cerning them that brought in damnable heresies, and denied the Lord that bought them, he said 'they did but think the Lord had bought them, but they were not bought, but they thought they had been so.'

A. Here again with thy damnable doctrine, thou dost go about to make Peter and Jude liars, who speakest contrary to scripture, and pervertest their doctrine; and the words of Peter are thus, 'even denying the Lord that bought them.' 2 Pet. ii. 1. and the words of Jude iv. ' denying the only Lord God, and our Lord Jesus Christ.' And thou sayst the Lord had not bought them, but they thought he had bought them: wo and misery will be thy portion, that thou shouldst so wickedly pervert the apostles' doctrine and the scripture, Acts xiii. 10. and bring in such damnable and devilish doctrine, and speak such lies in hypocrisy, whose conscience is seared with a hot iron. 1 Tim. iv. It is time for people to turn away from you, who have so long deceived them.

P. Concerning these words of Ezekiel xviii. 28. 'If the righteous man turn away from his righteousness, his former righteousness shall be no more remembered;' and he said, 'the meaning of that scripturc was, they thought they had been righteous, but they were not, but supposed it had been so.'

A. Here in this thou art a minister of unrighteousness; thou goest about to make God a liar, and the prophets, and pervertest the scriptures; for if the righteous man forsakes his righteousness, and commits sin and iniquity, and trespasses, he shall die, and not live in the former righteousness; but if he forsake his sin, trespasses, and transgressions, in the righteousness that he hath done, and doth, he shall live; so God's ways are equal. Ezek. xviii. And thou sayst, they thought they had been righteous, but it was not so. And the Lord by the prophet saith it was so, that they should live in their righteousness, and should die if they departed from it, and transgressed: here thou art a diminisher from the prophets and apostles' words, whose name is diminished out of the book of life; read Rev. xxii. 19.

P. He denied that Christ died for all men, but for the elect.'

A. Contrary to John's doctrine, who saith, He is the propitiation for our sins, and not for our sins only, but for the sins of the whole world." 1 John ii. 2. And so it is the unbelievers that are shut out by not believing in the light that men are enlightened with, with which light they might see the one offering, who tasted death for every man, Heb. ii. 9. and which doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world, that all through him might believe. And they that believe not in the light are condemned, John iii. 18. but believing in the light, they shall come out of condemnation. And he is the saviour of all men, but especially of them that believe. 1 Tim. iv. 10. And 'the grace of God which brings salvation hath appeared to all men,' which was the saints' teach

er, Titus ii. 11, 12. and they that turn it into wantonness, shall be condemned by it, Jude iv. And they that heap up teachers, 2 Tim. iv. 3. after their own lusts, as they did that went out from the apostles' doctrine, before the apostles' decease, 1 John ii. 19. such have turned the grace of God that brings salvation into wantonness, and say it hath not appeared unto all men. And Christ Jesus doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world, that they might believe and walk after him, and saith, they that follow him shall not abide in darkness, but shall become the children of light, and have the light of life.' John viii. 12. Now they that hate the light say, it is not sufficient, it is not a saving light, but they shall find it sufficient to condemn them, and their unbelief, for not believing in it; for by believing in it, they come to have the light of life. John viii. 12. and John xii. 36.

P. He being asked who were hirelings, if they were not that did take hire? his answer was, they were hirelings that did not take hire, and to prove it, he brought that scripture in Philippians of them that preached Christ of envy and strife.'

A. Now all may see what doctrine he brings to pervert or wrest the scriptures, Philip. i. 15. to prove them hirelings that do not take hire! That in the Philippians doth not prove that they were hirelings, neither did they take hire, so that makes nothing for his purpose, though for this purpose he brings that scripture, but that his folly and darkness might appear, and be made manifest by the light, for his deeds are now come to it, who is unfit to talk of the scripture.

