Right
Honourable
,
and
welbeloved
,
in
the
year
,
1651.
BY
vertue
of
a
Commission
which
we
received
by
voice
of
words
from
Heaven
,
through
the
glorious
mouth
of
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
the
only
true
God
and
everlasting
Father
:
The
lord
upon
paine
of
eternall
death
commanded
us
to
deliver
these
Messages
following
:
First
,
we
were
directed
to
goe
to
one
John
Tanee
to
convince
him
of
errour
,
which
was
exceeding
great
,
in
obedience
to
which
command
we
accordingly
went
unto
him
,
who
first
affirmed
that
there
was
never
any
personall
God
;
sure
he
forgot
that
saying
of
the
Apostle
Thomas
,
who
when
he
had
handled
the
blessed
body
of
the
Lord
Jesus
,
hee
called
him
his
Lord
and
his
God
:
there
are
divers
other
places
in
holy
writ
that
clearly
prove
the
man
Jesus
to
bee
the
only
God
:
Likewise
he
affirmed
,
that
God
could
not
possibly
be
confined
into
the
womb
of
the
Virgin
;
I
am
sure
also
that
if
ever
hee
did
read
these
Scriptures
,
he
wanted
faith
to
believe
them
,
where
it
is
written
,
Is
there
any
thing
too
hard
for
God
?
with
God
all
things
are
possible
:
he
further
said
,
that
that
could
not
bee
a
God
that
suffered
death
,
and
after
that
was
closed
in
a
Tomb
three
daies
and
three
nights
:
I
am
certaine
hee
knows
nothing
of
these
Scriptures
,
where
it
is
written
,
I
am
hee
that
was
dead
and
am
alive
,
and
behold
I
live
for
evermore
,
and
have
the
Keyes
of
hell
and
death
.
Againe
,
it
is
written
,
that
he
poured
out
his
soule
unto
death
:
and
that
Believers
are
redeemed
by
the
bloud
of
God
:
that
is
,
by
the
life
,
soule
,
or
spirit
of
God
;
because
the
life
,
or
soule
,
or
spirit
lieth
in
the
bloud
,
as
it
is
written
:
Likewise
it
was
very
strange
to
this
John
Tanee
that
God
should
dye
,
and
by
his
owne
power
raise
himselfe
from
death
to
life
,
and
personally
ascend
into
that
place
of
immortall
glory
beyond
the
stars
,
where
the
persons
of
holy
Angels
are
resident
.
Sure
I
am
,
this
man
believeth
no
place
of
Scripture
that
proveth
the
power
of
that
God
the
Man
Jesus
,
who
said
to
the
Jews
,
I
have
power
to
lay
down
my
life
,
and
I
have
power
to
take
it
up
againe
:
Also
it
is
written
,
What
and
if
you
shall
see
the
Sonne
of
Man
ascend
from
whence
hee
came
?
also
he
was
scene
to
ascend
up
by
above
an
hundred
Disciples
at
one
time
,
where
it
was
said
by
two
men
in
white
,
why
stand
yee
gazing
heere
?
the
same
Jesus
which
ye
see
ascend
shall
in
like
manner
come
againe
So
that
of
this
Man
Jesus
the
onely
Lord
of
life
,
which
the
Scriptures
throughout
beare
witnesse
unto
,
John
Tance
knew
nothing
.
But
although
John
Tantes
God
which
hee
professed
bee
an
infinite
Spirit
,
without
any
personall
substance
;
yet
he
affirmed
,
that
he
had
a
Commission
from
his
bodilesse
God
,
to
lead
the
Nation
of
the
Jewes
unto
Jerusalem
to
make
them
the
onely
happy
people
:
but
this
wee
know
from
that
God
that
sent
us
,
that
his
God
,
and
himselfe
,
and
his
designe
must
all
perish
to
eternity
;
for
this
John
Tanee
is
the
last
great
mystery
Babylon
,
of
that
lying
Notion
of
the
Ranters
,
that
ever
shall
speake
or
write
against
that
spirituall
Mystery
of
the
immortall
God
cloathing
himselfe
with
flesh
in
the
person
of
a
man
,
sin
only
excepted
.
Moreover
,
we
declare
from
our
God
,
that
this
John
Tance
is
the
Prince
and
head
of
that
Atheistical
lie
held
forth
by
all
filthy
Sodomitical
Ranters
,
which
are
now
in
the
world
:
these
are
those
spoken
of
by
the
Apostle
Paul
that
were
to
fall
away
from
the
faith
,
utterly
denying
the
Lord
Jesus
and
the
Holy
Scriptures
,
a
little
before
the
comming
of
the
great
God
:
these
are
those
cursed
Children
of
that
Dragon
Devil
Kaine
,
who
say
light
and
darkness
are
both
one
,
good
and
evill
are
both
one
;
so
likewise
like
blaspheming
Reprobates
as
they
are
,
they
say
that
God
and
Divel
are
both
one
,
from
which
hellish
tenent
,
with
greediness
they
act
unrighteousness
,
sporting
themselves
in
all
fleshly
filthiness
,
as
the
people
of
Sodome
and
Gomorrah
did
,
that
they
may
justly
bee
damned
in
themselves
at
the
great
day
of
the
Lord
,
because
they
charged
God
with
all
their
folly
,
who
as
it
is
written
is
of
so
pure
a
nature
,
that
hee
can
neither
be
tempted
,
nor
tempt
any
man
to
evill
:
And
so
much
for
all
ungodly
Ranters
that
despise
a
personall
God
,
and
John
Tanee
their
King
.
