A reproofe, spoken and geeuen-fourth by Abia Nazarenus, against all false Christians, seducing ypocrites [sic], and enemies of the trueth and loue. Wher-withall their false deuices, punishment, and condemnation ̇together with the conuersion from their abominations ̇and their preseruation in the godlynes, is figured-fourth before their eyes. Translated out of Nether-Saxon Abia, Nazarenus. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A21366 of text S114415 in the English Short Title Catalog. Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 34 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 12 1-bit group-IV TIFF page images. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A21366 STC 77 ESTC S114415 99849640 99849640 14800

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 Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A21366) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 14800) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 635:07) A reproofe, spoken and geeuen-fourth by Abia Nazarenus, against all false Christians, seducing ypocrites [sic], and enemies of the trueth and loue. Wher-withall their false deuices, punishment, and condemnation ̇together with the conuersion from their abominations ̇and their preseruation in the godlynes, is figured-fourth before their eyes. Translated out of Nether-Saxon Abia, Nazarenus. Vitell, Christopher, fl. 1555-1579, attributed name. [24] p. N. Bohmberg], [Cologne : Imprinted in the yeare of our Lorde, M.D.LXXIX. [1579] Partly written by Hendrik Niclaes.--STC. Place of publication and printer's name from STC. "Abia Nazarenus was apparently a follower of Hendrik Niclaes, founder of the Family of Love. [This was written] in answer to English attacks on the sect."--Folger Shakespeare Library Catalogue. Sometimes attributed to Christopher Vitell. Running title reads: A reproofe against all enemies of the trueth. Signatures: A B⁴. Leaves tightly bound. Reproduction of the original in the Folger Shakespeare Library.

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 eng Familists -- Early works to 1800. eebo A reproofe, spoken and geeuen-fourth by Abia Nazarenus, against all false Christians, seducing ypocrites [sic], and enemies of the trueth and loue. Wh Abia, Nazarenus. 1579 24 6120 493 0 0 0 0 0 805.56 F The rate of 805.56 defects per 10,000 words puts this text in the F category of texts with 100 or more defects per 10,000 words. 2003-07 Assigned for keying and markup 2003-08 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2003-09 Sampled and proofread 2003-09 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2003-10 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion

A Reproofe / spoken and geeuen-fourth by ABIA NAZARENVS / against all false Christians / seducing Ypocrites / and Enemies of the Trueth and Loue . Wher-withall their false Deuices / Punnishment / and Condemnation· together with the Conuertion from their Abhominations· and their Preseruation in the Godlynes , is figured-fourth before their Eyes .

Translated out of Nether-saxon .

Like as Iannes and Iambres withstood Moses , euenso ●o These [ namely , the Enemies of HN , and of the Loue of Christ ] also resist the Trueth . 2. Timo . 3. c . They slaunder that which they know not , & what they ●owe naturallie , therin do they {reversed ; }like as Beastes which are ●ithout reason ; destroy themselues . 2. Pet . 2. c . Iude . 1. c . Woe vnto them , for they go the Way of Cain . Gen. ● Iudae . 1. c . And for Lukers sake , they fall into the Errous ● Balaam . Num . 24. Iudae . 1. c . They perrish or vanish away in the Vprour of Chore . Leuit. 10. And are with their straunge Fire , like as Nadab and Abihu , consumed or brought to nothing by the Lordes ire . Num . 16. Iudae . 1. c .

Imprinted in the Yeare of our Lorde , M.D.LXXIX .

An Epistle writen and sent vnto the Communialtie of Loue , by the chosen Minister in the same .

IN-as-much as that ther is Mercie chaunced vnto me / through the Loue of God the Father , so is my Spirit inclined to the same Spirit of God the Father , and also to the Ser●ice of my Neighbour : and that altogether to ●hesame Loue .

● . To the Communialtie in the Loue , vnto whom wee wish in the Lorde / much Felicitie , Health , and Saluation .

