NOw all people take notice of these sort of men, which our Saviour Jesus Christ speaks of in this place of Scripture, and see if you do not hold them up: Do not your priests now go in long robes, as these did, which Jesus Christ bids you beware of? Do not your Priests love greeting in mar­kets, as these did that Jesus Christ bids you beware of? Do they not love to have you to worship them with cap and knee? And say h [...]w do you master such a one, as the Scribes did which Jesus Christ bids you beware of; these seducing spirits gets into your hearts and deceive you, and seek to devour your souls, take heed of them, you have good cause for it, for these men will destroy you if you have not a great care of them, these are the men that Jesus Christ bids you heware of in this place of Scripture, and also in Matth. 23.5, 6, 7.

For saith Jesus Christ, there in that place of Scripture: All their works they do to be seen of men, they make broad their Philacteries, and enlarge the borders of their Garments; and they make your purses pay [Page 5]for it; see if it be not so. All People, beware of these sorts of men which Jesus Christ so much spake of; he knew the depth of their hearts, and that they were decei [...]ful above measure: look to them, as you will answer it before the Lord, you have had warning enough of them, [...]w you cannot pl [...]ad excuse: All people consi­der of it, see, by their m [...]ks ye shall know them; Jesus Christ hath set them forth by a Character, as you may know them; See the 23 of Matthew, and lay it together wi [...]h the 12 of Mark: And now you may see how you have been deceived with those wolves all this night time; now that the day doth appear that you may view them; it is good for you to have a great care of them, least they utterly destroy you for ever; they are blind guides, and walk contrary to the doctrine of Christ, he spoke of them in his doctrine; see Mark 12.18.

See, view them well, and beware of those men, that love to get pearking up into the highest places in the Synagogues; these are the men that Christ bid you beware of, Mat 23.6.

Now see, do not your Priests sit lording over you, and ger peark­ing into the highest places in the Synagogues, and th [...]se Christ bids you beware of, take heed of these men, they are seducers, deceiv­ers, false Christs, or Antichrists, that do not abide in his doctrine, Mat. 23.8, 2. John 9.

See further, they love to be called of men Rabbi, that is to say Master, as the Scribes and Pharisees did, and do not your Priests so?

These are the men that Jesus Christ bids you have such a care of, and told of them in his doctrine, both in that 23 of Matthew, and 12 of Mark; look to them, and hold them not up, for God is a­gainst them, and will overturn them and their false worship, which is Pharasaical.

All people have a care of these false Christs; Christ said to his,Mat. 23, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16. be not ye called of men Masters, For one is your Master even Christ, Mat. 23 8, 9, 10, 11. saith he in another place of Scripture, The Gentiles they exercise lordship over them, and their great ones exercise authority upon them. The Gentiles did so, these sorts of men also you are to have a care of, and see now if your Priests be not found in the number of them, that loves Mastery, contrary to the doctrine of Christ, as in these places of Scripture, both in Mat. 23.8. and this place of Scri­pture in Mark 10.42, 43, 44. And he that abideth not in the doctrine of Christ, hath not God; see 2 John 9. look to these sorts of men, they are seducers and deceivers.

And secondly he that saith he is sent of God and professeth him­self to be a Minister of Christ, and walketh contrary to Christ,1 John 2.18. he is Antichrist, and that is a false Christ; now there are many Anti­christs; see 1 John 2.15, 16, 17, 18, verses.

Therefore for exhortation: All people every where, high and low, great and small, rich and poor, bond and free, male and semale; [Page 6]take heed of your souls, search the scripture, see if your Priests do not walk contrary to them, and doth not abide in the doctrin of Christ; but are among the Scribes & Pharisees, by their fruits it doth appear, and their damnation is greater; as in Mar. 12.14. and John saith, He that abides not in the doctrine of Christ, receive him not into your house; neither bid him God-speed, least ye be partakers of his evil deeds; see 2 John 8.9, 10.

All people, as you will answer it before the Lord, and as you tender the good of your owne souls, take heed of all these sorts of men, these blinde guides, and seducing Priests, that do not abide in the doctrine of Jesus Christ; you have great cause to have a care of them: now I have discharged my duty to God in forewarning you of them.