The
second
Message
that
wee
were
sent
withall
by
command
from
God
,
was
to
one
John
Robbins
then
in
the
new
prison
,
which
was
to
pronounce
a
sentence
of
eternall
death
upon
him
for
his
cruelty
towards
men
,
and
his
blasphemy
against
the
Lord
Jesus
Christ
,
for
this
John
Robbins
is
the
last
great
Antichrist
,
or
man
of
sinne
,
that
was
to
appeare
to
fulfill
that
Scripture
,
spoken
of
by
Paul
in
2
Thess.
where
it
is
written
,
who
opposeth
and
exalteth
himselfe
above
all
that
is
called
God
,
or
that
is
worshipped
,
so
that
he
as
God
,
sitteth
in
the
Temple
of
God
,
shewing
himselfe
that
he
is
God
.
For
this
John
Robbins
by
many
people
was
honoured
as
a
God
,
for
they
fell
upon
their
faces
at
his
Feet
,
and
worshipped
him
,
calling
him
their
Lord
and
their
God
:
likewise
,
hee
was
prayd
unto
as
unto
a
God
:
moreover
,
he
gave
them
a
Law
,
commanding
them
not
to
mention
the
name
of
any
other
God
,
but
him
only
;
and
if
they
disobeyed
his
Lawes
,
by
his
witchcraft
power
he
plagued
their
spirits
and
bodies
,
in
the
strangest
manner
that
ever
was
seen
,
of
which
we
were
eye-witnesses
;
but
after
the
sentence
of
death
,
from
the
Lord
Jesus
through
our
mouths
was
declared
against
this
Prince
of
Divels
,
in
this
age
;
hee
was
constrained
about
the
space
of
two
months
after
to
dis-owne
his
assumed
Godhead
,
through
which
many
were
deceived
by
him
,
and
some
brought
in
their
whole
Estates
unto
him
,
believing
on
him
as
their
God
and
only
Saviour
,
unto
whom
he
promised
to
make
the
prison
doores
fly
open
,
and
safely
conduct
them
through
the
Seas
into
the
City
of
Jerusalem
,
and
there
make
them
eternally
happy
.
But
this
cursed
designe
came
to
a
sudden
conclusion
as
is
beforesaid
,
which
the
Magistrates
power
could
not
accomplish
,
though
they
imprisoned
him
,
yet
after
he
had
heard
the
sentence
of
death
denounced
against
him
,
for
his
taking
the
glory
of
God
to
himselfe
,
hee
spake
these
words
and
no
more
,
saying
,
it
is
finished
,
the
Lords
will
bee
done
:
and
so
much
concerning
John
Robbins
,
who
was
the
King
and
chiefe
head
of
all
the
false
Christs
,
and
false
Prophets
,
and
Prophetesses
,
and
counterfeit
Virgin
Mary's
,
with
all
other
withchcraft
appearances
,
whether
Quakers
,
or
Shakers
,
or
whatsoever
they
be
,
that
go
under
the
notion
of
spirituall
power
from
God
at
this
day
.
After
the
delivering
of
these
two
messages
,
by
vertue
of
our
Commission
,
we
were
moved
by
the
spirit
of
Jesus
Christ
to
deliver
a
Message
unto
some
Ministers
,
to
make
knowne
unto
them
,
that
they
have
no
Commission
from
God
to
preach
unto
the
people
,
but
they
have
taken
up
a
Commission
from
the
letter
of
the
Scripture
to
preach
,
and
from
men
onely
,
which
some
of
them
confessed
to
be
true
,
but
some
of
them
that
were
puffed
up
with
fleshly
honour
and
profit
through
their
Ministry
,
they
would
not
acknowledge
they
had
no
Commission
from
God
to
preach
,
although
they
could
not
give
a
positive
answer
to
any
spirituall
question
to
prove
themselves
Ministers
by
Commission
from
the
Spirit
of
Jesus
Christ
.
For
this
we
know
from
the
Lord
,
that
the
sacred
Scriptures
were
spoken
by
holy
Prophets
and
Apostles
,
as
they
were
inspired
by
the
Holy
Spirit
,
so
did
they
speak
:
therefore
none
can
interpret
the
holy
Scriptures
that
are
so
mysterious
,
according
to
the
minde
of
God
,
except
he
is
indued
with
the
infallible
spirit
of
inspiration
,
as
they
were
that
spake
the
Scriptures
;
and
hee
that
is
indued
with
that
blessed
spirit
hath
the
life
&
power
of
the
holy
Scriptures
shining
through
his
spirit
and
body
,
having
life
eternall
abiding
in
him
,
and
hee
knowes
that
in
the
resurrection
of
the
spirits
and
bodies
out
of
the
dust
,
of
all
mankinde
at
the
last
day
,
he
shall
visibly
enjoy
a
personall
glory
in
immortality
,
in
that
everlasting
Kingdome
of
the
undefiled
Heavens
and
Earth
above
the
stars
,
where
the
glorious
person
of
God
,
and
holy
Angels
are
resident
:
this
is
that
place
of
blessednesse
that
is
utterly
hid
from
the
wise
and
prudent
men
of
this
world
;
but
prepared
for
those
men
that
spake
the
holy
Scriptures
,
and
those
only
that
yield
obedience
unto
the
holy
Spirit
of
Iesus
Christ
,
the
onely
God
all
their
dayes
:
and
so
much
concerning
that
Message
unto
some
of
the
Ministers
of
God
so
called
.
The
next
thing
we
shall
declare
unto
you
from
the
Lord
is
this
,
that
wee
two
only
are
the
last
men
that
ever
shal
speak
or
write
by
Commission
from
the
true
God
,
unto
the
powers
and
people
,
whilest
this
world
indureth
;
therefore
whoever
lives
to
see
an
end
of
us
,
shall
suddenly
see
the
dissolution
of
this
vain
world
,
and
all
the
glory
thereof
;
but
the
day
and
houre
is
known
only
unto
Iesus
Christ
the
everlasting
Father
:
Moreover
,
this
we
know
also
,
that
we
two
are
the
last
men
that
ever
God
will
give
such
heavenly
understanding
of
his
divine
person
any
more
:
for
we
are
those
two
Spirituall
Witnesses
prophesied
of
by
John
in
Rev.
