AM I moved to warn you the Parishioners of Ashted, & all others as opportunity is given? who as you in the darkness are, and know not what you are doing, nor whether you are going, who from the light are, out of the Covenant, and so not taught of God, but are alwayes learning as silly Women, but never come to the knowledge of the truth, that he who is righteous in all his Judgements, and faithful in all his promises, who was dead, but is alive, is risen in great power, and is dreadful to all his e­nemies, rendringvengeance on all that know him not, and yet wills that all men would repent and live; so loving the world, that he hath given his onely begotten a light into the world, that whoso comes to him shall not abide in darkness; And this is the common salvation which was and is declared by all sent of him▪ who is no respecter of persons, but will be worshipped in truth and in spirit; and for such worshippers doth he now seek every where, all other Worship being an abomination, Who hath required them at their hands, saith the Lord? who in his Son onely is well pleased; and though in the day of darknesse God winked, yet now having visited from on high with his day-spring, (you that sit in darkness and in the Regions of death) requires all to return from the darkness to the light with which you are enlightened, which convinces of sin, and [Page 2] condemnes the evil doer, that by his Judgements the soul may be redeemed.

And this is no new invented Fable, or error, as your Hire­ling teachers tell you, who are talking of a Gospel, and are found fighters against the true and everlasting Gospel, which Moses and the Apostles were witnesses of, which is, nigh, and not far off, the gift of God freely, not sold or bought for money, as those deceivers would make you believe, who are upholding the first Priesthood by taking tythes, and so deny Christ come in the flesh, as Pope, Prellate, & Priest, though in words confessing, yet in works deny him that come to put an end to the first, that he might consecrate to himself a new and a living way, which way in the light is seen and learned, and the Scriptures declare of it; say not who shall ascend on high and fetch him down, or go down into the depths and fetch him up, for he is neer thee in thy heart, and in thy mouth, and this is the Gospel Paul taught who was called of God and not of men, and sent to turn people from dark­ness to light, and from the power of Satan unto God, and I of grace being made a witness of the same Gospel, and an heir of the same Covenant, as moved of God, call on you to come thereto; that in the light you may behold the way of the just, for the wicked are posting to destruction, and be­ing in the darkness know not where you are, nor whether you go, and that you are there in your worships and meet­ings, hath been confest to by your teacher, whom when I met coming to visit William Burcheds wife would have past by me, but I calling to him to hear me, he hasted away as for­merly, and with anger asked me, Why I sat all that while in darkness, (meaning while I sat and heard him in his Pulpet?) sayes he, Thou heardest darkness, why didest not thou speake afore, but sat in darkness all that while thou heardest me? so people, if as by his own confession I sat in darkness, and heard darkness, who heard him but an hour on that day, what do you that hear him weekly and think you serve God in it? truly they that hearken to darkness hearken to the devil who is the Prince of darkness, and they that sit in darkness si [...] in [Page 3] the kingdome of the Devil, who rules in darkness, and I con­fess I did heare darkness there, and the fruits of darkness, were manifest, and I in the light saw the darkness, and had power to witness against the Doctrine of darknes, and in the same power should have proved it to be a Doctrine of dark­ness by plain Scriptures, had he not fled when feare surpri­zed him, as it will do all that are in darkness.

And so teacher and people, who teach and hear in darkness; of the Lord who is light are you warned once more, and while you have time prize it, to turn from the darkness, and to the light attend, which condemns the darkness and leads out of it, and by it onely is the knowledge of God gained, and by it onely is power obtained over death, and over him that hath the power of death, the devil, for Christ the light was and is manifest to destroy the wor [...]s of the devil, the works of darkness, and this must you know, obey, and be­lieve in, which convinces of sin and calls out of the worlds wayes and worships, which are in the darknesse, ere the pro­mise you can obtain, which makes partakers of the divine nature, and in Christ Jesus is the yea and Amen; which all who in the darknesse are, are resisting and striving against, for he is light, yea the true light which enlightens every man that comes into the world, and by this onely can man and wo­man fallen from God come to see what they were, where they are, and whether they are going, and by this which is the truth in the inward parts, onely can man and woman be free'd, from the bonds of darknesse, and by the light on­ly must the powers of darknesse be brought under and con­sumed, for there is no other name for salvation but the light and truth, Christ Jesus whose first appearance is to destroy sin in the flesh.

Mind it people, hath not the grace of God appeared to you all? doth it not yet strive with many of you, shewing your unrighteousness and calling out of it? verily this is it that hath and doth teach the children of light, to deny all ungodlynes and worldy lusts, and to walk soberly, righteously, and god­yl in this present world, & that of this you might be taught & [Page 4] led by it out of the snares of the Devill, hath the Lord sent his servants to call you out of darkness, and to beare witness against all that deceive your souls by false Doctrines, and fain­ed speeches, which have run and God never sent them, there­fore they profit you not, who make Merchandize of your souls, vvho sel the Scriptures for money; these are they of whom the Scripture speaks, that feed upon the sheep but feed not the sheep; they send for their gain from their quarter, and if they have it not, they raise war against you; is it not so? An horrible thing is committed in the Land, the Priests preach for hire, and the people love to have it so; but what will you do in the latter end? Confesse people, is it not so with you and your Teacher? And the Lord is my witness whom I serve in the spirit, that I have not envy, ha­tred or Wrath towards any man, Teacher, or Hearer, but in the meek spirit and fear of the living God, have spoke and writ in good will unto all, being there to called of him who warns all, and is calling and gathering his ovvn out of Baby­lon, vvhere the many Languages and Opinions are See people, Is it not your Teachers that are in the confusion, drawing the people after them; some crying for Prelacy, others for Presby­tery, others for Independency, & others for Baptism; with seve­ral other opinions, as visibly apears to all? & in this day is light arisen, which vvhoso have received it, see that the Whore hath made drunk both Powers and People with her abominations, that they reel to and fro, and many must fall and sleep, and never awake again; for the time of her righteous Judgement is come, vvho hath long deceived Nations and people, and into the pit vvith the Beast that carryes her, must she be turn­ed to be tormented for evermore.