P. He said it was the clear mark of the devil to go up and down from place to place to preach as the Quakers do.'

A. Now here in this he may charge all the prophets, Christ, and his apostles, who went up and down from place to place, Heb. xi. that this is the mark of the devil; but this doth manifest and bring to light, and discover the Presbyterian priests of Scotland, who lie in dens and corners, and fat benefits, and there stick in the earth, and have crept into houses; who say it is the devil's mark to go up and down to preach, but in this they manifest themselves to be judged by the practice of Christ and his apostles, that their folly might appear unto all men. Luke ix. 5. 8. Heb. xi. The Presbyterian priests are turned like Ranters, who say, whatsoever man doth, God hath a hand in doing it, whether good or evil; if a man commit ever so much sin, and live ever so wickedly, he shall go to heaven if he be ordained there to come. How was God grieved when David sinned? the Lord was angry; the Lord was wroth when the children of Israel sinned against him; it grieved the Lord that he had made man, when all flesh had corrupted his way, Gen. vi. 6. and thou and you go about to make God the author of sin, and say God hath a hand in whatsoever a man doth herc. Again,

you and thou are in the doctrines of devils: what! shall we say that God is the author of sin? God forbid. Rom. vi. They that transgress the commandments of God, provoke him to anger, and though God created the evil, Isa. xlix. 7. yet his commandment was to man, that he should not go into it, Gen. ii. 17. Gen. iv. 7. Ezek. xviii. but when he did, he transgressed the command of God. So he who saith, if ye murder, God is the author of it; if ye persecute, God is the author of it; if ye do unrighteously, God is the author of it; you that murder, persecute, and do not righteously, are of him that kept not the command of God, of whom ye are, John xliv. that would persecute and murder. Thou art gone out of the command of God, and joined with the devil, 1 John iii. 8. that went out of the truth. The devil went out of his estate, and the woman hearkened to him, and went out of her estate, and man hearkened to the woman. Gen. iii. The Jews went out of their state, when they persecuted, Matt. xxvii. 25. Cain went out of his state when he murdered, and Balaam went out of his state when he coveted the wages of unrighteousness. Gen. iv. The christians went out of their estate, since the days of persecution, and admired men's persons. Numb. xxii. Jude xi. Core went out of his state when he gainsaid the truth. Numb. xvi. Jude xi. The false prophet, and antichrist, which is the beast, and the mother of harlots, went forth from the state of the apostles, 1 John ii. 19. which hath been since the days of the apostles. And so all wars, and fightings, and adversaries, arise from being out of the truth, James iv. there is pride, and Lucifer. Isa. xiv. and that is it, that is of old ordained to condemnation, Jude iv. and to be kept down and to be condemned everlastingly, and there the time shall be witnessed when it shall be fit for the fire, and death and hell, and the false prophet, and the dragon, and the serpent, cast into it. Rev. xx. 14. But the leaven is known that leavens into the new lump, 1 Cor. v. 7. the everlasting fire that burns for ever, Mark ix. 46. How have the professions, forms, and religions, fallen from, and lost the state that Christ was in, the prophets were in, Abraham was in, David was in, Moses and the apostles were in: and remain in a form of their words, 2 Tim. iii. 5. and murder them that enjoy their life, and persecute them. The devil abode not in the truth. John viii. 44. Adam and Eve abode not in the truth, but transgressed. Gen. iii. Cain abode not in the truth when he murdered Abel. Gen. iv. The Jews abode not in the truth, but crucified the just. James v. 6. Antichrist, and the false prophets, since the days of the apostles, and the beast, abode not in the truth, - 1 John ii. 19. that made war against the saints. Rev. xiii. And here are the murderers, the envious, the persecutors, and fighters, whose sacrifice God never accepted, Gen. iv. 5. in all ages: and these are they that persecuted those that were in the truth, whose sacrifice God VOL. III.

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accepted. To the witness for God in you all, I speak; that you may see your fall from the truth, out of the prophets' life, Christ's life, and the apostles' life; so'you are out of the commands, and fallen from God, and then say that none can keep the commandments, that is the word that shall stand for ever; for ye are they that love not God, John xiv. 13. 1 John ii. 4. but are of the beast and false prophet that make war against them that keep the commands of God, Rev. xxii. 11. So that he who saith, none can keep the commandments, is fallen out of the truth, and the commandments of God. 1 John ii. 4. John viii. 44. And to him the truth is death, and the commands of God, in which the saints live, to whom the commandments are not grievous. 1 John v. 3.

Thos. Garwine, priest of Edenborough, his doctrine and principles.