● . MY Beloued in the Lorde , the cause of my writing of this Epistle vnto you , is ●o geeue your Loues to vnderstand , that the ●orde through his elected Minister HN , hath ●cripturelie setfourth and declared in full and ●mple maner / the Mans Falling awaye● tho●ough the Disobedience ; from his God , and ●lso his right Conuertion● by Repentaunce ; ●nto God : and in like maner how hee should ●e instructed , to his Growing-vp in the God●nes / euen vnto the euerlasting Life . Hee hath ●so brought-fourth● through the same his elec●d Minister ; certen Epistles of Correction ●nd Exhortation out of heartie Loue , to a pluc●ing vnder the Obedience of the Loue , and to ●epentaunce for the Sinnes , vnto them which ●●ink themselues wise , and therfore blaspheam our Seruice & our Communialtie in the Lou● Othersom also / as Exhortations , to warne th● Louers of the Trueth / of all false Visions an● Spirites , which makevp themselues out of th● wicked World / in this last daungerous Tim●

4. In conclusion , ther is sufficient to answe● eueryone , of what Minde ether Opinion soe●uer hee be , if hee will be answered by the Trut● And therfore wee need to doo no more , but 〈◇〉 make-manifest those-same Exhortations / ● conuenient time , as the cause doth require it .

5. Notwithstanding , although wee● th●rough the Goodnes of the Lorde ; doo our d●ligence to make-manifest the Woorkes of th● Lorde , to his Laude and Praise , and to the Conuerting of Sinners from their Sinnes , and to in●duce or leade them to an vpright Life / bo● before God and Men , Yet are wee counted ● iudged for Seducers : and are slaundered wit● all Wickednes , and bruted for Euel-dooer● And thissame is assuredlie a great Miserie vpo● the Earth .

6. Whoso then can now in this wicke● Time / perceaue such wicked Deedes , The● may also perceaue therout , that thissame Tim● is euenlike as was the Time of Noe in the for●mer corrupted World , and as the Time of Lo● in Sodom and Gomor : and that in the same Tim● all Iniquitie and Falshod doth beare-swaye .

7. They may farder note and perceaue , th● in this self-same Time / the World is couere● ouer with the Darknesses of Egipt , with th● Plagues of Phara● , with the Ignoraunce of th● ●ananites , with the Contention and Discord of ●e intangled Babel , with the Deceit and Insti●●tion of the false God seruices of Ieroboam , with ● wicked Enterprise or Deuice of Iezabel , with ●e sectuarish Spitefulnes of the Scripture-lear●ed and of the Pharisees and Saducees , with the ●mbition of Pilate , and with the Tirannie of 〈◇〉 , as also with all heathenish Instabilitie : and ●at the Destruction is hard-at-hand .

FOr-as-much then ●my Beloued in the Lorde ; as that ther are now so manye ●rrible and abhominable Euels risenvpp in ●ese Dayes : wherby wee see that the Abho●nation of Desolation possesseth the Holie , ●erof ther is prophecied by the Lorde Iesus ●●ist : and that ther are also false Christes and ●se Propheates , euen as ther were manye in ●se Dayes , which madevp themselues ●when ● Lorde Iesus was personallie vpon the Earth ; ●ellious●ie and blaspheamouslie : So are ther 〈◇〉 now in this last Daye ●which is the Com●-againe of the Lorde Iesus Christ , with the ●y Thowsandes of his Sainctes , according ●he Promises ; many Offallers , Aduersaries , ● Resisters , which makevp themselues re●iouslie and blaspheamouslie / against the ●de and his most-holie Seruice of Loue : of which som of them haue made-manifest ●selues , and their Names / by their slaun●us Bookes : namelie these are knowne vn●● in England , Stephan Bateman ( in his Booke ●uled The golden Booke of the leaden Gods : and ●hn Rogers Booke / To the Reader ) Iohn Rogers ( in his Booke intituled The Displaying of the Fam●lie of Loue ) and Iohn Knewstub and his Compan●●ons ( in his Booke intituled 1. Knewstub against ● Heresies of HN ) together with their slaundero● Blaspheamies , Cainish bloud-thirstie Tira●nie , and extreeme Persecution / for to shead 〈◇〉 innocent and giltles Bloud .

9. For which occasion / wee are forced ●th●rough the Loue which wee haue vnto G● and our Neighbour ; to translate this Epistle Reproofe and Exhortation heerafter follo●ing out of the Woorkes which are gon-fou● through Abia Nazarenus , a Fellow-elder w● HN in the Familie of Loue : wherby it mou● be knowne , how the Lorde hath mooued elected Elders , to write against the Blasph●mers , Backbyters , and Slaunderers . &c. 〈◇〉 therfore wee will not contend with them , submit our cause vnto the Almightie , and h● vpon his Goodnes .

