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         Williams, John, 1636?-1709.
      
       
         
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             A true representation of the absurd and mischievous principles of the sect, commonly known by the name of Muggletonians
             Williams, John, 1636?-1709.
          
           [4], 30 p.
           
             Printed for Ric. Chiswell ...,
             London :
             MDCXCIV [1694]
          
           
             Attributed to John Williams by Nuc pre-1956 imprints.
             Reproduction of original in the Union Theological Seminary Library, New York.
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           A
           TRUE
           REPRESENTATIO●
           OF
           THE
           Absurd
           and
           Mischievous
           PRINCIPLES
           OF
           THE
           SECT
           ,
           Commonly
           known
           by
           the
           Name
           of
           MUGGLETONIANS
           .
        
         
           LONDON
           ,
           Printed
           for
           
             Ric.
             Chiswell
          
           ,
           at
           the
           Rose
           and
           Crown
           in
           St.
           
           Paul's
           Church-Yard
           ,
           M
           DC
           XCIV
           .
        
      
       
         
         
           
           THE
           PREFACE
           .
        
         
           AFter
           that
           I
           had
           ,
           for
           the
           use
           and
           satisfaction
           of
           a
           private
           Friend
           ,
           made
           some
           enquiry
           into
           the
           Principles
           of
           the
           contemptible
           Sect
           ,
           known
           of
           late
           times
           by
           the
           name
           of
           Muggletonians
           ,
           I
           threw
           the
           Papers
           aside
           ,
           as
           thinking
           the
           time
           not
           at
           all
           well
           spent
           ,
           that
           I
           had
           employ'd
           in
           reading
           their
           Books
           ,
           and
           in
           the
           Examination
           of
           what
           is
           made
           up
           of
           Impiety
           ,
           Nonsence
           ,
           and
           Absurdities
           .
           But
           however
           ,
           I
           was
           at
           last
           prevailed
           with
           to
           permit
           them
           to
           be
           made
           publick
           ;
           which
           I
           did
           submit
           to
           ,
           not
           so
           much
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           those
           poor
           deluded
           Souls
           that
           are
           won
           over
           to
           that
           pernicious
           Sect
           ,
           that
           having
           no
           shadow
           of
           Reason
           for
           its
           support
           ,
           will
           not
           submit
           to
           the
           tryal
           of
           it
           ;
           and
           so
           are
           uncapable
           of
           Argument
           ;
           but
           for
           the
           sake
           of
           others
           :
           And
           to
           give
           the
           World
           an
           instance
           of
           the
           power
           of
           Enthusiasm
           ,
           and
           how
           far
           it
           exposes
           Persons
           to
           be
           led
           away
           by
           the
           confidence
           or
           craft
           of
           any
           Pretender
           ,
           how
           ignorant
           or
           selfish
           soever
           he
           be
           .
        
         
           And
           of
           this
           sort
           were
           the
           first
           Ring-leaders
           of
           this
           Sect
           ,
           
             John
             Reeve
          
           and
           
             Lodowick
             Muggleton
          
           ,
           in
           the
           year
           ,
           1651.
           a
           time
           of
           Universal
           Liberty
           ;
           and
           which
           gave
           an
           opportunity
           for
           the
           worst
           of
           Men
           to
           vent
           the
           absurdest
           and
           most
           infamous
           Errors
           .
        
         
           The
           former
           of
           these
           ,
           
             J.
             Reeve
          
           ,
           by
           Profession
           a
           Baker
           ,
           pretended
           that
           the
           Lord
           Jesus
           spoke
           to
           him
           by
           Voice
           of
           Words
           three
           days
           together
           ;
           and
           with
           such
           a
           
             Godlike
             Majesty
          
           ,
           that
           he
           saith
           of
           himself
           ,
           
             I
             did
             not
             know
             whether
             I
             was
             a
             Mortal
             Man
             ,
             or
             an
             Immortal
             God.
          
           That
           the
           Voice
           told
           him
           ,
           that
           he
           had
           given
           him
           Understanding
           in
           the
           Scripture
           more
           than
           all
           the
           World
           besides
           :
           And
           that
           he
           had
           given
           
             L.
             Muggleton
          
           to
           be
           his
           Mouth
           ,
           and
           that
           they
           two
           were
           the
           last
           Commissioners
           to
           the
           World
           ;
           and
           the
           two
           Witnesses
           spoken
           of
           Revelation
           11th
           .
           who
           exercis'd
           a
           Commission
           of
           an
           higher
           nature
           than
           those
           of
           the
           Prophets
           and
           Apostles
           ;
           and
           that
           they
           knew
           more
           ,
           and
           had
           a
           greater
           power
           than
           any
           of
           them
           ;
           as
           they
           could
           bless
           or
           curse
           ,
           save
           or
           damn
           ,
           to
           all
           Eternity
           irrevocably
           .
           And
           therefore
           ,
           whosoever
           should
           oppose
           or
           vilifie
           this
           their
           Commission
           and
           Doctrine
           ,
           would
           be
           guilty
           of
           the
           unpardonable
           sin
           against
           the
           Holy
           Ghost
           .
        
         
           Accordingly
           when
           these
           two
           were
           tried
           ,
           1653.
           at
           the
           
             Old
             Baily
          
           ,
           before
           the
           Ld.
           Mayor
           Fowke
           ;
           and
           ordered
           to
           lie
           in
           Bridewell
           six
           
           Months
           ,
           they
           gave
           Sentence
           against
           the
           said
           Ld.
           Mayor
           ,
           the
           Recorder
           
           Steel
           ,
           and
           the
           Jury
           ,
           after
           this
           manner
           .
           
             In
             obedience
             to
             our
             Commission
             received
             from
             the
             Holy
             Spirit
             ,
          
           &c.
           
             we
             pronounce
             you
             cursed
             and
             damned
             ,
             Soul
             and
             Body
             ,
             to
             all
             Eternity
             .
          
        
         
           Now
           if
           we
           come
           to
           enquire
           into
           their
           Doctrine
           ,
           there
           is
           nothing
           more
           absurd
           ,
           false
           ,
           and
           precarious
           :
           As
           they
           tell
           us
           ,
           God
           has
           a
           Body
           like
           that
           of
           a
           Man
           ,
           of
           very
           flesh
           and
           bone
           ;
           and
           that
           the
           Trinity
           ,
           or
           Father
           ,
           Son
           ,
           and
           Holy
           Ghost
           ,
           are
           only
           variety
           of
           Names
           :
           That
           God
           the
           Father
           left
           Heaven
           for
           a
           time
           ,
           and
           became
           an
           absolute
           mortal
           Man
           ;
           and
           died
           ,
           and
           was
           buried
           ;
           and
           that
           during
           his
           absence
           from
           Heaven
           ,
           Elias
           did
           there
           represent
           him
           ;
           and
           was
           the
           Protector
           of
           God
           ,
           during
           his
           Minority
           in
           the
           Earth
           ;
           and
           that
           God
           was
           raised
           from
           the
           dead
           by
           a
           compact
           with
           Elias
           ,
           who
           surrendred
           up
           all
           again
           to
           him
           .
        
         
           They
           say
           farther
           ,
           that
           there
           was
           but
           one
           Angel
           that
           fell
           ,
           and
           that
           he
           entred
           into
           the
           Womb
           of
           Eve
           by
           her
           consent
           ,
           and
           there
           died
           ;
           and
           that
           Cain
           was
           the
           very
           Seed
           of
           that
           Serpent
           Angel
           ;
           and
           so
           was
           Brother
           to
           Abel
           ,
           only
           on
           the
           Mother's
           side
           .
           And
           that
           from
           him
           sprung
           all
           the
           Carnal
           Seed
           of
           Reprobates
           ,
           who
           were
           not
           of
           the
           Seed
           of
           Adam
           ,
           such
           as
           Cain
           and
           Judas
           ,
           &c.
           
        
         
           They
           hold
           farther
           ,
           that
           there
           is
           no
           Devil
           at
           all
           without
           the
           Body
           of
           Man
           ;
           and
           that
           he
           is
           no
           other
           than
           Man's
           Spirit
           of
           unclean
           Reason
           ,
           and
           cursed
           Imagination
           .
           Nay
           ,
           sometimes
           they
           will
           determine
           as
           positively
           in
           matters
           of
           History
           and
           Philosophy
           ;
           and
           tell
           us
           from
           the
           Lord
           ,
           that
           the
           Epistles
           of
           the
           Apostles
           were
           wrote
           in
           Hebrew
           ,
           Greek
           ,
           and
           Latin
           :
           That
           the
           Sun
           and
           Stars
           are
           but
           little
           bigger
           than
           they
           appear
           to
           be
           :
           That
           the
           Sun's
           Eclipse
           proceeds
           from
           its
           nearness
           to
           the
           Moon
           ;
           and
           that
           no
           one
           can
           foretell
           Eclipses
           but
           by
           Inspiration
           .
        
         
           Marvellous
           Discourses
           !
           And
           which
           our
           Astronomers
           and
           Almanack-makers
           are
           much
           beholding
           to
           them
           for
           .
           For
           whilst
           Men
           of
           Learning
           in
           that
           way
           thought
           they
           went
           by
           a
           certain
           rule
           of
           Nature
           ,
           and
           constant
           Observation
           ,
           they
           think
           too
           meanly
           of
           themselves
           .
           These
           new
           Commissioned
           Men
           instruct
           them
           better
           ;
           and
           tell
           them
           ,
           they
           write
           their
           Ephemerides
           and
           Almanacks
           by
           Revelation
           ,
           if
           they
           therein
           infallibly
           foretell
           Eclipses
           ,
           as
           what
           Astronomer
           doth
           not
           ?
        
         
           By
           this
           ,
           we
           have
           a
           taste
           of
           these
           new
           Prophets
           pretences
           ;
           and
           may
           see
           that
           their
           History
           ,
           Philosophy
           ,
           and
           Divinity
           ,
           are
           much
           alike
           ,
           and
           the
           apparent
           Fruits
           of
           Ignorance
           ,
           Confidence
           ,
           and
           Imagination
           .
        
         
           But
           I
           shall
           leave
           these
           to
           be
           handled
           in
           the
           following
           Treatise
           .
        
      
    
     
       
         
         
           THE
           PRINCIPLES
           OF
           THE
           MUGGLETONIANS
           CONSIDER'D
           .
        
         
           IN
           the
           treating
           upon
           this
           Subject
           ,
           there
           are
           two
           Questions
           to
           be
           taken
           into
           Consideration
           ;
           viz.
           1.
           
           Whether
           
             John
             Reeve
          
           and
           
             Lodowick
             Muggleton
          
           are
           sent
           from
           God
           ?
           And
           ,
           2.
           
           Whether
           they
           are
           the
           
             Two
             Witnesses
          
           in
           the
           11
           th
           of
           the
           Revelation
           ?
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             I.
             
          
           
             Whether
             they
             are
             sent
             from
             God
             ?
          
           
             I
             Here
             premise
             ,
             That
             a
             man
             may
             pretend
             to
             be
             sent
             ,
             and
             to
             have
             a
             Commission
             from
             God
             ,
             when
             he
             is
             not
             sent
             ,
             and
             has
             no
             such
             Commission
             .
             
          
           
             
               So
               did
            
             John
             Robins
             ,
             
               of
               whom
            
             J.
             Reeve
             and
             L.
             Muggleton
             
               say
               ,
               that
            
             he
             is
             the
             last
             and
             great
             Antichrist
             spoken
             of
             in
             the
             Thessalonians
             .
          
           
           
             Such
             also
             were
             
               John
               Tanee
               ,
               Bull
               ,
               Varnum
               ,
               Evans
               ,
            
             as
             they
             confess
             .
          
           
             
             So
             they
             say
             the
             Ranters
             and
             Quakers
             were
             false
             Christs
             and
             false
             Apostles
             .
          
           
             
               Therefore
               they
               plead
               ,
               That
            
             there
             was
             a
             necessity
             of
             
             the
             witness
             of
             the
             Spirit
             ,
             because
             of
             late
             and
             at
             present
             so
             many
             several
             Antichristian
             Spirits
             are
             come
             forth
             .
          
           
             From
             hence
             I
             infer
             ,
             That
             unless
             
               J
               ▪
               Reeve
            
             and
             
               L.
               Muggleton
            
             can
             prove
             that
             they
             are
             sent
             and
             commissioned
             from
             God
             ,
             more
             than
             those
             were
             whom
             they
             grant
             to
             be
             Impostors
             and
             Deceivers
             ;
             we
             have
             no
             more
             reason
             to
             believe
             they
             came
             from
             God
             ,
             and
             were
             sent
             by
             him
             ,
             than
             they
             themselves
             had
             reason
             to
             believe
             that
             the
             forementioned
             Deceivers
             came
             from
             God.
             For
             do
             they
             say
             they
             were
             sent
             from
             God
             ?
             So
             did
             the
             others
             also
             declare
             .
          
           
             2.
             
             Therefore
             we
             must
             enquire
             into
             the
             Evidences
             and
             Proofs
             they
             bring
             of
             their
             Commission
             .
             This
             they
             grant
             a
             proper
             way
             .
          
           
             
             
               So
               [
               in
               the
               Book
               call'd
               a
            
             Looking-glass
             ]
             ▪
             If
             divers
             Men
             appear
             as
             Witnesses
             ,
             or
             Prophets
             ,
             immediately
             sent
             forth
             by
             a
             Powerful
             Commission
             from
             the
             Everlasting
             God
             ,
             are
             there
             not
             certain
             Divine
             Seals
             to
             distinguish
             between
             those
             Embassadors
             which
             are
             infallible
             ,
             and
             them
             that
             are
             but
             fallible
             ?
          
           
             In
             treating
             upon
             this
             ,
             I
             shall
             enquire
             ,
          
           
             Q.
             1.
             
             What
             are
             the
             Evidences
             they
             bring
             ;
             and
             whether
             they
             are
             not
             such
             as
             other
             Deceivers
             have
             alike
             pretended
             to
             ,
             and
             even
             exceeded
             them
             in
             ?
          
           
             Q.
             2.
             
             Whether
             there
             are
             not
             as
             great
             Evidences
             against
             them
             ,
             as
             they
             have
             against
             other
             Pretenders
             ?
          
           
             If
             we
             prove
             the
             former
             ,
             we
             prove
             that
             they
             have
             no
             sufficient
             Evidence
             ;
             and
             they
             have
             not
             those
             
               Divine
               Seals
            
             ,
             which
             (
             as
             they
             say
             )
             distinguish
             between
             those
             
             Embassadors
             that
             are
             infallible
             ,
             and
             those
             that
             are
             fallible
             .
          
           
             If
             we
             prove
             the
             latter
             ,
             then
             they
             are
             no
             better
             than
             Deceivers
             .
          
           
             
               Sect.
               I.
               
            
             
               Q
               1.
               
               I
               shall
               consider
               what
               the
               Evidences
               are
               which
               they
               bring
               of
               their
               Divine
               Commission
               ?
            