Look to it, for the leaders of the people cause them to erre; as the Prophet Isaiah saith, in Isa. 9.16. And if the blinde shall lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch, Mat. 5.14. poor people now look about you, and be not deceived with these blinde guides any longer.

I read over a book, set forth by one Thomas Robbins, Batchelor of Divinity, as he calls himself, and Englands watchman. Truly Eng­land may well be in blindness, darkness, and Ignorance, that hath no better a watchman then such a blinde guide as he is.

For he is one of those that leads the people on in blindness, and would keep them there, and so that Scripture is fulfilled,

The blinde leads the blinde, which our Saviour Jesus Christ spoke of in Mat, 15.14. See if it be not so, and the Lord open all your eyes, that you may not run on further into blindness, till you cannot get out of darknes [...].

This Thomas Robbins hath stoln the words of the Saints, the Pro­phets, and Apostles, to make a trade of, but never came to know the life of them, and so fulfills the saying of our Saviour Christ, in that tenth of John, where he saith, All that ever came before me are Thieves and Robbers: but he may expect the just judgement of God, that dissembles with the Lord, and that steales the words of others to speak of, not knowing the life of them; but the Lord is against him, and such as he is, that steales the words of their neigh­bours, as the false Prophets did, which the Lord sent his true Pro­phet to cry out against, as in Jer. 23.30, 31, 32. He might well have called himself England's Blinde Guide, and not England's Watchman, for he is found a Blinde Guide, by those that have the true Guide, which is the spirit of truth, who are guided by the spirit of God, are the Sons of God: as in Rom. 8.14, 15, 16.

And are set free by the blood of the lamb, to praise and glorifie God; and can say with John the Disciple whom Jesus loved; behold what manner of love is this, That the Father hath bestowed on us, that we should be called the sons of God? as in 1 Joh. 3.1.

But this blinde Guide, that knows not the true Guide, as in his writing it doth appear, he hath many stolne expressions, and slat­tering [Page 7]titles, calling drunkards, and swearers, and liers, and proud and covetous, and prophane persons, such as Esau was, whom God hated, those that are in the same nature, he nuzzles them up in their sins, and speakes smooth things to them, calling them good people, and good christians, when as Jesus Christ when he was called good master: he said to him that called him so, why callest thou me good, there is none good but one, that is God, Mark, 10.17, 18. ver. and he saith good people, let us have a care of this time, and speaks of false Christs, and falie prophets, and doth not see himselfe to be one of those that Jesus Christ bids the people that knowes him, to beware of; those that have eyes to see may see him to be one of them, for he is a wicked ungodly person, as he himselfe doth confesse, in his a page, and he speakes against false Christs, and false prophets, that neither knows the true Christ, nor the true prophers, by any inward Experience: but as he doth confesse, he is a wicked and ungodly person, and such have nothing to do to take his word into their mouthes to speake of: for saith Jesus Christ, what hast thou to doe to take my word into thy mouth, that hatest to be reformed; and again saith our Lord Jesus, let every one that nameth the name of Christ depart from iniquity, for saith he, though they have pro­phesied in my name, and be found workers of iniquity, I will say I know you not, depart from me, ye that be workers of iniquity, in­to hell, prepared for the divell and his angells, Math. 25. but this blind guide, though falsely he calles himselfe Englands warchman, he contends for sin, which is the divels practise, and he speakes a­gainst the people of God that knowes the true Christ, manifested to take a way sin, and to destroy the workes of the divell, as they did that spoke forth the scriptures, as in 1 John, 3. chap.

This blinde guide which calls himselfe Englands watchman, may be ashamed of his ministry, that hath taken their money so long for that which is no bread, neither hath thy ministry wrought any re­formation, for as thou sayest in page the 4th, that there is nothing more used then lying and swearing cheating and cuzening one with another, as thou sayest, and that which is an abomination with the Lord, thou mayest now see what little use thy ministry is of, it is abominable, the fruits of abominations are brought forth by it; and now if thou hadst any grace, as thou sayest in page the 2, thou hast but little, it doth appear that questions it, but as thou sayest, if thou hadst but so much grace as to serve the Lord, as in page 2, thou mightest blush and be ashamed that thou should be no better a watchman; But it is but that the scriptures may be ful­filled, his watchmen are all blind: as in Isaiah, 56.10.11. ver.