10. Howbeit wee haue thought it goo● make-manifest their Names / which are 〈◇〉 pheamous Writers : desiring the Goodwi● which loue God & his Righteousnes , to 〈◇〉 intercession with vs vnto the almightie 〈◇〉 head , with these or such-like Wordes . and ●

11. O God , prepare the Heartes of e to the Lowmyndednes , A Preparatiue . that mought stand in Meekmyndednes subm● to the Loue , and loue the Coming of thy 〈◇〉 in his Lordlynes : through whom the 〈◇〉 passe of the Earth shall be iudged with ●●eousnes : which also shall trouble all Mig● ●iolence , and bring it vnder his Obedience . ●nd geeue-ouer or render vnto thee ●O al●ightie God ; the Kingdom , that thou maist ●e all in all .

●2 . O God geeue this into the Heartes of the Maiestrates for to beholde , and illuminate all ●inges , Princes , Lords , and Gouernours / with ●y godlie Wisdom , that they mought feare ●y holie Name ▪ stand submitted to thy Loue ●nd her Seruice ▪ and so turne them away from 〈◇〉 Violence and Misvse : that the World may ●●so be inhabited ●to thy Praise ; in the Loue ●nd in all Trueth : and that all Men ●in true ●epentaunce for their Sinnes ; may be turned ●nto thee ▪ and the horrible Plagues of the Vn●odlines ●which are com ouer the World for ●er Sinnes cause ; ceasse or holde-vp .

● . O God , let vs now finde Grace before ●●ine Eyes , like as the Citie of Niniue in times●ast , which thou receauedst to mercie : That ●ee perish not now all as Sodom and Gomor . For ●ur Sinnes are many ▪ and ●aboue measure ; be●m manifolde .

● . O Lorde and God ●O heauenlie Father ; ●are I beseech thee / the Prayer of the Poore , ●nd leade vs in thy Wayes . Gather vs together ●on thy Pathes , and make our Heartes agree ● one Band of thy Loue , as One in all , and All ● one / which loue the Right and Righteous●s . Clense our Mindes from all vngodlie Be●g , and breake all the Counsaile of Vngodli●es , to thend that the Wickednes gouerne not wayes , and euermore .

15. BEhold , my Beloued : This is my frin●lie Exhortation vnto you , that yee wi● submit you vnder the mightie Hande of th● Lorde , and hope vpon his Goodnes : abyding the Lord-his leasure , and putting your confi●dence in Him / according to his Promises .

16. But if the Blaspheamers will not leaue● of from their Blaspheamie , nor take any Coun●saile out of the Woorde and Woorkes of th● Lorde , which are figured-fourth in the Seruic● of Loue / to their Reformation , so will we then be blameles of their Destruction : for a● much as wee haue figured-fourth the Counsail of the Lorde before them , to their Reforma●tion and Preseruation , in all our former Ser●uice of the Loue , and now in this Exhortatio● heere-after following .

17. The Loue of God the Father ●throug● the Reuelation of the Coming of our Lord Iesu Christ ; be with you , my Beloued : and ill●●minate your Spirit , in a true Knowledg of th● Life / in the Spirit , for to see liuinglie ●with right Deserning ; and to knowe the secre● Counsaile & Will of God , for that yee monug iudg ●with a right Iudgment ; according to the Trueth . That graunt vs the almyghtie Lorde / through his Loue .

AMEN .

O Lorde God / Father and Lorde of my Life , let 〈◇〉 not com among the Blaspheamers , and let mee not 〈◇〉 among them . Eccli . 23.
This is the Reproofe spoken and setfourth b● Abia / a Fellowe-elder with HN in the Familie of Loue / against all seducing ●pocrites / which go-●ourth against the Familie of Loue / for to seduce the Single-mynded .

Wher-withall their Falshod / which they ●to their owne Destr●ction ; s●ew-fourth against the gratious Woorde of the holie Spirit of the Loue of Iesu Christ , and against Gods elected Ministers / as also ●to their Preseruation in the Godlines ; the Conuertion from their Abhominations / is figured-fourth before their Eyes .

The First Chapiter .

O Yee false Heartes / yee Ypocrites / together with all yee presumpteous vnsent Teachers / Wherfore do yee thus trouble and molest the Littleones / and the single-minded Elect of God / for to withdrawe them with your false and vnclene Doctrine of the goodthinking Knowledg / from the Single-mindednes which they haue to the pure Doctrine of the Seruice of the Loue of Iesu Christ : and so to leade them away and to estraunge them / from the mercifull Grace of our heauenlie Father ▪ from the Safe-making of our Lorde Iesu Christ● and from the Loue of the Holie-gost / whervnto they haue humblie & obedientlie geeuen-ouer themselues .