11.
who
to
fulfill
the
Scriptures
were
appointed
to
appeare
in
this
blinde
age
,
to
make
known
unto
the
Elect
a
little
of
that
unspeakable
spirituall
mystery
of
the
immortal
God
and
alone
eternall
Father
,
cloathing
himselfe
with
flesh
in
the
person
of
a
man
as
beforesaid
:
likewise
we
know
that
the
only
true
God
the
Man
Iesus
upon
the
Throne
of
Glory
,
to
his
everlasting
praive
be
it
spoken
,
he
hath
by
his
blessed
Spirit
revealed
unto
us
more
spiritual
understanding
of
that
glorious
mystery
concerning
himselfe
,
then
ever
was
,
is
,
or
shall
be
revealed
unto
men
,
untill
time
bee
swallowed
up
into
eternity
,
and
without
the
knowledge
of
this
mystery
in
some
measure
,
no
man
can
possibly
enjoy
any
true
peace
unto
his
soule
.
Againe
,
wee
declare
by
voice
and
inspiration
from
God
that
wee
are
the
conclusion
of
this
mystery
which
God
made
known
at
the
first
unto
Adam
,
in
that
promise
unto
him
,
that
the
seed
of
the
woman
should
breake
the
serpents
head
:
revealing
also
by
his
blessed
Spirit
of
it
to
his
chosen
from
thence
untill
Moses
and
the
Prophets
,
who
spake
much
of
this
mystery
to
the
Elect
in
their
times
,
and
from
thence
to
the
birth
of
our
Lord
and
Saviour
Iesus
Christ
,
the
holy
Mystery
it selfe
,
when
Jehovah
the
everlasting
Father
in
the
time
of
the
Law
,
became
a
Son
Iesus
in
the
time
of
the
Gospel
,
yea
,
and
a
Servant
to
his
Elect
Creatures
:
and
from
thence
to
the
commission
of
the
Apostles
,
whose
preaching
was
chiefly
of
this
mystery
,
because
in
the
knowledge
of
it
only
,
is
the
assurance
of
everlasting
life
:
but
as
for
this
Commission
of
the
Apostles
it
continued
about
300
years
,
before
it
was
by
the
ten
persecutions
persecuted
quite
out
of
the
world
.
Then
after
the
Roman
Gentiles
by
the
sword
,
to
fulfill
the
words
of
Christ
,
had
conquered
the
Nation
of
the
Jewes
,
they
tooke
possession
of
the
Letter
of
the
Scripture
,
which
is
the
Court
with
out
the
Temple
,
spoken
of
by
John
in
Rev.
11.
by
which
conquest
over
the
Iewes
,
they
have
beene
Lords
over
the
Letter
of
the
Scripture
unto
this
day
,
ordaining
Ministers
of
their
owne
to
bee
the
Interpreters
of
the
Scriptures
,
keeping
the
people
in
perpetuall
bondage
,
making
such
Merchandize
of
them
,
that
they
have
lived
like
Princes
by
them
:
Oh
I
how
profitable
have
these
Scriptures
been
to
Reprobate
Preachers
?
Againe
,
but
as
for
the
spirit
of
life
within
the
holy
Temple
,
God
hath
reserved
it
to
himselfe
,
and
he
gives
it
to
his
elect
Jewes
and
Gentiles
,
from
whence
they
have
power
within
them
to
obey
the
letter
without
them
;
but
the
Reprobate
worshipeth
the
letter
and
his
owne
inventions
for
his
God
,
but
he
hath
no
power
from
the
holy
Spirit
within
the
Temple
,
to
yield
obedience
to
the
letter
without
,
so
much
honoured
by
his
lips
;
and
this
is
the
cause
in
men
,
why
so
many
must
suffer
the
vengeance
of
eternall
death
,
because
they
take
upon
them
to
be
the
Ministers
of
God
and
interpreters
of
the
sacred
Scriptures
,
without
a
Commission
from
God
,
they
being
utterly
ignorant
of
his
infallible
Spirit
,
the
which
blessed
Spirit
doth
enable
a
man
to
declare
to
the
sensible
understanding
of
men
what
the
person
of
God
is
,
and
his
divine
nature
;
and
what
the
persons
of
holy
Angels
are
,
and
their
natures
,
and
what
the
person
of
the
Devill
was
before
his
fall
,
and
what
his
person
is
and
shall
bee
to
eternity
;
and
in
what
condition
Adam
was
created
in
,
and
how
the
came
to
fall
;
also
what
the
glory
of
Heaven
is
,
and
the
residence
of
it
to
eternity
;
and
what
Hell
and
eternall
death
is
,
and
the
place
of
it
to
eternity
.
Moreover
we
declare
from
our
God
,
that
no
man
in
the
world
at
this
time
doth
cleerly
understand
any
one
of
these
six
spirituall
things
,
but
we
two
onely
,
whom
the
Lord
hath
sent
to
declare
them
unto
his
chosen
ones
,
appointed
unto
eternall
life
:
and
so
much
for
that
truth
.
Then
immediatly
after
this
there
came
many
people
unto
us
,
most
of
them
pretending
to
know
what
the
Lord
had
spoken
unto
us
,
unto
whom
we
gave
a
full
acount
,
with
which
many
seemed
well
satisfied
:
but
some
of
them
being
wise
in
their
conceits
did
presume
to
call
our
Commission
from
Iesus
Christ
,
blasphemy
,
and
a
delusion
of
the
Devill
,
and
such
like
;
for
the
which
in
obedience
to
the
command
of
our
God
,
wee
did
pronounce
them
eternally
damned
for
their
blasphemy
against
the
Holy
Spirit
that
sent
us
:
And
after
this
manner
we
continued
about
the
space
of
one
whole
yeare
and
a
quarter
,
declaring
the
prerogative
power
and
pleasure
of
our
God
,
in
which
time
many
ignorant
blasphemers
being
moved
with
envy
,
they
brought
themselvs
under
an
eternall
curse
:
and
so
much
for
that
truth
.