Therfore woe to you, and woe to thee thou blind guide, woe and misery is your portion.

And as thou sayest, it is time for thee and such as thou art to a­mend your wicked live, as in thy second page; Nay surely it is high time for thee to amend thy wicked life, that sayest thou art a watch­man [Page 8]for a whole nation, and sends thy trumpet about, to be sound­ed in faires and markets, that those that have eyes to see may see that thou [...]t one of Englands blinde guides, and as saith the Lord by his prophet Isaiah, his watchmen are all blinde, they are all igno­rant, they are all greedy dumb dogs, and shepheards that cannot un­derstand, and every one lookes for his gain from his quarter, as in Isaiah, that 59.10.11. ver.

Surely England hath been blindly led a long time, that hath no better a watchman then thou art, a blinde guide, that is ignorant of the work of God, as thou art.

Now it is high time for England to looke up to the Lord, and remove such blinde guides as thou art, who would make Christ of none effect, but to talke of: as in the latter end o [...] thy second page: which is thy principle head, and sayes that false Christs, and false prophets may be known by this, that there bee some that say they have no sin.

First, Herein thou shewest thy blindnesse and ignorance in the things of God,Heb. 2, 16, 17, 18. 2 Cor. 5.21. for in the true Christ there was no sin at all, hee was without sin, and he tooke our nature upon him, and was mani­fested to take away sin, and the scripture saith that he that abideth in him sinneth not, and who so sinneth hath not seen him, neither known him, 1 J [...]hn, 3 5, 6. ver.

Secondly, And those that spoke forth the scripture, and knew him manifested to take away sin, and to destroy the works of the divell said,1 John 3.5. & 8, 9. 2 Cor. 5.17, 18. Gal. 6.11. Gal. 5.24. Rom. 6. Heb. 2.10.11. 1 John 4.17. Heb. 2.14.15. John. 1 [...].19, 20, 21, 22, 23. Joh. 15.1, 2, 3. that he that was in Christ was a new creature old things were passed away, and the old nature and old wickednesse was destroyed, and they said that they had Crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts thereof, and so have they that are Christs now, and with­all, the Romans said, how shall we that are dead to sinn live any longer therein, for he that sanctifyeth and they that are sanctifyed are of him, and they are all one, and hee is not ashamed to call them brethren, for as he is, so are we in this present world, and saith Jesu [...] Christ himselfe, ye are bone of my bone, flesh of my flesh, and I have ingrafted them into me through the spirit, for saith the true Christ, I am the vine, and yee are the branches, but he doth not engraft sin into the vine, it is the pure seed which is after the spirit, which thou shewest thy selfe to be ignorant of, and seemes here to rase the foundation of the scripture, thou blinde guide, thou dost exceedingly shew forth thy blindnesse and ignorance in the things of God, 2 Timoth. 3.8.9. ver.

Thirdly, The scripture saith, little children, let no man deceive you, he that doth righteousnesse is righteous, even as he is righteous; but he that commits sin is of the divelj, by this the children of God are manifested, and the children of the divell, 1 John. 3.9, 8. ver.

Fourthly, The scripture saith that he that is borne of God sinneth not, neither can he sin, because his seed remaineth in him, and again we know that he was manifested to take away our sin, and in him [Page 9]and again we know that he was manifested to take away our sin, and in him is noe sin at all, soe saith the scripture, 1 John, 3.9, 10.

But thou plainly shewes thy selfe to be blind and ignorant of him, that knowes not his manifestation in thee to take away sin, for he that commiteth sin is. of the divell, and whosoever doth not righ­teousness, is not of God, neither he that loveth not his brother; by this the children of God are manifested and the children of the divell.

Now thou mayest plainly see whose servant thou art,Iohn 8.34. & 44. Rom. 6.16. 1 Iohn 4. of thy fa­ther the divel, and his servants ye are to whom ye do obey, he that obeyes sin, he is the servant of sin, serveing the divell, they are of the world as thou art, therefore speake they of the world as thou dost, and the world heareth them, all that act and delights in ini­quity, as it doth thee: we are of God, he that is of God and delight­eth in righteousness heareth us, he that is not of God heareth us no; hereby know we the spirit of truth and the spirit of errour, See 1 John 4.2, 3, 4, 5, 6.

