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of the Apostles knew very well, and they preached this Chrift that was in the World, but the World knew him not, therefore they perfecuted him, and flew him, and would flay him again if he were in this World now, fo John knew well enough; therefore he teftified that Chrift was in the World in his own Perfon, but the wicked World put him to Death, because they knew him not; but he is not in the World now, for he is afcended For John knew if Chrift had been in the World in his Perfon at that Time, they would have done unto him as they did before; and because Chrift was not in the World in his Person in the Apoftles Time, therefore the World perfecuted them, and put them to Death for witneffing that Chrift was in the World, and they with wicked Hands had flain the Lord of Life, even Chrift Jefus, the only God, the King of Heaven.

So that John and I am both of one Mind, and of one Faith, that though Chrift, the only God and King of Heaven, was in this World before he suffered Death, this John the Apostle and I both do believe and know; but fince Chrift rose from the Dead, and ascended up to Heaven, John and I do believe and know, that Chrift, the only God and King of Heaven, is not in this World at all in his Person and Effence, yet Fox calls this Lies But the Reader may fee, if he hath any Light, who it is that lies, Fox or I.

Alfo he faith, The true Prophet faith, God, the King of Heaven fills Heaven and Earth; but, faith he, the false Prophet faith, God the King of Heaven is not in this World at all.

It is a fmall Thing to be called a falfe Prophet by the Seed of the Serpent, especially by a damned Devil; for I know Fox would have faid fo by thofe Prophets he calls true, had he lived in that Time, and this John and Chrift he fo much talks of, would have been counted all falfe: A falfe Christ, a false Witness, what will any Quaker believe that be a Christ, a Saviour, that comes in Likeness of Man, nay, is a Man, Sin excepted? No, no, we will have a Chrift that is a Spirit, that may creep into our Spirits when he will, and whip out again when we commit Sin, and displease his Spirit, fuch a Chrift we own, that hath never a Body of his own, but is all Spirit, that fills every Quaker's Body with his Spirit, and Heaven and

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Earth alfo. What, will you perfwade us to believe that Christ is a Man, Chrift is God, and admits of no Form, fo thou John art a false Witness, to perfuade us to believe in a Man to be Christ, or God the Saviour of the World; this I know would Fox and the rest of the Quakers have said, by those he calls now true Prophets, they being dead, and by Chrift and the Apostles, as he doth by me.

For when they were alive on Earth as I am now, they were counted by the Seed of the Serpent, fuch as Fox is, Blafphemers, Deceivers, Liars, and fuch like; but now who fo zealous for the dead Letter of the Prophets, and Apostles; as the Seed of the Serpent are; but when they were alive, they were hated and perfecuted for speaking that which the Seed of the Serpent doth now honour; fo is it with me now I am alive, I am hated and perfecuted by the Seed of the Serpent, as well by Quakers as others, for my Doctrine and Commiffion now while I am alive; but when I am dead, many of the Seed of the Serpent in the next Generation fhall have refpect unto my Writings, and shall say, had we lived in thofe Days that Fox and other Quakers lived in, we would never have blafphemed and fpoken Evil of fo pure a Truth as Fox the Quaker hath done, to incur eternal Damnation upon our own Heads, as Fox the Quaker their Father hath done: Thefe Things will come to pafs, as it hath done in the other two Commiffions, namely, the Law and the Gospel.

Page 22. Muggleton faith, the Quakers hearken to the Light within, but they defpife the Body and Perfon of Christ without them, and fo they are Antichrift.

20. To this Fox faith, Here are more Lies of the falfe Prophet; for, faith he, Chrift, that died at Jerufalem, bis Perfon we own without us, who is manifeft within us, the Light of Chrift Jefus, by which we have feen of bis Glory, and fpeak in bis Perfon. And Fox faith, Solomon's Books in the Bible are good Scripture, thou Muggleton faith they be not Scripture, he being not in the Spirit of Solomon, that gave them forth.

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CHA P. XXVI.

How Men cannot worship God in Spirit and Truth, without Bodies; and bow Muggleton never was in the Spirit of Solomon, nor never shall be.

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ERE Fox hath fhewed his allegorical Juggle, who dares not deny the Perfon of Chrift without them, not in plain Terms, because the Scriptures are fo full to prove Christ a Perfon, and it is the Faith of all Christendom, as we call it; but any Man that hath any true Light in him, may see that Fox is a meer Juggler, to deceive the Simple and Ignorant, whofe Doctrine makes the People more dark in their Minds, than they were by Nature.