             
               And
               they
               are
               these
               ,
               as
               I
               find
               them
               scatter'd
               up
               and
               down
               in
               their
               Books
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               A
               Voice
               to
               
                 J.
                 Reeve
              
               ,
               three
               several
               Mornings
               ,
               in
               the
               Year
               ,
               1651.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               That
               their
               Commission
               is
               such
               as
               never
               was
               before
               ,
               viz.
               wholly
               Spiritual
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               That
               there
               is
               no
               contradiction
               ,
               and
               that
               throughout
               there
               is
               no
               point
               in
               the
               Book
               call'd
               the
               Looking-glass
               ,
               
               contradicting
               it self
               ,
               nor
               one
               another
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               Because
               it
               discovers
               all
               irrational
               Opinions
               concerning
               God
               ,
               &c.
               
               
            
             
               5.
               
               Because
               it
               allows
               no
               Man
               to
               murther
               another
               ,
               to
               cut
               off
               the
               head
               Magistrate
               ,
               &c.
               
               
            
             
               6.
               
               Because
               it
               denies
               all
               Power
               ,
               Spiritual
               or
               Natural
               ,
               to
               be
               capable
               to
               act
               without
               a
               continued
               Light
               to
               
               proceed
               from
               a
               Spiritual
               Body
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               7.
               
               It
               's
               from
               an
               unerring
               Spirit
               ,
               because
               they
               were
               induced
               to
               write
               a
               Volume
               as
               large
               as
               the
               Bible
               ,
               and
               as
               pure
               a
               Language
               as
               that
               is
               ,
               without
               looking
               in
               any
               writing
               whatsoever
               .
               
            
             
               8.
               
               That
               since
               the
               Apostles
               Worship
               ceased
               ,
               which
               was
               in
               or
               at
               the
               end
               of
               the
               ten
               Persecutions
               ,
               and
               above
               1000
               years
               ago
               ,
               not
               a
               Man
               hath
               been
               commissioned
               
               till
               they
               ,
               
                 J.
                 Reeve
              
               and
               
                 L.
                 Muggleton
              
               ,
               were
               .
            
             
               These
               they
               call
               
                 Infallible
                 Grounds
              
               .
            
             
             
               These
               I
               shall
               examine
               ,
               and
               try
               whether
               they
               are
               sufficient
               Evidences
               ,
               and
               Infallible
               Proofs
               of
               a
               Divine
               Commission
               .
            
             
               I.
               Character
               .
               A
               Voice
               .
               
                 Of
                 this
              
               J.
               Reeve
               saith
               ,
               The
               
               Lord
               Jesus
               by
               voice
               of
               words
               spake
               to
               me
               ,
               saying
               ,
               I
               have
               given
               thee
               understanding
               of
               my
               mind
               in
               Scriptures
               above
               all
               Men
               in
               the
               World
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               
                 This
                 he
                 makes
                 a
                 necessary
                 and
                 distinguishing
                 Character
              
               
               
                 of
                 a
                 true
                 Commission
                 ;
                 so
                 he
                 saith
                 of
                 others
                 ,
              
               for
               want
               of
               a
               true
               Commission
               by
               voice
               of
               words
               from
               the
               God
               
               of
               Heaven
               and
               Earth
               ,
               they
               do
               not
               declare
               ,
               &c.
               
               It
               is
               God's
               speaking
               plain
               words
               to
               the
               outward
               Ear
               that
               doth
               make
               a
               Man
               a
               Commissioner
               .
            
             
               Now
               I
               shall
               shew
               this
               is
               no
               sufficient
               and
               distinguishing
               Character
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               This
               is
               no
               distinguishing
               Character
               according
               to
               
               them
               ;
               for
               they
               say
               others
               had
               imaginary
               and
               
                 lying
                 Voices
              
               .
               But
               if
               Voices
               be
               common
               ,
               both
               to
               true
               and
               false
               Apostles
               ,
               how
               can
               it
               be
               a
               proof
               of
               the
               truth
               of
               a
               Commission
               ?
               and
               how
               shall
               we
               thereby
               distinguish
               the
               true
               from
               the
               false
               ?
            
             
               2.
               
               This
               is
               no
               sufficient
               and
               distinguishing
               Character
               ,
               according
               to
               the
               Apostle
               ,
               if
               it
               be
               alone
               without
               other
               Evidence
               ,
               and
               much
               more
               is
               it
               not
               so
               ,
               if
               contradictory
               
               to
               Scripture
               ,
               
                 we
                 have
                 a
                 more
                 sure
                 word
                 of
                 Prophesie
                 ,
              
               &c.
               saith
               St.
               Peter
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               It
               's
               not
               sufficient
               in
               it self
               ;
               not
               to
               the
               Persons
               to
               whom
               the
               Voice
               is
               said
               to
               come
               :
               for
               they
               may
               be
               imposed
               upon
               by
               Men
               (
               as
               Pope
               Celestine
               and
               others
               were
               )
               or
               by
               Evil
               Spirits
               ,
               or
               by
               imagination
               ,
               as
               they
               grant
               ,
               when
               they
               call
               them
               
                 imaginary
                 Voices
              
               .
            
             
               And
               much
               less
               is
               it
               sufficient
               to
               others
               that
               heard
               not
               the
               Voice
               ,
               but
               only
               have
               it
               from
               them
               that
               say
               
               they
               heard
               it
               ;
               and
               so
               are
               liable
               to
               be
               imposed
               upon
               by
               the
               Craft
               or
               Imagination
               of
               others
               .
            
             
               So
               that
               if
               they
               will
               pretend
               to
               a
               Voice
               for
               the
               proof
               of
               their
               Commission
               ,
               we
               expect
               to
               have
               some
               proof
               that
               they
               had
               such
               a
               Voice
               ,
               and
               that
               this
               Voice
               came
               from
               God.
               
            
             
               And
               especially
               ,
               because
               they
               say
               that
               they
               Seal
               up
               Men
               to
               Eternal
               Life
               or
               Death
               irrevocably
               ;
               and
               that
               whoever
               speaks
               against
               this
               Commission
               of
               theirs
               ,
               
               hath
               committed
               the
               unpardonable
               Sin
               ,
               and
               so
               is
               by
               them
               pronounced
               cursed
               Soul
               and
               Body
               to
               all
               Eternity
               .
            
             
               Which
               being
               contrary
               to
               the
               temper
               of
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               and
               what
               they
               have
               no
               written
               Authority
               for
               ,
               they
               are
               oblig'd
               to
               shew
               such
               Proof
               for
               as
               is
               Infallible
               ,
               or
               else
               are
               gross
               Deceivers
               .
            
             
               
               II.
               Character
               .
               Their
               Commission
               is
               such
               as
               never
               was
               before
               ,
               as
               it
               's
               
                 all
                 Spiritual
              
               ;
               and
               as
               they
               had
               
                 more
                 Spiritual
                 Vnderstanding
                 than
                 all
                 the
                 World
                 besides
              
               ;
               and
               such
               as
               never
               was
               reveal'd
               before
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               I
               answer
               the
               pretence
               to
               its
               being
               Spiritual
               is
               no
               sufficient
               Evidence
               .
               For
               they
               grant
               that
               amongst
               those
               that
               were
               Deceivers
               ,
               there
               was
               a
               great
               pretence
               to
               Spiritual
               and
               inward
               Voices
               of
               Power
               ;
               to
               Spiritual
               
               appearances
               in
               themselves
               ;
               to
               Spiritual
               Light
               and
               pure
               Worship
               ;
               to
               Spiritual
               Power
               and
               Signs
               ,
               to
               the
               being
               Spiritual
               Officers
               and
               Embassadors
               .
            
             
               
               Which
               yet
               they
               themselves
               call
               Spiritual
               Witchcraft
               ,
               and
               lying
               Wonders
               ,
               and
               Counterfeits
               .
               And
               so
               theirs
               is
               no
               more
               true
               or
               Spiritual
               for
               their
               saying
               so
               ,
               than
               those
               that
               they
               condemn
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               To
               plead
               that
               they
               have
               more
               Spiritual
               Understanding
               ,
               and
               that
               they
               reveal
               what
               was
               not
               before
               ,
               is
               no
               more
               an
               Evidence
               that
               it
               is
               true
               ,
               than
               it
               may
               
               be
               that
               it
               is
               false
               .
               
                 John
                 Robins
              
               pleaded
               that
               he
               came
               from
               God
               ,
               nay
               ,
               that
               he
               was
               
                 the
                 God
                 and
                 Father
                 of
                 the
                 Lord
                 Jesus
                 Christ
                 ,
              
               and
               confirmed
               it
               (
               as
               Reeve
               saith
               )
               
               by
               
                 great
                 Signs
                 and
                 Wonders
                 ,
                 such
                 as
                 the
                 Popes
                 could
                 never
                 shew
                 ,
                 to
                 the
                 amazement
                 of
                 many
                 deceived
                 by
                 him
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
            
             
               And
               ,
               without
               doubt
               ,
               he
               would
               as
               readily
               declare
               ,
               that
               he
               had
               more
               Spiritual
               Understanding
               than
               all
               the
               World
               besides
               ;
               for
               the
               Letter
               of
               the
               Scripture
               is
               silent
               in
               it
               .
               And
               this
               they
               will
               grant
               was
               such
               Doctrine
               as
               never
               was
               before
               ;
               and
               consequently
               it
               s
               no
               sufficient
               Plea
               ,
               nor
               by
               which
               they
               can
               prove
               their
               Commission
               to
               be
               true
               ,
               more
               than
               
                 J.
                 Robins
              
               could
               prove
               that
               he
               was
               God
               the
               Father
               .
            
             
               It
               is
               not
               then
               what
               they
               profess
               to
               reveal
               that
               is
               sufficient
               ;
               but
               the
               point
               is
               ,
               whether
               what
               they
               so
               profess
               is
               true
               ?
               And
               that
               is
               to
               be
               proved
               by
               somewhat
               else
               ,
               such
               as
               Scripture
               or
               Miracles
               .
            
             
               
                 This
                 shews
                 the
                 Vanity
                 of
                 what
                 they
                 so
                 often
                 appeal
                 to
                 :
                 As
                 when
                 they
                 say
                 ,
              
               This
               is
               a
               true
               Testimony
               ,
               
               that
               he
               hath
               sent
               us
               by
               his
               Holy
               Spirit
               ;
               because
               there
               is
               none
               upon
               this
               Earth
               that
               beareth
               witness
               unto
               that
               Man
               Jesus
               that
               was
               crucified
               at
               Jerusalem
               ,
               to
               be
               the
               only
               God
               and
               Everlasting
               Father
               ,
               but
               we
               only
               .
            
             
               For
               so
               might
               
                 J.
                 Robins
              
               have
               said
               ,
               there
               is
               none
               that
               beareth
               witness
               but
               my self
               ,
               that
               the
               Trinity
               of
               
               Persons
               is
               
                 Adam
                 ,
                 Abel
              
               ,
               and
               Cain
               (
               as
               
                 J.
                 Reeve
              
               saith
               he
               professed
               .
               )
               And
               so
               might
               
                 John
                 Tanee
              
               have
               said
               ,
               there
               is
               none
               that
               beareth
               witness
               ,
               but
               my self
               ,
               that
               there
               
               is
               no
               Personal
               God.
               
            
             
               It
               all
               rests
               upon
               their
               say
               so
               ,
               but
               where
               is
               the
               proof
               ?
               Where
               is
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               where
               the
               Miracles
               ,
               that
               they
               prove
               their
               Commission
               ,
               and
               their
               Doctrine
               by
               ?
               For
               to
               prove
               their
               Commission
               by
               their
               Doctrine
               ,
               is
               
               much
               one
               as
               to
               Prove
               their
               Doctrine
               by
               their
               Commission
               .
               And
               yet
               this
               absurd
               way
               do
               they
               take
               .
               For
               ask
               them
               how
               they
               prove
               their
               Commission
               ?
               They
               say
               ,
               Because
               there
               is
               none
               upon
               Earth
               that
               beareth
               witness
               that
               Christ
               crucified
               was
               God
               the
               Father
               ,
               but
               we
               .
               Ask
               them
               again
               ,
               how
               they
               prove
               the
               truth
               of
               
               their
               Doctrine
               ?
               They
               answer
               ,
               by
               their
               Commission
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               The
               matter
               of
               Fact
               is
               not
               true
               ;
               for
               there
               have
               been
               others
               before
               them
               of
               the
               same
               Opinion
               ;
               so
               little
               reason
               have
               they
               to
               claim
               the
               first
               discovery
               to
               themselves
               ;
               as
               I
               shall
               presently
               shew
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               It
               's
               an
               ill
               sign
               ,
               that
               this
               should
               be
               the
               first
               discovery
               ,
               and
               that
               for
               above
               1600
               years
               ,
               the
               whole
               Christian
               World
               should
               know
               nothing
               of
               it
               ,
               as
               they
               themselves
               acknowledge
               .
            
             
               III.
               
                 Character
                 ,
                 or
                 Proof
                 of
                 their
                 Commission
                 ,
                 is
                 ,
              
               That
               throughout
               the
               Book
               ,
               call'd
               the
               Looking-glass
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               point
               contradicting
               it self
               ,
               nor
               one
               another
               ;
               which
               he
               calls
               
                 an
                 Infallible
                 Proof
                 of
                 the
                 Truth
                 of
                 this
                 Writing
                 .
              
            
             
               If
               there
               was
               no
               other
               proof
               of
               a
               Point
               contradicting
               it self
               ,
               than
               what
               is
               here
               asserted
               ,
               that
               is
               sufficient
               .
               For
               he
               saith
               ,
               That
               to
               have
               no
               point
               contradicting
               it self
               nor
               one
               another
               in
               a
               Book
               ,
               is
               an
               
                 Infallible
                 Proof
              
               of
               the
               Truth
               of
               that
               Writing
               .
               By
               which
               Argument
               ,
               every
               Book
               consistent
               with
               it self
               ,
               would
               be
               necessarily
               true
               ;
               whereas
               nothing
               more
               evident
               ,
               than
               that
               a
               Book
               may
               be
               consistent
               with
               it self
               ,
               and
               yet
               be
               false
               .
            
             
               As
               for
               instance
               ,
               They
               say
               that
               one
               Bull
               and
               Varnum
               ,
               and
               others
               long
               before
               them
               ,
               have
               pretended
               to
               be
               the
               two
               Witnesses
               in
               the
               11th
               of
               the
               Revelation
               .
            