But thou bringest in David for a cloake for thy hypocrisie, thou art ignorant of Davids conditior, he spoke his experiences, and in the working our of sin, he cries out of it;Psal. 10.5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Psal. 110.1, 2, 3. Psal. 112. Psal. 116. Psal. 105. Psal. 11.8. David did experience the two seeds, which thou shewest thy selfe to be ignorant of, and David being delivered from sin, he said, thou hast delivered my soule out of hell, and my darling from the dogge; and he said, blessed is the man to whom the Lord imputeth not sin, and David said, he would behave himselfe wisely, in a perfect way, and he would walke in the house of the Lord with a perfect heart, and saith he, a froward heart shall depart from me, and he would not know a wicked person, and he that wrought deceite should not dwell in Davids house, and he that telleth lies should not tarry in his sight, &c. And saith David, him that privately slandereth his neighbour, him will I cut off, and saith he, him that hath an high looke and a proud heart I will not suffer; But mine eyes shall be upon the faithfull of the land, that they may dwell with me, and he that walketh in a perfect way, saith David he shall serve me Psal. 101.1, 2, 3.4. to the end.

But thou and such blinde guides as thou art are ignorant of Da­vids conditions, yet you can take his words to talk of, and say, Was not David a man after Gods own heart, and he sinned; &c.

Quest. Let me ask you, Did ever Gods own heart sin?

Did you but know Davids conditions; you may see, he desired God to take away his first heart, and to create in him a new heart, and to renew his holy Spirit within him.

And the Lord heard his prayer,Psal. 119.1, 2, 3, 4. &c. Psal. 145, Psal. 146. Psal. 147. Psal. 111. but David went through many afflictions and many sufferings before; and spoke his Experiences, how it was with him in all his Conditions, I beare testimony to the same truth, through death; and when David had a new heart given him, It was a perfect heart, and he said, O God my heart is fix­ed, I will sing and give thanks with my whole heart, and then [Page 10] Davids heart was filled with praises to the Lord, as he saith, O my soule, bless thou the Lord, praise him and magnify him forever, and saith he severall times, oh that men would praise the Lord for his goodnesse: Psal. 108.1, 2, 3. &c. And saith David, Blesse the Lord, O my soul, and all that is within me praise his holy name. David was delivered out of troubles, and saith he, bless the Lord oh my soul, and forget not all his benefits, who forgiveth all thine iniqui­ties, who healeth thy diseases, &c. Psal. 103.1, 2, 3, 4, 5, but the world and Englands blinde guides, and blinde watchmen, knows no­thing of Davids conditions to speake of them from inward Experi­ence, and they that speakes of them, and knowes them not, by Ex­perience steales his words to trade withall, as also the words of all the prophets and Apostles, but the Lord is against such.

And aa for that people which thou speakest of, that say there is neither God nor divell, and that the scriptures is much abused by them, I know none that do so much abuse the scriptures, as thou, and such as thou dost, that makes no other use of them, then to trade withall for money, that you may deceive poor people, by your Inventions and imaginations, and that you are the men that doth both deny God and dishonor him in your practise, but be you assured, that God will be avenged of you, and all proud Boasters and heady highminded ones, and such as Paul speakes of in the 2 of Tim. 3. and likewise al vain talkers and such as in words profess God, but in workes deny him, as in Titus, 1.16. for thou shalt know God to be a severe judg to judg the heathen in righteousness.

And that there is a hell also thou shalt know, and all that doth deny it, and all that delights in wickednes, for the wicked and all that forget God shall be turned into hell, Psal. 9.17. Math. 25.41.

And the time is now already come,2 Tim. 4.3, 4. Hosea 4. Hosea 5. that thou and all that are in the first nature cannot endure sound doctrine, and that is the rea­son wickedness is grown to such an height, but thy Doctrine is cor­rupt, and doth not profit the people at all, as the Lord hath said by his servant the Prophet, in the Prophesie of Jeremiah, Jer. 23.32. and thou art one of those that strengthens the hands of evil doers, as in Ver. 10, 11, 11, 13, 14.

