The spirituall Verses and Profe of James Hunt, which shall be plainly showne,

God hath lighted my Candle within his glorious Throne.

IT is written in the 18. Chapter of the Revelation, J saw an Angel come down out of Heaven, having great power, and the earth was lightned with his glory.

And now ye Clergie, I plainlie see and understand,
You say your Universities,
they are the two eyes of this Land.
Why then if your eyes be so clear that you can see,
I pray declare and show to mee,
who that Angel should bee.
But that deep misterie for you is yet too strong,
And for that cause,
you shall be taught by the English Tongue.
For the plain Plowman and Cavalier,
Whom God hath mounted on the Throne of grace;
He saith, ye Clergie, you shall be forced for to see clear,
You must give way and place.
But when I come within your Pulpit for to flie,
Ye Magistrates you say I am to proud
because I clime so high.
But Jesus Christ he hath made me as bold as a Lyon
for to stand up faithfull on his side,
[Page 2] And God my Father he [...] me
a powerfull Sw [...] [...] down the Clergies pride;
For you doe so many f [...]l [...]e Doctrines raise,
by your [...] ton [...]ue and Greek phrase:
That now, by Gods helpe, the plain English tonguea
will winne the pr [...]ise.

It is written in the 7 h. Chapter of the Revelation, and the 17. verse; The Lambe which is in the midst of the Throne, he shall load the people on to the living Foun­taines of waters. And Father, Sonne, and holy Ghost, they are the glorious and heavenly fountaines, from which the waters of life doth freely spring and flow: For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the holy Ghost, and these three are one: And now ye Clergy, I hope ye all know, the Word doth sig­nifie Christ Jesus, who is the second person in Trinitie, and Father, Sonne, and holy Ghost, they are one in God head and one in Unitie. And Jesus Christ he doth tell you, in the one and twentieth Chapter of the Re­velation, six [...]h verse, I will give unto him that is a thirst, of the fountaine of the Water of life freely. Which wa­ter of life doth signifie the spiritual word of life, which is made manifest in the New Testament, which is the Book of life. And Jesus Christ he doth tell you in the fourth Chapter of Iohn, and the 14 verse, He that drinketh of the water that I shall give him, he shall never thirst: for the water that I shall give him, saith Christ, shall bee in him a Well of water springing up to everlasting life. And

Jesus Christ by the power of his Spirit,
he hath made me for to see and know;
His water doth spring so freelie in me,
that my Well doth overflow.

[Page 3] For Jesus Christ he doth tell you plainly in the seventh Chapter of Iohn, and the 38 verse, He that beleeveth in me, out of his belly shall flow rivers of living water. And now by Gods help, I will boldly say, as it is written in the 10 Chapter to the Hebrews, and the 21 vers, And having a high Priest over the House of God: I doe most humbly beseech all ye that are athirst, that now you will draw neere to God with a true heart, and have your bo­dies washed with pure water; for the washing of your bodies doth signifie your soules, which is the inward man, which shall be sanctified and glorified, by drin­king freely of the water of life. For it is written in the 17 Chapter of Iohn, Christ saith, Sanctifie them through thy truth, thy Word is truth; for Christ is the Word and the truth: and Christ doth tell you, the glorie which God his Father gave unto him, he doth give unto his Saints, that they may be all one in us, that the world may beleeve, that thou hast sent me. And now I say againe, the Lambe which is in the middest of the Throne, doth signifie Gods glorious Preacher; for Jesus Christ he is called by the name of a Lambe; and Gods Word doth tell you, he that is joyned to the Lord is one Spirit. And now by Gods help, I shall make it plainly appeare, the Word of God which is written in the New Testamant, doth proceed from Father, Sonne, and Holy Ghost, which is the glorious throne of grace. It is plainlie written in the 20 Chapter of Iohn, and the 21 vers, When Jesus was risen from the dead, he came and appeared amongst his Apostles, and he said unto them, As my Father hath sent me: even so I send you, and he breathed on them, and said, receive ye all the Holy Ghost. Againe, It is plainly written in the first Chapter to the [Page 4] Ephesians, and the third verse, Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who hath blessed us with all spirituall blessings in heavenlie places in Christ. And Christ he is the Mediatour of the New Testament, as you may read in the ninth Chapter to the Hebrews, and the 15 vers. And Jesus Christ he did make all his A­postles able Ministers of the New Testament, as you may read in the third Chapter of the second Epistle to the Corintians.

And thus by Gods help, I have proved in briefe the Word of God which is written in the New Testament, doth proceed from Father, Sonne, and holie Ghost, and the water of life, is the spirituall Word of life, which is revealed in the New Testament, which is the Booke of life. And now all ye that have a desire to drinke freelie of the water of life, which is so glorious and pure, the same will cause you to forsake those polluted waters, which doth proceed from the great Whore.

For now by Gods help I will show you in brief the true signification of the great whore, which siteth upon so many waters. Revel. 17.1. And those many waters must not, be taken for temporall waters, which is to be deserned with the bodily eye; for the 15. vers doth tell you, the wa­ters which thou sawest where the Whore siteth, are peoples, multitudes, Nations and tongues.