             
               
               Suppose
               we
               now
               that
               those
               two
               had
               wrote
               a
               Book
               (
               as
               
                 L.
                 Muggleton
              
               has
               done
               )
               and
               call'd
               it
               ,
               
                 a
                 True
              
               
               
                 Interpretation
                 of
                 the
              
               11
               
                 th
                 of
                 the
              
               Revelation
               ;
               would
               that
               have
               been
               a
               sufficient
               proof
               of
               the
               Truth
               of
               that
               Writing
               ,
               that
               there
               was
               no
               point
               in
               it
               contradicting
               it self
               nor
               one
               another
               ?
               I
               trow
               not
               ;
               and
               yet
               no
               one
               can
               deny
               but
               such
               a
               Book
               might
               have
               been
               so
               contrived
               .
               And
               I
               durst
               have
               put
               it
               to
               the
               venture
               ,
               whether
               ,
               if
               this
               be
               true
               ,
               it
               would
               not
               have
               been
               as
               much
               a
               proof
               of
               their
               being
               those
               Witnesses
               ;
               and
               they
               might
               have
               alike
               Subscribed
               their
               Book
               ,
               as
               he
               doth
               his
               ;
               
                 viz.
                 By
              
               —
               Bull
               and
               —
               Varnum
               ,
               
                 the
                 two
                 last
                 Commissionated
                 Witnesses
              
               .
            
             
               And
               as
               this
               is
               not
               an
               Infallible
               proof
               of
               the
               Truth
               of
               the
               Writing
               ,
               so
               much
               less
               of
               the
               Divine
               Inspiration
               of
               it
               ,
               and
               of
               their
               Commission
               :
               For
               a
               Book
               may
               in
               all
               points
               agree
               with
               it self
               ,
               and
               contain
               nothing
               but
               Truth
               ,
               and
               yet
               be
               of
               Humane
               Invention
               .
            
             
               If
               a
               Book
               be
               inconsistent
               with
               it self
               ,
               it
               's
               to
               be
               sure
               not
               of
               Divine
               Inspiration
               ;
               but
               it
               may
               be
               consistent
               ,
               and
               yet
               be
               only
               of
               Man's
               Composition
               .
            
             
               And
               yet
               they
               fail
               in
               this
               point
               ;
               for
               it
               will
               be
               a
               difficult
               matter
               to
               reconcile
               it
               to
               it self
               :
               For
               they
               say
               they
               write
               from
               an
               Infallible
               Spirit
               ,
               which
               implies
               the
               
               highest
               certainty
               ,
               and
               yet
               say
               ,
               
                 I
                 am
                 perswaded
                 in
                 my
                 Spirit
                 ,
                 and
                 I
                 do
                 rather
                 believe
                 that
                 there
                 was
                 seven
                 hundred
                 thousand
                 ,
                 than
                 seven
                 thousand
                 ,
                 though
                 the
                 Revelation
              
               
               of
               John
               
                 doth
                 express
                 it
                 to
                 be
                 but
                 seven
                 thousand
                 .
              
            
             
               To
               
                 be
                 perswaded
              
               ,
               and
               to
               believe
               a
               thing
               to
               be
               so
               ,
               are
               inconsistent
               with
               Infallibility
               ;
               for
               that
               admits
               no
               less
               than
               I
               am
               sure
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               So
               again
               ,
               Muggleton
               saith
               of
               the
               Angel
               St.
               Matthew
               speaks
               of
               ,
               that
               
                 perhaps
                 it
                 was
                 no
                 more
                 to
                 his
                 visible
                 sight
              
               ;
               and
               speaking
               of
               St.
               
                 John's
                 Revelation
              
               ,
               he
               explains
               
               it
               ,
               
                 so
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 said
              
               .
               Now
               these
               words
               perhaps
               ,
               
               and
               
                 it
                 may
                 be
                 said
              
               ,
               are
               doubtful
               Expressions
               ,
               and
               not
               reconcileable
               to
               Infallibility
               .
            
             
               IV.
               V.
               VI.
               Suppose
               these
               Characters
               to
               be
               true
               for
               the
               matter
               ,
               yet
               that
               follows
               not
               that
               they
               are
               of
               Divine
               Inspiration
               ,
               and
               Infallible
               .
               1.
               
               Because
               then
               it
               would
               follow
               that
               all
               good
               Books
               and
               true
               were
               infallible
               .
               2.
               
               The
               5th
               is
               what
               others
               have
               held
               as
               well
               as
               they
               .
            
             
               VII
               .
               If
               the
               largeness
               of
               the
               Book
               ,
               and
               the
               not
               looking
               in
               any
               Writing
               ,
               were
               Signs
               of
               an
               unerring
               Spirit
               ,
               then
               the
               Writings
               of
               several
               Quakers
               ,
               as
               Burroughs
               and
               
                 G.
                 Fox
              
               ,
               &c.
               might
               pretend
               to
               it
               ,
               if
               they
               may
               be
               believed
               ,
               who
               often
               begin
               their
               Books
               with
               
                 The
                 Word
                 of
                 God.
              
               And
               so
               would
               those
               of
               
                 Jacob
                 Behem
              
               ,
               who
               saith
               ,
               he
               writ
               without
               Humane
               Assistance
               .
            
             
               And
               if
               the
               Purity
               of
               the
               Language
               be
               a
               Sign
               of
               Truth
               and
               Infallibility
               ,
               then
               I
               am
               sure
               that
               the
               Writings
               of
               these
               two
               are
               far
               from
               being
               either
               true
               or
               infallible
               .
            
             
               This
               ,
               it
               seems
               ,
               was
               notorious
               in
               the
               former
               Edition
               of
               the
               Looking-glass
               ,
               1656.
               
               And
               therefore
               
                 L.
                 Muggleton
              
               
               doth
               wisely
               to
               lay
               it
               upon
               the
               
                 Abuse
                 it
                 received
                 in
                 the
                 Press
                 .
              
            
             
               But
               if
               
                 L.
                 Muggleton
              
               was
               the
               Corrector
               ,
               and
               was
               to
               rectifie
               those
               abuses
               by
               his
               own
               unerring
               Spirit
               ,
               it
               would
               have
               escaped
               no
               better
               than
               his
               
                 True
                 Interpretation
                 of
                 the
              
               11
               
                 th
                 of
                 the
              
               Revelation
               ,
               which
               abounds
               with
               false
               English
               beyond
               number
               ;
               and
               of
               which
               I
               never
               read
               a
               Page
               that
               wanted
               it
               .
            
             
               And
               even
               ,
               that
               very
               Book
               (
               which
               this
               is
               immediately
               spoken
               of
               ,
               
                 viz.
                 The
                 Looking-glass
                 .
              
               )
               after
               his
               Correction
               of
               it
               ,
               fails
               in
               the
               propriety
               of
               the
               Words
               ,
               the
               Concord
               ,
               the
               Connexion
               .
               In
               the
               Paragraph
               just
               before
               
               this
               bold
               Challenge
               and
               the
               Appeal
               he
               makes
               to
               the
               Purity
               of
               its
               Language
               
                 [
                 n
              
               45.
               ]
               we
               find
               the
               Word
               Tosticated
               ,
               a
               vulgar
               ,
               but
               a
               much
               mistaken
               word
               ,
               and
               is
               for
               Intoxicated
               .
               Where
               is
               the
               Concord
               in
               the
               
               Phrase
               ,
               
                 Things
                 of
                 such
                 Concernment
                 requires
              
               .
               [
               Epistle
               1.
               prefixed
               by
               
                 Reeve
                 ]
                 And
                 Men
                 takes
                 upon
                 them
                 .
              
               [
               p.
               165.
               n.
               29.
               ]
               
                 My
                 Brethren
                 that
                 hath
              
               .
               [
               p.
               207.
               n.
               8
               ]
               
                 Secrets
                 that
                 hath
                 not
                 been
                 reveal'd
                 .
              
               [
               p.
               208.
               n.
               17.
               ]
               Where
               is
               the
               propriety
               ,
               in
               
                 Neither
                 did
                 he
                 know
                 not
                 what
                 Power
                 he
                 was
                 endued
                 with
                 .
              
               [
               p.
               127.
               n.
               21.
               ]
               
                 and
                 confounded
                 of
                 Conscience
              
               .
               [
               p.
               96.
               n.
               18.
               ]
               .
            
             
               These
               are
               passages
               I
               casually
               met
               with
               ;
               but
               if
               any
               one
               will
               have
               a
               Specimen
               ,
               let
               him
               read
               L.
               Muggleton's
               Epistle
               annexed
               to
               that
               Book
               ,
               and
               try
               what
               Purity
               and
               Elegancy
               is
               in
               it
               .
            
             
               It
               's
               a
               sign
               these
               Persons
               did
               not
               understand
               true
               English
               ,
               nor
               often
               the
               Sence
               of
               what
               they
               wrote
               ,
               that
               would
               venture
               upon
               this
               ,
               and
               produce
               the
               Purity
               of
               the
               Language
               as
               a
               Note
               of
               an
               
                 unerring
                 Spirit
              
               ,
               in
               the
               compiling
               of
               it
               .
            
             
               VIII
               .
               
                 Character
                 ,
                 or
                 Evidence
                 is
              
               ,
               That
               since
               the
               Apostles
               Worship
               ceased
               ,
               which
               continued
               about
               300
               
               years
               ,
               and
               which
               was
               in
               or
               at
               the
               end
               of
               the
               ten
               Persecutions
               ,
               not
               a
               Man
               hath
               been
               commissioned
               till
               they
               were
               .
            
             
               How
               many
               things
               are
               here
               taken
               for
               granted
               ,
               which
               there
               is
               not
               a
               Syllable
               of
               Proof
               for
               ?
            
             
               As
               ,
               1.
               
               That
               there
               was
               a
               time
               when
               the
               Apostles
               way
               of
               Worship
               was
               to
               cease
               ,
               and
               actually
               ceased
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               That
               this
               time
               was
               at
               the
               end
               of
               the
               ten
               Persecutions
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               That
               none
               was
               Commissioned
               from
               that
               time
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               That
               
                 J.
                 Reeve
              
               and
               
                 L.
                 Muggleton
              
               are
               now
               Commissioned
               .
            
             
             
               After
               all
               that
               has
               been
               said
               ,
               where
               is
               the
               Evidence
               of
               these
               Mens
               Commission
               ?
            
             
               They
               did
               wisely
               to
               lay
               aside
               Scripture
               and
               Miracles
               :
               as
               they
               do
               .
            
             
               
                 Of
                 Scripture
                 ,
                 they
                 say
              
               ,
               The
               Commission
               of
               the
               Spirit
               agreeing
               with
               ,
               and
               explaining
               of
               the
               former
               Commissions
               
               of
               the
               Law
               and
               the
               Gospel
               ,
               differing
               only
               in
               point
               of
               Worship
               .
               
            
             
               And
               as
               for
               Signs
               ,
               they
               are
               for
               those
               that
               are
               
                 Spiritual
                 ,
                 Invisible
                 Fire
              
               ,
               and
               
                 Burning
                 within
              
               ;
               but
               as
               for
               
                 Natural
                 Visible
              
               Signs
               ,
               they
               leave
               them
               to
               the
               first
               and
               second
               Commission
               ,
               to
               Moses
               and
               Christ
               .
            
             
               
                 But
                 yet
                 after
                 all
                 ,
                 we
                 think
                 we
                 may
                 as
                 well
                 say
                 to
                 them
                 ,
                 as
                 they
                 to
                 others
              
               ;
               If
               thou
               shalt
               imagine
               thy self
               fit
               to
               Minister
               ,
               I
               would
               fain
               know
               of
               thee
               ,
               whether
               thou
               art
               indued
               with
               a
               Ministerial
               Power
               ?
               Doth
               Christ
               immediately
               pour
               forth
               the
               Gift
               of
               his
               Spirit
               ,
               or
               cure
               the
               Sick
               when
               thou
               prayest
               over
               them
               ?
               or
               doth
               he
               own
               thee
               in
               casting
               out
               Devils
               ,
               by
               thy
               Word
               ?
               or
               doth
               he
               own
               
               thee
               by
               raising
               the
               Dead
               ,
               curing
               the
               Lame
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Thus
               far
               we
               have
               considered
               the
               Evidences
               ,
               which
               are
               such
               as
               are
               no
               distinguishing
               Characters
               ,
               and
               what
               others
               may
               equal
               them
               in
               ;
               and
               so
               we
               have
               no
               more
               reason
               to
               accept
               them
               as
               Commissionated
               ,
               than
               they
               had
               to
               accept
               Impostors
               ;
               and
               have
               as
               much
               reason
               to
               reject
               them
               ,
               as
               they
               had
               to
               reject
               other
               Impostors
               .
               For
               what
               is
               there
               they
               pretend
               to
               ,
               which
               Impostors
               have
               not
               ,
               or
               might
               not
               have
               pretended
               to
               ?
            
             
               Nay
               ,
               if
               either
               be
               accepted
               ,
               they
               are
               so
               to
               be
               that
               exceed
               these
               in
               their
               Evidence
               ,
               as
               did
               
                 J.
                 Robbins
              
               ,
               who
               shewed
               many
               Signs
               ,
               and
               presented
               his
               Person
               to
               some
               riding
               upon
               the
               Wings
               of
               the
               Wind
               ,
               like
               unto
               a
               Flame
               of
               Fire
               ,
               &c.
               and
               did
               plague
               the
               Bodies
               and
               
               Spirits
               of
               others
               at
               his
               pleasure
               ,
               in
               a
               most
               dreadful
               
               manner
               ,
               as
               they
               report
               .
            
             
               Here
               was
               a
               sensible
               Evidence
               ;
               it
               was
               conspicuous
               ,
               
                 he
                 plagued
                 the
                 Bodies
                 and
                 Spirits
                 of
                 Men
                 :
              
               But
               these
               Men
               pretend
               only
               to
               a
               Voice
               that
               one
               of
               them
               heard
               ,
               and
               to
               a
               Power
               of
               pronouncing
               Men
               damned
               to
               all
               Eternity
               irrevocably
               .
            
          
           
             
               Sect.
               II.
               
            
             
               Q
               2.
               
               I
               shall
               consider
               whether
               there
               be
               not
               as
               great
               Evidence
               against
               
                 J.
                 Reeve
              
               and
               
                 L.
                 Muggleton
              
               ,
               as
               they
               had
               against
               other
               Pretenders
               ;
               which
               if
               it
               be
               ,
               they
               are
               as
               much
               Deceivers
               as
               the
               others
               ?
            
             
               1.
               
               They
               are
               Deceivers
               ,
               and
               have
               no
               Commission
               ,
               who
               contradict
               ,
               and
               make
               void
               a
               former
               Commission
               ,
               without
               sufficient
               Authority
               or
               Commission
               for
               it
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               They
               are
               Deceivers
               ,
               and
               have
               no
               Commission
               ,
               who
               pretend
               to
               Inspiration
               and
               Infallibility
               ,
               and
               yet
               have
               actually
               mistaken
               in
               what
               they
               pretend
               Infallibility
               and
               Inspiration
               for
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               They
               have
               no
               Commission
               ,
               who
               contradict
               and
               make
               void
               a
               former
               Commission
               ,
               without
               Authority
               or
               Commission
               so
               to
               do
               .
            