2. Woe vnto you and your Presumption / yee false and seducing Spirites . yee sathanish Houndes and renting Wolues . yee Generations of Vypers and Cains Ministers . Yea woe vnto you , yee Nestes of Dragons and Habitations of Deuels / together with all yee wicked Heartes of the Scripture-learned : For yee and your Fathers haue betrayed Gods Propheates· as also Iesu Christ and his Witnesses . hauing falslie accused and defamed them : and euenso {reversed ; }through the Handes or Power of Sinners ; persecuted and killed them .

3. O Thou wicked Nature / and yee Children of ●nbeleef / which forsake the Purging in Iesu Christ / through the Beleef / and the vpright Beeing of the Loue of Iesu Christ , and expell the same out of your Heartes / together with the Accomplishing of the true Oblation or Godseruice in the Holie / to the Slaying and Burying of your Sinnes / and to the Renewing of your Spirit and Minde : Is it not Wickednes and Euel-fact enough for you / that yee haue turned-away yourselues from the Requiring of the Loue and her Seruice / and from the faithfull Sheepe or Children of thesame· made your Portion with the Goates· polluted yourselues in all Vnbeleef / contrarie to the Safe-making of our Lorde Iesus Christ and his holie Spirit of Loue· prepared you to Vessels of the Wrath of God· and {reversed ; }with your false Iudgmentes and Blaspheaming of the Holie-gost ; plucked vpon your owne Neckes / the dreedfull Iudgment and wrathfull Woord of the Lorde [ Depart from mee / yee Curssed , into the euerlasting Fire / which is prepared for the Deuell and his Angels or Messengers ] But that yee must also ●with your false Doctrine and vncleane Lippes ; pursue and persecute the Elect ●the faithfull Children of the Loue of Iesu Christ● , for to robbe them of their Inheritaunce of the Kingdom of God and of the Loue of Christ , to holde them captiue in your damnable Beeing or Estate / and that yee mought make them partakers with you and all wicked Spirites ●if it were possible that yee could seduce them ; of your Damnation .

4. For verelie / till vnto the same Iudgment of this your Condemnation / yee are ●O yee Children of the Deuell / and Members of Antichrist ; helde bound with the Bandes or Chaines of Darknes / to thende that the God of Heauen should ●in this Daye of his righteous Iudgment ; make-manifest and bring his Vengeaunce ouer you / to your Recompencing with the Fire of Hell .

5. Yea / euen-thus will the God of Heauen presentlie in this Day / openlie bring-fourth and make-knowne ●before your Eyes / and before all Eyes of Vnderstanding ; the Hardnes of your Heartes / with your Lyes & Blaspheaminges of God / which yee haue spoken against God the Father and his mercifull Grace ▪ and against Christ and his Righteous-making from the Sinne ▪ as also against the holie Spirit and his Making-aliue in the Loue .

6. Euen-thus will presentlie in this Day of the righteous Iudgment of God ●O yee presumpteous Blaspheamers of the Holie-gost and his Familie of Loue ; all the Woe of the Vngodlie com ouer you / to your Rewarding .

7. FOr-that-cause looke now into your Abhominations / and marke how yee haue seperated yourselues with the Goates / from the Sheep / with the which yee shall also ( if so be that yee do not whollie turne you away therfrom / and repent ) be constrained to beare your Sentence of Condemnation . Therfore looke now rightlie into it / and repent / ereuer the Vengeaunce of God fall vpon you . Yea looke well into it / how yee haue madevp yourselues with your false Iudgmentes / against God-his righteous Iudgment / and against the holie Spirit of the Loue of Iesu Christ , and his Communialtie of Holyones : In such wise / that yee haue also indeuoured you / to seduce God-his elected Holyones / and to make the gratious Woorde ●which God hath raised-vp by vs / according to his Promises ; and the Ministers of the same Woord / horrible and despised / before all Goodwillingones to the Righteousnes : and so then to pluck them away from the Communialtie of Loue / and to leade them with you ●in your Chaines or Bandes of Darknes ; ●nto Damnation / to thentent that they should not by any-meanes be taught ●through the Obedience of the Seruice of Loue ; to the Kingdom of Heauen / which yee shuttoo before Many / and com not therin yourselues● but that they should remaine with you / ther-without .