And now by the divine power of Gods Command,
I must give ye high Court of Parliament to understand.

The Devill he is the great whore, and the Devill he hath blinded and deceived the Clergie, and the Clergie they have blinded and deceived all those people which are held under their power; for the second vets doth tell you the Inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk [Page 4] with the wine of her furnication.

And ye Clergie when you are in your Pulpits,
you crie out and say, if the drunkards do not repent,
they must down to hell.
And now I say the same is a plain truth
which you do tell.
But ye Clergie I must tell you plainlie
you will be found,
To be the greatest drunkards,
in Citie or in Countrie town.
But I pray understand and mark well what I say,
For you art great drunkards in a spirituall way.
For ye are alwayes drinking,
and yet, alas, alas, you are ever drie,
But I must show what is the case,
and the reason why.
Your Fountain doth proceed from the great whore,
who is the mother of your Universitie.
For she hath a thousand severall sorts of wine,
And waters for to please your mind.
And by her sorcerie,
ye Clergie you have made the people blind,
By drinking of your corrupted waters,
and poluted wine.

I say again ye Cleargie you have blinded and deceived the people in such a shamefull manner, that there is not one man amongst a thousand which doth rightlie un­derstand for what cause Christ was crucified on the Crosse, and doth believe the power thereof. I have ano­ther book to follow this, which shall prove and justifie that I speak the plain truth.

But ye deluding spirits, by that glorious light
which God hath freelie given to mee,
You and those whom you have blinded,
you shall plainlie know and see.

The same Prophesie of Scripture shall be fulfilled, which is written in the 12. Chapter of the Revelation, There appeared a great wonder in Heaven, a woman clothed with the Sonne and the Moon under her feet.

And now ye Magistrates and Churchwardens
you are not yet able for to unfold this deep riddle,
And yet you say in the Church
I must not meddle.
But God will make you see,
I shall fight, and manfullie hunt,
For to preach in the Pulpit, and baptize at the Funt,
For to work a true peace amongst those that cannot agre
And Parson Kentish
he hath married his man and his maid,
And kindlie they have kissed,
and lovinglie plaid.
And is that anie knaverie,
but now have at the whores coat,
And some blind man may note,
that I mean bauderie.
But Parson Kentish,
the baud and the old whore,
They keep you so blind and so poore.
That my cunnie you can neither feel nor see,
for like the Owl you sit in the dark,
and cannot come to the mark,
nor get one kisse of the woman free.
[Page 7] For the woman clothed with the Sun▪
In her [...]ce I run;
I am certain and sure:
For she hath a delight, for to teach me to fight,
and conquer the great old whore,
And force ye tormenting Committee,
in Town and in Citie,
to yield up your hellish power.

And now ye spirituall drunkards which are so pure in outward show, and in your blind way so precise, I pray do not scorn to learn of me to be more heavenlie wise; for whereas I have said Parson Kentish cannot feele nor see my Cunnie; I must tell you I am a Wariner, and Parson Kentish he is not yet come to that height of knowledge for to ferit my heaven lie berry; for the wo­man clothed with the Sun, signifies the glorious and tryumphing Church of Christ, which shall flourish by degrees over the face of the whole world, which will be to the confounding of false power, and blind Doctrine which doth arise from the Devill and the false Church. Again I say, the woman clothed with the Sunne, you shall see and understand, she is joyned unto Jesus Christ and is both God and man, for Christ is the word, and Christ is God.

And he that is joyned to the Lord is one spirit, & Gods Preacher, he his both man & woman, in signification of Scripture. For Saint Paul doth tell you in first Epistle to the Corinthians, the 4. Chapter, and the 15. verse, Though you have ten thousand Instructors, yet you have not many Fathers, for in Christ Jesus I have begot­ten you through the Gospel; & for to beget, doth signifie [Page 8] man. And in the fourth chapter to the Galathians, there he saith, My little children, of whom I travell in birth, till Christ be formed in you. And to travell in birth, doth signifie a woman: For as every naturall child hath a father and mother of the flesh: so on the other side, God he is father and mother of the Spirits. And Christ doth tell you in rhe third Chapter of Iohn, Except a man be borne againe, he cannot see the Kingdome of God, for that which is borne of the flesh is flesh, and that which is borne of the Spirit is Spirit.

And to be born of the Spirit, is to be born againe by the Word of God, as I shall prove in the first Chapter of Peter, for there it is said, We are borne againe not with corruptible seed, but by the Word of God, which liveth and abideth for ever: and this is the Word which by the Gospel is preached unto you, Verse the five and twentieth.

And thus by Gods helpe, I have proved, in briefe, Gods true Preacher, he is man and woman in signifi­cation of Scripture: for a man is begotten and borne againe by the divine power of the Word of God which is manifest in the New Testament, which is the Book of life.