After
this
we
were
moved
by
the
Holy
Spirit
that
sent
us
,
to
command
in
generall
the
eminent
Ministers
(
in
the
account
of
the
people
,
about
London
and
Westminster
)
to
lay
down
their
Ministery
,
because
there
is
not
a
man
of
them
as
before
said
,
hath
the
spirit
of
inspiration
to
declare
unto
the
people
,
what
the
true
God
is
,
that
they
may
bee
saved
from
the
wrath
to
come
;
wherefore
for
want
of
the
gift
of
the
Holy
Spirit
,
they
teach
the
people
a
false
God
,
a
false
heaven
,
a
false
devill
,
and
a
false
hell
:
and
this
is
the
cause
that
the
people
remain
in
darkness
,
acting
all
cruelty
one
towards
another
,
dying
in
their
sins
,
and
so
consequently
must
bee
eternally
damned
:
for
we
that
are
the
Lords
Messengers
unto
whom
God
hath
given
the
infallible
spirit
,
do
certainly
know
,
that
all
the
Priests
,
Ministers
,
or
Speakers
to
the
people
,
in
the
world
,
are
false
and
vaine
,
both
deceivers
of
themselves
,
and
of
those
that
love
to
be
deceived
by
them
;
therefore
they
teach
the
people
an
immaginary
God
,
which
they
call
an
infinite
Spirit
,
not
having
any
bodily
substance
:
Thus
instead
of
instructing
the
people
in
true
understanding
of
a
spirituall
personall
God
,
which
to
know
is
life
eternall
,
they
teach
the
people
a
God
of
words
only
:
So
likewise
they
teach
the
people
an
immaginary
Divel
also
,
perswading
them
that
the
Divill
is
an
invisible
spirit
without
a
bodily
substance
,
walking
,
or
flying
too
and
fro
in
the
ayre
;
and
they
say
this
immaginary
evil
spirit
,
or
Divel
is
he
that
tempteth
all
men
to
that
wickednesse
committed
by
them
:
thus
they
teach
the
people
a
Divel
that
is
not
,
nor
ever
was
,
like
unto
the
rest
of
their
false
and
lying
Tenents
:
as
for
this
truth
which
is
of
a
transcendent
excellency
,
in
generall
they
are
utterly
ignorant
of
it
;
that
is
,
that
no
invisible
spirit
,
neither
of
God
,
Angels
,
nor
Men
,
can
possible
have
any
living
being
,
without
a
body
or
person
,
nor
never
had
:
Thus
the
people
are
kept
from
the
knowledge
of
the
true
God
,
and
from
the
knowledge
of
the
right
Divel
;
they
not
thinking
in
the
least
,
that
there
is
no
other
Divel
since
the
fall
of
Adam
,
but
a
mans
owne
spirit
of
unclean
reason
,
and
wicked
immagination
:
therefore
it
is
written
,
that
all
the
immaginations
of
mans
heart
are
evill
,
and
onely
evill
,
and
continually
evill
:
what
is
that
but
the
Divell
,
that
hath
nothing
in
it
but
evil
.
Againe
,
it
is
written
,
not
that
which
goeth
into
the
belly
defileth
a
man
,
but
that
which
commeth
out
of
the
man
;
out
of
the
heart
proceed
evil
thoughts
,
murders
,
adulteries
,
and
such
like
.
Againe
,
it
is
written
,
when
a
man
is
tempted
to
evill
,
he
is
drawne
aside
of
his
owne
lust
:
Thus
it
is
cleare
to
those
that
see
by
the
eye
of
faith
,
that
that
Divel
so
much
spoken
of
in
holy
Writ
,
is
that
unsatiable
lust
,
naturally
arising
from
that
spirit
of
unclean
reason
,
and
wicked
immagination
dwelling
in
the
body
of
man
,
which
tempts
wicked
men
to
all
unrighteousness
;
wherefore
from
the
Lord
wee
counsell
you
to
watch
that
Divel
within
you
,
and
our
souls
for
yours
,
you
shall
never
bee
troubled
with
any
invisible
Divel
without
you
;
for
indeed
there
was
never
any
such
evil
spirit
,
or
bodiless
Divel
in
the
ayre
,
as
ignorant
men
have
for
a
long
season
taught
.
Again
,
if
men
and
women
were
convinc'd
,
that
there
are
no
other
Devils
but
their
own
spirits
,
untill
they
are
born
again
by
the
spirit
of
Jesus
Christ
,
they
would
then
be
afrayd
to
act
wickedness
one
towards
another
,
seeing
there
is
nothing
to
bee
eternally
damned
,
but
that
which
acteth
unrighteousness
:
and
there
is
nothing
committeth
wickedness
but
men
and
women
;
without
all
controversie
since
the
fall
of
man
,
there
are
no
other
Devils
but
men
and
women
only
,
so
likewise
as
aforesayd
,
they
must
needs
teach
a
false
heaven
and
a
false
hell
,
that
know
neither
God
nor
Devill
.