And thou hast watcht in vain, for thy Ministry is corrupt, and thou shewest forth thy folly, and thy madness, Repent and blush for shame, for thou art one that turneth the peoples ears unto fables, in these thy notionary Rabbles; it is fulfilled now by thee, and such blinde guides as thou art, that creeps into houses, a Steeple-house, which is the Idols Temple, telling the people, as most of you do, that it is a Church, and the House of God, which is a lye: for the Apostle saith, That God that made the world, doth not dwell in Temples made with hands; neither is he worshipped with mens hands, Acts 7.47, 48: Acts 17.24, 25. Isa. 66.1, 2.

Now such as thou art, creeps into one of these Idol Temples, and makes merchandize of poor souls, and there you Sir Simons sits buy­ing [Page 11]and selling the Letter for money, and so deceivès poor people, and keeps them ever learning, and never able to come to the know­ledge of the truth; and as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses, so dost thou, and such as thou art, resist the truth, men of corrupt hearts, reprobates concerning the faith; as in 2 Tim. 3.6, 7, 8, 9.

Thou, and such as thou art do seduce people, and draweth them from the pure light within, to observe dreams and fancies of your own brain; as those did that the Lord sent to cry out against; as in Jer. 23.24, 25, 26, 27.

And in thy other particular branch or clause of thy book, where thou callest thy self Englands Watchman.

Thou sayest that false Prophets are now abroad; for there is a peo­ple thou sayest in many places, that say Christ is in them; and would make them false Christs, and falfe Prophets.

Thou sayest that false Prophets are now abroad; for there is a peo­ple thou sayest in many places, that say Christ is in them; and would make them false Christs, and falfe Prophets.

Thou blinde Guide, and dim Light, thou here openly shewest forth thy folly, and shews thy ignorance; alas, alas, poor, blind, mad Prophet, if the dumb Ass did speak to thee, as it did to Balaani, thou wouldst be condemned by it.

England may well be in blindeness and darkness that hath such Watchmen as thou art, and justly may the Lord complain, and send forth Plough-men and Trades-men to cry out against you, and say his Watchmen are all blinde, as Isaiah did.

Thou here errest exceedingly, and shewst forth thy envy and de­spite to the Spirit of Grace; the Lord rebuke thee, thou mad Mes­senger of Antichrist, that thou shouldest be so blinde-folded, and, hood-winkt; thou hast eyes and seest not, thou here art ignorant in­deed of the true Guide, and ignorant of the Doctrine of the Apostles, and ignorant of the Scriptures, and would have all to take notice, and to know, that Englands Watchman is a Reprobate: and thou art to be holden, both thou and thy Doctrine to be accursed: for the Apostle Paul saith, That if any bring any other Doctrine, then what they had taught was to be holden accursed. See Gal. 1.8, 9.

Now the Apostle Paul, who was the true Minister of Jesus Christ, and did abide in his Doctrine, bad all have a care of such a deceiver as thou art; for thou art contrary both to Christ and his Apostles, and shewst the spirit of error, and art of Antichrist, and a false Pro­phet, which art to be taken notice of; all that are enlightned by the Spirit of God, may see thy folly, and thy madnesse, and the vengeance of God hangs over thy head, for thy hypocrisie and dissimulation, and all such as thou art, Mat. 23.12, 13, 14, &c.

2. The Apostle Paul in his Doctrine, he said to the Corinthians whom he taught, Examine your selves, prove your selves: he puts them both upon the examination and proof of the thing, 2 Cor. 13.5.

And thirdly, saith he, Know you not your own selves, how that Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates? and here thou plainly shewest thy self to be a reprobate, and without God in the world, and art igno­rant of the life of the Scriptures, and the same Spirit that they had [Page 12]that spoke forth the Scriptures, and art a blinde guide, Englands Blinde Guide, walking by a spirit of delusion, and shewing that thou art led by a spirit of error; All people, take heed of such seducing spirits as these are, which will neither go into the Kingdom of hea­ven themselves, nor suffer them that would to enter, as in Mat. 23.13. but the wo is to such: These are they that Jesus Christ doth fore­warn you of: All people, take heed of them, and be no longer se­duced by them, Gal. 3.1. 1. John 2.26. Englands Watchman, salfly so called, but rather Englands blinde Guide, and blinde he is indeed, both of the Doctrine of Christ, and his true Ministers.