             
               
                 They
                 say
                 in
                 the
                 Title
                 to
                 the
              
               Looking-glass
               ,
               The
               Commission
               of
               the
               Spirit
               agreeing
               with
               ,
               and
               explaining
               of
               the
               two
               former
               Commissions
               of
               the
               Law
               and
               Gospel
               ,
               differing
               only
               in
               point
               of
               Worship
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               I
               shall
               consider
               how
               they
               differ
               in
               Worship
               from
               the
               former
               Commission
               (
               as
               they
               call
               it
               .
               )
            
             
               2.
               
               I
               shall
               shew
               ,
               That
               if
               they
               differ
               (
               as
               they
               say
               )
               only
               in
               point
               of
               Worship
               ,
               yet
               in
               so
               doing
               they
               do
               
               contradict
               ,
               and
               so
               far
               make
               void
               the
               former
               Commission
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               That
               they
               differ
               from
               the
               former
               Commission
               in
               many
               other
               things
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               Worship
               ;
               and
               which
               are
               of
               such
               consequence
               ,
               that
               did
               they
               agree
               in
               Worship
               with
               the
               former
               Commission
               (
               as
               they
               grant
               they
               do
               not
               )
               yet
               those
               alone
               would
               be
               sufficient
               to
               shew
               that
               they
               do
               thereby
               make
               void
               the
               former
               Commission
               .
            
             
               Which
               if
               it
               be
               made
               good
               ,
               then
               what
               remains
               for
               them
               ,
               but
               to
               shew
               their
               Commission
               for
               so
               doing
               ;
               and
               if
               their
               Authority
               for
               it
               be
               not
               proved
               by
               as
               good
               ,
               clear
               ,
               and
               sufficient
               Evidence
               ,
               as
               the
               former
               Commission
               was
               confirmed
               and
               established
               ,
               we
               have
               good
               reason
               to
               think
               no
               better
               of
               them
               than
               they
               did
               of
               
                 Robbins
                 ,
                 Tanee
              
               ,
               and
               other
               Impostors
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               I
               shall
               consider
               how
               they
               differ
               in
               Worship
               from
               the
               former
               Commissions
               of
               Moses
               and
               Christ
               .
            
             
               Of
               this
               ,
               let
               us
               hear
               them
               .
            
             
               This
               Commission
               of
               the
               Spirit
               doth
               hold
               forth
               no
               visible
               nor
               external
               outward
               Worship
               ,
               as
               the
               other
               two
               Commissions
               
                 [
                 of
                 Moses
                 and
                 the
                 Apostles
                 ]
              
               did
               ;
               
                 [
                 so
              
               Muggleton
               
                 's
                 Epistle
                 to
              
               Looking-glass
               .
               ]
               
                 that
                 is
              
               ,
               All
               visible
               Worship
               from
               Mens
               Tongues
               ,
               Eyes
               ,
               and
               Hands
               ,
               was
               to
               be
               done
               away
               ;
               and
               is
               now
               but
               as
               a
               Golden
               Calf
               of
               Mens
               own
               imaginations
               ;
               and
               no
               more
               accepted
               by
               Christ
               ,
               than
               the
               cutting
               off
               of
               a
               Dog's
               neck
               .
               'T
               is
               not
               outward
               Praying
               ,
               Preaching
               ,
               Fasting
               ,
               or
               Thanksgiving
               ,
               to
               be
               seen
               of
               Men
               ,
               but
               it
               is
               an
               inw●rd
               ,
               spiritual
               ,
               silent
               Praying
               and
               Praising
               ,
               
               &c.
               
            
             
               And
               yet
               they
               grant
               this
               Visible
               Worship
               was
               the
               way
               of
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               which
               did
               last
               till
               the
               end
               of
               the
               ten
               Persecutions
               ;
               and
               
                 which
                 was
                 then
                 in
                 great
                 force
                 so
                 long
                 as
                 that
                 Commission
                 stood
                 ,
              
               as
               Muggleton
               acknowledges
               
               in
               the
               foresaid
               Epistle
               .
               So
               that
               in
               this
               point
               the
               Commission
               of
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               and
               theirs
               ,
               are
               inconsistent
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               I
               shall
               shew
               ,
               that
               supposing
               they
               thus
               differ
               from
               the
               second
               Commission
               (
               that
               of
               Christ
               and
               his
               Apostles
               )
               
                 only
                 in
                 Worship
              
               ,
               yet
               ,
               in
               so
               doing
               ,
               they
               so
               far
               make
               void
               the
               former
               Commission
               .
            
             
               
                 This
                 is
                 granted
                 :
                 for
                 they
                 say
                 ,
              
               When
               God
               doth
               give
               a
               
               New
               Commission
               ,
               the
               Old
               is
               made
               void
               ,
               as
               with
               reference
               to
               the
               Visible
               Worship
               .
               Therefore
               you
               know
               ,
               that
               the
               Apostles
               Commission
               did
               wholly
               thrust
               out
               the
               Visible
               Worship
               which
               was
               set
               up
               by
               Moses
               .
               So
               likewise
               it
               is
               with
               this
               Commission
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ;
               because
               this
               Commission
               of
               the
               Spirit
               doth
               hold
               forth
               no
               visible
               outward
               Worship
               ,
               as
               the
               other
               two
               Commissions
               did
               .
            
             
               They
               own
               Christ's
               Commission
               did
               appoint
               a
               Visible
               External
               Worship
               ,
               but
               this
               of
               the
               Spirit
               (
               as
               they
               call
               it
               )
               doth
               not
               ,
               but
               forbids
               it
               ;
               and
               so
               the
               latter
               doth
               make
               void
               the
               former
               .
            
             
               Now
               then
               ,
               since
               their
               Commission
               doth
               as
               much
               make
               void
               the
               Commission
               of
               Christ
               ,
               as
               to
               External
               Worship
               ,
               as
               Christ's
               Commission
               did
               that
               of
               Moses
               ;
               we
               may
               enquire
               who
               gave
               them
               this
               Commission
               ,
               or
               how
               do
               they
               prove
               they
               received
               it
               from
               God
               ?
               For
               certainly
               ,
               they
               who
               will
               make
               void
               the
               Commission
               of
               Christ
               and
               the
               Apostles
               ,
               ought
               in
               Reason
               to
               give
               as
               good
               Evidence
               of
               a
               Divine
               Authority
               for
               so
               doing
               ,
               as
               our
               Saviour
               gave
               of
               his
               ;
               and
               so
               much
               the
               more
               ,
               as
               Christ
               is
               above
               Moses
               .
               Our
               Saviour
               did
               not
               expect
               the
               Jews
               should
               give
               credit
               to
               him
               further
               than
               he
               gave
               them
               Evidence
               ;
               and
               't
               is
               surely
               then
               unreasonable
               to
               give
               credit
               to
               these
               persons
               without
               it
               .
               And
               our
               Saviour's
               Evidence
               would
               have
               been
               none
               ,
               had
               he
               only
               that
               to
               say
               for
               himself
               ,
               which
               these
               pretend
               to
               .
               Would
               it
               have
               
               been
               enough
               for
               our
               Saviour
               ,
               when
               the
               Jews
               required
               a
               Sign
               ,
               to
               have
               said
               ,
               as
               these
               do
               ,
               
                 This
                 is
                 the
                 old
                 Serpent
                 that
                 arraigns
                 the
                 glorious
                 God
                 at
                 the
                 Bar
                 of
                 thy
                 Carnal
                 Reason
                 ?
              
               
            
             
               No
               :
               Though
               our
               Saviour
               call'd
               the
               Jews
               an
               
                 adulterous
                 Generation
              
               ,
               because
               they
               continued
               incredulous
               ,
               after
               the
               Miracles
               wrought
               among
               them
               ;
               yet
               at
               the
               same
               time
               ,
               he
               tells
               them
               that
               there
               was
               one
               in
               reserve
               which
               would
               convince
               them
               ,
               or
               nothing
               would
               ;
               which
               was
               his
               own
               Resurrection
               .
               Matth.
               12.
               39.
               
            
             
               It
               is
               not
               necessary
               every
               one
               sent
               from
               God
               should
               ,
               in
               every
               case
               ,
               have
               this
               Testimony
               of
               Miracles
               ,
               as
               it
               was
               with
               
                 John
                 Baptist
                 ,
                 John
              
               10.
               41.
               
               But
               had
               John
               come
               to
               make
               void
               the
               former
               Commission
               of
               Moses
               ,
               he
               must
               have
               produced
               the
               Evidence
               .
               And
               this
               our
               Saviour
               did
               ,
               and
               so
               ought
               these
               to
               do
               ;
               or
               else
               must
               be
               reckoned
               among
               the
               false
               Christs
               ,
               and
               false
               Apostles
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               They
               differ
               from
               the
               former
               Commission
               in
               many
               other
               things
               as
               well
               as
               Worship
               ;
               and
               that
               of
               so
               great
               Consequence
               ,
               that
               these
               alone
               would
               be
               sufficient
               to
               shew
               ,
               that
               they
               thereby
               make
               void
               the
               former
               Commission
               ;
               and
               so
               must
               be
               Deceivers
               ,
               if
               the
               former
               Commission
               ;
               be
               in
               force
               ;
               and
               it
               is
               in
               force
               ,
               if
               they
               have
               no
               Authority
               to
               make
               it
               void
               ;
               and
               they
               have
               no
               Authority
               ,
               if
               they
               have
               not
               sufficient
               Evidence
               for
               it
               .
            
             
               Sometimes
               they
               say
               ,
               there
               are
               six
               Principles
               ,
               viz.
               1.
               
               The
               Person
               of
               God.
               2.
               
               Person
               of
               Angels
               .
               3.
               
               Person
               of
               the
               Devil
               .
               4.
               
               
               Adam's
               Condition
               .
               5.
               
               Joy
               of
               
               Heaven
               .
               6.
               
               Eternal
               Death
               .
               At
               other
               times
               they
               say
               ,
               there
               are
               two
               Foundations
               of
               all
               Spiritual
               Understanding
               ,
               viz.
               The
               form
               and
               nature
               of
               the
               true
               God
               ,
               and
               the
               form
               and
               nature
               of
               the
               right
               Devil
               .
            
             
               But
               the
               things
               of
               this
               kind
               I
               shall
               refer
               to
               these
               Heads
               ,
               viz.
               God
               ,
               Angels
               ,
               and
               Men.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               Let
               us
               take
               a
               view
               of
               their
               Principles
               that
               respect
               God
               ,
               concerning
               whom
               they
               hold
               ,
            
             
             
               
               1.
               
               That
               God
               is
               not
               a
               Spirit
               ,
               but
               hath
               a
               body
               ;
               and
               is
               very
               Flesh
               and
               Bone
               :
               and
               so
               they
               call
               an
               
                 infinite
                 Spirit
                 an
                 infinite
                 nothing
                 ,
                 a
                 cursed
                 ,
                 lying
                 ,
                 and
                 imaginary
              
               
               
                 God
                 ,
                 and
                 a
                 pretended
                 Spiritual
                 God.
                 
              
            
             
               2.
               
               That
               God
               was
               in
               the
               form
               of
               a
               Man
               ,
               and
               like
               unto
               the
               first
               Adam
               from
               all
               Eternity
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               That
               the
               words
               Father
               ,
               Son
               ,
               and
               Spirit
               ,
               are
               only
               
               variety
               of
               Names
               ,
               and
               are
               the
               same
               Godhead
               ,
               in
               a
               three-fold
               Condition
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               Man
               Christ
               Jesus
               
               is
               the
               Father
               ,
               Son
               ,
               and
               Spirit
               in
               one
               Person
               ;
               and
               that
               by
               Declaration
               of
               the
               Spirit
               ,
               the
               addition
               of
               two
               Persons
               more
               proceeds
               only
               from
               the
               Serpentine
               Antichristian
               Devil
               in
               Carnal
               Men.
               
            
             
               
               4.
               
               That
               God
               the
               Father
               uncreated
               himself
               from
               his
               Eternal
               and
               Immortal
               Glory
               ,
               and
               entered
               into
               the
               Virgin
               's
               Womb
               ,
               and
               became
               Flesh
               ;
               and
               for
               a
               Season
               became
               an
               absolute
               Mortal
               Man.
               
            
             
               
               5.
               
               That
               the
               Man
               Jesus
               that
               was
               Crucified
               ,
               is
               the
               only
               God
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               whole
               Godhead
               died
               ,
               and
               was
               buried
               for
               a
               Moment
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               That
               Elias
               was
               taken
               up
               bodily
               into
               Heaven
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               represent
               God
               the
               Father
               whilst
               he
               went
               his
               journey
               into
               the
               Flesh
               ;
               a
               and
               so
               was
               the
               Protector
               of
               God
               for
               a
               Moment
               ,
               when
               God
               became
               a
               Child
               ,
               b
               and
               was
               an
               absolute
               Creature
               ;
               c
               and
               watch'd
               over
               him
               all
               the
               days
               of
               his
               Mortality
               ,
               from
               his
               Birth
               to
               his
               Ascension
               :
               d
               and
               that
               fill'd
               him
               with
               all
               those
               great
               Revelations
               of
               his
               former
               Glory
               ,
               when
               he
               was
               the
               Immortal
               Father
               .
               e
            
             
               That
               Elias
               was
               the
               God
               and
               the
               Father
               to
               whom
               Christ
               said
               ,
               
                 My
                 God
                 ,
                 my
                 God
              
               —
               and
               
                 Father
                 ,
                 into
                 thy
                 hands
              
               —
               and
               to
               whom
               he
               prayed
               ,
               
                 Father
                 ,
                 if
                 it
                 be
                 possible
                 ,
              
               &c.
               
               f
            
             
             
               That
               Moses
               
                 (
                 who
                 was
                 also
                 Glorified
                 ,
                 and
                 never
                 died
                 ,
                 but
                 was
                 Translated
              
               g
               and
               Elias
               
                 did
                 represent
                 the
                 Person
                 of
                 God
                 the
                 Father
                 in
                 Heaven
                 ;
                 and
                 were
                 the
                 Angels
                 of
                 whom
                 it
                 s
                 said
                 ,
              
               He
               shall
               give
               his
               Angels
               charge
               over
               thee
               ,
               lest
               at
               any
               time
               thou
               dash
               thy
               foot
               against
               a
               stone
               ;
               
                 that
                 is
              
               ,
               lest
               he
               should
               at
               any
               time
               be
               overcome
               by
               the
               Temptations
               of
               Reason
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               Devil
               .
               h
            
             
               That
               Christ
               was
               raised
               from
               the
               Dead
               by
               a
               
                 Spiritual
                 Compact
              
               with
               Elias
               i
               ;
               and
               that
               he
               surrendred
               all
               up
               to
               Christ
               when
               he
               
                 ascended
                 into
                 the
                 Right
                 hand
                 of
                 all
                 Power
              
               k
               :
               And
               all
               this
               ,
               they
               say
               ,
               they
               speak
               by
               Revelation
               from
               the
               Holy
               Spirit
               .
               l
            
             
               2.
               
