damned by me: so they would willingly have some to die that fall from them; looking upon it as a curse upon them for falling away from their principles. But I see their hopes is prevented, and that you are in health, and not only so, but that the seed of faith in you is risen, even as the sun riseth, and hath shined in your heart, and hath given you to see that light of life eternal, in that you have faith to believe in the true God, and to love God; for no man can love God, but he that knows God; and no man can know God but by faith, And it is life eternal to know the true God and Jesus Christ, which is sent; that is, it is life eternal to know this Jesus Christ that is sent to be the true God, as we have unfolded in our writings, and that you do now believe in this commission, and that I am a true prophet, it is well for you that you was ever born; that your eyes of your understanding are opened, to let the light of life shine into your heart, in that you can be made capable to receive a prophet's reward; which reward is no less than the blessing of everlasting life. For prophets that are chosen, and sent of God, have eternal life always with them, that whosoever believeth their report, are made partakers of it. And it hath been a saying in old time, when prophets were more in request than now, how beautiful are the feet of them that bring glad tidings of peace, and salvation. But now there is but one prophet in these last times, and shall never be no more true to the end of the world,

All professors of religion do say almost in their hearts, let this prophet depart from us, we desire not the knowledge of his ways, nor doctrine, because he is alive, to reprove us when we blaspheme against God, and against him; but give us those dead

prophets and their doctrine, that cannot make answer for themselves; let us say what we will, they' will let us alone, and say nothing to us. This is the nature of reason in most people, to love and honour prophets when they are dead, but to hate and despise prophets that are alive.

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Likewise you say, that one Christopher Baton should say and affirm, that when I had given him the sentence, that he should never see, after the sentence, with his natural eye. This is as false a lie as ever was spoken; I never cursed the natural eye-sight of any person in all my life. But this I might say to him, as I have said to several, that I have given sentence' upon, that after the sentence is given he should never see the face of God, nor the faces of elect men and angels, nor his own face, in the life to come, to eternity: so that he should see, in the life to come, no other God or judge, but that sentence I had given him, that should remain upon him to eternity; and he shall, in the resurrection, never stir from the place he is raised in utter darkness, where there is no light to answer the light of the eye. For there must be two lights, that in light we see light, else nothing can be seen; for one light can never see any thing of itself. As for example, though a man have light in the eye, yet, except there be day-light, fire, or candle-light, or some other light, to answer the light of the eye, the eye-light can see nothing, but is in darkness. Likewise, suppose a man be blind, and hath no light in his eyes," let the sun-light be ever so clear and bright, it makes not the blind eyes to see, and darkness is as good to him as light. This is that sentence I did pass upon him, and the blindness he should suffer in utter darkness to eternity, for his blasphemy against

the Holy Ghost. And this he shall be sure to suffer according to my word, and it will not be a quarter of an hour after this life before he see the truth of that sentence upon him, let him flatter himself what he can. It hath been no new thing for hundreds of the seed of the serpent to belie, slander, and reproach me without a cause: for I never did any evil as to the breach of any law written in my heart in all my life. I never did any man wrong; yet all men, that are professors, speak evil of me, revile and persecute me, either in words or deeds, and for no other cause in the world, but because God hath chosen me, and hath given me wisdom and understanding of his mind in the Scriptures above all men, and authority to give sentence upon blasphemers. This is the cause I am so hated of the world, but wisdom is justified of her children.

As for William Penn's Book, the Quakers are very brag of it; yet there is no true wisdom in it at all, but some of the subtil serpent's wisdom there is in it, to make people more blind than they are by nature; and it will appear so to those who have the true light in them, when I have answered it; which perhaps may be towards the latter end of this summer. I would before, but I have promised to see some friends in Leicestershire, Nottingham, and other parts that way, which will take up the former part of this summer. I shall go in the middle of April, and, according to your desire, I have sent you a copy of Penn's letter to me, and a copy of Thomas Lee's letter to me, and a copy of a letter sent to me by a friend from Nottingham, that you may see and judge the better of it (in regard it was written by one that liveth there) than by my writing

it by report, therefore I will give it you verbatim as it is sent to me.

I shall not enlarge further at this time, but take leave; only desiring you to remember my kind love to Colonel Phaire, and his wife and family, and to all those there with you, that do love and believe the Lord Jesus, that was put to death without the gates of Jerusalem; who died, and rose again, and ascended up to heaven, to be the very true God and everlasting Father, Creator, and Redeemer of those that are saved by his own blood. Also my love, and my wife's love, presented unto yourself, and to Joseph Moss, I rest,

Your Friend in the eternal Truth of a personal
God, God Man, the Lord Jesus Christ,

George Gamble,

LODOWICKE MUGGLETON.

This is to certify you, that I received the ten pounds you ordered for books, and I have sent you 17, at 18s. a-piece, which comes to 87. 10s. Od. and I gave to Mr. Godfrey, for 17 of the Mortality of the Soul, 26s. 6d. and the postage of letters, and the box, and other trifling things, comes to 4s. 6d. This is the account of the 107. I received upon your bill.

And seeing it is not convenient to direct your letters in my name, you may direct them to Mr. Alexander Delamain, at the Sign of the Three Tobacco Pipes, on Bread Street-hill, near QueenHithe, and it will come safe to me.

A Copy of a Letter sent by the Prophet Lodowicke Muggleton to Mr. Jeremiah Moss, Physician, living in Cork, in Ireland, being the first after his believing the Commission of Truth, bearing dale from London, March 6, 1672.

Loving Friend in the true Faith, Jeremiah Moss,

I RECEIVED your letter, dated February 14, 1672, wherein I perceive that this record of the Spirit doth take place in the hearts of several in those parts; and doth give satisfaction to the minds of those that believe, and doth dissatisfy the reprobates. Indeed, words of truth are like a two-edged' sword, that cut both ways; and he, that hath a commission from God, hath power as the Apostles had, as may be seen in the Acts: some were pricked or cut to the heart for their conversion and salvation, as in Acts iil and 37th verse. Others again, by the words of truth, were cut to the heart for the convincing of them of the sin of unbelief; witnessing to their consciences, that they were reprobates, and would be damned to eternity, as in Acts vii. and 54th verse. So that true prophets, and true ministers of Christ, their words are spirit and life, to convert some, to open the eyes of their minds that were blind, and to let the light of life eternal shine into their hearts, in giving them the knowledge of the glory of God, in the face of Jesus Christ; that is, that Jesus Christ is the brightness of God's glory, because his face is the very true God's face; and this light of faith doth shine into the hearts of many,