then was all the innocent Jews taken by the Romans, with those Jews that were guilty of Christ's blood, and those innocent Jews, many of them being mixed in marriages with the Roman Gentiles, they have brought forth a generation of Jews of another nature, and of another profession. As thus, those Jews that kept to their own tribes in marriages, they professed only the law of Moses, they deny the gospel of Jesus, those shall never be called as aforesaid. Secondly, those Jews that mixed marriages with the Roman Gentiles, these Jews being of another nature, they are called to another profession of the gospel of Jesus: but I must tell you, it is but to an outward profession of the gospel; for few or none of those Jews do un→ derstand the faith of the gospel, though they profess it no more than the Gentiles do; for it is the power of the Gentiles that doth set up the gospel-worship all over Europe.

Further, I shall distinguish who are Gentiles, and who are Jews, that do profess the gospel in a literal way the Gentiles are all the priests and episcopal ; these two sorts of people that profess Christ they are not Gentiles: the Presbyterians, Independents, Anabaptists, Ranter, and Quaker, are for the most part all Jews; and those all do profess the gospel of Jesus in the letter; but few of them in the spirit; so that saying is fulfilled, Many are called, but few are chosen ; that is, many are called to the outward profession of Christ, but few that truly understand what this Christ is. Nay, I myself am one of those Jews of the tribe of Levi, according to the seed or spirit; and not only but God hath chosen me the last man to declare truth to those Jews and Gentiles, and many there is called to hear it, but few that truly believe it; yet

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some there is both of Jews and Gentiles that do truly understand and believe in the true Jesus, which is the true God, these things I do certainly know.

So that if you can understand these things here written, you will no more be troubled at the devil's words concerning the Jews: also, you will say, that truth is on my side, and will be on my side to the end of the world, when I am dead and gone; so I shall leave you to consider of these things, and if you can understand them you may be the better satisfied, because this is a universal interpretation, therefore more hard to understand.

A Copy of a Letter written by the Prophet Lodowicke Muggleton, to one Mr. Fletcher, of London, June 25, 1666.

Mr. Fletcher, who, as I understand, was formerly a Blacksmith by Trade, but now a Solicitor in the Law,

I UNDERSTAND that you are the man that hath managed Pittman's business against Mrs. Butler; and not only so, but you have got the better of it, your wisdom and subtilty being greater than ours in the tricks and querks of the law, which we were unacquainted with, though Mrs. Butler's case was as

just a case as ever was, for Pittman did abuse and dishonour her good disposition very much, and be abused me much more, for I came in a fair way to Pittman, and told him Mrs. Butler had sent me a letter to receive the goods into my hands, and that I should pay Mr. Pittman half a year's rent; and withal, she sent Pittman a discharge of her own handwriting, which discharge was given into his own hand; but he had not patience to read it himself, nor to hear any body else to read it, but did rage and rail at me upon a spiritual account, and called me blasphemer, with other base speeches, and did threaten to throw me at the fire back; whereupon I did pronounce Pittman damned, soul and body, to eternity, and he shall be sure to suffer those eternal torments according to my word, for he hath blasphemed against the Holy Ghost, a sin I am sure God will never forgive.

And I understand that you are so offended at me for passing the sentence of damnation upon Pittman, so that you have blasphemed against the Holy Spirit that sent me, and have raged and railed at me, and have called me blasphemer, a rogue, and have threatened me to persecute me, and to use your best endeavour that possibly may be to have me in jail in three weeks time, with many other venomous and envious railing speeches; which, since that your soul doth thirst after my blood, if you could take away my life, and not be hanged for it, I am confident you would do it if you could; yet I know no wrong I ever did you by word or deed, for I do not know you, neither do you know me; neither did you or I ever speak together as I know of, yet I am so railed at and abused by your evil tongue for nothing. Did you ever hear me speak evil of you for managing the suit in law against Mrs. Butler, though I as con

cerned in it, but I did rather commend you for it that did things so wisely, that you made a bad causé to be good in law, when as the innocent and true cause was overthrown through our innocency, and our ignorance together; yet in all this I never spake evil of you, not in the least, but could have wished I had known you before, that you might have been employed for Mrs. Butler's case, which was a just, righteous case; for certainly, if you did so well for a devil, and an unjust cause, certainly you would have done much better, when your wisdom had acted itself forth for an innocent person as Mrs. Butler, and her just, righteous cause, as before said; so that your best course would have been to have minded your suits in law, and have rejoiced that you overthrew the innocent in her right, which she must suffer patiently; yet this gives no content, except you could be revenged on me for damning Pittman.

What need your zeal have been so great for Pittman's damnation? There was nothing said against you concerning that, you shall have minded the law of the land as aforesaid; for this I shall affirm to you, or before any judge, that God hath cursed and damned Pittman's soul and body to eternity, and he and his wife did Ananias and Saphira (his wife) like, consult together out of envy to me, to do Mrs. Butler that wrong to detain her goods against her order.

Therefore I say this, the Lord do so unto me, and more also, if the Lord doth not avenge himself upon Pittman and his wife, for their wicked, unjust deal→ ings in this thing, and their blasphemy against God.

And now I shall speak a few words to you, Mr. Fletcher, who was before-time, as I understand, a blacksmith by trade, but now a solicitor in the law:

I do not repeat this out of any disparagement unto

you, but because I know more men of that name Fletcher; so that I would not have the reflection of this letter to reflect upon any but the right person, because I do not know your other name; so that the thing is this, that I shall say unto you, inasmuch as I perceive that you are of the seed of the serpent, a son of Belial, even a son of the devil, a reprobate, whom God hath appointed to be damned to eternity, therefore hath God raised you up, that he might shew his power upon you, in that he hath left you to sin against the Holy Ghost; and not only so, but you have vomited and breathed out cruel, threatening, envious speeches against me, who am innocent, who never had any discourse with you in my life; but I know your malice is, because I am the messenger of the most high God, and that you shall know to your eternal pain and shame, the wickedness you have committed, for which you must be damned. It is these, and such like; as, first, you called me a blaspheming rogue. Secondly, that I was a cheat and a deceiver, and it was pity I should live. Thirdly, and that you would persecute me what you could, and that, if it were possible you could by the law, you would have me in a jail, with many more cruel, envious speeches, which could not be spoken but by a reprobate devil, appointed to be damned, to one that scarce ever saw the man, and never asked me a question, neither spiritual nor temporal; yet this evil hath proceeded from you. And do you think in your conscience, if I were not a messenger of the Lord, but only an innocent man; I say, do you think that you can do these things, and yet escape the damnation of hell? Let any sober man judge between you and me.

...Therefore Mr. Fletcher the solicitor, as I am the