Again
as
for
the
persons
of
holy
Angels
,
they
know
nothing
of
them
,
nor
what
condition
Adam
was
created
in
,
or
how
he
came
to
lose
his
first
estate
,
onely
like
children
,
they
make
mention
of
a
God
,
and
of
Angels
,
and
of
a
heaven
,
and
of
a
Divel
,
and
of
a
Hell
;
but
as
for
the
true
understanding
of
these
spirituall
things
and
places
,
they
know
certainly
no
more
of
them
than
Babes
:
And
so
much
for
all
false
Priests
,
Ministers
,
or
Speakers
in
this
world
,
who
are
Ministers
of
the
Letter
,
and
by
the
will
of
Man
;
but
are
not
Ministers
of
the
Spirit
,
by
the
will
of
God
,
and
must
all
perish
to
eternity
,
that
knowes
or
hearts
of
the
truths
of
God
declared
by
us
,
and
yet
wilfully
disobey
the
commission
of
the
Lord
in
us
Againe
,
the
next
thing
we
shall
remonstrate
unto
you
is
this
,
that
there
was
a
necessity
that
God
to
vindicate
his
own
glory
,
should
give
unto
us
,
or
some
other
men
,
a
Commission
to
goe
forth
to
the
world
,
because
within
these
twelve
yeers
there
have
been
so
many
in
this
Land
,
that
have
come
in
their
own
names
,
calling
themselves
Christs
,
and
Prophets
,
and
Virgin
Maries
,
and
such
like
;
upon
these
severall
sorts
which
arose
to
fulfill
the
Scriptures
,
we
have
pronounced
the
sentence
of
eternall
death
,
for
their
robbing
God
of
his
glory
,
who
will
not
give
his
glory
to
another
,
they
assuming
the
titles
of
God
to
themselves
,
yet
they
lived
like
Divels
as
they
are
,
in
all
carnall
and
unnaturall
lusts
:
Moreover
,
although
lately
there
hath
appeared
so
many
spiritual
counterfeits
to
fulfill
the
Scriptures
,
which
say
,
you
shall
know
them
by
their
fruits
:
yet
in
generall
the
people
are
so
blinde
,
because
their
owne
deeds
are
evill
,
that
they
cannot
discern
the
fruits
of
these
wicked
men
whether
they
be
good
or
evil
:
likewise
there
are
but
very
few
,
in
comparison
of
the
multitude
,
that
know
whether
there
hath
appeared
any
of
these
figtrees
whose
fruits
are
leaves
only
;
notwithstanding
the
lying
Priests
before
their
eyes
attaine
to
great
Estates
through
their
skilfull
merchandizing
of
the
sacred
Scriptures
:
but
know
this
from
the
Lord
,
both
Powers
and
People
,
for
you
shall
know
it
either
for
your
weale
or
woe
,
that
God
hath
chosen
us
two
only
to
be
the
spirituall
Teachers
of
his
everlasting
Gospel
,
and
hath
given
us
power
to
worke
all
righteousnesse
,
and
hath
given
us
this
great
power
to
pronounce
his
sentence
of
eternall
death
upon
all
spirituall
Counterfeits
,
and
deceiving
Scripture
Merchants
;
and
it
is
irrevokable
,
as
sure
as
there
is
a
God
.
Againe
,
if
men
that
counterfeit
Commissions
from
Kings
,
or
States
,
seldome
finde
mercy
,
what
thinke
you
then
will
become
of
all
those
that
counterfeit
Commissions
from
the
Lord
of
Heaven
and
Earth
,
and
Creator
of
all
powers
?
And
so
much
for
all
Spiritual
Counterfeits
,
and
Scripture
lamb-like
Wolves
,
that
preach
in
their
owne
names
,
or
by
a
commission
from
man
,
for
want
of
a
commission
from
the
man
Iesus
the
onely
wise
God
and
alone
Everlasting
Father
.
Then
after
wee
had
made
it
appeare
to
many
of
the
Ministers
,
that
they
have
no
commission
from
God
to
preach
;
and
the
sentence
of
death
being
denounced
against
them
:
for
their
despising
to
obey
the
message
of
the
Lord
,
some
of
them
sent
their
disciples
unto
us
who
being
of
their
owne
persecuting
spirits
they
came
under
the
sentence
of
death
also
:
which
occasioned
the
people
to
come
unto
us
very
much
for
the
space
of
the
three
monthes
following
,
many
blaspheming
against
the
holy
Spirit
that
sent
us
●●me
under
the
same
curse
.
Thus
wee
continued
in
obedience
to
our
commission
declaring
the
counsels
of
God
unto
men
,
untill
about
the
twelfth
of
September
1653.
at
which
time
some
of
our
persecutors
which
were
under
the
sentence
accompanied
with
the
Marshals
men
with
a
warrant
tooke
us
out
of
our
house
and
brought
us
before
Alderman
Fouke
then
Lord
Maior
,
who
after
he
had
examined
us
he
despised
the
holy
spirit
and
person
of
the
Lord
Iesus
that
sent
us
and
so
came
under
the
sentence
of
death
with
our
Iudas
accusors
for
his
cursed
blasphemy
against
the
Lord
Iesus
Christ
,
and
his
blessed
spirit
that
sent
us
.
And
for
his
unjust
committing
us
to
the
common
Goale
of
Newgate
to
try
us
by
the
civill
Law
who
did
not
nor
cannot
breake
any
civill
Law
of
the
Common
wealth
of
England
.
This
is
the
first
magistrate
that
brought
himselfe
to
publicke
shame
besides
an
eternall
curse
which
he
shall
not
escape
in
the
day
of
the
Lords
vengeance
,
for
his
persecuting
of
the
Messengers
of
the
Lord
Jesus
,
and
for
his
medling
with
that
which
in
the
least
belongs
not
to
any
civill
Magistrate
;
for
the
duty
of
the
Magistrate
is
to
be
skilfull
in
the
civill
Lawes
of
the
Land
,
and
if
they
finde
any
men
to
wrong
one
another
in
word
or
deed
contrary
to
those
Laws
,
then
impartially
ought
they
to
execute
Justice
between
man
and
man
;
but
they
have
no
Authority
to
judge
us
,
that
are
Messengers
and
Prophets
sent
from
God
,
who
are
kept
by
the
Power
of
God
,
so
innocent
from
the
breach
of
any
civill
Lawes
of
men
,
that
wee
are
made
examples
in
the
fulfilling
of
them
to
the
whole
world
.
