his sin against you, but is hardened, as old Medgate was against me upon a spiritual account, who said he would perish first before he would confess his sin against me; so it lieth in your power to deal with Hawkes, to cast him out of your society, and have no dealings or commerce with him, neither to eat or drink with him, and you will see that all the rest of friends in your town in a little time will follow your example, which will be punishment enough to Henry Hawkes; for I understand by your letter, that you did employ Henry Hawkes to buy a part of a house for you, but it seems he had a mind to get something by it, not that he would do you that kindness for nothing, therefore he bought it for himself, thinking you would willingly have given him five pounds for his buying of it, seeing you had a desire to have it bought for you; but you seeing he had, through covetousness, bought it for himself, not for you, he thinking to have got five pounds by it; but when he saw that you were not willing to meddle with it, nor buy it at all, this occasioned his passion to break forth into such base and wicked, reproachful expressions, to one that was a better man than himself, both spiritual and temporal: which if he had spoke such words to a man of this world, they would have made his body and his purse to have paid for it, and would not have left him worth a groat; for of all the men and women I have known, neither saint or devil, these thirty years, did ever act or speak such words to one which he had dealings with, or more especially to one of his own faith, or one of his own principle in religion; he hath derogated beyond all morality of nature, much more of grace; therefore I shall relate his bad unhuman words and expressions against a brother of his own faith, as is asserted against him by

several witnesses, as followeth First, That Henry Hawke came with one of the constables to your door, and Doctor Milford, and your cousin Ladd, that is now dead, meaning John Ladd, and many other neighbours, which you can produce to witness; Henry Hawkes called you liar and fool, saying, that you could not carry any errand over the way, in a most abusive manner did taunt and rail, and went from your door to the Black Lion, were brother Thomas Ladd was met with his partners, where he did, to the great grief of brother Thomas Ladd, lash out behind your back with the most basest language, saying you was as great a liar as one he named of your neighbours, who lies under that odium, and that you was a silly fellow, not fit to carry an errand five rod; and further he said, you had been distracted this half year. As to this I say, if Hawkes had not been distracted himself with envy and madness, he would never have uttered such mad expressions to a sober man, that was more in his senses then ever Hawkes was in his life; for it doth not belong to that tribe and nature that Whitehead is of, to be distracted in his brain; but distraction of brain belong to the Gentiles, such as he is, Amonites and Moabites, and Canaanites, and the race of the Gentiles, but not to the Jews, who are zealous of the law of God written in their hearts; but the Gentiles, such as Hawkes is, through their experience of business in this world, and their passionate humours, many of them came to distraction, and to be distracted in the brain, which causeth them in the heat of their minds to utter such expressions out of their mouths, which are unsavoury and unseemly, which causeth repentance, else nothing but hell followeth. As to all these base reproaches, and undervaluing words, and despising speeches aforesaid, I

perceive by your letter that Henry Hawkes did acknowledge his fault unto you, and that you did acknowledge in your letter, that you have forgiven him this tresspass against you before. But now, last of all, in this month of July, 1684, Henry Hawkes hath committed a greater fault against you than the former; for, say you, Mr. Clarke, who owns the other part of the house, that is to say, that part of the house that you was about buying of Henry Hawkes, you having agreed with him. Likewise you say, for no other cause as you know, than for refusing to allow the one half of the five shillings and two-pence charge which you said was 'needlesly bestowed, and that Mr. Clarke, your partner, and yourself, told the workmen that you would not allow Henry Hawkes it; but he before your partner, Clarke, and Richard Amis, did call you damned knave, and damned rogue, and that you were a likely man to buy a house, when as you owed him money, and could not pay it. These are abominable words, which no man could or should have borne, had he not professed the same faith as you do however, except he doth repent and acknowledge his fault to you, that you might forgive him, in that he hath sinned only against you in a high nature, you may do as I said before, cast him out of all concerns with you, even as the Jews did the Samaritans, have no dealings with him. If the house be yours and Clarke's which Hawkes lives in, and that he doth pay one half the rent to you, and the other half to Clarke; if he be a tenant to you both, as I perceive he is, give a letter of attorney to any other man whom you can trust, to receive your part of the rent quarhalf year, as the tenor of your lease runs ; but if he hath no lease, but a tenant at will, you may advise with Mr. Clarke, and turn him out of the house

according to law, and let it to another to put him out of the house; then you may do as aforesaid, and free yourself from having any dealings with him. This is all the justice I can give you in this particular at present, but take leave,

And remain your friend in the eternal truth, both natural and spiritual,

LODOWICKE MUGGLETON.

London, August 10, 1684.

A Copy of a Letter wrote by the Prophet Lodowicke Muggleton to Mrs. Elizabeth Wheately, of Andover, bearing date from London, dated September 24, 1684. Dear Friend in the true Faith, Elizabeth Wheately,

THIS is to certify you, that I have read your letter you sent to our friend Mr. Delamain, dated the 3d of September, 1684; wherein we have received the kind token of your love also; I am glad to hear of your good health, and more especially of the strong faith you have in the personal true God, the man Christ Jesus in glory: I know your faith in him is built upon a rock, a sure rock; which all the fiery darts of reason, (the devil in man) shall not prevail against you; you being fully assured in yourself, that there is no devil to affright you, but men and women devils. And your faith is built upon a glo

rious spiritual personal God, in the form of a man, whose nature is all faith, which faith is all power; and you being of the seed of faith, it is the great support of the peace of your mind here in this world, and doth give you the assurance in yourself, of that eternal life and glory in the world to come. So likewise, your faith in the true God doth give you the knowledge of the right devil, his form and nature ; which knowledge doth keep you from all fears of the devil when you see him, knowing in yourself, that there is no devil to be damned but men and women : for as men and women are the seed of Adam, which is the seed of God, are appointed to be saved, because the seed of faith is risen into an act of faith, to believe God's messengers; and so come to have assurance of eternal life abiding in themselves, yet they are but men and women that are to be saved: and the cause why men and women are saved, is, because they are of the seed of Adam, which is the seed of God, and for no other cause. So likewise, there is no other devil to be damned to eternity, but men and women. Why? Because men and women are the seed of the serpent, and the serpent's nature, being reason fallen: and no creature else hath the seed of reason in it, but men and women; therefore it is, that when the seed of reason doth arise in man and woman, into an act of rebellion; and so the breach of the moral law, which God hath written in the hearts of men and women; then doth the fear of eternal damnation arise in the heart of the seed of the serpent, which are no other but men and women; so that as Adam and his seed are all appointed of God to be saved, both of men and women; so likewise, the serpent and his seed are appointed of God to be damned to eternity, which are men and women: