A declaration of the ground of error & errors, blasphemy, blasphemers, and blasphemies; and the ground of inchantings and seducing spirits, and the doctrine of devils, the sons of sorcerers, and the seed of the adulterer, and the ground of nicromancy, which doth defile witches and wizards. How this is all from the spirit of God in the transgression of it; and all them that draw from the spirit of God, draw into it; and they that are lead by the spirit of God, are led from it to God, and to the knowledge of the doctrine of Christ. By G. F.

Num. I. THE GROUND OF ERROR.

MAnasses who did evil in the sight of the Lord, made Judah and the Inhabitants to erre; Mark a false King, when he erres and doth that which is evil in the sight of God, makes others to erre from the wayes of God, for he built High Places: So that which is in the evil, is in the transgression; and he that is in the transgression, is in the error; and he that brings others into that state where he is to worship, that which he in his imaginations hath set up, brings others into the error, and from the spirit, and from the truth, in which God is worshipped; and likewise such a generation that grieves the Lord, that erres in their hearts, that knows not the wayes of the Lord [mark] they have not known his wayes, they go from that of God in them, which should

guide their hearts to God; they that erre in their hearts, they go out of the wayes of the Lord, and come to be la∣den with iniquity; these are them that tempts and proves, which be in the Error, from that of God in them, in the transgression, Psal. 95. for vvho erres in their hearts, they erre from the Light, vvhich is the Lavv vvritten in the heart; and they that do not obey that, they do not obey the Higher Power; Thou hast rebuked the proud which are cursed, which did erre from thy Commandments: Now them that do erre from the Commandments of God, are such as are in the pride, and the proud are cursed, in the error; and vvho are in the error, from the Commands of God, such are cursed from the spirit of God; Thou hast trodden down all them that have erred from thy Statutes: Mark, them that erre from the Statutes of the Lord God, they go from the spirit of the Lord God; such God treads under foot, and sets his foot upon, Psal. 119. Do they not erre that devise evil? Mark this; They that devise evil go from the Truth, vvhich the evil is out of; therefore who deviseth e∣vil are in the errror, out of the Truth; but Mercy and Truth shall be in him that deviseth good: Cease my son to hear the instruction that causeth to erre; come to un∣derstand that Instructor that leads into Error, and come to that every one in you, by vvhich you may know the in∣struction of the Error out of the Knovvledge, to knovv God is life eternal out of the Error, Prov. 19. As for my people, children are their Oppressors; and vvomen rule o∣ver them: O my people! they that lead thee cause thee to erre, and destroy the vvay of thy Pathes: (mark) such that are oppressors, which rules and leads, such causes to erre; for the oppressor is in the Error, from the truth, and in transgression of it, and causes others to erre from it, and destroyes the way of the path of them that vvould walk in it, when the oppressor rules, and the Women rules over them; therefore cometh judgement upon the Prin∣ces, for such grind the face of the poor, whose sins are de∣clared to be as Sodom; such was, and are these which are in the Error, vvhich causeth others to erre from the spirit of God and his Wayes; thefore against such did the Pro∣phet cry, Isa. 3. Though they may talk of the vvords of the

Law, yet they were erred from the life of it; therefore saith the Lord, I will cut them ••ff from Israel head and tail, branch and root, the ancient, the honorable; the honorable is the Head, and he that teacheth lyes is the Tayle; for the Leaders of this people hath caused them to erre, and they that are led of them are destroyed: (mark) here such as led them caused the people to erre, which themselves was in the error which destroyed them, vvhom the Lord will cut off Head and Tail: Here Honorable was to be cut off; here that which was Honorable caused to erre, and the Teacher of lyes is the Lyar, is in the Error: And that honorable which is to be destroyed and cut off, which causeth to erre, such de∣stroys the people, such God will destroy, which be in the Error, and lead into the Error.