8. Yea euen-thus / with your Falshod and forged Lyes / and with your subtile Slaunders and flattering Woordes / yee com-fourth so knowledgfull / and occupie also ●according to the Similitude or Figuring-fourth of the Scriptures ; such a coloured Shew of Christianitie / for to leade-astraye / that yee should ●if it were possible ; seduce also the Elect / with your false or coloured Christianitie .

9. But no : Yee are not able in this Daye of Loue / to seduce the Elect / nor to accomplish your Seduction , with the Holyones of God of the Familie of Loue : For the liuing God of Heauen ●which ●s their God ▪ and their Defender from all Seduction ; goeth so stedfas●lie ●in his Seruice of Loue ; with his true Light of the heauenlie Cleernes of Iesu Christ / before them all which are his faithfull Children of Loue / and geeueth them daylie ●through his holie and gratious Woord ; such a cleere Diuersitie in their Heartes : and the true Light of all the Righteous and Holyones of God / is so naked●ie distincted vnto them / from the Darknesses of the ●alse Light of all the Vnrighteous / and false Heartes of the Scripture-learned or of the vnsent Pr●ach●rs / That it is not possible that yee should seduce ●hem ( if they holde them constantlie on the Ser●ice of Loue ) from the Waye of the Loue of Iesu Christ : nether-yet that yee should be able ●yee wic●ed Generations of Cain , and yee false Prophetes of Iezabel ; to destroy or keep-back in them / Gods Trueth and Righteousnes .

●0 . Verelie our Lorde and Sauiour / Iesus Christ , hath well and rightlie spoken and prophe●ied of your subtile Falshod and dec●itfull Signes and Wonders for to leade-astray : In such wise / that the Elect should also ●if it were possible ; th●●ough your subtile Falshod and loftie Knowledg / ●elead into Errour .

●1 . But for the Elects-sake / the Dayes are now ●hortened : For God will presentlie in this Day 〈◇〉 his Loue {reversed ; }in the which Hee will keep his Iudgment execute his righteous Iudgment : and will euen●● glorifie his Elect / in his Righteousnes or Perfec●tion / and make them ioyfull {reversed ; }with his euerlastin● Li●e ; in his Kingdom of Heauens : as also mak● manifest all false Deuices which are practi●ed for 〈◇〉 leade-astray : and condemne you / with the Vngod●lie and Blaspheamers of the holie Spirit of Loue and with all Children of the Deuell / in the Hel● where-as {reversed ; }in the beholding of their Vngodlynes all Woe / Wringing-of-handes / and Gnashing 〈◇〉 Teeth shall take-holde of them / euerlastinglie .

12. FOr-that-cause ought eueryone to look well to it / what hee iudgeth for euell an● blaspheameth : and to haue a good regarde on th● Matiers which concerne God or his Seruice / fo● to vnderstand those-same first well and aright / ac●cording to the Trueth / ereuer hee iudg them for e●uell / and slaunder or despise them . For it will con● very heauelie vpon them / which stretch-out the● Handes to Gods Sanctuarie / for to take-holde 〈◇〉 the same with vncleane Handes / and to resist an● blaspheame {reversed ; }with vncleane Heartes / and with vn●circumcised Tunges and Lippes ; Gods Work● with his Holyones or Children of Loue .

The Second Chapiter .

OH {reversed ; }alas ; how many-maner 〈◇〉 false heartes are ther now ! which do 〈◇〉 {reversed ; }eueryone with hys craftie Knowledg● makeup themselues against God and 〈◇〉 Seruice of Loue / and are not ashamed to spew●urth their horrible Lyes & Blaspheamies against Gods gratious Woord and his Seruice of Loue .

● . And then cometh fourth the one Partie from ●he one syde ▪ and the other Partie from the other ●yde / vnto the Goodwilling to the Loue of Iesu Christ , and saye vnto them : Yea as I heare / yee ●ade also the Bookes of the Familie of Loue / which ●●re setfourth by HN : Hee writeth ●verelie ; many ●xcellent Matiers / wherin hee resiteth much of the Loue / and teacheth Men ●ther-withall ; to the vp●ight Beeing of Christ :

But what is that to the purpose : Ther lyeth ●reat Falshod hidden ther-vnder : wee knowe what ●ee haue found-out by the same . Therfore take yee ●eed therof / and looke well to it / that yee be not se●uced therwith ▪ nor drawen to the Familie of Loue . 〈◇〉 warne you of the horrible Seduction / and of the ●rronious Bookes of HN : to thend that yee be not ●lucked with the Familie of Loue / into horrible Er●urs . And so they do then spew-fourth many for●ed Lyes / and beas●lie Matiers / wherwith they do ●●cuse and defame the Familie of Loue ▪ as also HN ●nd the Elders which minister the holie and graci●●s Woorde / in the Familie of Loue / for to make ●enso with their false Defamations / the Familie 〈◇〉 Loue / wherin God liueth and walketh ▪ together ●ith HN God-his elected Minister● and the El●ers in the Familie of Loue / horrible and despised ●fore all People .

