverance, but the Earth is over it; and you that should be gathered into God's Everlasting Covenant of Peace, who lie yet in the Bon∣dage, why will you not believe my words, which are the Truth of the Lord, in the Power of his Love, which will stand forever? And so, all your Hating, Reviling and Imprisoning the Ser∣vents and Seed of God without you, in the Nation, and your ru∣ling over the Innocent, Honest, Plain and Harmless, is unto you a true figure of your hating, resisting and imprisoning the Seed of God which is in you; and your ruling over the honest meek thing in you, with Tyranny and Cruelty in the strength of your wills; and this hath long been so, and by this figure, hath the Lord been pleased to preach unto you of late years, that you might hear, and see, and understand; and this is plainly so, you being not reconciled unto that of God in Bondage in you, Therefore is your hatred against them without you, who are re∣conciled to God, and have no Confidence in the flesh; and be∣cause you are not reconciled to him that made you, therefore hath his witness in you often times disturbed and broke your Peace in the Earth, and the hand of the Lord hath so followed you, that many times you could not cause his Spirit to cease striving with you for some time, but even trouble from it hath come upon you, even in the Night-season, when you would have Peace; and when the Power of the Enemy of your souls, hath risen up in you, with Wrath and Envy, in hastiness and passion against the Ser∣vants of the Lord, and thereby have been moved with Envy, to act that which was Evil against them, intending thereby to make the true Jews bow down unto Haman's spirit in you; then afterwards, and some at the very time, hath the witness of God in you arose and brought Judgment, and Trouble, and Torment upon you, when some of you have been alone, in quietness, then hath the Lord been secretly Dealing with you by his measure of Light in you, the which you have strove against, some not know∣ing what it was, and sought Peace and ease another way, and so have not loved that which came to confound your Wisdom,

nor received that which is to bring the understanding of the pru∣dent to nothing; for that prudent understanding is in man, and that which is to confound it, is to be received in man; I speak what I know, and the Truth of which will stand forever: but you have not received that which in the heart began to judge you, nay, rather are you not afraid of being judged, and of that which judgeth in you? And is it not a hard saying unto you, that have talkt of God, to preach him unto you, who confounds the Wisdom of the Wise, and brings the Ʋnderstanding of the prudent to nothing? and to tell you, how that which may be known of God, is manifest in you? Is it not therefore plain, that you are yet joyned to that which is to be confounded, and so have not received that which is to con∣found, though it be in you; for the Kingdom of God was in the Pharisees, but they not knowing it, did neither know the Lord of Glory, but crucified him without them, and resisted that which was holy in them, yet professed the Scriptures without them, as you do, whose minds are out from the measure of the Inspiration of that Spirit in you, which gave forth the Scriptures, which are without you, which Scriptures also testifie of the Light of Christ, which is in you, and of that which may be known of God in you, to which you are to come; for unto them who had the Scriptures without them, Christ Jesus said, Come unto me, I am meek and low in heart; and his Name is called the Word of God, which is nigh, even in your hearts, though from you there it be hid as a Treasure hid in the Field; but though it be hid from you, yet it is there, and though you have been unprofitable, yet have you had a Talent; yea, the Lord God hath given Gifts to the Rebellious, (though they receive it not) that he might dwell in them; ye hard-hearted, stiff-necked and uncircumcised! why will you not believe my words? Why will you not receive the Truth? When will you bend and bow before the Lord God of Life? Can you say in your hearts, like the fool, That there is no God? Would you shut him out, from having an entrance in you? When was it that you did come to this thing which is hid in the heart? And when did you try this thing, which sometimes judgeth, condem∣neth, troubleth or confoundeth, whether this thing would give you the knowledge of God? And is not the Light to give the knowledge of God? And doth not he that is the Light enlighten

every man? And is not the Light that which doth make manifest? And is not there something in you, that doth at sometimes make manifest? And is there not something in you, which doth judge and condemn you for Evil, which is made manifest by it? You that talk of trying all things; Is not there one thing, and have you not yet need of one thing, even that which gives Power o∣ver sin, and cleanseth from all sin? And have you tryed this one thing, the Light, or that of God in you? Whether this will bring you to Peace with God and man? And whether by this in you, you may overcome the World, which is let in the heart? And was not he that is the Light and the Lamb slain from the Foundation of the World? And hath not the World such a Foundation in you, and such a growth and stature over you, that you cannot see to the end of it, nor believe to the overcoming of it? And is it not therefore, that you are joyned to that by which the Lamb is slain, so that his Grave is with the Rich, and his Burial with the Wicked; read and understand? And doth not the Blood of the slain Cry from the ground against you? Did you never hear the the oppressed Cry? Did you never feel a seed in you, cry aloud for Life, though it lies in the Death? Did you never know the house of Mourning, nor feel him near, who is a man of Sorrows? Are you quite dead and past feeling; Nay nay, there is many of you; are not so far hardened, nor yet so much given up how∣ever, the time hath been that you all might have known this thing I declare, of which belongs to your peace, you that have the Scriptures, and are talking of the place of holy Worship, take heed, hearken and hear a little, He that makes an end of sin is come near unto you, he who remains a Priest forever, Mourneth o∣ver you, and your day of visitation is come, yea, behold the Lamb, the meek, harmless, unspotted, beloved of God, comes meek∣ly, though esteemed not able to save himself, yet behold, its the King of Glory crowned with Immortality forever, who rides meekly in Righteousness, and gentle in the Father's Wisdom; yea, the Heir is come, resist him not, lest the thing which belongs to your Everlasting peace be hid from your Eyes, for evermore, and you left desolate, only having the Scriptures of Truth, but not the Truth in the inward parts, where the knowledge of it makes free.