P. That the child that is not sprinkled with outward water, is in a damnable state, and worse than an infidel.'

A. Now here he and the rest of the Presbyterian priests of Scotland may say, Abraham was in a damnable state, Isaac was in a damnable state, Jacob was in a damnable state, and Joseph was in a damnable state, and David was in a damnable state, and John the Baptist was in a damnable state, who were not sprinkled by a priest with outward water, nor named by the priest; but thou and you, with your traditions, say a child is in a damnable state, if ye do not sprinkle it with water. And the apostle bids them not look at the things that are seen. And you are in the damnable state, and the damnable doctrine, and are teachers of lies; and many simple people have been deceived by you and given over to believe you, but God is taking the veil off their hearts that you begin to be seen: and their salvation they shall know, stands not in elements, as though you, by your sprinkling infants with outward water, could bring out of the damnable state; O! ye deceivers ! did not the apostle say, they that were circumcised, Christ profited them nothing? Gal. v. 2. Ye have long deceived people with your beggarly rudiments, and elements, and doctrines, and traditions, Col. ii. hatched up at schools, and never commanded by God; and say, if people will not observe your traditions, or your elements, which you call (a Popish word) sacraments, which are perishing, they not observing them are in a damnable state, and worse than the heathen and infidels. An infidel is a heathen, one that knows not God; but your generation say it is blasphemy to say any have known God, or have seen God, or spoken to God. So you yourselves have concluded to be heathen: the heathen know not God: the heathen observe traditions; and they that know God cannot observe the traditions of the heathen: but obey the apostles' doctrine, and touch not, taste not, and handle not the traditions of men and ordinances which will perish, so are not saving. So they that observe

not traditions are not worse than heathen: but they that observe traditions are as the heathens, and are out of the apostles' doctrine, in their own traditions and rudiments, and are offended at those that will not touch them. Robert Semple, priest of Lesmahaga, came to George Weare, of Saffield, to reason with him, and he laid down these following things for his doctrine and principles: his first doctrine and principle was, to prove the lawfulness of being called of men master, standing praying in the synagogues, going in long robes; and he mentioned Ezra's pulpit of wood, upon which he stood, and read the law to the people; and for the rest he said nothing, for his mouth was stopped concerning these things, being found in the steps of the Pharisees, Matt. xxiii. We do grant that Ezra had a pulpit of wood, but you profess yourselves ministers of the gospel and Presbyterians, and are ye fain to run to Ezra in the law, for a pulpit? Now you have showed yourselves what you are, and brought your deeds to the light. But the priesthood was made by the law of God; so were you never. That priesthood is changed, and the law changed also by which it was made, and pulpit and tithes ended; and Christ the everlasting priesthood witnessed: so thou and you have proved yourselves no ministers of the gospel of Christ Jesus, the power of God, and the wisdom of God, the everlasting priesthood, who is the end of priests, pulpits, and tithes, that were true in their place. So you that have got up another pulpit, tithes, temple, like readers of the law, and not like ministers of the gospel, are separated from the apostles, and are in the delusion, and from Christ the everlasting priesthood, Heb. vii. and are those that Jude 19. and 2 Pet. ii. speak of. You are they that separate themselves, having not the spirit that they were in who witnessed against pulpit, tithes, and priesthood, and witnessed Christ the everlasting priesthood; which pulpit, tithes, and priesthood ye are crying up, and so are antichrist.

George Weare bade him prove his practice for sprinkling of infants, and whether or no they were not to believe before they were baptized. He said, the promise was to Abraham and his seed. George answered him, it was not to seeds, as to many, but to thy seed, which is Christ. Robert, the priest, said, 'That seed, Christ, was natural,' contrary to the apostle's doctrine, Gal. iii. 16. who said, Christ was the power of God, 1 Cor. i. 14, 15. and Christ the mystery, Col. i. 2. 7. The first man is of the earth, earthly, the second man is the Lord from heaven, heavenly, 1 Cor. xv. The spiritual man judgeth all things, 1 Cor. ii. 15. The seed of the woman bruiseth the serpent's head, Gen. iii. 15. And the promise is to the seed, and the seed is Christ the power of God. And Christ the seed is the spiritual man, and so not natural, but the priest said the seed is natural. Now let all see in this whether he be not given up to delusion to speak lies in hypocrisy, 1 Tim. iv. 1. to delude and deceive people for dishonest gain, Ezek. xxii. 13. Which seed, he