But ye deluding Clergy, when you are in your Pulpit in your Doctering, you joyne the old Law & new togea­ther, as if they were both as one; and in so doing, you are yet almost as blind as was the Whoore, Pope Ioan: But the Devill he hath not so strongly blinded you, but God will make you see: the Son of the bond woman cannot, nor shall not be heire with the free: As you may read in the fourth Chapter to the Galatians, and the thirtieth Verse. For God my Father by the power of

His Spirit, he will bring it so about,
that by the glory of the free Woman,
The bond Woman, and her Sonne,
They shall be quit cast out.
And for that cause, Parson Kentish you shall be
forced for to give way, and rome:
That the Woman cloathed with the Sunne,
may in your Pulpit come.
But ye Magistrates, and Churchwardens ye will not yet
suffer me, in the Pulpit, for to declare my mind;
And for that cause I must reprove you soundly,
because you are so blind.
For are not those blind hypocrites,
as I will shew you by relation:
Which fight against that you pray for,
which is abomination.
For in Lords Prayer you doe pray,
that Gods will may be done:
And yet you fight against that power,
which doth proceed from God the Father & the Son.
For they have made me a heavenly Schoolmaster.
and they have given me a glorious crowne.
And ye learned Synod, I pray, what say you, will
not store of gray Conny skins make me a good warme
Gowne, for I am a bold and valiant Warriour, and do
love a Conie well.
And ye Magistrates, I hope to draw you from the
Devill, who is the Prince of darknesse, and the great
Whore of hell.

For God hath given me the key of knowledge; and Church-wardens, I pray give me the Key of the Church [Page 6] door, that I may have free leave to call Gods sheep into the true fould, and scourge out mysticall Babylon that drunken and poluted Whore, with whom the Inhabiters of the earth have been made drunk with the spirituall wine of her fornication, which in Gods sight is very hatefull and and abomination.

But now ye Clergy, Magistrates, and Churchwardens,
I pray in time repent,
and be reconciled unto the son of the woman free,
And then you and I, shall live in love and peace,
and quickly agree.
For the Son of the free woman,
in plain and brief I must you tell,
That doth signifie Jesus Christ, and the Gospel.
And I pray understand the Gospel in his right place,
For it is the new Testament,
which doth proceed from the throne of grace.

And now ye Lords, Knights, and Burgesses in Parlia­ment, Committees, Captains and Commanders, I do most humblie beseech you all, for the true love that is in God my glorious Father, that now you will in time re­pent and be reconciled to Jesus Christ, and to the mini­stration of the new Testament, which is my glorious Gospel of love and peace, that by the divine power thereof, your joy and glorie may increase, and now the God of love and peace who hath brought again from the dead our Lord Jesus, that great Shepheard of the sheepe through the blood of the everlasting Covenant, make you all perfect to do his will, working in you that which is well pleasing in his sight, through the divine power of Jesus Christ our Lord. Hebrews the 13. Chap­ter, [Page 3] and the 20. vers. And now I say again, Jesus Christ he is the great shepherd of the sheepe, and that is but one true and perfect God, and there must and shall be but one Religion, one shepherd, and one sheep-fould, and Fa­ther, Son, and holie Ghost, they have made me a pow­erfull Instrument for to call and gather Gods sheepe into the true fould, that Gods love and power, and glorie you may behold.

And ye high Court of Parliament, I pray take Coun­cell now of God and me, and in true judgment seat; for Gods word doth tell you, the woman clothed with the Son, shall burn the Moon under her feet.

And ye blind Synod, you have been along time a set­ing forth of Christ and his true Church, as I may bold­lie say; but alas, alas, you are all as men in the moon, for you cannot find the way, and now ye Committees and Excisers, the tax monie which you force me, and the people to pay, you say the same is for the seting forth of true and sound Religion, but I must tell you true, that sound Religion shall not be set forth by those moon-blind Sinod whom the Parliament hire with our monie, nor yet by anie other polititian government or power which doth proceed from mans invention; for true peace and sound Religion, and Church Govern­ment, the same shall be established and set forth by that divine power and spirit which doth freelie proceed from Father, Son, and holie Ghost.

And now ye Excisers and tormenting Committee,
in Town and in Citie.
I pray mark well what I say;
For if you will not turn and repent,
Hell-fire will make you lament.
[Page 2] For Gods power you shall obay.
For if you will not learn the way of peace,
which is unto salvation,
You shall be sure for to obay,
the torments of damnation.
But I hope there is none of you
that doth desire for to burn in hell,
Why then I pray do not fight against the light,
for God will have his will.
And Father, Son, and holie Ghost,
whose light is above the brightnes & glorie of the Sun,
Their power doth command my spirit
within their races to run.
And false power and false Doctrine which proceedeth
from the Devill, which is hatefull in Gods sight,
That shall be reproved and overthrown
by the glory of the light.
Which true light proceedeth from above,
I say from the true God of peace and love.

Vnto whom be alwayes Honour, Glory, and Power, now, and ever more, Amen.

FINIS.

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