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Thomas Moor, in his book called, An Antidote,' &c. are these principles following.

P. HE saith, God doth not give the revelation of these things now immediately as he did by the first apostles, nor in such manner as he did to the prophets of old.' See his epistle.

A. All that have the scriptures, and are ministers, and not by the same power and spirit that the apostles were in, know not the scriptures; and all who are in it, are in the immediate, and in that which reveals, and in that which fathoms all the ministers of the letter, who say, 'God doth not give forth now immediately as he did to the prophets and apostles.' Since the days of the apostles, in the apostacy, such as have ravened inwardly from the spirit of God, the time of antichrist, beast, and false prophet's reign, and the mother of harlots, who have had the sheep's clothing, such immediate revelation hath been hid from them; and such should continue until the words of God were fulfilled, and the fulfilling of the prophets. But now is the fulfilling of the words of God, and that come into, which the prophets and apostles were in, with which that is seen and known, and him that hath been slain from the foundation of the world.”*

P. He saith, To look to the light within, is in opposition to looking at Jesus.' That 'the light in every man is natural. And if ye turn your eye inward, ye shall presently see their mover and teacher:' and this he calls foolish and antichristian.' And saith, that no man hath in him, as of him, that light, spirit, and wisdom in the inward parts.' See his epistle.

A. All upon the earth that ever come to the knowledge of the glory of God, come to the light in them, which doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world,' which light was before any natural lights were made or created; which light gives 'the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ Jesus;' and this is of him and from him. And all that are from this are in the foolishness, and are in the drunken spirit making drunk. And all that ever come into covenant with God, to have God's law written in their hearts, must come into the light which Christ Jesus hath enlightened them withal, which brings them into him who is the life, and into knowledge of Christ; and there they shall find their teacher within them.

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P. And he saith, To the law and to the testimony.'

A. Many may have the Old and New Testament, yet stand against the law and the testimony, and put the Old and New Testament for it: for the law is light,' saith Solomon. And the testimony of Jesus is the spirit of prophecy.' And many may have the scriptures, and stand VOL. III.

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against the light, and say prophecy is ceased, as the world doth now, who are inwardly ravened from the spirit of God; and despise prophecy, and so quench the spirit. And the light within doth not deny Jesus: none know him nor own him, but with the light that comes from him. And the Pharisees and the Jews were opposite to Christ that doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world; and were from that of God in their own particulars, their eyes closed, and their ears stopped, as you

are now.

P. He saith, Take away the word of the Lord as declared by the pen, and then what wisdom is in them.' Epist. He saith, 'If a believer should turn his eye into himself to look for counsel and direction, he may be led to walk in the flesh as other Gentiles in the vanities of their minds, and follow their abominations.'

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A. None upon the earth hear the counsel of God, or Christ's teaching, but they who are come to the spirit of God within, and to the light within: and all people upon the earth, that are led from the vanities of their minds, and from walking in the flesh, are come to the spirit within, and led with it; which all the Jews and Gentiles were astray from, while they walked after the vanities of their minds,' and then crucified the just. And none hear the counsel of God, nor come into the faith of Jesus, nor the grace of God that brings their salvation,' but they come to feel it within, the grace in their hearts, and the word in their hearts, and the faith in their hearts; there is that which purifies. And all that be from the light and spirit of God within them are in the vanity of of their own minds, in the flesh, out of the counsel of God, and the wisdom of God, which the saints had and were in before the scripture was penned or printed. And the wisdom of God is Christ Jesus. They that had the scriptures stood against the light that doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world,' as all you do now, and never come into it; but as ye come into it, that doth enlighten every man, &c. ye come into the wisdom of God; and none come out of sin and evil, but who come into that: and that is not opposite to the scriptures without, but owns them given forth from the life in the wisdom of God.

P. He calls perfection a devilish doctrine.' That the scripture is the absolute rule and medium of our faith,' page 2. And Timothy did not receive his furniture and service of the gospel immediately from the person of Christ.' And he saith, 'If I had seen Christ as Paul did, I might have received the word in the same manner, immediately from the person of Christ.'

A. Timothy had faith and the gift of God, and Christ is the author of faith, and so that is received immediately, whereby he was, ' made wise unto salvation through faith,' with which he knew scripture, and so by that he was furnished. And we do believe thee, and you all, that

ye have not seen Christ, as Paul and the apostles did: so ye are out of the faith, and show he is not in you, neither do ye sit with him in heavenly places. Whoever receives faith from Christ, or knows Christ the power, knows immediately; wherefore thou hast shown thyself a reprobate from God, and under the judgment of it thou art come. And the apostle preached perfection; and Christ bid them be perfect, as their heavenly Father is perfect;' and the saints were to grow to perfection: and the work of the ministry was for the perfecting of the saints, till they all came unto a perfect man, to the measure of the stature of the fulness of Christ.' And thou in this hast denied the work of the ministry, that callest the doctrine of perfection a devilish doctrine.' And the scripture is not the author, nor the means of it, nor the rule, but Christ who gives it, and he increaseth it; and faith was before scripture was given forth. And all they that gave forth scripture had faith from God, and they are able to make wise unto salvation through the faith which is in Christ Jesus.' But those that have the scripture, and deny the light that doth enlighten every man, &c. and hate it, have not faith, as the Pharisees had not; and so are such as the apostle spoke of who were 'reprobate concerning the faith,' before his decease, that had got the form of godliness,' as those that say, 'the scripture is the medium of faith, and absolute rule;' but that which rules it, and increaseth it, is Christ.