For, faith Fox, we Quakers own the Perfon of Chrift without us, who is manifest within us. There is fuch a great Stir with God's Meffengers to part Chrift's Perfon or Body from the Quakers, and their Bodies from him, that Chrift's Body might ftand fingle of itself, and the Quakers Bodies_might ftand fingle of themselves, at a Distance from Chrift's Body; but the Quakers will either get into Chrift's Body, or elfe Christ must get into the Quakers Bodies, fo that no Man can tell how to part them one from another; but I know Death will part them: And Chrift will fay to Fox and other Quakers, Depart from me you workers of Iniquity; you pretended that you were my Saints, and that I was in you, and you in me, but I know you not; neither did I fend you to preach, for I never was in you by my Spirit to affift you in your preaching; you should have let preaching and praying in my Name alone, for you have done more Hurt than Good, in that your Doctrine hath blinded the Eyes of many People, and have led them as Sheep to the Slaughter, and hath caufed many to fuffer extremely in this Life, even to the Lofs of their natural Life, befides the Punishment hereafter.

For you should have hearkened to my chofen Witneffes and Prophets, who can declare the true Chrift, God and Man, in one fingle Perfon, in the Form of a Man, with the right Devil, his Form and Nature; but your Non-knowledge of the right

Devil is the Caufe of your grofs Darkness in the Knowledge of the true Christ.

What are you Quakers the better for your Chrift within you? He yields you no true Peace: And what are you the better for being in Chrift? For the true Chrift denies you, and will not be in you by his Spirit, neither will he fuffer you to be in him, because you and a great Part of you Quakers are of the reprobate Seed, which have no Part nor Portion in the true Chrift; for you are, and the Quakers People, but the Devil transformed into the Likeness of an Angel of Light, because you are fomething more precife in your Life as to outward Appearance, but your Precifenefs is very much broken and withered of late Years; your Darkness and Ignorance is difcovered by the Light of this Commiffion of the Spirit; for you are not like the People you were formerly, neither doth your Wichcraft-fits catch any now as it did heretofore. Your Witchchraft-fits can hardly be produced now of late not in any. I marvel how you Quakers can have Chrift's Perfon manifest in you, and how you can speak in his Perfon!

Let the Reader mind the Quakers Cheat, they own Chrift's Perfon without them, yet this Perfon of Chrift without them is manifeft within them. See the Deceit of this Fox! I have read of Chrift manifeft in his Saints and Apoftles, by his Spirit or Seed of Faith, but I never read that Chrift's Perfon, Flesh and Bone, was ever manifeft within any Man, that was always without Man, and will be without Man for ever, diftinct of himself.

Alfo Fox faith, the Quakers speak in Christ's Perfon. Here is another allegorical Speech without any Diftinction. I have heard that an Ambaffador hath reprefented the Perfon of a King, and his Speech, by Vertue of a Commiffion from the King. is in the King's Stead; but the Ambaffador is not in the King's Perfon, though he reprefents the King's Perfon; the King's Perfon is at a great Distance from his Messenger.

So it is with Chrift's Ambaffadors, as Paul faith, We are Ambaffadors in Chrift's Stead, beseeching you to be reconciled unto Chrift by our Doctrine. Now Paul's Perfon and Chrift's Perfon were at a great Distance one from the other; for Chrift's Perfon was in Heaven above the Stars, and Paul's Perfon was

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here upon Earth; fo that Paul did not fpeak in the Person of Chrift, that being at fuch a Distance, as I faid before; but Paul and the Reft from the Apostles, by Vertue of their Commission given from Chrift, were Ambaffadors of him, and fo ftood in Chrift's Stead; but Chrift's Perfon was far enough off from them, as a King's Perfon is far off when his Ambaffador is in a strange Land, who reprefents the King's Perfon, as aforefaid.

But the Quakers they will get into Chrift's Perfon, and fpeak there, or elfe they will get Chrift's Perfon into them, and fo Christ must speak there in their Perfons; fo, as I faid before, the Quakers will not be feparated from Chrift, nor fuffer him to separate himself from them, though I know they never were in Union together, neither was Chrift ever in them that I have damned, nor never will be; neither were they ever in Chrift, nor never fhall be.

Neither doth Fox own indeed that Perfon of Chrift of Flesh and Bone that died at Jerufalem, to be now living in Heaven above the Stars, but Fox and the Quakers Chrift they fo much talk of, is a meer Allegory without Subftance, a Chrift that may be blown away with the Word of a true Prophet's Mouth, as I faid in The Neck of the Quaker's broken.

Alfo Fox faith, Solomon's Books are good Scripture, though I fay they are not, being not in the Spirit of Solomon that gave them forth.

Here I perceive that Fox and the Quakers are got into Solomon's Spirit, juft as they did get into Chrift's Perfon. I fee Fox can get into Spirits as he doth into Perfons; but I perceive Fox is got into Solomon's Spirit, and he blames me because I am not in Solomon's Spirit. I do feriously confess that I am not in Solomon's Spirit, And I am glad I never was in his Spirit; for whoever is in Solomon's Spirit, doth not know the true God, nor the right Devil; for Solomon knew neither of them, though he was a wife Man in Things of Nature, but ignorant of fpiritual and heavenly Wisdom; for Solomon's Wifdom hath the Ground work of much Luft of the Flesh and Idolatry; for the Ranters Practice was grounded upon Solomon's Practice, who knew fo many Women; fo the Ranters, thought they might have the fame Liberty, feeing wife Solomon's Writings were owned for Scripture-record; thus they

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