Moreover
,
we
declare
from
the
Lord
,
that
no
civill
Magistrate
ought
to
call
any
man
to
account
for
his
faith
concerning
God
,
or
the
sacred
Scriptures
,
because
there
is
not
a
Magistrate
in
the
world
at
this
time
,
that
doth
clearly
understand
what
the
true
God
is
,
or
the
truth
of
holy
writ
:
yet
this
Magistrate
to
fulfill
that
Prophesie
in
the
11.
of
the
Revelation
,
concerning
his
making
war
with
the
Witnesses
,
must
needs
walke
in
his
Brother
Pilates
steps
,
who
condemn'd
the
Lord
of
all
life
,
although
his
conscience
made
him
say
,
that
hee
saw
nothing
in
him
worthy
of
death
or
blame
:
wherefore
as
sure
as
Pilate
must
suffer
the
vengeance
of
eternall
death
,
because
hee
preferred
his
honour
among
men
of
more
value
,
then
a
good
conscience
towards
God
:
so
likewise
this
Magistrate
Alderman
Fouke
,
for
his
unjust
committing
of
us
to
prison
,
who
are
the
Lords
Messengers
,
by
his
prerogative
will
,
for
his
honours
sake
,
although
his
conscience
told
him
that
wee
had
not
broke
any
of
the
civill
Laws
of
England
:
therefore
the
Lord
by
us
his
Messtengers
hath
set
a
mark
of
reprobation
upon
him
,
as
the
Lord
marked
his
Father
Kaine
,
which
shall
remaine
with
him
to
all
eternity
:
And
so
much
for
that
Reprobate
Angel
,
Alderman
Fonke
,
and
our
Antichristian
Accusers
.
The
next
thing
we
shall
remonstrate
unto
you
,
is
concerning
one
Alderman
Andrews
,
who
in
his
Majoralty
persecuted
one
Captaine
Norwood
for
blasphemy
,
which
no
Magistrate
ought
to
do
as
beforesaid
;
because
the
Lord
Jesus
from
Heaven
gave
him
no
Commission
to
bee
the
judge
of
mens
consciences
on
earth
,
concerning
blasphemy
against
God
and
the
sacred
Scriptures
;
for
you
may
know
,
that
the
civill
Law
instructs
no
man
in
the
knowledge
of
a
spirituall
personall
God
,
nor
gives
him
understanding
to
interpret
holy
writ
,
that
hee
might
know
what
is
blasphemy
against
God
:
yet
notwithstanding
,
this
Alderman
about
the
time
of
our
unjust
triall
for
our
Faith
,
caused
my
two
daughters
(
being
but
young
)
to
come
before
him
,
and
he
put
one
of
them
to
her
oath
,
that
she
should
confesse
unto
him
whatever
he
should
ask
of
her
:
Ye
powers
of
England
,
wee
appeale
unto
you
whether
this
Alderman
acted
by
your
Law
,
or
by
his
owne
will
?
likewise
he
caused
my
house
to
be
searched
at
the
same
time
for
Bookes
,
into
which
he
is
not
worthy
to
looke
:
wherefore
for
his
blaspheamous
speeches
unto
one
Mr.
L●ader
a
New-England
Merchant
,
against
the
Holy
Spirit
that
inspired
us
to
write
those
heav●nly
Bookes
,
for
the
consolation
of
the
blessed
,
in
obedience
to
our
Commission
that
wee
received
by
voice
of
words
from
Heaven
,
we
pronounce
him
cursed
and
damned
soule
and
body
to
all
eternity
:
This
will
be
that
second
Reprobate
Angels
portion
in
the
day
of
the
Lord
Jesus
,
and
the
portion
of
all
civill
Magistrates
that
persecute
men
for
their
consciences
,
which
have
not
broken
their
civill
Lawes
:
O
ye
despisers
of
true
Prophesie
,
and
persecutors
of
innocent
men
,
wonder
and
perish
!
for
so
did
your
forefathers
to
the
holy
Prophets
and
Apostles
in
their
time
:
And
so
much
for
that
persecutor
,
Alderman
Andrews
.
The
next
thing
we
shall
remonstrate
unto
your
Honours
,
will
bee
the
unjust
practice
of
the
Recorder
Steele
,
and
the
London
Jury
at
the
Sessions
time
in
the
Old-Bayly
,
notwithstanding
we
gave
them
a
cleare
demonstration
from
the
Lord
Jesus
,
before
our
Triall
,
that
they
have
no
Commission
from
Heaven
to
judge
men
,
or
try
men
for
their
faith
concerning
God
and
the
sacred
Scriptures
:
but
as
aforesaid
,
they
ought
to
be
wise
,
and
learned
in
the
civill
Lawes
of
the
Common
wealth
of
England
,
and
to
execute
equall
justice
unto
all
men
;
and
in
so
doing
they
may
enjoy
the
righteousness
of
the
Law
and
live
in
peace
all
their
dayes
:
Is
it
not
a
strange
thing
that
most
Magistrates
cannot
be
contented
with
their
earthly
Authority
and
honour
they
are
invested
withall
;
but
without
a
Commission
from
God
presumptuously
they
will
sit
upon
his
Throne
and
rob
him
of
his
glory
,
by
taking
upon
them
to
judge
the
Prophets
of
the
Lord
,
and
they
will
be
the
Judges
of
blasphemy
against
God
,
and
yet
they
know
not
what
the
true
God
is
,
or
whether
there
is
any
God
at
all
,
but
perishing
nature
onely
?
and
they
will
be
the
Judges
of
the
minde
of
God
in
the
sacred
Scriptures
,
and
yet
they
know
not
whether
those
spirituall
Test●ments
are
the
wisedome
of
the
immortall
God
,
or
the
wisedome
of
mortall
men
,
which
if
they
had
faith
to
believe
that
holy
writ
to
bee
the
wisedome
of
Jesus
Christ
,
then
would
they
yield
obedience
to
his
blessed
spirit
,
which
teacheth
men
to
suffer
persecution
for
the
name
of
Christ
,
but
not
to
persecute
any
man
for
his
faith
,
but
to
shew
mercy
to
their
greatest
enemies
,
but
quite
contrary
to
the
everlasting
Gospel
of
following
peace
with
all
men
,
and
holinesse
,
without
which
no
man
shall
see
the
Lord
to
his
comfort
:
The
Recorder
and
the
Jury
did
pronounce
us
to
be
blasphemers
,
for
our
declaring
the
Man
Iesus
that
died
at
Jernsalem
,
and
arose
from
death
to
life
by
his
own
power
,
to
be
the
only
God
and
everlasting
Father
:
for
this
glorious
truths
sake
,
which
they
call
blasphemy
,
they
have
commited
us
to
Old-Bridewell
,
there
to
remaine
sixe
months
without
Baile
or
maine-prize
:
O
yee
Parliament
and
Powers
of
England
!
