An invitation of a seeker to all those that seriously desire to find the Lord written by I.S. or the indefatigable seeker.

CHAP. XI. Honour the Lord alone, and live by pure spirit.

ALL good Religions seek to honour the Lord. Consequently that Religion must be the best, which honours the Lord most. All honour and glory ought to be given to the Lord, and to the Lord alone. No creature is to be admitted to partake with him in a point, wherein he is so jealous, that he promiseth not to give his honour to any other. Esa. 42.8. Do not injure the Lord, or vio∣late nature. That honour is stollen from the Lord, which is given to graven images. Fly Idolatry; or to Angels and Saints, who nei∣ther see you, nor hear you, nor know not you. O fly, fly Idolatry: Or to mortal men,

who by Natures rule are no more then your equals. Will you still retain and practise prophane Idolatry? Capping, bowing kneel∣ing and the like, are meer humane inventi∣ons, they were heretofore given to Idols, and do yet smell of abomination and super∣stition. I hope that the friends of the Lord, as they are zealous in their mind to detest, So they will be efficacious in their carriage to abolish the rags of Idolatry.

O Dearest Brethren and Sisters, Adore, I command you in spirit and truth. To adore in spirit excludes all corporal superfluities, as gold in its purity admits no dross. To adore in truth, is to banish from the heart the worlds falsity, which consists chiefly in ly∣ing, cheating, cousening, and the like. Be∣hold how palpably that Religion exceeds the rest, which having been lately found out by certain illuminated persons, walks in the way of pure spirit. It is a Religion that doth so excellently well refine our lives, that we arrive to have our Yea, yea; and our nay, nay: that we come not to retain falsity in our buying and selling, no duplicity in our words, no deceit in our actions. It is so ele∣vated in spirit, that it regards not the body; it is so entirely addicted to honour the Lord, that it disdains to stoop so low, as to bow to a creature. It is so solicitous to be vested

with the life of Jesus Christ, that as the Apo∣stles did rejoyce in suffering for the truth of the Gospel, so it doth glory that it is perse∣cuted by the children of the blind world for the fervour of I reaching. O Men and Wo∣men, that pretend to save your Souls, love the Spirit, not the Body: follow interior feelings, not corporal senses: Rise up to a pitch of perfection, that may feed the soul, and be ashamed to tast of the dregs of iniqui∣ty, presented unto you in the foul cup, which useth to be carowsed by worldlings. O raise your hearts to the freedom of the Children of Jesus Christ, and exempt your selves from the thraldom of Satan. O! all you that hear me, attend to the spirit that speaks. Fly sin, and you shall be happy. Purifie your minds, and you shall see the Lord. Take heed, beware, look to it. If you be tainted or spotted, you shall be thrown from the face of the Lord. Every light action, eve∣ry impertinent smile, or vain thought may be your eternal ruine. Every slip is a down∣fall, every stumble a precipice, and every cast of an unbridled eye casts you into eter∣nal fire. If your Eye offend you, if your Foot scandalize you, plulck it out, cut it off, and away with it. For if you step aside, or look awry, or think amiss, hope not for Heaven. One single error, imperfection or

defect, though never so slender, light, or small, damns you eternally. Unless you live as free from sin, and as perfect as is your eter∣nal Father, you are lost Children for ever.

He said much more to the same purpose, which made us all astonished, and no man knew on the suddain what to reply.

The day being far spent, and time want∣ing to discuss this matter, we resolved to have another meeting at the first conveni∣ency.