2. For the Apostle Paul, who was a true Minister of Jesus Christ, and did abide in his Doctrine, he taught the Colosians, and said to them, Great is the Mysterie of godliness, Christ in you the hope of glory: See Col. 1.27. herein Englands Watchman, or rather blinde Guide, shews forth his ignorance of the Spirit of truth, and the life of the Scriptures, and that he is Guided by a Spirit of error.

3. And the Apostle himself was made a Minister not by the will of man, but by the will of God, who revealed his Son in him; as in G [...]l. 1. to 17. but thou that sayest those are false Prophets, that say they have Christ in them, thou art blinde indeed, and teacheth con­trary both to the Doctrine of Christ and his Apostles, and thou and thy Doctrine is accursed, Gal. 1.8, 9.

4. Thou mightst as well say, that the Corinthians and the Colossians, and the Apostle Paul himself, were false Prophets, as to say, that those are false Prophets that say Christ is in them: herein thou art exceeding blinde and ignorant, and the Lord may justly complain, and say, his Watchmen are all blinde indeed.

5. Thou blinde Guide, thou here contradictest Christ himself, who said, That he would dwell in his Saints, and walk in them; and saith to his Father, All mine are thine, and thine are mine, and I am glorified in them: See John 17.10. and saith Jesus Christ in his prayer to his Fa­ther, Neither do I pray for these alone, but for all them which shall believe on me through their word, that they all may be one, as thou father art in me, and I in thee, that they also may be one in us, that the world may be­lieve that thou hast sent me, and the glory which thou gavest me, have I given them, that they may be one, even as we are one: I in them: See, here is Christ in his peaple; saith he, I in them, and thou in me, both the Father, and the Son dwelling in his Saints, and here is perfecti­on indeed, I in them, and they in me, that they may be made perfect in one: See John 17.20, 21, 22, 23.

6. Here is not only Christ in us, but God the Father also, as he hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them, and they shall be my people, and I will be their God, saith the Lord God Almighty, 2 Cor. 6.17, 18. God is love, he that dwelleth in love, dwelleth in God, and God in him. See 1 John 4.15, 16, 17.

1. Herein thou shewest thy self to be out of God and Christ both, & so art both an enemy to Jesus Christ and his, where he is made ma­nifest, [Page 13]and art a false Prophet, a Seducer, and an Antichrist, and De­ceives both thy self and others, and art guided by a spirit of error; and the God of this world hath blinded thy eyes, and the Prince of the power of the ayr ruleth in thee, and all the children of disobe­dience; and thou and they makes lyes your refuge, and so forsakes the onely Lord God, to delight in lying vanities: but it is but that the Scripture may be fulfilled: wickedness is growing up to the height, but the wrath of God is to be revealed in flames of fire upon all the children of disobedience, and he will reward every one ac­cording as his deeds is, tribulation and anguish to every soul that doth evil, 2 Thess. 1.6, 7, 8, 9, 10. Rom. 2.8, 9.

2. Thou art full of deceit, thou blinde Guide, and full of confusion, which is the Language of Babylon, thou that callest thy self Eng­lands Watchman, thou art full of lyes also, and takes the Apostles words, who was an Ambassador in bonds for the truths sake; as in Ephes. 6.2. but the truth suffers by thee, and such as thou art, and thou art at liberty in deceit: and thou in the beginning of thy Book speaks against a people that say they have no sin: and if they be set free from sin, they have more cause to praise and glorifie God for his good­ness: is thine eye evil, because he is good? and because thou livest in sin and deceit, wilt thou judge them out of thy evil thoughts? who makes thy self apparent to be a reprobate, that denies Christ to be come into his people, shewing that thou art ignorant of him in thy self, and so makes thy self manifest to be Antichrist, as in that place of Scripture, 1 John 4.1, 2, 3.

It is the blood of Jesus Christ his Son, that cleanseth us from all sin, to him be praise for ever and ever, who hath sent his Son into the world to take away our sin: it is his own work, and he is wor­thy to have the praise, who washeth and cleanseth us, and justifieth and sanctifieth us by his Spirit. as it is in 1 Cor. 6.11. and maketh us perfect through his comeliness, as Ezek. 16. It is God that justifieth us, who art thou that shall lay any thing to the charge of Gods elect? Rom. 8.31, 32, 33.