               As
               to
               their
               Opinions
               concerning
               the
               Holy
               Angels
               and
               Devils
               ,
               they
               say
               ,
               That
               the
               Angels
               are
               Persons
               
               in
               form
               like
               Men.
               
            
             
               As
               to
               Devils
               ,
               they
               affirm
               ,
               
            
             
               1.
               
               That
               there
               was
               but
               one
               Angel
               fell
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               That
               the
               Angels
               (
               cast
               out
               with
               him
               )
               were
               of
               his
               Seed
               and
               Generation
               ,
               through
               his
               Union
               with
               the
               
               Entrails
               of
               Eve
               by
               her
               consent
               ;
               into
               whose
               Womb
               he
               presently
               enter'd
               ,
               where
               he
               died
               ,
               and
               became
               essentially
               one
               with
               her
               :
               That
               Cain
               was
               the
               very
               Seed
               of
               that
               Reprobate
               Serpent
               Angel
               ;
               and
               so
               Cain
               was
               Brother
               to
               Abel
               only
               on
               the
               Mother's
               side
               .
            
             
               
               3.
               
               That
               Cain
               ,
               and
               none
               but
               he
               alone
               ,
               is
               Beelzebub
               the
               Prince
               of
               Darkness
               ,
               and
               the
               Father
               of
               all
               the
               Angels
               of
               Darkness
               ;
               and
               so
               the
               two
               Seeds
               of
               Adam
               and
               Cain
               ,
               though
               mixed
               together
               by
               Carnal
               Copulation
               ,
               yet
               are
               distinct
               ;
               and
               so
               Cain
               and
               Judas
               were
               not
               of
               the
               Seed
               of
               Adam
               .
            
             
               
               4.
               
               That
               there
               is
               no
               Devil
               at
               all
               without
               the
               body
               of
               a
               Man
               ;
               so
               that
               that
               Devil
               so
               frequently
               spoken
               of
               in
               the
               Letter
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               that
               tempts
               Men
               to
               all
               Unrighteousness
               ,
               is
               Man's
               Spirit
               of
               unclean
               Reason
               and
               cursed
               Imagination
               .
            
             
             
               3.
               
               As
               to
               Men.
               
            
             
               They
               say
               ,
               that
               the
               Spirit
               of
               a
               Man
               is
               Mortal
               ,
               dies
               ,
               turns
               into
               Dust
               ,
               and
               is
               utterly
               annihilated
               until
               the
               
               Resurrection
               .
               And
               therefore
               ,
               when
               Solomon
               said
               ,
               
                 The
                 Spirit
                 returns
                 to
                 God
                 who
                 gave
                 it
              
               ;
               those
               words
               proceeded
               
               not
               from
               the
               Spiritual
               Knowledge
               of
               God
               in
               him
               ,
               but
               from
               his
               own
               Carnal
               Reason
               .
               And
               though
               he
               was
               a
               wise
               Man
               ,
               his
               Wisdom
               was
               not
               Prophetical
               ,
               nor
               was
               he
               a
               Pen-man
               of
               Holy
               Writ
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               By
               Inspiration
               from
               the
               unerring
               Spirit
               ,
               they
               positively
               affirm
               the
               Substances
               of
               Earth
               and
               Water
               were
               from
               all
               Elements
               .
            
             
               I
               shall
               briefly
               reflect
               upon
               these
               .
            
             
               As
               to
               God.
               
            
             
               1.
               
               He
               saith
               ,
               God
               is
               not
               a
               Spirit
               ,
               but
               hath
               a
               Body
               .
            
             
               I
               answer
               ,
            
             
               1.
               )
               The
               Scripture
               makes
               a
               Body
               and
               a
               Spirit
               two
               opposite
               things
               ;
               so
               that
               a
               Body
               is
               not
               a
               Spirit
               ,
               nor
               a
               Spirit
               a
               Body
               .
               Eccles
               .
               12.
               7.
               
               The
               Body
               returns
               to
               the
               Dust
               ,
               and
               the
               Spirit
               to
               God.
               So
               a
               Spirit
               has
               not
               flesh
               and
               bones
               .
               Luke
               24.
               37
               ,
               39.
               
            
             
               2.
               )
               The
               Scripture
               calls
               God
               a
               Spirit
               ,
               but
               never
               a
               Body
               ;
               which
               it
               might
               do
               ,
               if
               he
               was
               a
               Body
               and
               not
               a
               Spirit
               ,
               or
               if
               a
               Body
               as
               well
               as
               a
               Spirit
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               They
               say
               ,
               God
               is
               in
               the
               form
               of
               a
               Man.
               
            
             
               I
               answer
               ,
            
             
               1.
               )
               The
               Scripture
               saith
               ,
               God
               is
               invisible
               ,
               Heb.
               11.
               27.
               and
               as
               no
               Man
               hath
               seen
               him
               ,
               so
               whom
               no
               Man
               can
               see
               ,
               1
               Tim.
               6.
               16.
               
            
             
               2.
               )
               It
               especially
               takes
               us
               off
               from
               all
               such
               gross
               conceptions
               of
               him
               .
               John
               5.
               37.
               
               Deut.
               4.
               12.
               
            
             
               3.
               
               That
               the
               words
               Father
               ,
               Son
               ,
               and
               Spirit
               are
               only
               various
               Names
               .
            
             
             
               I
               answer
               .
            
             
               
               If
               so
               ,
               then
               Christ
               must
               be
               begotten
               of
               himself
               ,
               and
               be
               in
               the
               bosom
               of
               himself
               .
               He
               must
               then
               send
               himself
               ,
               and
               come
               by
               himself
               to
               himself
               ;
               and
               be
               an
               Advocate
               with
               himself
               ,
               and
               be
               greater
               than
               himself
               .
            
             
               
               He
               must
               judge
               no
               Man
               ,
               and
               yet
               commit
               and
               take
               all
               Judgment
               to
               himself
               .
               And
               after
               he
               has
               administred
               the
               Kingdom
               ,
               he
               must
               deliver
               it
               from
               himself
               to
               himself
               .
            
             
               And
               to
               conclude
               this
               point
               ,
               he
               must
               be
               the
               Father
               of
               himself
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               God
               the
               Father
               became
               flesh
               .
            
             
               Answer
               .
            
             
               Quite
               contrary
               to
               Scripture
               ;
               which
               saith
               ,
               God
               sent
               forth
               his
               Son
               ,
               made
               of
               a
               Woman
               ,
               Gal.
               4.
               4.
               
               And
               God
               sent
               his
               Son
               in
               the
               likeness
               of
               sinful
               Flesh
               ,
               Rom.
               8.
               3.
               
               And
               the
               Word
               ,
               the
               only
               Begotten
               of
               the
               Father
               ,
               was
               made
               Flesh
               ,
               John.
               1.
               14.
               
               And
               his
               Son
               was
               made
               of
               the
               Seed
               of
               
                 David
                 ,
                 Rom.
              
               1.
               3.
               1
               
               John
               4.
               9.
               
            
             
               But
               there
               is
               not
               one
               word
               ,
               that
               the
               Father
               was
               made
               of
               a
               Woman
               ,
               and
               was
               made
               Flesh
               ,
               &c.
               and
               became
               the
               Son.
               
            
             
               5.
               
               That
               the
               Godhead
               died
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Just
               contrary
               to
               Scripture
               ;
               which
               saith
               ,
               God
               is
               immortal
               ,
               1
               Tim.
               1.
               17.
               and
               that
               he
               only
               hath
               Immortality
               ,
               1
               Tim.
               6.
               16.
               
            
             
               6.
               
               Elias
               is
               all
               Fable
               .
            
             
               Let
               any
               one
               read
               the
               Divine
               Prayer
               of
               our
               Blessed
               Saviour
               ,
               just
               before
               his
               Apprehension
               ,
               John
               17.
               and
               see
               how
               it
               would
               look
               ,
               if
               applied
               to
               Elias
               .
            
             
               Did
               Elias
               give
               him
               Power
               over
               all
               flesh
               ?
               &c.
               Was
               Elias
               the
               only
               true
               God
               ?
               And
               would
               it
               be
               Eternal
               Life
               to
               believe
               in
               Elias
               ,
               as
               the
               only
               true
               God
               ?
               Did
               Elias
               give
               him
               the
               Work
               he
               was
               to
               do
               ?
               And
               had
               he
               
               a
               Glory
               with
               Elias
               before
               the
               World
               was
               ?
               Did
               Elias
               give
               him
               the
               words
               he
               was
               to
               give
               to
               his
               ?
               and
               did
               the
               Apostles
               believe
               that
               he
               came
               out
               from
               Elias
               ,
               and
               was
               sent
               by
               him
               ?
               was
               Elias
               in
               him
               ,
               and
               he
               in
               Elias
               ?
               and
               were
               all
               Believers
               to
               be
               one
               in
               Elias
               and
               him
               ?
               &c.
               O
               horrid
               Blasphemy
               !
            
             
               I
               think
               that
               Chapter
               alone
               is
               enough
               to
               rid
               any
               of
               this
               Frenzy
               .
               So
               one
               while
               they
               say
               Elias
               ,
               had
               charge
               of
               God
               for
               a
               Moment
               ,
               
                 [
                 Transcend
                 .
                 p.
              
               35.
               ]
               and
               yet
               elsewhere
               ,
               from
               his
               Birth
               to
               his
               Ascension
               :
               
                 [
                 Revelat.
                 p.
              
               130.
               n.
               16.
               ]
               that
               he
               was
               quickned
               by
               the
               Compact
               of
               
                 Elias
                 ;
                 [
                 Transcend
                 .
                 p.
              
               37.
               ]
               and
               yet
               by
               his
               own
               Power
               
                 [
                 General
                 Epist
                 .
                 p.
              
               5.
               ]
            
             
               As
               to
               the
               Devils
               ,
               they
               say
               ,
            
             
               1.
               
               But
               one
               Angel
               fell
               .
            
             
               Just
               contrary
               to
               Scripture
               ,
               which
               tells
               us
               of
               the
               Angels
               that
               fell
               ,
               Jude
               6.
               
               And
               this
               cannot
               be
               applied
               to
               Cain
               and
               his
               Posterity
               ;
               because
               ,
               according
               to
               these
               Mens
               Principles
               ,
               they
               never
               fell
               ,
               being
               Devils
               by
               Extraction
               and
               Propagation
               ,
               and
               not
               by
               Transgression
               and
               Apostacy
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               That
               the
               Devil
               entred
               into
               the
               Womb
               of
               Eve
               ,
               and
               there
               died
               ;
               and
               out
               of
               him
               came
               Cain
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               The
               Scripture
               plainly
               saith
               ,
               that
               Cain
               was
               the
               Son
               of
               Adam
               as
               well
               as
               
                 Eve.
                 Gen.
              
               4.
               1.
               
               
                 Adam
                 knew
                 his
                 Wife
                 ,
                 and
                 she
                 conceived
                 and
                 bare
                 Cain
                 .
              
            
             
               Reeve
               wisely
               observes
               ,
               that
               in
               the
               Genealogy
               of
               
               Adam
               unto
               Jesus
               ,
               there
               is
               no
               mention
               made
               of
               Cain
               .
               This
               is
               said
               for
               want
               of
               Knowing
               that
               Jesus
               was
               descended
               from
               Seth
               ;
               and
               he
               might
               as
               well
               have
               said
               there
               is
               no
               mention
               of
               Abel
               :
               For
               as
               Abel
               died
               without
               Children
               ,
               so
               all
               the
               Posterity
               of
               Cain
               perished
               in
               the
               Deluge
               :
               And
               it
               was
               only
               the
               Posterity
               of
               Seth
               that
               survived
               and
               peopled
               the
               World
               again
               .
            
             
             
               3.
               
               That
               Cain
               ,
               and
               none
               but
               he
               ,
               is
               Beelzebub
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               Answer
               .
            
             
               The
               same
               Scripture
               that
               speaks
               of
               Beelzebub
               ,
               being
               Prince
               of
               the
               Devils
               ,
               speaks
               of
               him
               as
               casting
               them
               out
               ,
               and
               so
               supposes
               Beelzebub
               then
               in
               being
               in
               his
               own
               Person
               ;
               but
               that
               cannot
               then
               be
               applied
               to
               Cain
               ,
               who
               is
               not
               in
               Being
               at
               all
               (
               as
               they
               hold
               )
               in
               his
               Person
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               There
               is
               no
               Devil
               without
               the
               body
               of
               a
               Man
               ,
               and
               Devils
               are
               only
               Mens
               Lusts
               and
               Imaginations
               .
            
             
               Answer
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               Then
               the
               Devils
               which
               the
               Heathens
               and
               Israelites
               offer'd
               their
               Sacrifices
               and
               Children
               to
               ,
               were
               their
               own
               
                 cursed
                 Imaginations
                 .
                 Levit.
              
               17.
               7.
               
               Psal
               .
               106.
               35.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               Then
               the
               Devil
               that
               transported
               Christ
               ,
               and
               argued
               with
               him
               ,
               and
               that
               hurried
               him
               into
               the
               Wilderness
               ,
               set
               him
               upon
               a
               Pinacle
               of
               the
               Temple
               ,
               must
               be
               his
               own
               imagination
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               Then
               the
               Devils
               that
               enabled
               the
               young
               Man
               to
               break
               his
               Chains
               ;
               
                 [
                 Mark
              
               5.
               2.
               
               &c.
               ]
               and
               that
               tore
               and
               bruised
               the
               Child
               ,
               
                 [
                 Luke
              
               9.
               39.
               
               ]
               and
               that
               go
               about
               to
               and
               fro
               in
               the
               Earth
               ,
               
                 [
                 Job
              
               1.
               7.
               1
               
               Peter
               5.
               8.
               
               ]
               and
               that
               contended
               with
               Micbael
               ;
               were
               only
               the
               Lusts
               of
               Men
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               the
               Lusts
               of
               Men
               broke
               Chains
               ,
               bruised
               and
               tore
               Persons
               ,
               walk'd
               to
               and
               fro
               in
               the
               Earth
               ,
               &c.
               which
               is
               irreconcileable
               .
            
             
               As
               to
               Man
               ,
               they
               say
               the
               Soul
               is
               Mortal
               ,
               and
               turns
               into
               Dust
               with
               the
               body
               .
            
             
               Answer
               .
            
             
               The
               Scripture
               on
               the
               contrary
               tells
               us
               ,
               that
               the
               Souls
               of
               Men
               are
               alive
               after
               their
               Departure
               hence
               .
            
             
               So
               
                 [
                 Matth.
              