if
there
bee
a
man
amongst
you
that
hath
any
light
of
the
spirit
of
Iesus
Christ
within
you
,
you
must
needs
acknowledge
this
sentence
against
us
to
be
contrary
to
all
your
civil
Lawes
,
and
all
your
ingagements
you
were
pleased
to
make
with
your
Brethren
the
free-born
people
of
England
,
and
contrary
to
all
equity
and
conscience
in
those
men
that
have
any
true
hope
of
salvation
at
the
appearing
of
Iesus
Christ
,
who
will
suddenly
come
in
flaming
fire
,
with
his
ten
thousands
of
Saints
to
recompence
vengeance
upon
the
soules
and
bodies
of
all
persecutors
of
conscience
,
both
great
and
small
,
and
upon
all
men
that
know
not
God
,
nor
obey
the
Gospel
of
Iesus
Christ
;
wherefore
because
the
Recorder
of
London
and
the
Iury
beforesaid
did
rob
Iesus
Christ
of
his
glory
,
and
like
Divels
as
they
are
,
did
condemn
the
Lord
of
life
that
sent
us
,
by
blaspheming
against
his
holy
Spirit
,
in
obedience
to
the
Commission
we
have
received
from
the
glorious
mouth
of
the
everliving
God
,
from
the
presence
of
the
Lord
Iesus
Christ
,
Elect
men
and
Angels
,
wee
pronounce
the
Recorder
and
the
Iury
cursed
and
damned
soules
and
bodies
to
all
eternity
:
and
so
much
for
our
unjust
Triall
,
and
the
just
sentence
of
Iesus
Christ
upon
the
third
Reprobate
Angel
and
his
Brethren
,
those
inferiour
dark
Angels
who
esteemed
more
of
the
honour
of
a
man
appoynted
to
perish
,
than
the
glory
of
God
and
their
owne
eternall
salvation
,
Thus
according
to
truth
,
we
have
given
your
honours
a
briefe
description
of
the
Commission
of
the
true
God
committed
to
our
charge
,
with
a
Remonstrance
of
those
spirituall
transactions
we
have
been
carried
through
by
the
power
of
our
God
,
having
often
been
in
danger
of
our
lives
,
by
unreasonable
men
,
for
his
Name
sake
,
because
they
could
not
beare
this
sharp
Commission
which
the
Lord
put
upon
us
the
third
,
fourth
,
and
fifth
dayes
of
Feb●uary
,
1651.
And
now
in
the
last
place
,
in
the
Name
and
power
of
our
Lord
Iesu●
Christ
that
sent
us
,
we
shall
write
a
few
lines
unto
all
your
Honours
serious
considerations
by
way
of
Recitall
of
your
ingaging
your
lives
,
and
liberties
,
and
honours
,
and
all
that
is
dear
unto
you
,
unto
your
Brethren
the
free
born
people
of
England
,
that
they
should
not
onely
injoy
their
civill
liberties
,
but
the
Libertie
of
their
Consciences
also
towards
God
,
which
is
of
more
value
then
this
whole
world
:
upon
this
account
your
Brethren
did
not
only
write
ingagements
with
you
,
but
they
did
freely
venter
their
lives
and
all
that
was
deare
unto
them
against
the
common
Enemy
,
for
the
preservation
of
your
persons
and
posterities
,
they
not
doubting
in
the
least
of
your
faithfulnesse
towards
them
,
that
were
so
faithfull
towards
you
concerning
their
liberties
,
but
especially
the
liberty
of
their
consciences
,
which
belongs
not
to
man
to
judge
,
but
to
God
only
that
knows
the
heart●
you
know
that
the
Scripture
saith
,
that
Iesus
Christ
is
the
only
Iudge
both
of
quick
and
dead
:
Therefore
we
hope
you
will
alow
him
also
to
be
the
alone
Iudge
of
all
mens
faith
concerning
God
and
the
sacred
Scriptures
:
which
if
you
grant
him
this
his
royall
p●erogative
,
then
you
will
come
to
understand
that
that
Magistrate
that
takes
upon
him
to
sentence
men
for
their
faith
concerning
God
and
the
sacred
Scriptures
,
he
asurp●th
Gods
Throne
,
and
robs
him
of
his
glory
,
and
so
brings
upon
himselfe
an
eternall
curse
.
Againe
,
wee
declare
from
the
Holy
Spirit
that
〈◇〉
,
that
if
you
per●orme
your
Covenant
to
your
B●ethren
concerning
their
consciences
towards
God
and
the
holy
Scriptures
,
then
you
shall
tread
all
the
common
●●emies
●f
this
Nation
under
your
feet
both
by
Sea
and
Land
for
ever
:
let
all
the
●●se-men
in
the
Nation
gainsay
what
we
have
written
,
you
shall
find
them
〈◇〉
a
Liars
,
if
you
make
triall
of
this
Counsell
of
the
Lords
,
sent
unto
you
by
〈◇〉
is
last
Messengers
;
for
you
know
that
it
was
the
Ecclesiast●●ll
Tyran●●●f
the
Bishops
Courtsover
mens
consciences
,
which
was
the
●●ef
thing
〈◇〉
●rovoked
the
religious
,
consciencious
men
more
faithfully
then
others
,
couragiously
to
fight
your
hottest
battels
,
for
the
liberty
of
their
consciences
,
many
hundreds
of
them
being
slaine
upon
this
account
,
leaving
their
Wives
and
Children
in
a
mourning
condition
behinde
them
:
Also
you
know
that
the
Synod
sate
about
foure
years
in
an
Ecclesiasticall
manner
to
prove
themselves
Jure
Divino
:
but
in
the
end
they
were
all
found
to
be
but
Jure
Humano
:
that
is
,
they
were
manifested
not
to
be
the
Ministers
of
God
,
but
ordained
of
men
only
:
Thus
this
Synod
of
yong
Bishops
striving
to
sit
in
the
old
Bishops
tyrannicall
Chaire
,
being
discovered
,
they
were
soon
dissolved
.