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P. He saith, Christ's grace brings salvation, but not by any such light or power dwelling in them,' page 6.

A. The grace of God which brings salvation, that teacheth the saints, is in the heart, and stablisheth it. That which brings salvation and is their teacher, dwells within them; which brings them to say, 'this is the Lord whom I have waited for,' where the everlasting life runs, and flows.

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P. He saith, Such as cause divisions are to be marked, that serve not the Lord Jesus Christ, but their own bellies, their lust, will, or light within them,' page 12.

A. The light which doth enlighten every man, &c. Christ Jesus the second Adam, leadeth men from their lusts and wills, and from serving their own bellies, to serve the Lord Jesus Christ from whence it comes, for such as serve their own bellies are out of the light, in transgression, in the first Adam, in their own lusts and wills, where thou art, among the apostates in the deceivableness, the mystery of iniquity, which the apostle saw was coming in, which since the days of the apostles hath reigned; but now with the light is discovered and made manifest. And such as have served their bellies, and serve their bellies, which the apostles saw coming in before their decease, are now manifest to be such as deny the light that doth enlighten every man that cometh into the

world,' which is the salvation to the ends of the earth.' Are they not for their own bellies,' casting into prisons, and haling before courts such as will not put into their mouths, that they do no work for? And these cause divisions among all people. Do not these serve their bellies? and are not people come to mark them, what a division they have set among people? yea, persecuting and prisoning for tithes and maintenance, and haling before judges and justices, by writs into courts, and at assizes and sessions? Do not these that make all this division, serve their bellies, and not Christ? They deny the light which doth enlighten every man, &c. and so deny Christ, the Lord that bought them.' But the light that every man hath that cometh into the world, the light that shines in the heart, gives the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ Jesus,' and brings all off from serving their bellies, and leads out of the lusts in the fall, which came by Adam in the transgression.

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P. He saith, To speak of the word of God immediately, and that which I speak I speak it immediately. I am strengthened against that, and admonished by God to hold fast the form of sound words. And that which is able to make men wise unto salvation through faith. And Timothy was to stir up the gift of God that was in him mediately, by the putting on of the hands, and not neglect the gift that was in him. And God hath published his last dispensation, and nothing more to be added or altered,' page 15.

A. If thou art strengthened by God against speaking his word immediately; or if thou speaks not immediately, thou being strengthened by God against this, (as thou sayst,) in this thou shows thou never knew him. Whoever is strengthened of God, it is by his power, and that is immediate; whoever speaks his word that lives and endures for ever, it is immediate. In this thou, and you all, have showed yourselves to be ministers of the letter, and not of the word of God, which is immediate, which lives, and abides, and endures for ever, and is immortal and fades not away;' and this thou and you speak not immediately, and therefore have ye indeed put the letter for it, that are strayed from the word of God in your hearts, not born again of the immortal seed, the word of God. And whosoever stirs up the gift of God in him, it is immediate, and by the immediate. And who ever holds fast the form of sound words, the scriptures, is made wise unto salvation by them through the faith, he is in the immediate gift of God. And the gift which brought Timothy, by laying on of the hands of the presbytery, to see and divide the word aright, and kept him out of partiality, was immediate, and it was the immediate word of God that he was to preach in season and out of season. And, since the days of the apostles, from this have you all been apostatized,

and asleep in the night of apostacy in the great city; though there have been pipers among you, and sounding of the trumpets, and the voice of the bride, and the grinding of mills, and the light of candles. And the time is coming that Babylon shall fall, and become the habitation of devils, and the saints shall rejoice and sing over her, &c.

P. He saith, It is not properly and absolutely, in a full sense, that God is manifest, or glorified in the flesh of his saints,' page 29.

A. The saints are the temples of God, and God dwells in them, and walks in them; and they come to witness the flesh of Christ, and they glorify him in their souls and bodies, and the Lord is glorified in their bringing forth much fruit. And they witness the seed, the one offering for sin and transgression, to be manifest within; and such are not reprobates, that witness the one offering Christ Jesus; but they that have him not within, are reprobates.

P. He saith, The body is dead because of sin, yea, it is in itself but a wretched vile body,' page 30. 'And Christ is in, or among believers the hope of glory. And that person Christ, is personally absent from the believers. And we do not possess the glory of this glory Christ in us,' page 32.

A. I do believe you, that are not come to the light that 'doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world; ye do not possess the hope of glory in you, ye are absent from Christ, and do not feel him. But the saints in the light receive Christ the hope of glory, and so he is not absent from them; for they have unity with him and the Father, and know a change in them from glory to glory, and witness Christ in them as believers in the light, who walk not in darkness, but have the light of life. And where the body of sin is destroyed and put off, they glorify God in their souls, and bodies, and spirits which are the Lords, and those are not wretched.

P. He saith, Christ is absent from us while we are in the mortal body.'

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A. Contrary to the apostle who said, the life of Christ is manifest in their mortal flesh.'

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P. He saith, Christ is in heaven with a spiritual body.'

A. And priest Higginson said, he is in heaven with a carnal body. And thus ye are confused, and discerned, who are from the light, and can speak of the body of Christ by the letter, and tell where he rose by the letter, as the priests of old could tell Herod where he should be born; but Christ's body is glorified.

P. He saith,The first resurrection we desire not to account ourselves to have apprehended,' page 44. Such as magnify their belly to be some internal operation, making it with all deceivableness of un

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