An exact history of the life of James Naylor with his parents, birth, education, profession, actions, & blaspheemies [sic].: Also how he came first to be a Quaker, and received his commission from heaven (as he saith) when he was in the field at plow. Taken from his own mouth. With the doctrines, tenets and practises of some other of the same sect. / By John Deacon.

A Remarkable passage and worthy your Observation.

GIlpin having but once tasted of that bitter berry of Apostacy from the truth, yet wanting that inward evidence from an internal light which others boasted of, could not be contented to weigh but pressed forwards from the shallow side to the bottomless channel of soul impoverishing errors: and therefore extremely thirsted after the act of quakeing, thinking that then he should feel that internal power that might evidence their external preaching, which as yet he could not doe: But when the Divel had so fair an opportunity as this to enlarge his Dominion, he cast him into that action he so much desired. When the Divel as it afterwards appeared and confessed it self to be in the likeness of a Dove, descended upon him, and entred into him, pretending to be the holy Ghost: in this state he going to their meetings where one Christopher Atkinson was speaking, he returned home with great joy in that the power (as he saith) which was within him had enabled him to witnesse to what was said, so that it may easily be discerned what that power is, whose doctrine the Divel bears a witnesse unto; I am cleerly of this opinion that Satan cannot witnesse unto the things of God

really, but to overthrow them further by his chief policie.

I come now to what I would willingly be brief in, which is to speak a word or two to the ope∣ning and explaining of the politique designes of this man of sin James Naylor, in the carryiny on this blasphemy, and high treason against the most high God of Heaven and Earth.