               22.
               32.
               ]
               Our
               Saviour
               proves
               from
               that
               Saying
               ,
               
                 I
                 am
                 the
                 God
                 of
                 Abraham
                 ,
              
               &c.
               that
               
                 God
                 is
                 not
                 the
                 God
                 of
                 the
                 Dead
                 ,
                 but
                 of
                 the
                 Living
              
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               God
               is
               said
               to
               be
               their
               God
               after
               they
               were
               Dead
               ;
               
               and
               that
               he
               could
               not
               have
               been
               ,
               had
               they
               not
               been
               in
               Being
               after
               their
               Decease
               .
            
             
               This
               again
               our
               Saviour's
               argument
               shews
               ,
               Mat.
               10.
               28.
               
               
                 Fear
                 not
                 them
                 which
                 kill
                 the
                 body
                 ,
                 but
                 are
                 not
                 able
                 to
                 kill
                 the
                 Soul
              
               ;
               where
               he
               not
               only
               makes
               the
               Soul
               and
               Body
               two
               distinct
               things
               ,
               but
               so
               really
               such
               ,
               that
               the
               one
               may
               be
               killed
               ,
               but
               the
               other
               cannot
               .
               But
               if
               the
               Soul
               was
               mortal
               and
               turn'd
               into
               Dust
               ,
               they
               would
               as
               well
               kill
               the
               Soul
               as
               the
               Body
               ;
               and
               would
               kill
               the
               Soul
               ,
               by
               killing
               the
               Body
               .
            
             
               So
               Luke
               16.
               22.
               
               The
               Beggar
               that
               died
               was
               carried
               into
               
               Abraham's
               bosom
               ,
               and
               the
               Rich
               Man
               was
               in
               Hell.
               How
               !
               not
               as
               to
               their
               bodies
               surely
               ;
               for
               they
               were
               left
               in
               this
               World
               ,
               the
               Rich
               Man
               was
               buried
               .
               And
               this
               was
               before
               the
               Resurrection
               ,
               for
               it
               was
               while
               their
               Brethren
               were
               alive
               ,
               v.
               28.
               
            
             
               And
               therefore
               it
               must
               be
               as
               to
               their
               Souls
               alone
               ,
               that
               one
               was
               with
               Abraham
               ,
               and
               the
               other
               in
               Hell.
               
            
             
               II.
               They
               are
               Deceivers
               ;
               That
               plead
               Divine
               Inspiratition
               and
               Infallibility
               ,
               and
               yet
               have
               been
               guilty
               of
               Self-contradiction
               ;
               and
               have
               actually
               mistaken
               in
               Principles
               and
               matter
               of
               Fact.
               
            
             
               It
               has
               been
               just
               before
               shew'd
               ,
               that
               they
               have
               grosly
               err'd
               in
               their
               Principles
               ,
               which
               are
               contrary
               to
               the
               Word
               of
               God.
               
            
             
               Let
               us
               then
               now
               proceed
               to
               their
               Self-contradictions
               ,
               to
               Errors
               in
               matters
               of
               Fact
               ,
               by
               which
               it
               will
               appear
               that
               what
               they
               say
               of
               themselves
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               infallible
               ,
               and
               not
               guilty
               of
               any
               mistake
               ,
               is
               one
               of
               the
               number
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               I
               shall
               consider
               their
               Self-contradictions
               .
            
             
               
                 In
                 one
                 place
                 they
                 say
              
               ,
               If
               any
               man
               despise
               this
               writing
               of
               theirs
               ,
               he
               commits
               the
               unpardonable
               Sin
               against
               the
               Holy
               Ghost
               .
               
                 So
                 the
              
               General
               Epistle
               ,
               &c.
               
                 And
                 yet
              
               
               
                 in
                 another
                 it
                 is
              
               ,
               To
               persecute
               others
               for
               the
               sake
               of
               Christ
               ,
               
                 is
                 that
                 Sin.
              
               
            
             
             
               
                 At
                 one
                 time
                 they
                 tell
                 us
                 ,
                 that
                 they
              
               two
               were
               the
               Forerunners
               of
               the
               End
               of
               the
               World
               ,
               
                 and
                 that
              
               this
               was
               to
               be
               
               suddenly
               after
               they
               had
               delivered
               their
               Message
               .
            
             
               
                 At
                 another
                 time
                 it
                 is
              
               ,
               Whosoever
               shall
               live
               to
               see
               an
               end
               of
               them
               two
               ,
               shall
               suddenly
               see
               the
               Dissolution
               of
               the
               World.
               
               
            
             
               By
               the
               first
               suddenly
               ,
               they
               are
               to
               be
               understood
               of
               what
               was
               immediately
               to
               come
               to
               pass
               ;
               for
               they
               say
               
                 John
                 Robins
              
               ,
               the
               Man
               of
               Sin
               (
               as
               they
               make
               him
               )
               was
               to
               appear
               a
               little
               before
               the
               Personal
               Visible
               coming
               of
               
               Christ
               .
               And
               that
               the
               Dissolution
               of
               the
               World
               was
               presaged
               by
               the
               many
               Fires
               then
               happen'd
               in
               London
               ;
               and
               by
               the
               Condition
               of
               the
               People
               .
            
             
               Now
               this
               Message
               of
               theirs
               (
               which
               the
               end
               of
               the
               World
               was
               suddenly
               to
               follow
               )
               was
               declared
               1651
               ,
               as
               appears
               by
               their
               Remonstrance
               ,
               which
               is
               above
               40
               years
               since
               :
               And
               Reeve
               has
               been
               dead
               above
               30
               years
               ;
               for
               it
               was
               before
               Muggleton
               reprinted
               the
               Book
               call'd
               his
               Looking-glass
               ,
               1661.
               
            
             
               But
               why
               should
               we
               wait
               the
               end
               of
               these
               two
               ?
               for
               if
               they
               be
               the
               Witnesses
               in
               the
               Revelation
               ,
               they
               are
               to
               die
               by
               the
               hands
               of
               Violence
               ,
               and
               to
               rise
               again
               ,
               and
               to
               ascend
               up
               into
               Heaven
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               their
               Enemies
               .
               And
               Muggleton
               may
               as
               well
               tell
               us
               ,
               that
               it
               was
               so
               with
               
                 John
                 Reeve
              
               ;
               as
               he
               doth
               that
               Moses
               was
               Translated
               ;
               of
               whom
               the
               Scripture
               saith
               ,
               that
               he
               died
               and
               was
               buried
               .
               
            
             
               But
               let
               us
               proceed
               to
               their
               palpable
               mistakes
               ,
               and
               which
               yet
               they
               affirm
               to
               be
               true
               ,
               as
               well
               as
               themselves
               to
               be
               infallible
               .
            
             
               And
               this
               in
               the
               first
               place
               I
               take
               to
               be
               one
               ,
               that
               they
               affirm
               ,
               That
               they
               had
               more
               knowledge
               in
               the
               Scriptures
               than
               all
               the
               Men
               of
               the
               World
               besides
               ;
               and
               yet
               every
               where
               betray
               the
               grossest
               ignorance
               in
               them
               .
            
             
             
               1.
               
               As
               first
               of
               all
               ,
               when
               they
               say
               that
               Moses
               was
               Translated
               ,
               who
               ,
               the
               Scripture
               saith
               ,
               died
               and
               was
               buried
               ,
               Deut.
               34.
               5
               ,
               6.
               
            
             
               2.
               
               Muggleton
               supposes
               Matthew
               to
               have
               seen
               the
               Angel
               at
               our
               Saviour's
               Resurrection
               ;
               and
               gives
               it
               as
               a
               
               Reason
               why
               he
               speaks
               but
               of
               one
               ;
               saith
               he
               ,
               
                 perhaps
                 he
                 was
                 no
                 more
                 to
                 his
              
               (
               Matthew
               
                 's
                 )
                 Visible
                 Sight
              
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               He
               saith
               ,
               that
               the
               Souldiers
               did
               
                 see
                 the
                 natural
              
               
               
                 Vail
                 of
                 the
                 Temple
              
               rent
               from
               the
               bottom
               to
               the
               top
               :
               Whereas
               the
               Vail
               was
               in
               the
               most
               inward
               part
               of
               the
               Temple
               ,
               and
               the
               Souldiers
               were
               at
               Mount
               Calvary
               ,
               watching
               the
               Body
               of
               Jesus
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               He
               saith
               ,
               we
               read
               not
               of
               Cain
               in
               the
               Genealogy
               from
               Adam
               to
               Jesus
               :
               forgetting
               that
               Jesus
               was
               not
               
               descended
               from
               Cain
               ,
               but
               Seth.
               
            
             
               5.
               
               We
               may
               add
               to
               this
               ,
               gross
               Ignorance
               ,
               when
               he
               affirms
               ,
               that
               the
               Apostles
               Epistles
               
                 were
                 written
                 either
                 in
                 Hebrew
                 ,
                 Greek
                 ,
                 or
                 Latin
              
               ;
               and
               
                 for
                 the
                 most
                 in
                 Greek
                 and
                 Latin.
                 [
                 Revelat.
                 ch
                 .
              
               52.
               n.
               6
               ,
               7.
               ]
               Whereas
               those
               Epistles
               were
               written
               in
               Greek
               only
               .
            
             
               6.
               
               He
               affirms
               ,
               That
               the
               
                 Roman
                 Catholicks
                 were
                 the
                 first
                 Professors
                 of
                 the
                 Faith
                 of
                 Christ
                 ,
                 and
                 of
                 the
                 Apostles
                 .
              
               
               Whereas
               it
               is
               notorious
               in
               Scripture
               ,
               that
               the
               Jews
               Converted
               were
               the
               first
               Professors
               of
               it
               ;
               and
               then
               the
               Gentiles
               in
               Judea
               .
            
             
               Let
               us
               proceed
               to
               another
               sort
               of
               mistakes
               .
            
             
               1.
               
               They
               say
               ,
               
                 The
                 first
                 sort
                 of
                 Persons
                 that
                 affirm
                 the
                 Holy
                 One
                 of
                 Israel
                 to
                 consist
                 of
                 three
                 Persons
                 ,
                 are
              
               Athanasius
               ,
               
               Socinus
               ,
               alias
               John
               Biddle
               .
               As
               if
               Athanasius
               and
               Socinus
               were
               of
               the
               same
               Opinion
               ;
               whereas
               Athanasius
               was
               a
               zealous
               Assertor
               of
               the
               Trinity
               ;
               and
               Socinus
               and
               Biddle
               Oppugners
               of
               it
               .
               And
               as
               for
               Socinus
               ,
               he
               would
               not
               allow
               the
               Holy
               Spirit
               to
               be
               a
               Person
               at
               all
               ;
               and
               Biddle
               would
               have
               him
               only
               a
               Created
               Angel
               ,
               and
               so
               not
               God.
               
            
             
             
               2.
               
               They
               affirm
               that
               no
               one
               ever
               taught
               their
               Principles
               ,
               as
               that
               God
               the
               Father
               died
               ,
               and
               that
               God
               had
               a
               Body
               ,
               and
               was
               in
               the
               form
               of
               a
               Man
               ,
               &c.
               
               Whereas
               there
               is
               hardly
               any
               thing
               new
               ,
               but
               that
               there
               have
               been
               some
               as
               wild
               and
               fanciful
               as
               themselves
               in
               past
               Ages
               .
            
             
               As
               ,
               (
               1
               )
               The
               Anthropomorphites
               ,
               and
               Audians
               ,
               and
               Manichees
               held
               ,
               that
               God
               had
               a
               Human
               body
               .
            
             
               (
               2.
               )
               That
               there
               was
               but
               one
               Person
               in
               the
               Deity
               ,
               only
               called
               by
               different
               Names
               ;
               so
               held
               the
               
                 Noetians
                 ,
                 Colarbasians
              
               ,
               and
               Sabellians
               .
            
             
               (
               3.
               )
               That
               the
               Father
               suffer'd
               ;
               so
               the
               
                 Cataphrygians
                 ,
                 Sabellians
              
               (
               called
               therefore
               Patropassiani
               )
               and
               that
               the
               Divinity
               of
               Christ
               suffer'd
               ;
               so
               the
               Theopaschites
               .
            
             
               (
               4.
               )
               That
               the
               Soul
               died
               with
               the
               Body
               ;
               and
               that
               there
               was
               no
               Resurrection
               of
               the
               Body
               ;
               so
               the
               
                 Valentinians
                 ,
                 Manichees
              
               ,
               &c.
               
            
             
               (
               5.
               )
               That
               the
               Wicked
               are
               of
               the
               Posterity
               of
               Cain
               .
               So
               the
               Valentinians
               and
               Sethites
               .
            
             
               Without
               raking
               farther
               into
               this
               matter
               ,
               this
               is
               sufficient
               to
               shew
               ,
               that
               they
               are
               not
               the
               first
               Broachers
               of
               these
               Doctrines
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               They
               affirm
               ,
               That
               the
               Reason
               of
               the
               Eclipse
               of
               the
               Moon
               ,
               is
               through
               her
               near
               Conjunction
               with
               the
               
               Sun
               ;
               whereas
               it
               's
               manifest
               ,
               that
               it
               is
               when
               it
               's
               opposite
               to
               the
               Sun
               ;
               and
               that
               the
               Earth
               is
               between
               them
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               They
               affirm
               ,
               That
               no
               Man
               can
               know
               the
               time
               of
               Eclipses
               ,
               but
               by
               Inspiration
               :
               whereas
               they
               may
               be
               as
               
               well
               foretold
               ,
               as
               the
               time
               the
               Sun
               will
               rise
               at
               to
               Morrow
               .
            
             
               5.
               
               He
               positively
               affirms
               from
               God
               ,
               That
               the
               Bodies
               of
               the
               Sun
               ,
               Moon
               ,
               and
               Stars
               ,
               are
               in
               compass
               not
               
               much
               bigger
               than
               they
               appear
               to
               our
               natural
               sight
               :
               whereas
               it's
               evident
               on
               the
               contrary
               ,
               that
               every
               thing
               
               diminishes
               in
               its
               appearance
               according
               to
               the
               degree
               of
               its
               Elevation
               :
               And
               consequently
               those
               Heavenly
               Bodies
               ,
               being
               vastly
               remote
               from
               the
               Earth
               ,
               must
               be
               vastly
               greater
               than
               they
               appear
               to
               the
               Eye
               .
            
             
               
               6.
               
               He
               affirms
               ,
               That
               the
               Sun
               ,
               Moon
               ,
               and
               Stars
               neither
               borrow
               ,
               nor
               lend
               light
               to
               one
               another
               :
               Whereas
               we
               see
               plainly
               that
               the
               Moon
               borrows
               light
               from
               the
               Sun
               ;
               and
               that
               ,
               according
               as
               the
               Earth
               is
               between
               it
               and
               the
               Sun
               ,
               so
               it
               's
               proportionably
               obscured
               .
            
             
               7.
               
               He
               affirms
               positively
               from
               the
               Lord
               ,
               That
               the
               Sun
               ,
               Moon
               ,
               and
               Stars
               are
               only
               in
               one
               Firmament
               :
               Whereas
               it's
               evident
               on
               the
               contrary
               ,
               1.
               