This is the Word of the Lord God, And they have caused Aegypt to erre in every work, as a drunken man staggereth in his Vomet: So that which is in the Error is in the drunken∣ness, is in the Vometing, is in the staggering in all his Works, and all Error is from the Spirit of God, in vo∣meting, in drunkenness, Isa. 15. Now are the Nations cift∣ed with a cive of vanity, & the bridle which is in the Jaws of the people cause them to erre, he that hath ears to hear, as he readeth let him understa••d, Is. 30. Is not this Sion of vanity seen? and are not the Nations sifting novv? and is not there a Brible in the jaws of the people, causing them to erre, now plucking of them here, and plucking of them there, and every one is in the erring from the Spirit of God in him into several wayes so the Way of Holiness the unclean shall not pass over it, but it shall be for those the vvayfaring man, the fools shall not erre therein; (mark) here the way the unclean past not over it, for the unclean is in the Error; (mark that novv) this is the Way for the wayfaring man, and the souls shall not erre therein; for it is the Way of Holiness, the redeemed shall vvalk there, and the ransomed of the Lord; the Whelps of the Lyon comes not into this path, not the venomous Beasts, they that re∣belled and vexed the spirit of the Lord; therefore he was turned their Enemy; therefore cryed the people, O Lord, vvhy hast thou made us to erre from thy Wayes, such as

rebelled against the Holy Spirit, the Lord turned their E∣nemies against, and scattered them among the Heathen; and such he hardened their hearts, and made them to cry, Why hast thou made us to erre from thy wayes? that which first erred, the Lord scattered among the Heathen; the Lord is one with that which man goes from; (mark that, Isa. 63.) and such then cryes for the Lord, return, when themselves they do see what they have erred from, who was given up to the tempting lusts: I have seen folly in the Prophets of Samaria, they prophesie in Baal, they cause the people to erre by their lyes and by their lightness, they have caused my people to erre: (mark) there is prophaneness in the Prophets, a prophane Prophet, and a lying Prophet, who is in the lightness, they are in the Error, and they cause others to erre who these bad examples be. Now who be out of the prophaneness, out of the lyes, out of the lightness, out of the error, in the lyes, in the light••••ss, a false prophet, in the error from the spirit of God, and is to be cryed against with the spirit of God he will lead, and cause others into the error where he is, Jer. 33. For the spirit of Whoredoms hath caused him to erre, and they have gone a whoring from under their God: (mark) they that go a whoring from under their God, they go into the error; for who goeth from under their God, they go from that which may be known of God in them, Hos. 4. Now they that keep not the Commandments, but was in the transgression, their lyes caused them to erre; (mark) you may see transgression keeping not the commands of God, he is in the lyes, and in the error, and causeth others to er, that is in the transgression, such as preach peace to people, those Prophets that divine for money, if they would not put into their mouths, they even prepare vvar against them; these caused people to err which preaches peace un∣to them if they put into their mouth; but if they did not they prepare Wars (mark) they which preached peace unto people if they put into their mouths, and if not, will pre∣pare war against; such is the error, and causeth others to err.

Now them that came to Christ, that was out of the life that gave forth Scripture, Christ told them they were in an error, they knew not the Scriptures nor the power of God: Now them that knows not the povver of God, knows not the Scripture, but are in the error; but them that are in the power of God, knows the Scripture, and is come out of error, Matt. 22. Mar. 12. At such as do al∣wayes err, the Lord is grieved; (mark) such as do always err in their hearts the Lord is grieved; such as hath not known his wayes, (mark) how should they know his ways who do alwayes err in their hearts? such grieves the spirit of God in them, Heb. 3. Do not err my beloved Brethren, every good gift, and every perfect gift is from above, and cometh down from the Father of Lights, with whom is no variableness nor shadow of turning; (mark) error who be in it, who do err, and be in it, they be in the shadows, and in the turning, and in the variableness, and are seen by the Father of Lights, and that of God in them, in which they should receive every good gift, and every perfect gift which comes from above, and comes down from the Fa∣ther of Light, with whom there is no variableness nor shadow of turning; and in this is no error, who be here are on top of it.

