be capable to bear thofe eternal Torments, and you shall remember you were told fo by a Prophet. Written by. LODOWICK MUGGLETON, One of the two laft Witnesses and Prophets unto the High, and Mighty God, the Man Chrift Jefus in Glory. I November 3. 1662. POSTSCRIPT. Have published your Letter to as many of the Believers of this Commiffion of the Spirit, as I have had Opportunity to meet with them; fo I do expect that you should read mine unto as many of the Quakers as you fhall have the like Opportunity. For Samuel Hooton and W. S. Let this be fent to Thomas Highfield at Nottingham, to be delivered to the abovesaid. A LETTER of Richard Farnesworth to Lodowick Muggleton.. Falfe Judgment reverfed and against testified, by Rich. Farnefworth, in Answer to Lodowick Muggleton. Lodowick Muggleton, TH HOU who pretends to have received a Commission by Voice of Words to the Hearing of the Ear, from a God without thee, to curfe Angels or Men to Eternity, and fayeft thou art the Winels of the Spirit, and, the last Witness that ever hall speak by Commiffion from God, whilft the World World endureth, and fayeft, God hath ordained thee the chief Judge in the World at this Day, to give Sentence upon Men and Women, spiritual and eternal, and what fhall become of them after Death; and in Obedience to thy pretended Commiffion, fayeft, thou haft already curfed and damned many hundreds of Souls and Bodies from the Prefence of God, elect Men and Angels, to Eternity, and that thou rejoiceft in the Condemnation of them, and art wondrous well fatisfied in giving Judgment upon them. Bywhich it appears, thou wouldst be both Judge, Accufer, and Witness thyself, to condemn without any right Order, and contrary to Truth, at thy Will and Pleasure, which is Antichriftian and very erroneous: But Error in Judgment ought to be undone, and holden for nothing, as thine is, who, notwithstanding thy pretended Commiffion, art discovered to be a falfe Prophet, and in Delufion, as is apparent and manifeft in feveral Particulars, in a Reply of mine to that of thine, bearing Date Auguft the 10th. 1662, written by thee in Answer to Edward Bourne to Dorothy Carter. But fince I have feen four Sheets of Paper written by thee, dated November the 3. 1662,and directed to Thomas Highfield in Nottingham, for Samuel Hooton and W. S. which coming to my Hands in Nottingham the 22th Day of the ninth Month, 1662 (being Prifoner there) I carefully perufed over, which I found to be of like Nature the other was of. In both which, or all of those Writings of thine, I have found therein contained, implyed, afferted and affirmed by thee, as is apparent unto me, and evident against thee, thefe neceffary Deductions hereafter following, which may be a fufficient Difcovery of thee, and Teftimony or Warning against thee: 1. That under Pretence of a Commiffion of the Spirit, thou haft abufed, belyed, and wronged the Spirit, by prefuming, in the Name and Authority of the Spirit, to fet up thyfelf as Judge, Accufer and Witness, to condemn at thy Will and Pleasure all fuch as are beloved, blessed, and justified of God, and his Holy Spirit, who cannot receive thy Errors for Truth, but deny them, and teftify against thee for appearing in the fame, under Pretence of a Commiffion in thy Imagination, Pride, and Prefumption, because thou fayeft, thou art both Judge and Witness. And the Accufer thou art, and falfe Witness E 2 alfo, alfo, who fayeft, That never a one that thou haft cursed, shall efcape that Curfe which thou haft denounced upon them. And that if an Angel from Heaven fhould come and fay thou haft fpoken falfe, or lyed in the Doctrine which thou haft declared, thou haft Power to curfe Angels or Men to Eternity. And further fayeft, that no God will deliver from thy Sentence: All which Sayings of thine are falfe and erroneous, and therefore undone and holden by me for nothing, but as thy Errors, falfe Judgment, Delufion, Pride, and Prefumption. 2. That under Pretence of a Commiffion from God, thou hast presumed in thy Imagination and Pride of thy Heart, to exalt thyfelf above God and Chrift, and to take all pardoning Power from them, because thou accounts if thy Sentence and Judgment be once pronounced and past, though never so erroneous and falfe, that they might not be able to reverse, and undo the fame. Thou prefumes to take all pardoning Power from God and Chrift in that Cafe, because thou fayeft no infinite Spirit of Chrift, nor any God can, or fhall be able to deliver from thy Sentence and Curfe, which is thy Error and lying Divination, or falfe Doctrine, Pride, and Prefumption, as is apparent. 3. That under Pretence of a Commiffion from the Spirit, thou prefumes in thy Imagination to be fingular in Doctrine, Knowledge, Judgment, and Power above all Men, either Prophets or Apostles, fince the Beginning of the World, or that ever fhall be hereafter whilft the World doth endure. 