● . Beholde / such venemous Foode of Death ●ontrary to the wholsom Foode of Life and of the ●rueth of God ; can the Deuell prepare / through his Ministers and Ministrices / and through 〈◇〉 false Heartes of the Scripture-learned / and 〈◇〉 Ministers of the false Godseruices of Cain : 〈◇〉 they knowe then how to couer the same Falsho● vnder a Shew of Holynes and of Loue which th● beare vnto Men / to thend that they should not fa● to fulfill the Measure of the Iniquitie of their F●●thers / and that the Dayes which reach to the● Condemnation / mought be shortened .

5. WOe vnto you / yee false Heartes : 〈◇〉 presentlie in thys Daye shall all yo● Lyes and forged false Testimonies ●which yee yo● selues haue made very filthie / with your vnclea● Dirt ; be condemned in the hellish Fire : For th●●same your false Testimonies are brought-four● out of the earthlie Ingeniousnes and Generat●● of the Deuell : and yee haue exalted yourselues 〈◇〉 your earthlie Ingeniousnes ; so hie / with thesam● and with the Workes of the Fleash / to a great E●timation with Men / and planted your false Se● so fast in the Heartes of Men / that yee haue vtte● lie expeiled ther-out the God of Life / the safe-maki● Christ , and the Holy-gost of the heritable Rich● of the h●ouenlie Bewtie ▪ also lead many men 〈◇〉 vnto Des●ruction ▪ and brought many in●o gre● Heauynes and greeuous Miscrie : and haue eue● so ther-through / prepared the Iudgment of yo● Condemnation / the-sooner ouer yourselues .

6. Therfore shall also presentl●e ●through 〈◇〉 your Fall ; many vpright Heartes be able ligh● to perceaue / that yee are the same Messengers of 〈◇〉 Deuell / which are gon-fourth against God and 〈◇〉 Seruice of Loue / and against his Trueth / for seduce ●with your vncleane Dirt and painted Holynes ; the simple Heartes / from the Familie of Loue ●like-as yee haue don vnto many other ignorant Men / which walke without the Howse and Seruice of Loue ; and to pluck them into your Snares . But verelie it shall not auaile you in this Daye of Loue / by the Faithfulones of the Familie of Loue / to spread-abrode your seducing Seedes any farder . For your false Practises ▪ and your Fall / are now well perceaued of the vpright Heartes .

7. Yea consider well theron ●O yee goodwilling Heartes to the Righteousnes ; how slylie these Messengers of the Deuell com vnto you . this Broode of Lucifer . these Resisters of the Trueth / as Iannes and Iambres . these false Ministers of the Priestes-office / as Nadab and Abihu . these Seditious-persons / as the Company of Chore . and these vnsent bloud-thirstie Preachers / as the Priestes of Iezabel : Consider ( I saye ) aduisedlie theron / how subtillie they shew-fourth themselues / and can paint their false Nature / with an Angels-colour / to thentent that one should not perceaue the Falshod of their wicked Heartes ▪ and the Lustes and Desires of their Whordom and Adulterie / wherof their Eyes and Heartes are full : and that ●hey mought euenso vnder a coloured Couering / ●loke their Vncleannes of Whordom and Adulte●ie / together with their abhominable Idolatrie and ●alse Godseruices ▪ as also lay those-same their Ab●ominations and Vncleannes / vpon the Neckes ●f the Single-mynded and Good-willingones to ●he Loue of Iesu Christ , or report such-thinges of ●hem ▪ and so accuse and defame them therwithall .

8. BEholde / yee that haue Eyes for to perceaue / such false Heartes and contentious Deuels-messengers / which seeke not the Peace o● Christ nor the Concorde in the Loue . but bring-i● all Renting and Dissention or Breach / are driuen-fourth by the false Spirit of Antichrist , and by th● lying Ingeniousnes of the Fleash / for to practise al● Deceit and Falshod / according to the Workes 〈◇〉 the Deuell / and also to seduce the simple single-min●ded Heartes / like-as they do the Vnfaithfull and Waueringones in the Beleef / vnto their Errour .