And blessed are they that understand these things, and come out from her, that they be not plagued with her whose destruction is sudden and sure, and she knows it not.

And people, I having nothing else in my eye but the exal­tation of that Name (unto vvhich every Knee must bow) & the salvation of your souls, cannot but use much plainess, as ne vvho vvas long in the dark as you are, and thought I did [Page 5] God service in running after men to teach me, and in taking the Scriptures for my rule, and read them daily, but erred, not knowing them as all you do who to the light are not come; for the Scriptures are of no private interpretation, but were written by holy men as they vvere moved by the holy Ghost, and are only revealed and interpreted by the same spirit; and the unlearned vvhich are not taught by this spirit, pervert them to their ovvn destruction, as they did which read them daily, and yet put Christ to death of vvhom the Scriptures witnessed. And truly, he that is the Rule and the Way of Eter­nal Life, is this day slain by the Readers and Professors of the Scriptures, spiritually, in the street of the great City, spiritu­ally called Aegypt, as sure as he vvas crucified at Jerusalem, and though many vvho are doing it, know it not no more then they did vvho if they had knovvn, would not have put to death the Lord of Life: Yet both they had, and you have the Visitation of the Li [...]ht to lead out of the darkness; & this is the Rule by which you must walk if ever you come to the vvay of life, for there is no other Name whe [...]eby any can be saved, but by Christ Jesus the Light of the World; and this is the true light that enlightens every one that comes into the world: So our God, who is the living God, and is no respecter of persons, shall be righ­teous when he comes to Judgement, who hath given to every one of you a gift to profit withall; and as to this you are faithful which reproves all evil of thought, word or deed, the eye shall be opened, and the Vail rent, and he known who o­pens the Scriptures, and gives the knowledge of God, who dwels in the light, & disobedience to this hath filled the World and all minds with darkness and error; but God will reco­ver his own Inheritance out of the hands of the Destroyer in this the day of his Power, which shall bring down all the Po­wers of darkness, which yet are upheld by the strong Works of darkness, persecuting & lying, either putting in prison, stock­ing whipping or bearing those which are sent to shew them their darkness and nakedness, and to call them to repentance; or by false accusing and lying against the Truth and Witnes­ses thereof in their Pulpits and elsewhere, as that vve deny [Page 7] Christ that dyed at Jerusalem, and the Scriptures, and Magi­strates, and Laws, and Ministers, and Relations, which comes all from the Lyar their Father, which begets and brings forth lyes; for though the children of the Light deny and witness a­gainst all the evils of these which in the vain imaginations of man hath been invented and brought in; yet all these things as the Truth is in Jesus, we confess to and witness for, against all them that are departed from the truth thereof; and to all these particulars there are Answers in pring by several of the servants of the Lord, that their lye may be manifest who are accusing of the Brethren, and speaking evil of things they know not; but the Work of the Lord shall prosper, and the Wheat shall be gathered into the Ga [...]ner, and the Chaff shall be burned with the unquenchable fire; for the day of the Lord shall burn as an Oven, and the Wicked shall be as stubble therein. And the signs of his coming are seen, who as a Thief in the night wil come upon all those who to the Light are not turned, and his reward is with him.

Therefore great and small, high and low, fear before the living-God, and come to know the true and faithful witness of God which was with him in the beginning of the Creati­on; and we that believe have the Witness in our selves; and without you fell and obey that which condemns all unrighte­ousness, earthly mindedness, and shews your darkness, you shall never find cleansing, and in sin none are justified; for our God (beside him there is no God) is of purer eyes then to behold iniquity.

So all you to whom this comes, slight not the day of your visitation, for it will soon passe over your heads; let not the love of this World nor ease and pleasures, keep your souls in death; nor fear of men which can only kill your bodies which must return to dust, but mind that which is given to redeem your souls out of the bonds of death by, breaking the Serpents head, which hath and doth captivate in Chains of darkness, & by the Seed onely that must be destroyed, which is very small among you; yet for it, and to it is the proclamation of the everlasting Gospel.

Fear God and give glory to him, for the hour of his righ­teous Judgement is come, and from heaven he is revealed in flames of fire, to take vengeance on them that know him not; and in love to all your souls hereof are you warned by me who am a Witness of the new Covenant in the heart, written in the inner parts, taught of God, knowing the pouring forth of his spirit upon sons and upon daughters, & in it prophesie of the things which shal shortly come to pass; and as freely I have received, so I give forth, calling you to be partakers of the same grace, setting before you all this day, life and death, choose you whether; if you love your iniquities pleasures and profits of the world, betraying the just for them, then with the world must you to destruction; but if to the light you come, and by it be subjected, him shall you receive who is not of this World, and by him be led into the inheritance which is undefiled, and fadeth not away; pure is this inheritance, and so must all they be that inherit it; and that you may be blessed by that which leads out of the curse, love and follow that which condemns all injustice, deceit, vain, wanton and un­profitable words & actions, and leads to justice, righteousness and so berness And then shall you know, that God in love to all your souls hath sent this visitation, though by one of them whom the scornful world calls Quakers, known by the Name of