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9b98bdnsaw Tool991 awo yi bus 22 and of ongi ezory aid bowode died nos sud berlo died and not for, shingod tod overy of erodius blo Jods bas deindo baim od word ved binos yet teds bine to sottol on aias CHAP XXXII. ed ai now god sherlegbelwondeine wul dan drwgoed bed ontgir BUT whatsoever I have learned in spiritual things, and as to these six heads, it is from the University of Heaven, for I have been at school in the University of Heaven almost 22 years. And I saw three books in heaven, and they were given me all three to read in; and the first book I read in it was the book of the law of sin and death, which is the letter of the law of Moses, which is a killing letter, which saith, Thou shalt do no murder, Thou shalt not commit adultery Thou shalt not steal, and the rest, so that this book of the law was a book of death to those that committed these things and as I read a little further, I found this law of sin and death written in my own heart, and in the heart of every man; and I saw that all men in the world were under this law of sin and death, and that God had concluded all men by nature under this law; and inasmuch as no man could keep this law written in his heart perfectly, but break it either in thought, word, or deed, therefore it is that every man lieth under the judgment of this law written in his heart, therefore this book of the law that was give given for life, that whoever did do it should live in it, yet by reason no man oublow bu could keep it perfectly, it became the book of death in all men, which when I had read I was exceedingly troubled and perplexed in my mind what I should do to be saved then I turned myself to read in another book that was opened to me, even the book of conscience, and I read in this book to see if I had been guilty of any of those things in the book of the law in act, and I read in the book of my conscience, that I was not guilty of any actual breach of this law written

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in my heart, which was some ease to my mind, that if I were to suffer eternal death by this law, yet my torments would be the less, because I had committed no actual sin; yet see ing that both righteous and unrighteous were concluded under sin, and are by nature children of wrath, by the law of sin and death; and that when God did raise the dead at the last day, both small sinners and great sinners, and that they should be judged by these two books, viz. the book of the law written in man's heart, and the book of conscience, when they are opened at the last day."As in Rev. xx. 12′ And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened; and another book was opened, which is the book of life; and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the book, according to their works. "Then was l'exceedingly troubled what to do, and I read in the book of conscience again, saying, Hold fast thy integrity, and do not let it go, but as thou hast been righteous, keep thyself. righteous still; and a little while after this, there was given unto me the book of life to read in, and it was opened unto me by the revelation of the seed of God, the seed of faith in me; and I saw my name written in the book of life, that the second death should not have power over me, and that I should be judged out of the book of life in the resurrection, to wear a crown of life and glory to eternity; and I have read in the book of life above twenty years, and in the book of life I saw all those wonderful mysteries and revelations the prophets and apostles had concerning God being manifest in the flesh, and the devil being manifest in the flesh, of hell, of heaven, of angels, and their natures, and of the rise of the two seeds, and of the fall.''to del odt 2nd to buold and gasb you

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These things and many more have I read out of these three books in heaven, viz. the book of the law, the book of conscience, and the book of life; in these three books in heaven is contained the original and council of God in all things which he hath created, both in heaven above, and in the earth beneath, and of his secret decrees, which in a measure he did reveal unto the prophets and apostles of old, and inna measure Reeve and Muggleton hath learned out of those three

books aforesaid, the same knowledge as those that went before us; and when the book of the law was opened, I saw several of the Quaker's people, and more especially their ministers, were judged out of those things which were written in the book of the law and the hook of conscience, and they were judged out of these two books to suffer eternal death, why? because they made the light of the law written in their hearts to be very God, and inasmuch as their consciences condemns them for rebellion against this God, the law written in their hearts, they are judged out of those two books, that is, they are judged and condemned by their God the light of the law within them, and the conscience condemns them for rebellion against the light of the law within them, which is their God. Again, the ministry of the Quakers are led and guided by the spirit of anti-christ, that is, the spirit of reason the devil, transformed like unto an angel of light in these last times, that hath cloathed themselves with an outside righteousness, seemingly more pure than any saint, both in their words and apparel, no word must be placed out of joint; and as for apparel it must be plain, no ribbon, lace, nor gold button must be wore by them; and above all, be sure you keep your hat on before a magistrate, nay, put not your hat off before the king himself, and let not the women make any obeisance to the king himself, lest it be counted worshipping the king; this is some of the Quakers' outside righteousness, which seemeth to outstrip the righteousness of the prophets. apostles, and saints in their time; but as to the righteousness of faith which is the righteousness of God, the Quakers' people are the worst of all, for they deny that God was manifest in the flesh of Christ, they deny that Christ is God and man; they deny the blood of Christ to be of any value to redeem them that believe in it from eternal death; they deny and say the soul of Christ did not die; they deny that the same body of Christ, of flesh and bone, that was laid in the grave, that did rise again, they deny that the same body of flesh and bone, that suffered death, that rose again and ascended up to heaven, to be now a glorified body in heaven, in the form of man, as when he was upon earth; the deny the resurrection of a body, when Christ shall raise the dead at the last day ;

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