               That
               the
               Moon
               is
               in
               an
               Orb
               lower
               than
               the
               Sun
               ,
               and
               both
               of
               them
               lower
               than
               the
               Stars
               .
               2.
               
               That
               there
               are
               different
               motions
               ,
               a
               slower
               and
               swifter
               in
               the
               Planets
               ;
               and
               that
               those
               called
               fixed
               Stars
               only
               move
               all
               alike
               ,
               and
               are
               in
               the
               same
               Firmament
               .
            
             
               Whether
               these
               are
               Errors
               or
               no
               ,
               let
               all
               Men
               judge
               ;
               and
               if
               so
               ,
               what
               becomes
               of
               their
               Infallibility
               ?
               what
               of
               their
               pretence
               to
               Divine
               Illumination
               ?
            
          
        
         
           
             CHAP.
             II.
             
          
           
             IT
             remains
             now
             to
             proceed
             to
             to
             the
             second
             Question
             ,
             viz.
             
          
           
             Q.
             Whether
             
               J.
               Reeve
            
             and
             
               L.
               Muggleton
            
             are
             the
             two
             Witnesses
             spoken
             of
             in
             the
             
             11th
             of
             the
             Revelation
             ?
          
           
             This
             they
             both
             do
             avow
             ,
             and
             
               L.
               Muggleton
            
             has
             wrote
             a
             Comment
             upon
             that
             Chapter
             ,
             in
             his
             way
             ,
             foolish
             and
             absurd
             enough
             ,
             to
             try
             how
             he
             can
             work
             it
             to
             his
             purpose
             .
          
           
             
             But
             like
             one
             that
             is
             not
             in
             himself
             over
             confident
             of
             his
             performance
             ;
             he
             sometimes
             shrinks
             from
             it
             ,
             and
             comes
             off
             with
             a
             
               may
               be
            
             :
             as
             ,
             
               We
               may
               be
               said
               to
               be
               those
               two
               Olive
               trees
               ;
               and
               the
               two
               Witnesses
               may
               be
               said
               to
               have
               finished
               ,
            
             &c.
             
          
           
           
             Now
             what
             more
             sneaking
             and
             pitiful
             !
             After
             they
             have
             boldly
             challeng'd
             this
             Character
             to
             themselves
             ,
             to
             give
             it
             over
             again
             ,
             and
             retire
             from
             it
             ,
             as
             if
             they
             fainted
             under
             a
             distrust
             ,
             and
             the
             fear
             of
             inconsistencies
             in
             it
             .
             As
             a
             Specimen
             of
             which
             ,
             I
             shall
             compare
             the
             Text
             of
             Scripture
             and
             his
             Exposition
             together
             .
          
           
             
               
                 
                   Revelation
                   ,
                   Ch.
                   11.
                   
                   TEXT
                   .
                
                 
                   Chap.
                   78
                   ,
                   &c.
                   EXPOSITION
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     
                       Ver.
                       3.
                       
                       I
                    
                     Will
                     give
                     power
                     unto
                     my
                     two
                     Witnesses
                     ,
                     and
                     they
                     shall
                     prophesie
                     one
                     thousand
                     two
                     hundred
                     and
                     sixty
                     days
                     ,
                     cloathed
                     in
                     Sackcloth
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       V.
                       4.
                    
                     
                     They
                     are
                     the
                     two
                     Olive-trees
                     ,
                     and
                     the
                     two
                     Candlesticks
                     standing
                     before
                     the
                     God
                     of
                     the
                     Earth
                     .
                  
                
                 
                   
                     WE
                     ,
                     
                       J.
                       Reeve
                    
                     and
                     
                       L.
                       Muggleton
                    
                     ,
                     shall
                     prophesie
                     concerning
                     the
                     Spiritual
                     Estate
                     of
                     Mankind
                     to
                     Eternity
                     ,
                     and
                     of
                     the
                     end
                     of
                     the
                     World.
                     
                  
                   
                     
                       Olive
                       trees
                    
                     ,
                     because
                     of
                     the
                     Oyl
                     of
                     Joy
                     in
                     our
                     Doctrine
                     .
                  
                   
                     Candlesticks
                     ,
                     because
                     God
                     hath
                     put
                     the
                     Commission
                     of
                     his
                     Spirit
                     into
                     us
                     ,
                     which
                     is
                     Light.
                     
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     V.
                     5.
                  
                   
                   If
                   any
                   man
                   will
                   hurt
                   them
                   ,
                   a
                   fire
                   proceedeth
                   out
                   of
                   their
                   mouth
                   ,
                   and
                   devoureth
                   their
                   Enemies
                   ;
                   and
                   if
                   any
                   man
                   will
                   hurt
                   them
                   ,
                   he
                   must
                   in
                   this
                   manner
                   be
                   killed
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     Fire
                     proceedeth
                  
                   ,
                   to
                   pronounce
                   blessing
                   and
                   cursing
                   to
                   Eternity
                   .
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     V.
                     6.
                  
                   
                   These
                   have
                   power
                   to
                   shut
                   heaven
                   ,
                   that
                   it
                   rain
                   not
                   in
                   the
                   days
                   of
                   their
                   prophesie
                   ;
                   and
                   have
                   power
                   over
                   waters
                   to
                   turn
                   them
                   into
                   blood
                   ,
                   and
                   to
                   smite
                   the
                   earth
                   with
                   all
                   plagues
                   ,
                   as
                   often
                   as
                   they
                   will.
                   
                
                 
                   
                     
                       To
                       shut
                       heaven
                    
                     ;
                     that
                     is
                     ,
                     the
                     Heaven
                     of
                     Mens
                     hearts
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       That
                       it
                       rain
                       not
                    
                     ;
                     that
                     is
                     ,
                     after
                     the
                     Sentence
                     of
                     Eternal
                     death
                     ,
                     it
                     prevents
                     the
                     motion
                     of
                     the
                     Spirit
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       Turns
                       water
                       into
                       blood
                    
                     ;
                     that
                     is
                     ,
                     the
                     motions
                     of
                     peace
                     and
                     hope
                     of
                     Mens
                     Souls
                     (
                     which
                     are
                     as
                     water
                     to
                     drink
                     )
                     into
                     wrath
                     ,
                     and
                     so
                     it
                     becomes
                     a
                     Spiritual
                     Plague
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     V.
                     7.
                  
                   
                   And
                   when
                   they
                   shall
                   have
                   finished
                   their
                   Testimony
                   ,
                   the
                   Beast
                   that
                   ascended
                   out
                   of
                   the
                   Bottomless
                   Pit
                   ,
                   shall
                   make
                   War
                   against
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   shall
                   overcome
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   kill
                   them
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Finished
                       their
                       Testimony
                    
                     ;
                     that
                     is
                     ,
                     the
                     Doctrine
                     of
                     Truth
                     ,
                     which
                     is
                     ,
                     that
                     Jesus
                     Christ
                     is
                     God
                     the
                     Father
                     ,
                     Son
                     ,
                     and
                     Spirit
                     ,
                     &c.
                     
                  
                   
                     
                       The
                       Beast
                    
                     ;
                     that
                     is
                     ,
                     the
                     Spirit
                     of
                     Reason
                     in
                     the
                     Lord
                     Mayor
                     ,
                     Aldermen
                     ,
                     and
                     Jury
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       Bottomless
                       Pit
                    
                     ;
                     that
                     is
                     ,
                     the
                     Pit
                     of
                     their
                     Imagination
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       Shall
                       kill
                       them
                    
                     ;
                     that
                     is
                     ,
                     would
                     have
                     killed
                     us
                     ,
                     if
                     their
                     Law
                     would
                     have
                     done
                     it
                     .
                  
                
              
               
               
                 
                   
                     V.
                     8.
                  
                   
                   And
                   their
                   dead
                   bodies
                   shall
                   lie
                   in
                   the
                   streets
                   of
                   the
                   great
                   City
                   ,
                   which
                   spiritually
                   is
                   called
                   Sodom
                   and
                   Egypt
                   ,
                   where
                   also
                   our
                   Lord
                   was
                   crucified
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     
                       Dead
                       Bodies
                    
                     ;
                     that
                     is
                     ,
                     the
                     Letter
                     of
                     Scripture
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       In
                       the
                       streets
                       of
                       the
                       City
                    
                     ;
                     that
                     is
                     ,
                     the
                     Hearts
                     of
                     Men.
                     
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     
                       V.
                       9.
                    
                     
                     And
                     they
                     of
                     the
                     People
                     ,
                     and
                     Kindred
                     ,
                     and
                     Tongues
                     ,
                     and
                     Nations
                     ,
                     shall
                     see
                     their
                     dead
                     bodies
                     three
                     days
                     and
                     a
                     half
                     ,
                     and
                     shall
                     not
                     suffer
                     their
                     dead
                     bodies
                     to
                     be
                     put
                     in
                     Graves
                     .
                  
                   
                     For
                     the
                     meaning
                     of
                     this
                     ,
                     he
                     refers
                     us
                     to
                     what
                     was
                     before
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     I
                     find
                     in
                     ch
                     .
                     51
                     ,
                     52.
                     
                  
                
                 
                   
                     
                       The
                       People
                    
                     ;
                     that
                     is
                     ,
                     the
                     Jews
                     who
                     owned
                     the
                     Letter
                     of
                     the
                     Law.
                     
                  
                   
                     Gentiles
                     ;
                     that
                     is
                     ,
                     those
                     that
                     owned
                     the
                     Letter
                     of
                     the
                     Apostles
                     ,
                     that
                     is
                     ,
                     the
                     Roman
                     Emperours
                     ,
                     which
                     overcame
                     the
                     Nation
                     of
                     the
                     Jews
                     ,
                     which
                     was
                     in
                     the
                     Destruction
                     of
                     Jerusalem
                     ,
                     which
                     was
                     in
                     the
                     ten
                     Persecutions
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       Three
                       days
                       and
                       a
                       half
                    
                     ;
                     that
                     is
                     ,
                     1350
                     years
                     ;
                     for
                     so
                     long
                     the
                     Letter
                     of
                     Scripture
                     lay
                     dead
                     .
                  
                   
                     
                       Not
                       suffer
                       their
                       bodies
                       to
                       be
                       buried
                    
                     ;
                     because
                     the
                     Jews
                     and
                     Gentiles
                     knew
                     better
                     what
                     to
                     do
                     with
                     the
                     Letter
                     than
                     the
                     Spirit
                     .
                     And
                     so
                     the
                     Roman
                     Catholicks
                     ,
                     and
                     those
                     that
                     sprung
                     from
                     them
                     ,
                     have
                     seen
                     the
                     dead
                     bodies
                     of
                     the
                     Scripture
                     lie
                     dead
                     1350
                     years
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     V.
                     10.
                  
                   
                   And
                   they
                   that
                   dwell
                   on
                   the
                   Earth
                   shall
                   rejoyce
                   over
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   make
                   merry
                   ,
                   and
                   shall
                   send
                   Gifts
                   one
                   to
                   another
                   ,
                   because
                   these
                   two
                   Prophets
                   tormented
                   them
                   that
                   dwelt
                   on
                   the
                   Earth
                   .
                
                 
                   They
                   rejoyced
                   over
                   the
                   Letter
                   of
                   the
                   Scriptures
                   ;
                   the
                   Spirit
                   and
                   Life
                   of
                   them
                   being
                   put
                   to
                   Death
                   .
                   And
                   now
                   they
                   looked
                   upon
                   themselves
                   as
                   very
                   sure
                   ,
                   because
                   there
                   were
                   none
                   left
                   upon
                   Earth
                   that
                   had
                   a
                   Commission
                   to
                   torment
                   them
                   .
                
              
               
               
                 
                   
                     V.
                     11.
                  
                   
                   And
                   after
                   three
                   days
                   and
                   a
                   half
                   ,
                   the
                   Spirit
                   of
                   Life
                   from
                   God
                   enter'd
                   into
                   them
                   ,
                   and
                   they
                   stood
                   upon
                   their
                   feet
                   ,
                   and
                   great
                   fear
                   fell
                   upon
                   them
                   which
                   saw
                   them
                   .
                
                 
                   
                     
                       The
                       Spirit
                    
                     ;
                     that
                     is
                     ,
                     the
                     Commission
                     of
                     the
                     Spirit
                     enter'd
                     into
                     the
                     Letter
                     of
                     the
                     Law
                     and
                     Gospel
                     ;
                     and
                     by
                     a
                     true
                     Interpretation
                     they
                     made
                     the
                     dead
                     Letter
                     stand
                     upon
                     its
                     feet
                     ,
                     and
                     that
                     kills
                     the
                     Spirit
                     of
                     Reason
                     with
                     Death
                     Eternal
                     ;
                     which
                     it
                     never
                     did
                     this
                     300
                     years
                     ,
                     till
                     the
                     year
                     1651.
                     
                  
                   
                     
                       Great
                       fear
                    
                     ;
                     so
                     as
                     to
                     convince
                     some
                     ,
                     and
                     make
                     them
                     silent
                     :
                     Others
                     were
                     filled
                     so
                     with
                     wrath
                     ,
                     as
                     to
                     be
                     damn'd
                     to
                     Eternity
                     ;
                     others
                     receiv'd
                     it
                     to
                     Eternal
                     Happiness
                     .
                  
                
              
               
                 
                   
                     V.
                     12.
                  
                   
                   And
                   they
                   heard
                   a
                   great
                   Voice
                   from
                   Heaven
                   ,
                   saying
                   unto
                   them
                   ,
                   Come
                   up
                   hither
                   .
                   And
                   they
                   ascended
                   up
                   to
                   Heaven
                   in
                   a
                   Cloud
                   ,
                   and
                   their
                   Enemies
                   beheld
                   them
                   .
                
                 
                   Of
                   this
                   Blank
                   .
                   Here
                   he
                   seems
                   to
                   be
                   at
                   a
                   loss
                   .
                
              
            
          
           
             
               I
               shall
               now
               draw
               all
               this
               together
               ,
               and
               the
               Sum
               of
               the
               whole
               is
               this
               .
            
             
               That
               
                 J.
                 Reeve
              
               and
               
                 L.
                 Muggleton
              
               are
               the
               two
               Witnesses
               ,
               the
               Olive
               Trees
               ,
               and
               Candlesticks
               spoken
               of
               in
               this
               Chapter
               .
               That
               these
               two
               were
               to
               prophesie
               1260
               days
               ,
               beginning
               in
               February
               ,
               1651.
               
               And
               had
               power
               to
               save
               and
               damn
               irrevocably
               to
               all
               Eternity
               ,
               &c.
               