But thou art consused in thy writing, building up, and throwing down, and daubing with untempered morter, slattering titles, and fair speeches, and speak against the apparent people of God, in whom he is made manifest in measure, to take away sin, and says they are false Prophets, that say they have no sin, thou maist as well say, that Christ had been a false Prophet, if thou durst but for an out ward law, for he was without sin, and he that abideth in him sinneth not faith John; and he said, as he was so was they in this present world, and he that was born of God sinned not, see the Scriptures for it, 1 Joh. 3.5, 6, 9. 1 Joh. 4.16, 17. Herein thou art exceeding carnal, sottish, and ignorant of the Scriptures, and shews the spirit of error.

And in the latter end of thy writing, that which thou hast been speaking against, thou takest their words that were perfected to confute thy self withal; and says as many as are perfect, let us be thus minded.

5 They that writ the Scriptures, they had the life of them, and was perfect and compleat in Christ Jesus, and thou mayest see that Scrip­ture which thou makest use of in Phil. 3.15. may be a sufficient wit­ness against thee, and let thee see that thou art a thief, taking these words to speak of, who knows nothing of the life of them that spoke them forth;John 10.1. but this is to let thee see thy folly, and that thou mayest know that the day of the Lord is coming to overturn thee and thy deceits, and to render vengeance upon the head of the wick­ed; vengeance is mine, and I will repay it saith the Lord, fury to mine adversaries; and thus saith the Lord, behold the day cometh and hasteth greatly to overturn the works of darkness, and the workers of iniquity, and it shall burn as an oven, and all that are proud, and all that do wickedly shall be as stubble, and the day that cometh shall burn and consume them up, and shall leave them neither root nor branch, saith the Lord God almighty, Mal. 4 1. Repent thou blind guide, and give over thy deceiving, for wo and misery is thy portion.

ALL people minde your teacher within, and cease from all such blinde guides as this, who falsely calleth himself England's Watchman, who taketh your money for that which is no bread, and filleth your ears full of fancies, and your hearts full of lyes by his deceitful doctrine.

All the Children of the Lord are taught of the Lord, and in righ­teousness are they established,Isa. 54.13, 14. Jer. 31.33, 34. Heb. 8.10, 11. Titus 2.11, 12, 13, 14. 1 Cor. 9.15, 16 17, 18, 19. Act 20.32, 33, 34, 35, 2 Cor. 6. Gal. 1. 2 Cor. 3. and the Lord teacheth his to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts, and to live righteously, soberly, and godlily in this present world, and the teachings of God are free without money, or without price, see Isa. 55. He that takes money for speaking is a trades-man of the merchants of Babilon.

Paul said, necessity was laid upon him, and wo was to him if he did not preach the Gospel, and he said, that it was better for him to dye, then to make the Gospel of Christ burthensome, and he coveted no mans silver nor gold, he took God to witness; but as he had received his doctrine of the Lord, he spoke it forth to o­thers, and he found Christ revealed in him, and he laboured, striving mightily by the power of God in him, to present every man perfect in Christ Jesus, and they had the heavenly treasure in earthen ves­sels, and did preach wisdom to them that was perfect, and he and they who were true ministers of Jesus Christ, and did abide in his doctrine, did teach and exhort all whom they taught, to come to know Christ in them, but this man, England's Blinde Guide, that de­scribes them to be false Prophets that say they have Christ in them, he is blinde and knows not the truth, and is a seducing spirit, and doth labour to draw people from the truth, and is an Antichrist; therefore take heed of him, and such seducing spirits as he is, for there are many of them abroad in the world, but John hath fore­warned you of such; therefore beware of them all, cease from them, and hold them not up, least ye be pertakers of the judgements with [Page 15]them, and come out of the Idols worship; and come out of Babilon saith the Lord God Almighty, 2 Cor. 6.16, 17, 18. Rev. 18.4, 5.

1 Saith John in his Epistle,1 John 4.12. 2 Cor 6 14, 15, 16. 1 Cor. 6.19, 26, Gal. 2.20. search and try the spirits whether they be of God or no; try the spirits, and believe not every spirit, because many false prophets are gone out into the world, hereby know we the spirit of God, every spirit that confesseth Jesus Christ come in the flesh is of God, I witness him come into my flesh, ruling in this earth­en vessel, or tabernacle, as the Apostle did witness, and the Corinthi­ans, and said that Christ was manifested in them, and did dwell in their mortal flesh: See 2 Cor. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11.