9. And if then the Deuell cannot accomplish o● bring the same to-passe ●at full ; through his Belia●lish Men / so bringeth hee the same also into th● Handes of the false Women / which are inclined t● such wicked Workes / and haue cra●tie Subtiltie to accomplish the false Deuices of the Deuell .

10. Euen-thus verelie / do they all deale wit● Deceit and Falshod / which go-out from the wicke● World : and also all those which h●ue geeuen the● thervnto . And so doth eueryone of them diligentli● applye him / to sowe euery-where his Mischeef an● contentious Seedes . and to spew-fourth all Blas●pheamie / against God and his Familie of Loue .

The Third Chapiter .

●Hy on you / yee whorish Genera●tions and adulterous Children of the vn●cleane and defiled Bed : How are yee thu●●seeing that yee yourselues are so vnclen● growen to such Presumption ! that yee com vn●● the Elect of God and Children of Loue / and 〈◇〉 vpon you as also indeuour you / for to mingle your Vncleannes of the Hedghogs-filthines and Swines-dung / among our pure and heauenlie Foode / or to bring it in besides the same / and to feede our sweet-hearted Children of the Loue ther-withall / like as yee haue don / towardes the Vnfaithfull and vnto many Worldlie-mynded . Phy / phy on the stincking Dirt of your Vncleannes .

2. Verelie / like as the Dirt of your Vncleannes ●s a filthie Stinck before God / euenso is it also a filthie Stinck in our Noses .

3. And although yee garnish the same your stinc●ing Dirt ●when as yee bring the same vnto vs ; with Roses and Lillies / and with many-maner of ●aire Flowers / and strew it ouer with Rosemary●eaues and Cinamon / yet doth neuerthelesse the Sunne of Righteousnes ●with his bright & whot Shyning ; make the Stinck of the same / manifest ●efore vs. Yea so manifest / that all those that haue ●ynded the Loue and her Seruice / with vpright ●nd faithfull Heartes / and shewe all Obedience ●owardes the same / haue a great Lothsomnes of the Stinck of the same Dirt .

● . For the holie and gratious Woord of God / ●hich is heald-fourth before vs in liuing Power through the holie Spirit of the Loue of Iesu Christ , ●nd through God-his elected Minister HN ; in the Seruice of Loue / and which is ●as the true Bread ●f Life / that is com vnto vs from Heauen ; admini●red to a liuing Foode of our Soules / is so reue●nd and so godlie for vs to heare and to feed-of / ●●d wee haue also turned our Lust and Loue so ●hollie thervnto / that wee abhor and haue a great Lothsomnes / to heare of any-thing els . Yea and much-more a Lothsomnes / to receaue or inioy anything of any straunge Spirites / or of anyone which is a Straunger vnto the Familie of Loue .

5. THerfore / seeing that ●ee com not fourth out of the Familie of Loue / nor haue not Gods Woorde nor Spirit / in liuing Power by you . but onlie the Imagination of your Knowledg / or the dead Letter / which all false Heartes of the Scripture-learned / occupie to Contention and Di●corde : So bide then hardelie with your garnished Dirt / by yourselues : For heere by the Faithfull and Electedones in the Familie of Loue / it is al-to-well knowne .

6. But if yee desire to repent / and to com by vs in Sorrowfulnes ●or your Sinnes / for to be conuerted and made-sa●e from all your Abhominations ▪ and taught and instructed aright / in the Way of the Trueth of Iesu Christ : and so then to liue vprightlie in all Trueth of God and Christ : So forsake it then all that yee haue taken to you / without the gratious Woorde of God and the Requiring of his Seruice of Loue / and seperate you whollie therfrom : and assemble you than euenso to our Communialtie of Sainctes / to Vnitie of Heart in the Loue / so shall yee then be receaued of vs with Ioye : And thus in the Repentaunce / let yourselues ●vnder the Obedience of the Loue and her Seruice● be wasshed and cleansed from all your Sinnes / with the holie and pure Waters of the holie Spirit of Loue : and be than taught with the pure Doc●trine of the holie and gratious Woord / to the King●dom of the God of Heauens / and nourrished-vp 〈◇〉 ●ncient Elders and Fathers of the Fa●ilie of ●oue ; in the holie and godlie Vnderstanding / to ●end that yee mought knowe and obserue / all that ●hich pleaseth God / and is resonable and edifying ●ith Men ▪ also confesse and publish-fourth the safe-●aking Beleef of Christ and his vpright Fruites 〈◇〉 Righteousnes ▪ and out of the same Treasure of ●ur Heartes ▪ rightlie bring-fourth ●out of the true ●oue o● Iesu Christ ; the New and the Olde / to a ●od Instruction of other moe .