If any of you do err from the truth, and one convert him, let him know, that he that converteth a sinner from his way shall save a soul from death, and hide a multitude of sins; for the multitude of sins they run into who run into error, and so out from the truth; who are converted into the truth, a converting is out of the error, and so out of the multitude of sins; for in the error where sin mul∣tiplies, read and understand that Jer. 8. there was an offer∣ing of a Ram concerning the ignorance which he had er∣red; (mark) he that was in the ignorance was to offer up the Ram, he might offer up that concerning the ignorance wherein he had erred; the spirit of the Lord God lets see over, and before time, and the beginning of time, and the end of time, beyond ignorance, and before ignorance and the time of ignorance, and the end of ignorance, so the

end of the offering, where the mercy is, and not the sacri∣fice, Lev. 3. And they that did not observe all the Com∣mands of the Lord God erred; they erred in not observing of them, observing the commands of God keeps out of error; and love keeps them, and to it they are not grie∣vous, for love is stronger then death, and the fulfilling of them. Saul who pursued after David to slay him who was innocent; Saul called himself fool; he said he had sinned and erred exceedingly; now that which is in the error, is in the foolishness; and in the sin, that that is it which slayes the just in the particular: Now that which trans∣gresses the just, is that which vvould slay the just in the ge∣neral, 1 Sam. 26. And Job desired the Lord to teach him to understand wherein he had erred; and all that come to the teachings of the Lord shall know it, Job 6. And Job said, Be it in eed that I have erred, my error remains with my self, these ten times have they reproached me; they that was in the error, was charging Job with error, Job 19.

Saith David, The wicked hath laid a Snare for me, yet I have not erred from thy Precepts; thy Testimony have I taken as my Heritage for ever, for they are the reviving of my heart, Psal. 119. But they that err through Wine and ••r••ng Drink, they are out of the way. Mark, The Priest and the Prophet have erred through strong Drink, they are swallow••d up with Wine, and they are out of the way through strong Drink, and erre in Vision, and stumble in judgement; for all Tables are full of Vomets and filthiness, so that there is no place clean; mark, the Tables of them that be full of vomets and filthiness where there is no place clean, these be them that be in the error through strong Drink, through the Wine erre in a Vision, stumble in Judgment, sutable for the Priests and Prophets of these our dayes and times, whose judgement is manife∣fested, who stumble in true Judgement in it, who have er∣red through Wine and strong Drink, and erred in their Vision; and their Tables is full of Vomets and filthiness, & no place clean, Is. 1.26. & for every one that erreth they was to offer for the sin that reconciliation might be made; so they that are come to know the everlasting Offering,

which perfects for ever, and reconciles to God, the ever∣lasting, overthrows the ground out of which the error a∣riseth out of, Eccles. 45.8. They also that erred in spirit, shall come to understanding; and they that murmured shall learn Doctrine; such as are here are come to the end of the Pro∣phets words, are in the Covenant of Light and Life, Isa. 29. When the Anger of the Lord was kindled against Uzziah, and God smete him for his Error, and there he dyed. Mark, that which goeth into the error feels the hand of the Lord, and that is it which the anger of the Lord kindles against, which turneth from that of God which is pure. 2 Sam. 16. Suffer not thy mouth to cause thy flesh to sin; nei her say before the Angel it is an error, wherewith God should be angry at thy voice, and destroy the works of thy hands. Mark, Know that which gives the Power over thy Tongue, and that will keep thee from causing thy flesh to sin, and from the an∣ger of God, and keep thee out of the error, and then in that thy works will be wrought in God, and not burned nor destroyed, Eccles. 5. There is an evil that I have seen under the Sun, or error which I have seen proceed from the Rulers folly, is set in great dignity: This is the evil, and this is the error seen under the Sun which proceeds from the Ruler, Eccles. 10. For the evil is the error that proceeds from the Ruler, Folly sets up; but the good in a Ruler throws dovvn the Folly, brings dovvn the evil, and brings a top of the Error, this keeps out of the error; for the ve∣ry person will speak Villany, and his heart work Iniquity, to practise hypocrisie, and to utter error against the Lord, to make empty the soul of the hungry; he vvill cause the drink of thirst to fail; the Instrument of the Church are evil devising, wicked devices, destroys the poor with lying words; and he that is here is in the error, vvhich he that is out of the error is on top of this, and deviseth liberal things, and by his liberality, liberal things stand, Isa. 32. The vvicked ones could not find error nor fault in Daniel, who vvould have destroyed his life, as many vvicked ones now, though they cnnot find fault nor Error, yet they wil persecute and imprison, Dan. 6.