But this blinde guide shews himself ignorant of this ministry, and of the life of the Scriptures, that saith they are false prophets that say Christ is in them, and he shews himself to be a Reprobate. 2 Cor. 13.5.

2 Now see what John saith 1 Joh. 4.3. and saith he, every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God, and this is that false Christ or spirit of Antichrist, whereof you have heard that it should come, and now already it is in the world, See 1 Joh. 4.3. and this blinde guide that denies Christ to come to rule in his Saints, is ignorant of him that saith, they are false prophets that say Chist is in them; take notice of such a seducing spirit, all people, or you have great cause so to do: in 1 Joh. 2 20. John saith, ye have an unction from the holy one, and ye know all things: And again, saith he, in verse 27. But the anointing which ye have received of him, which is Christ, dwelleth in you, and yeo need not that any man teach you, but as the same anointing, which is Christ in you, saith, he teach­eth you all things: and it is truth, and is no lye; likewise see Joh. 14.16, 17. and 26 verses. what Jesus Christ saith there; and this de­ceiver teacheth contrary both to Christ, and his Apostles, let him and his doctrine be held accursed; for it is that the Scripture may be fulfilled, beware of him, and such as he is, and hold them not up: down with them, down with them, for the Lord is against them.

3 For see what John saith, 1 Joh. 2.18. Little children saith he, it is the last time; and ye have heard that Antichrist shall come, even now are there many fals Christs, or Antichrists, such as do not abide in the doctrine of Christ, but seeketh to draw people from the anointing within, these are seducers and Antichrists, 1 Joh. 2.18, 22, 26.

Now you have time, prise it, and minde the light of God in you,Exhortation. that shews you sin and evil, and lets you see the vanity of your mindes, and the deceits of your hearts, as in 2 Pet. 1.19. and it will turn your mindes within, towards God, who is pure, and of purer eyes then to behold iniquity, to set up his law in you, and his judgement there to condemn sin in the flesh, and to work out the carnal part in you, that your bodies may be fit temples for God to dwell in, that you may know him, to rule by his power in you, sha­king down the earthly wisdom, and cutting through the ground of imaginations, and renting the vailes of darkness in you, making your earthly hearts to ake, and all your bones to shake, and the Moun­tains [Page 16]in you to Quake,Heb. 12.21. Job 4.14. Job 21.5, 6. Job 37. 1. Ier. 23.9. Habac. 3.16. 1 Ioh. 3.9, 10. 1 Iohn 5.18, 19, 20. 1 Ioh. 5.1, 2, 3, 3, 5, 6. 1 Ioh. 3.23, 24 and rent the rocks, your hard stony hearts, to work his own work in you, that you may know God indeed, and not call him a Father, and Christ a Saviour, and you live and de­light still in wickedness, that is a mocking of God, but be not de­ceived, God will not be mocked; take heed what you do, and live not by imaginations, and say you believe, you beleeve, but bring forth fruits of a believer, or else your faith is but a dead faith, and will not profit you, but fail you in the time of need; let it be tryed by fire, and bring forth fruit unto God; he that beleeveth on the Son of God, is born again of water and the spirit, and hath the witness in himself, and eternal life dwelleth in him, 1 Joh. 5.10, 11, 12, 13.

The Kingdoms of the world shall ere long become the Kingdoms of the Lord, and of his Christ, and he shall rule all Nations with a rod of Iron; it is hard to kick against the pricks; the Lord is set­ting up the ministry of his Son in the hearts of his people, and no­thing shall stand nor remain but his Own pure being; The Lord one, and his Name one, even both Priest, Prophet, and King, The Lord our righteousness, even God blessed for ever and ever, Amen.

Singing Hallelujah to the highest, the great and mighty day of the Lord is coming on apace, and the Earth shall quake, and the Mountains shall shake, and the Hills shall tremble, and the Isles shall fly away: Then shall the Saints sing and rejoyce in the Lord, and cry, Happy, Happy Day; Wo, we to the wicked.