FOr-that-cause ●according to the Counsaile of the holie Scripture ; becom yee No●●rned-about to obedient Children / and borne anew / ●●t of the Water and out of the Holie-go●t : and 〈◇〉 then ●as new-borne Children ; the pure vncor●pted Milke / out of the virginlie Breastes of the ●oue : To thend that yee mought euenso after-that ●hen-as yee are entred into the Begining of the ●ristian Doctrine ▪ and nourrished-vp to the Young●anship of the holie Vnderstanding ; be fead with ●e strong Meate of the gratious Woorde ▪ and ●nd by the Holie-gost of Loue / into all Trueth and ●haritie .

Thus haue a good and right regarde vnto ●e Sentences of the Wisdom / and receaue the●me / to the Renewing of your Vnderstanding / ●nd to Goodwillingnes to the vpright Righteous●s : and indeuour you not first / to pluck-out the ●plin●er out of anothers Eye / ereuer yee haue plu●●d the Beame out of your owne Eye . Nether-yet ●plye you also to be a Teacher / so long as the ●octrine to the Kingdom of Heauen / is yeat need●ll for yourselues .

9. Applye you not also to liue / nether-yet 〈◇〉 shew or witnes the Life vnto another / ereuer th● yee yourselues are passed-thorowe the Death ▪ an● gon-thorowe the small Waye which leadeth vn●● Life .

10. Likewise take not vpon you / to euangeli the Euangelie of the Kingdom vnto anyman / e●cept that yee haue in the Obedience of the Requ●ring of the Loue / receaued the Kingdom of Heaue● seene with your Eyes ●in the vpright Beeing Christ ; the Life which is euerlasting ▪ heard th● same ●in the Renewing of your Spirit and Mind with your Eares ▪ and handled or felt it ●in the v● right Righteousnes & Holines ; with your hande●

11. Also speake not of any Mysteries of God 〈◇〉 his Kingdom / except that yee haue so learned th● same Mysterie / in the Seruice of Loue / and that be profitable for to be declared & fruitfull to hear● and stretch to all Concord / Peace / & Righteousnes●

12. Likewise take not vpon you to minister an● Seruices of Christ , nor to witnes or preach t● Knowledg of Christ according to the Spirit / e●●cept that yee haue first obedientlie fulfilled the Se●●uices of Christ and his Doctrine / and that Chri●● haue his Shape in you : and that euenso Chri●● himself / speake the same Testimonies through you●

13. Fardermore / be not diligent to teach t● Trueth vnto anyone / except that yee haue first b● obedient vnto the Trueth and her Requiring ▪ 〈◇〉 are taught by the holie Spirit of Trueth / in t● Seruice of Loue ▪ as also knowne to be meet a● ordained by the Elders in the holie Vnderstandi● of the Trueth / to the Ministration of the True●●

●e not also blowen hether-and-thether with 〈◇〉 Windes or Spirites which rule in the Ayre / ●ther suffer yourselues to be driuen / by the Spi●es of Knowledg / which haue their Working in 〈◇〉 Children of Men which knowe not God / nor ●t their trust in Him .

But ground and stablish you on the euerlast●g fast-standing Foundation of Iesu Christ : and ●sider in your Vnderstanding / that yee are in ●th-wise called vnto Christ / through the holie Eu●gelie of Christ , for to haue an vpright Beeing Christ , and so then to buyld vpon Him .

THus let eueryone looke well to it / and holde a sharp Watch ouer himself / that 〈◇〉 be not lead-astray by his owne Knowledg / so ●ll hee not then also seduce an other . But let eue●one hold himself obedientlie on the pure Doctrine ●he gratious Woord and Seruice of Loue : For ●oso letteth not himself obedientlie / be taught and ●ected to the true Light of the euerlasting Life / vn●● the Doctrine of the gratious Woord and Ser●e of Loue / nether-yet dealeth and walketh faithfullie vnder the Obedience of Loue / hee shall not be able to teach or leade other rightlie . but they shall ●like-as the Blinde which leade each-other ; fall together into the Gulf or Pit of Destruction .

Take it effectuallie to heart . ●HARITAS EXTORSIT PER ABIA .