IN the fear of God, and love to his Truth, and People, do I declare, in the Spirit of Meeknesse, what hath long oppressed my Soul, concerning those Unclean Spirits gone out from the Unity of the Truth and Light, by which we have been cal­led and gathered into one Christ Jesus, the Head over all his blessed for ever: Whose Name hath been greatly dishonoured by many wilde Actings, and his Innocent Spirit grieved, and many sim­ple Souls deceived, many oppressed, and many offended against the Truth; for which work my Soul hath been much troubled: Who to this day raven about from place to place amongst the People of God, seeking to enter where they can, so to strengthen themselves into parties, to trouble such as they cannot enter, seeking to spoil the pleasant Pasture of the Lambs, that [Page 2] they should not feed in Peace; and for that end, haunt after the meetings of the People of God. All which Practises and pretenses, I de­ny in my Soul, and the Spirit that acts there­in.

And the more it lyes upon me, from the Lord to warn the simple innocent ones of his thereof openly, in that through me these Spirits have got much head and entrance into the mindes of some who were simple towards Gods Truth: And this the Envious One hath done, in the Night of my tryall, and hour of Darknesse and Temptation, taking advantage of my sufferings, in the day when my Judgement was taken away, and led captive under the power of Darknesse, which all along hath sought my life, had not the Father held, and with his hand upon me, stayed me in those great Temptations, to whom alone I give the glory of my Deliverance from that great destruction, as his promise was to me be­fore I came into that tryall, who also hath brought me up again, and hath given me to see those Evil Spirits; and that the work of the Murtherer and Devourer is therein, against the life of God in his Temple: Which, though they seek entrance under pretense of Humility, pro­mising some great things, and more holinesse in that way, to steal into simple mindes, yet being got in, exalts himself above the Seed of God, and tramples the meek Spirit under foot, and so darkens the Vessels, and being exalted in the [Page 3] openings of the Imaginations, leads the Crea­ture as God above that of God, and so against that of God, he warres in others, where God is above.

And this mystery of deep in quity hath the Lord God in the spirit of the Lamb revealed unto me, whose powerfull working I have felt, working in me above the pure measure and unspotted life of God. And also in the simplicity of Jesus Christ, I had given up my body all along a Free Offering to the will of God in Life or Death, for the Seeds sake yet ungathered in the World (as God know­eth I lye not) yet could I often feel that Exalted One above, secretly tempting to envy against the people of God already gathered, pretending ano­ther thing to come some other way. But this was ever judged the life of God also. I was often buffered therewith, sometimes so strongly as to force words from me above the meek and lowly principle, all which words were soon judged with the sufferer which lay under, and with his life be they condemned for ever, and this lyeth upon me to declare openly, which God hath revealed unto me, for the sake of the simple ones, who may be deceived therewith, but would not did they know his subtilty.

And by this you shall all perceive that Spirit, whatever it pretends, it will secretly withdraw your entire love from the Flock of God, alrea­dy gathered, and cool your affections and zeal [Page 4] towards their present meetings, and if you judge it not there, it will grow on with an evill eye, to spie out for their failings, and to delight to hear of them with an hidden joy, whispering them to others, and adding thereunto, with a desire to see them broken, and their nakednss layed open, if any thing be amisse.

And thus it hath wrought in a mystery of wickednesse in some unjudged, untill it be seated in the Throne of open enmity and strife against the Lambs of Light, preferring the society of the prophane before them, and taking part there­with against them, joyning to any who seek to scatter them.

And whatever pretense this Spirit covers it self with, this I declare against it, having been kept by the good hand of God, to see it revealed in its ground and end, that it is the old spirit of the Ranters, which now in a new way make head a­gainst the Light of Christ and life of the Cross, which is the only thing which stands in its way, by condemning its filthinesse in every Con­science.

And so they, in whom this is entred, being exalted above the living Witnesse in themselves, would devoure it in others, and this in the pre­sence and fear of God I declare, without the least prejudice against any man or woman, but in obe­dience to God, and for his Seeds sake, lest any [Page 5] more of the simple should be deceived, and that such as are deceived already may recover them­selves out of Satans snares, having no selfish end therein, God knowes.

And long time hath my soul travailed, ere I could obtain power herein (so strongly hath he that letteth withstood my way) and therefore in the bowels of tender love I warn you all, to take heed how ever you come under that Spirit under what pretense soever, but let the fear of God and sound judgement in the spirit of meeknesse pre­serve you all above it, for wheresoever it enters by consent, it is hard to be got out again, and if it be, it is not without much sorrow. And this I have found in the depth, which for your sakes I declare in plainnesse and in truth, as I have learned of the Lord, labouring with him without ceasing, that the rest of the people of God every where may be saved from this De­vourer, who daily goeth about to deceive, and whosoever he takes he casteth into the earth and into the sea; for wichednesse is with him where­soever he goes.

Even the Lord God almighty arm you all a­gainst his wiles, being warned thereof in his love, and the eternall power of Holinesse preserve you all clean to himsef, who are dearer to me then ever, and that in no other thing but that innocent Principle in which you were kept free from all the pollutions of the world, and fleshly liberty, and [Page 6] doe stand Witnesses for God against it before all men, and in no other thing have I fellowship with any, which is that I seek to set up above all.

And this I was moved to give forth, to goe eve­ry where a witnesse against that unclean spirit wherever it goes, feeling its work is to run to and fro to deceive, and that all may be warned by what I have learned in Suffering; and that they that will not may be left without excuse.