Wherefore
O
ye
powers
of
England
,
seeing
you
,
and
the
people
for
liberty
of
conscience
,
did
joyne
together
as
one
man
,
and
have
conquered
all
●cclesiasticall
Tyrants
and
Monsters
of
men
,
we
beseech
you
let
your
Bre●hren
the
free-born
people
enjoy
the
liberty
of
their
conscience
which
they
have
bought
at
so
deare
a
rate
,
and
suffer
not
this
Ecclesiasticall
Tyranny
to
●eigne
in
the
civill
Magistrate
,
which
you
have
fought
against
in
those
that
were
established
from
the
Kings
power
in
their
Ecclesiasticall
Tyranny
by
a
Law
,
which
if
you
do
establish
againe
by
a
Law
,
you
can
never
sit
upon
the
Throne
in
safety
,
nor
enjoy
the
peace
of
your
consciences
,
which
is
of
●ore
valu
then
this
whole
World
;
for
we
that
are
the
Lords
Messengers
,
what
ever
we
suffer
,
wee
must
tell
you
(
what
ever
cursed
men
tell
you
to
the
contrary
)
that
persecution
of
conscience
is
the
great
sin
of
Rebellion
against
God
,
which
is
as
the
sinne
of
Witchraft
:
wherefore
that
Magistrate
which
persecutes
men
for
their
faith
concerning
God
and
the
Scriptures
,
commits
that
unpardonable
sin
against
the
Holy
Spirit
,
which
can
never
bee
repented
of
,
and
so
consequently
must
perish
eternally
,
as
sure
as
God
is
God
:
Therefore
O
ye
Powers
of
England
!
be
wise
and
learned
,
and
quit
your
s●lvs
like
wise
Councellors
,
by
delivering
your selves
from
that
spirituall
Babylonish
yoak
of
persecuting
men
for
their
faith
,
and
hearken
no
more
to
the
cunning
Achitophels
,
and
lying
Trenchar-Chaplaines
of
this
perishing
world
;
but
hearken
to
the
voice
of
Jesus
Christ
within
you
,
who
is
the
onely
true
God
,
and
alone
Minister
and
Councellor
by
his
holy
Spirit
of
all
men
appointed
to
Salvation
;
then
may
you
clearly
distinguish
between
the
things
that
are
Casars
and
the
things
that
are
Gods
.
Thus
we
being
confident
,
that
if
the
Lord
Jesus
that
sent
us
have
deligh●
in
any
of
your
persons
,
then
after
the
perusall
hereof
you
will
never
enj●●
any
●●e
peace
more
,
untill
you
have
set
at
liberty
all
the
prisoners
in
y●●
dominions
,
that
suffer
purely
for
their
conscience
towards
God
,
they
〈◇〉
being
guilty
of
the
brea●h
of
the
civill
Lawes
of
the
Parliament
and
〈◇〉
mon-w●●th
of
England
,
and
in
so
doing
,
your
Honours
Names
th●●
made
the
inst●ument
thereof
,
shall
refresh
or
heale
the
wounds
of
〈◇〉
the
chosen
of
God
living
in
your
territories
,
like
unto
the
Balm
of
Gilead
,
and
you
shall
be
renowned
unto
the
ends
of
the
Earth
,
above
all
the
Princes
in
the
world
:
But
on
the
contrary
,
if
you
are
all
left
to
the
hardnesse
of
your
owne
hearts
,
as
King
Pharoah
was
,
to
joyne
with
the
persecutors
of
the
little
ones
of
Iesus
Christ
beforesaid
,
it
had
been
better
for
you
that
you
had
never
been
born
,
or
that
a
milstone
were
hanged
about
your
necks
,
and
that
you
were
all
cast
into
the
midst
of
the
sea
:
These
words
of
Truth
were
spoken
by
him
that
cannot
lie
,
who
hath
sent
us
that
are
his
last
M●ssengers
to
give
you
notice
whilst
you
have
time
,
of
his
sudden
appearing
to
judge
both
quick
and
dead
:
so
desiring
our
God
,
if
it
bee
his
good
pleasure
,
to
make
your
spirits
obedient
unto
this
spirituall
Message
of
his
,
we
remaine
,
Your
Honours
to
command
,
in
all
Righteousnesse
,
till
death
.
John
Reeve
and
Lodowick
Muggleton
,
in
opposition
of
all
gainsayers
in
the
World
,
are
made
able
,
from
the
Spirit
of
Jesus
Christ
that
sent
us
clearly
by
the
sacred
Scriptures
to
remonstrate
and
prove
,
that
the
Man
Jesus
now
glorified
,
was
,
and
is
the
onely
God
and
Father
from
eternity
to
eternity
,
and
that
he
is
the
alone
Creator
of
all
things
,
or
formes
that
are
made
in
both
worlds
,
and
this
Jesus
our
blessed
Lord
and
Saviour
hath
sent
us
,
for
this
very
end
and
purpose
,
to
pronounce
all
those
that
receive
this
divine
Truth
,
the
blessed
of
the
Lord
to
eternity
,
and
all
those
that
despise
this
saving
Truth
,
to
declare
them
from
the
Lord
cursed
to
eternity
.
FINIS
.