For behold, the Prince of Everlasting Peace I proclaim unto you, even the Word by which the World was made, by which Word all things are upheld, and the Word of Reconciliation, reconcileth the heart (Mark, its the Heart) of the parents to the Children, and the Children to the parents, that the Earth may not be smitten with a Curse, and who so have received that Word, so as it comes to be ingrafted into them, thereby their hearts come to be reconciled one to another, and have Love, U∣nity and Peace with all those Things, Persons and Creatures, which were at first made, and are upheld by the Power of that Word, to which he that is come, of him its written, In Famine he shall redeem thee from Death; and in War, from the Power of the Sword, and thou shalt be hid from the Scourge of the Tongue; neither shalt thou be afraid of Destruction, when it cometh; at destruction and famine thou shalt laugh; neither shalt thou be afraid of the beast of the Earth, for thou shalt be at league with the stones of the field, and the beasts of the field shall be in league with thee, and thou shalt know, that thy Tabernacle shall be in peace, and thou shalt visit thy habitation, and shalt not sin. And you that are far off from coming to read this within, may search the Scriptures, and read it there of a seed, that shall be great; as the off-spring that shall be as the Grass of the Earth for Number; so shall they be multiplied, in whose Mouthes there is found no guile, & are Children that will not Lye, that are come to him who is the Prince of Peace that makes an end of sin, and is the Word before the sin, and the Covenant of God, the Everlasting Father, who proclaims Liberty to the cap∣tive, and is the one thing needful, in the which all things are re∣conciled to God, and in him to one another whether things in Heaven, or in Earth, or under the Earth, whereby comes Peace in the receiving, and submission unto that Word of Power by which all things were made, and are upheld, and the Light of that word is that which is become unto us both Rest, and Joy, and Life, and Peace.

And this is that which is ministred into every Creature; and this we have heard in secret, and proclaim on the House tops, and this is to be preached unto all Nations, that by it he that is a∣bove all, through all, and in all, may come to be known, which is the Gospel of the Kingdom; and this I proclaim unto

you, and publish, within your borders, and make mention of his Name within your Gates, that the Life of Immortal Peace there you might feel, and this is it, which you have long resist∣ed, as your Fathers did, and when you have rebelled against this, like them before, that also rebelled against the Light, Job 24. 13. And having resisted it in your selves, then you rise up against us, who believe in the Light, John 12. 39. and when you have even murthered the witness in your selves, then you seek to destroy us; who bear witness, that he is come, who reproves the World of sin; and the World is set in the Heart, and the Light is come into the World, and that which reproveth for sin is in you, though by reason of sin it is wounded, and often overcome, and with that which is wounded in you, we mourn, and with that which sometimes troubles you, we have Peace; and that in you is our Friend, and pleads for us against you, whom you re∣fuse to hear! and that which you are most afraid of, we love and embrace; and that which would break your hearts, hath broke ours, and that in you which is to kill the Life you live, is that which hath brought us from Death to Life, by which we now live; for that which was alive is dead, and that which was dead is a∣live, and the first born is slain, and the seed is come forth from under Deaths Bond; but you that are Rich, and think you need nothing, in whom Wickedness is found, are the grave, (Isaiah—) in which that is buried, as a dead thing, which should save from Death, and give power over the Grave, and bring peace for evermore; And if that in you arise not, to give you Life and Peace, and so fellowship with us, whose Life is in it, yet do we with it rejoyce in its Righteous Judgments, and have fellow∣ship with it, as it ariseth to judge and condemn you for your disobeying and contemning of it; for absolutely if you will not let it now arise, to mortifie the Lust and bring down the Life, which is in the strength of your wills, and so to give you peace, then will it arise hereafter, to judge and condemn you, when you shall not be able any longer to resist, nor overcome the strength of its dreadful power, in executing Judgment upon the Trans∣gressor.