               That
               upon
               declaring
               this
               Commission
               ,
               the
               Beast
               out
               of
               the
               Bottomless
               Pit
               ,
               that
               is
               ,
               the
               Ld.
               Mayor
               Fowk
               ,
               the
               Recorder
               ,
               and
               Jury
               ,
               out
               of
               the
               Pit
               of
               their
               Imagination
               ,
               made
               War
               against
               these
               two
               aforesaid
               Witnesses
               ,
               1653.
               and
               killed
               them
               ;
               that
               is
               ,
               the
               Letter
               of
               the
               Scripture
               .
               And
               their
               dead
               Bodies
               ,
               which
               is
               the
               Letter
               of
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               lay
               dead
               in
               the
               streets
               of
               the
               hearts
               of
               Men.
               And
               the
               People
               and
               Kindred
               saw
               the
               dead
               Letter
               of
               the
               Scripture
               lie
               dead
               three
               days
               and
               a
               half
               ,
               or
               1350
               years
               ,
               and
               rejoyced
               at
               it
               .
               But
               at
               the
               end
               of
               the
               1350
               years
               ,
               in
               which
               the
               Bodies
               of
               the
               Witnesses
               ,
               or
               the
               Letter
               of
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               had
               lay
               dead
               ,
               the
               Spirit
               entered
               into
               them
               ,
               by
               the
               Commission
               given
               to
               
                 J.
                 Reeve
              
               and
               
                 L.
                 Muggleton
              
               ,
               
               1651.
               
               And
               so
               the
               Bodies
               of
               the
               Witnesses
               ,
               or
               Letter
               of
               the
               Scripture
               ,
               stood
               up
               again
               .
            
             
               And
               it
               should
               have
               been
               added
               ,
               That
               the
               Witnesses
               ascended
               up
               into
               Heaven
               in
               a
               Cloud
               ,
               and
               their
               Enemies
               beheld
               them
               .
               But
               soft
               —
               for
               
                 J.
                 Reeve
              
               has
               been
               long
               dead
               .
            
             
               Now
               reconcile
               all
               this
               who
               can
               ?
            
             
               For
               ,
               1.
               
               He
               saith
               that
               they
               two
               are
               the
               two
               Witnesses
               ,
               and
               yet
               the
               Bodies
               of
               those
               two
               Witnesses
               are
               the
               Letter
               of
               the
               Scripture
               .
            
             
               2.
               
               If
               the
               Letter
               of
               the
               Scripture
               is
               the
               Body
               of
               the
               Witnesses
               ,
               and
               that
               lay
               slain
               1300
               years
               before
               these
               two
               say
               ,
               they
               receiv'd
               their
               Commission
               ;
               then
               the
               Bodies
               of
               them
               were
               slain
               before
               ,
               and
               1300
               years
               before
               ,
               these
               two
               Witnesses
               were
               in
               being
               .
            
             
               3.
               
               He
               saith
               ,
               The
               body
               of
               the
               Witnesses
               ,
               or
               Letter
               ,
               was
               slain
               1300
               years
               before
               ;
               and
               yet
               makes
               it
               slain
               again
               by
               the
               Ld.
               Mayor
               .
               And
               if
               it
               was
               slain
               in
               his
               time
               ,
               then
               the
               three
               days
               and
               a
               half
               was
               to
               begin
               after
               his
               time
               ,
               and
               a
               new
               1350
               years
               was
               to
               follow
               .
            
             
               4.
               
               Observe
               ,
               That
               in
               the
               Revelation
               ,
               the
               two
               Witnesses
               had
               their
               Commission
               before
               the
               Bodies
               were
               slain
               :
               but
               if
               the
               Bodies
               of
               the
               Witnesses
               is
               the
               Letter
               of
               Scripture
               ,
               and
               was
               slain
               1350
               years
               ago
               ;
               then
               they
               were
               slain
               so
               long
               before
               these
               had
               their
               Commission
               ,
               which
               was
               not
               till
               1651.
               
            
             
               It
               's
               plain
               ,
               this
               Shifter
               knows
               not
               where
               to
               fix
               .
               He
               would
               fain
               ,
               like
               
                 Simon
                 Magus
              
               ,
               be
               accounted
               some
               great
               One
               ,
               and
               he
               and
               his
               Partner
               would
               set
               up
               for
               Broachers
               of
               New
               Doctrines
               ,
               how
               sordid
               and
               contradictious
               soever
               ;
               but
               he
               wants
               the
               skill
               to
               patch
               things
               cleverly
               together
               ;
               they
               are
               at
               the
               best
               but
               tatters
               ,
               and
               can
               never
               be
               brought
               into
               one
               intire
               piece
               .
               And
               this
               Exposition
               of
               his
               is
               so
               sorry
               and
               pitiful
               an
               attempt
               ,
               that
               he
               might
               as
               well
               have
               undertaken
               to
               have
               proved
               himself
               and
               Reeve
               to
               be
               the
               two
               great
               Lights
               in
               the
               Heavens
               ;
               and
               to
               as
               good
               purpose
               have
               in
               like
               manner
               wrote
               an
               Exposition
               on
               the
               first
               Chapter
               of
               Genesis
               .
            
             
               To
               conclude
               ,
               If
               confusion
               and
               self-contradiction
               ,
               may
               pass
               for
               Exposition
               ;
               if
               confidence
               and
               self-assuming
               may
               pass
               for
               Inspiration
               ;
               if
               nonsence
               and
               obscurity
               may
               pass
               for
               Illumination
               ;
               if
               cursing
               and
               damning
               others
               may
               pass
               for
               Charity
               ;
               if
               Blasphemy
               may
               pass
               for
               Religion
               ;
               then
               these
               two
               may
               be
               allowed
               to
               be
               what
               they
               pretend
               .
               But
               if
               these
               things
               will
               not
               pass
               among
               Mankind
               ;
               then
               they
               will
               no
               more
               be
               Prophets
               and
               Witnesses
               from
               God
               ,
               than
               they
               will
               ascend
               into
               Heaven
               in
               a
               Cloud
               ,
               in
               the
               sight
               of
               their
               Enemies
            
             
               FINIS
               .
            
             
          
        
      
    
     
       
         Notes, typically marginal, from the original text
         
           Notes for div A66428-e90
           
             See
             Letter
             to
             Ld.
             Mayor
             ,
             and
             the
             Remonstr
             .
          
        
         
           Notes for div A66428-e470
           
             Remonst
             .
             p.
             4.
             
             Transcend
             .
             Spir.
             Treat
             .
             p.
             
               6
               ,
               7.
            
             
          
           
             True
             Interpret
             .
             of
             Revelat.
             ch
             .
             75.
             n.
             
               3.
               5.
            
             
          
           
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             Ch.
             22.
             n.
             15.
             
          
           
             Ch.
             27.
             n.
             38.
             
          
           
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             60.
             n.
             36.
             
          
           
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             60.
             n.
             37.
             
          
           
             n.
             38.
             
          
           
             n.
             39.
             
          
           
             p.
             112
             n.
             46.
             
          
           
             Joyful
             News
             ,
             p.
             49.
             
          
           
             See
             Transcendent
             Spir.
             Treatise
             ,
             §.
             1.
             p.
             
               4.
               5.
            
             
             Quakers
             neck
             .
             p.
             67.
             
          
           
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             111.
             n.
             43.
             
          
           
             Revelat.
             p.
             40.
             n.
             21.
             
          
           
             
               Look
               .
               glass
            
             .
             1
             
               Epist
               .
               and
               p.
            
             112.
             117.
             168.
             n.
             8.
             169.
             n.
             15.
             195.
             n.
             34.
             197.
             
             n
             34.
             
          
           
             2
             Peter
             2.
             17
             ,
             18
             ,
             19.
             
          
           
             Remonst
             .
             p.
             
               9
               ,
               11
               ,
               12.
            
             
             Transcend
             .
             p.
             
               3
               ,
               6
               ,
               8
               ,
               9
               ,
               41.
               
            
             Letter
             to
             Ld.
             Mayor
             ,
             p.
             3.
             
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             42.
             n.
             10.
             
          
           
             Transcendent
             .
             p.
             41.
             
             Revelat.
             p.
             158.
             ch
             .
             77.
             n.
             1.
             
             Muggleton's
             Epist
             .
             to
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             3.
             
          
           
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             111.
             n.
             
               43.
               167.
            
             n.
             
               1
               ,
               2.
            
             
             Transc
             .
             p.
             7.
             
          
           
             
               Revel
               .
               p.
            
             156.
             n.
             2
             ,
             3.
             p.
             157.
             n.
             1
             ,
             2
             ,
             4.
             158.
             n.
             3
             ,
             4
             ,
             5.
             
             
               Look
               .
               glass
               .
               p.
            
             168.
             n.
             11
             ,
             12.
             171.
             n.
             33.
             
          
           
             Transcend
             .
             p.
             7.
             
          
           
             Transcendent
             .
             p.
             41.
             
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             92.
             p.
             93.
             n.
             
               25.
               99.
            
             n.
             37.
             
          
           
             Transcend
             .
             p.
             7.
             
          
           
             Remonstr
             .
             p.
             4.
             
          
           
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             99.
             n.
             
               37
               ,
               38.
            
             
          
           
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             99.
             n.
             ,
             6.
             
          
           
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             14.
             n.
             29.
             
          
           
             Revelat.
             p.
             143.
             n.
             11.
             
          
           
             
               Revelat.
               chap.
            
             60.
             n.
             8.
             15.
             19.
             
          
           
             Epist
             .
             prefixed
             to
             it
             .
          
           
             
               See
               p.
            
             76.
             n.
             2
             ,
             4.
             p
             92.
             n.
             21.
             p.
             108.
             n.
             3.
             
          
           
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             98.
             n.
             31.
             
             Transc
             .
             p.
             6.
             p.
             18.
             
          
           
             Title
             page
             to
             the
             Looking-glass
             .
          
           
             
               Transc
               .
               p.
            
             4
             ,
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             &
             41.
             
             
               Look
               .
               glass
               .
               p.
            
             158.
             n.
             24.
             186.
             n.
             33.
             
             
               Revelat.
               p.
            
             162.
             n.
             4.
             
          
           
             Joyful
             News
             .
             p.
             51.
             
          
           
             Transcend
             p.
             9.
             
          
           
             Joyful
             News
             .
             p.
             
               40
               ,
               43.
            
             
          
           
             
             Muggleton's
             Epist
             .
             to
             Look
             .
             Glass
             .
          
           
             Look
             glass
             .
             ,
             p
             185.
             n.
             26
             ,
             &c.
             
          
           
             Remonstr
             .
             p.
             7.
             
          
           
             Transc
             .
             p.
             14.
             
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             c.
             18.
             n.
             
               9
               ,
               10.
            
             
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             195.
             n.
             34.
             
          
           
             Transcend
             .
             ibid.
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             79.
             n.
             
               25
               ,
               31.
            
             p.
             49.
             n.
             
               13
               ,
               14.
            
             
          
           
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             12.
             n.
             
               11.
               81.
            
             n.
             14.
             
          
           
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             36.
             c.
             9.
             
             Rev.
             p.
             164.
             n
             4.
             
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             2.
             n.
             10.
             
          
           
             
               Transcend
               p.
            
             2.
             11
             ,
             23
             ,
             26
             ,
             28
             ,
             29.
             
             
               Letter
               to
               Ld.
               Mayor
               .
               p.
            
             23.
             
          
           
             Transc
             .
             p.
             41.
             
             Gen.
             Epist
             p.
             5.
             
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             64.
             n.
             27.
             
          
           
             a
             Trans
             .
             p.
             31.
             
          
           
             b
             p.
             35.
             
          
           
             c
             p.
             36.
             
          
           
             d
             Revel
             .
             ch
             .
             60.
             n.
             10.
             
          
           
             e
             Trans
             p.
             35.
             
          
           
             f
             p.
             36.
             31.
             
          
           
             g
             
               Revel
               .
               ch
            
             .
             59
             n.
             3.
             5.
             
          
           
             h
             Trans
             .
             p.
             31.
             
             Revel
             .
             ch
             .
             60.
             n.
             4.
             
          
           
             i
             Trans
             .
             p.
             37.
             
          
           
             k
             p.
             38.
             
          
           
             l
             p.
             35
             ,
             &c.
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             96.
             n.
             18.
             
          
           
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             9.
             n.
             3.
             
          
           
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             8.
             n.
             8.
             p.
             130.
             n.
             4.
             
          
           
             Quakers
             neck
             .
             n.
             14.
             
             Transc
             .
             p.
             21.
             
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             130
             n.
             
               5.
               134.
            
             n.
             
               26.
               153.
            
             n.
             15.
             
          
           
             Transc
             .
             p.
             21.
             
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             154.
             n.
             
               22
               ,
               23
            
             ,
             &c.
             p.
             156.
             n.
             34
             ,
             &c.
             n.
             44.
             
          
           
             Trans
             .
             p.
             25.
             
             Remonstr
             .
             p.
             8
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             147.
             n.
             
               21.
               27
               148
            
             n.
             31.
             
          
           
             Trans
             .
             p.
             
               50.
               54.
            
             
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             
               100
               ,
               101.
            
             
          
           
             
               Joyful
               News
               .
               p.
            
             10
             ,
             12
             ,
             13.
             
             
               Look
               .
               glass
               .
               ch
            
             .
             30.
             n.
             25
             p.
             126.
             n.
             15.
             128.
             n.
             30
             ,
             31.
             
             
               Look
               .
               glass
               .
               p.
            
             5
             ,
             6
             ,
             28
             ,
             29.
             
          
           
             John
             1.
             14
             ,
             18.
             
             John
             5.
             37.
             14.
             6.
             1
             
             John
             2.
             1.
             
             John
             14.
             28.
             
          
           
             John
             5.
             22.
             1
             
             Cor.
             15.
             24.
             
             John
             5.
             18.
             
          
           
             Look
             .
             glass
             p.
             158
             n.
             5●
             .
          
           
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             42.
             n.
             11.
             
          
           
             Transcendent
             .
             Spir.
             Treat
             .
             Remonstr
             .
             p.
             5.
             
          
           
             Remonstr
             .
             p.
             6.
             
          
           
             Transcend
             .
             p.
             6.
             
             Look
             .
             plass
             .
             p.
             
               194.
               28.
            
             
             Ibid.
             p.
             198.
             n.
             15.
             
          
           
             Revelat.
             c.
             59.
             
          
           
             Revelat.
             ch
             .
             9.
             n.
             8.
             
          
           
             
               Revel
               .
               ch
            
             .
             63.
             5.
             
          
           
             See
             pag.
             20.
             
          
           
             Revelat.
             ch
             .
             53.
             n.
             4.
             
          
           
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             41.
             n.
             2.
             
          
           
             Look
             .
             glass
             .
             p.
             33.
             n.
             
               50
               ,
               58.
            
             
          
           
             Ibid.
             p.
             34.
             n.
             59.
             
          
           
             
               Ibid.
               p.
            
             31.
             n.
             34
             ,
             35.
             
          
           
             
               Ibid.
               p.
            
             31
             ,
             32
             ,
             33.
             
          
           
             Interpret
             .
             of
             the
             Revelat.
             c.
             79.
             n.
             1.
             c.
             82.
             n.
             7.
             
          
        
      
    
  