4. That under Pretence of a Commiffion of the Spirit, thou prefumes to exclude all true Witneffes of the Spirit, and also all true Minifters, Meffengers, and Embaffadors of Chrift, from the Work of the Ministry, both now in this Age, and whilst the World doth endure, to the End and Intent thou mayeft fet up thyfelf alone in their Places and Stead, because thou prefumptuously fayeft, That God hath made thee the Judge of the Scriptures, and hath given thee Understanding of his Mind in the Scriptures above all Men in the World, or above all Men fince the World began. That no Man doth know the Scriptures but thyfelf. That no Man can truly interpret Scriptures but thyfelf. That God hath given the Scriptures into thy Hand, as he gave the Prieft's Office into the Hands Hands of Aaron. That no Man ought to officiate the Office of a Minifter, Meffenger, or Embaffador of Chrift, but those that are appointed by John Reeve and thyself. That thou knows more than Mofes, the Prophets, or Apostles did. That thy Doctrine and the Commiffion of it, is as true, and of a higher Nature, than the Prophets and Apoftles was in their Time. That thy Commiffion, and the Doctrine of it, is of a higher Nature than that of the Prophet Elijab's was, when he commanded four hundred Priests of Baal to be flain, by the Power of his Word. That thou art the laft Witness that ever fhall fpeak by Commiffion from God. And that God will never chufe any more after thee, whilst the World endureth. All which are thy Errors and Lies, which are by me denied, and against teftified. 5. That (under Pretence of thy Commiffion) thou haft brought forth a Doctrine contrary to Truth, and that the same Doctrine ought not to be entertained or received by Dorothy Carter, nor none upon the Earth, because thou fayeft thou art the last Witness and Prophet that ever shall speak by Commiffion from God; and there is no eternal Life to be had, but in the Faith of thy Doctrine, because thou fayeft there is no eternal Life to be had but in the Faith of the Doctrine of a Prophet, who hath a Commiffion from God. And there neither is, nor fhall be any fuch Prophet (thou fayeft) but thyself,. whilst the World endureth. And alfo fayeft, That neither Dorothy Carter, nor no Man upon the Earth can, or ought to judge of thy Doctrine, becaufe thou fayeft that neither fhe, nor no Man upon the Earth can, or ought to judge of the Doctrine of a Prophet who hath a Commiffion from God: And fayeft, there neither is, nor fhall be any fuch Prophet but thyfelf, as aforefaid. And to exclude Dorothy Carter, and all, Men upon Earth, from Judgment in Point of Doctrine, is to exclude them, from Reception thereof, and fo from the Reward, if any be due; which is contrary to the Doctrine of Truth, which faith, Prove all Things, hold fast that which is good, I Thef. v. 21. And try the Spirits whether they be of God, because many falfe Prophets are gone out into the World, 1 John iv. 1.: And how can Doctrines be proved, and Spirits be tryed, if none. be capable to judge thereof, who are to receive? By this it is is apparent, that thou art unwilling to have thy Doctrine proved, and Spirit tryed, left, upon Tryal and Proof, thou be found out to be a falfe Prephet, which thou art, as is apparent enough. 6. That there is no eternal Life to be had but in the Faith of thy Doctrine, and that none upon the Earth can or ought to receive the fame, because thou haft excluded them all off from Judgment in order to Reception thereof; by which it is apparent, that under Pretence of thy Commiffion, thou labours to exclude Dorothy Carter, and all Men upon Earth, from Salvation, which makes it evident against thee, that thou art a Meffenger of Antichrift, and not of Christ. 7. That thou prefumes, under Pretence of thy Commiffion of the Spirit, to rob Chrift of his Office which his Father hath committed unto him, as chief Judge ordained of God; because thou fayeft, thou art chief Judge in the World, ordained of God, to give Judgment upon Men and Women spiritual and eternal, and what fhall become of them after Death; which is but thy Prefumption, Pride, and falfe Doctrine. Rev. i. 5. For Chrift Jefus, who is the faithful Witness, and Prince of the Kings of the Earth, he hath all Judgment committed unto him, because it is written concerning him, That the Father bath committed all Judgment unto him, John v. 22. And bath given him Authority to execute Judgment, because be is the Son, as it is written, John v. 27. But it is no where written in the Scriptures of Truth concerning thee, Lodowick, that all Judgment either is, or shall be (by the Father) committed unto thee, to pronounce the Sentence of eternal Death and Damnation upon the Souls and Bodies of Men to Eternity, as thou haft done. Whereby it appears thou wouldeft exclude Chrift from his Office (in point of Judgment) which the Father hath committed unto him, and art thereby discovered to be a falfe Witnefs, and Meffenger of Satan. Lodowick, thou art not the chief Judge in the World at this Day, ordained of God, as aforefaid. Thy Meffage and Testimony is falfe and not true, because the true Witnesses of the Spirit, and Ambaffadors of Chrift, who where anointed and fealed of God, have declared and faid, That God hath appointed a Day, in the which he will judge the World in |