And the Jews that crucified Christ which had judged him the time he was on earth before his Resurrection, in the error, they desired that the Sepulchre might be made sure, (now mark) he that comes out of the Sepulchre is judged of them the broacher of errors: Now the Pharisees they are looking the Sepulchre be made fast, they are look∣ing about Graves and Tombs, and vvould keep Christ in the grave, keep truth in the death; setting their Watches, and getting their Guards, and stirring up the Rulers with Guards to vvatch the Sepulchre, to stop error, as they say, vvhich be in the Error themseives, Matt. 27. and such shall receive in themselves the recompence of the er∣ror as vvas meet, such as did not like to retain God in their Knovvledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind to do such things as vvas not convenient; such went from that of God manifest in them, and how can such retain God in their Knowledge, and such are in the error, Rom. 1. that are Wels without Water, Clouds carried with a Tem∣pest; (mark) that is of a sudden, to whom the myst of dark∣ness is reserved for ever; for when they speak great swelling vvords of vanity, they allure through the lusts of the flesh, through much wantonness, those that were escaped clean from them who live in error, while they promise them∣selves liberty, they themselves servants of corruption, of whom a man is overcome, he is brought into bondage, he goes from the eternal.

Therefore my beloved, seeing ye know these things be∣fore, beware least you be led avvay from your steadfastness with the spirit of Error, 2 Pet. 3. you may see these clouds that are in the tempest, in the swelling words, in the vvan∣tonness, in the lusts of the flesh, promising to themselves liberty, servants of corruption, these be all in the error, and brings others into the bondage that follows them, from the spirit of the Lord God, which is liberty, the spi∣rit of truth which frees, where the sons of God meets; and we are of God, he that is of God heareth us; he that is not of God heareth not us; hereby know we the spirit of truth from the Spirit of error, 1 Joh. 4 3. The error of Balaam

was from the spirit of God for Revvards; such as goes in∣to this error as Balaam was in, you may see enough of such Prophets and Teachers; wo unto them, for they are in the way of Cain, would murder; and in the error of Balaam, for gifts and rewards, shall perish in the gainsaying of Core; here is Core turned from truth; here is Balaam turned from truth; here is Cain turned from truth Cain turned Murde∣rer; Balaam for Rewards and Gifts; and Core perished for his gain-saying, and such as be in their wayes are the spots in your Feasts of Charity, for they be whole in the theft, & doth feed themselves without fear, & are the Wells with∣out Water, & are the raging Waves foaming out their own shame, for whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for e∣ver: Jude 1. Every man is brutish in his Knowledge, and every man shall be confounded by the great Image which is falshood; and this is all in the error, and they are works of falshood, and the works of error, and in the day of Visitation they shall perish. Mark, Images, Idols are set up by mans Knovvledge, which is bruitish; in his Visitati∣on they perish; for that comes to fall that sets them up, which who are from the error, in the life of God, judgeth out all that, Ier 8. Saith David, Who can understand his errors? cleanse me from my secret faults; the fear of the Lord keeps the heart clean, and the Law of the Lord con∣verts the soul: Now he knew here what would keep the heart clean, and what did convert; so he knew that which comprehended error, for he knew the Law of the Lord w^ch is perfect, which goeth up one that w^ch erreth which is not perfect; for here is the foundation of error comprehended, yet he cryed, Who can understand them, he that compre∣hended, Psal. 9. The high priest alone once every year not without blood, which he offered for himself & the error of the people, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who through the eternal spirit offered himself to God; purge your consciences from dead works, to serve the living God; and here you may see the blood of the first Cove∣nant was to cleanse from error; here you may see the blood of the second Covenant, Christ Jesus, cleanseth from all

sin, vvho be in the light vvhich comes from Christ Jesus; vvhich vvho be out of it, be in the unbelief, and vvith it condemned. So the High Priest vvent into the second Ta∣bernacle, not vvithout blood, but Christ being become a High Priest of good things, to come by a greater and more perfect Tabernacle not made vvith hands.

And here you may see vvhere Error is, and that vvhich takes avvay the ground of Error.

G. F.