puts an end to all spoils, and redeems men out of the ninth and tenth parts of the earth to God; and here the day of salvation is known to reign upon the earth. For when man transgressed, being drove from God into the earth, then the law came, that was over all transgression, and led out of it; by that law were they to offer up the tenth; and Melchizedeck before the law had the tenth of the spoils, but Christ who ends the wars, ended the spoils, and the tenths, who is the heir of all things, the covenant of God; who reconciles all things in one, things in heaven, and things in earth. And this the apostles preached, who were in the power of God, who brought men out of the ninths of the earth and tenths too, and brought men out of the occasion of the wars into that which ended them, which was the power of God. But they who went forth from the apostles into the earth, that had the form of godliness and denied the power thereof, who led the world after them, set up ninths and tenths, unlike the ministers of the gospel, who brought them out of the ninths and tenths into unity with the power of God, and the son, and to reign upon the earth. And they that take tithes now, are unlike them that took tithes under the law, or before the law, that Abraham gave the tenths of the spoil to, who met them with bread and water, but these now have no storehouse for widows, strangers, and fatherless, that there need not be a beggar among them. So they who are called christian priests, who cannot get their tenths without prisons, courts, and writs, and treble damages, and casting int prison until death for them, are worse than the Jews. These are called christian practices in our days by them who are apostatized from the true apostles and church, and from the power of God they were in! But the maintenance that Christ speaks of to his ministers is owned, but all that make a trade of the words of the prophets, Christ, and the apostles, who laid down their lives for speaking them forth, we deny. And the apostles did not give a clerk wages to say amen, but that came up since the apostles' days, and is judged by the spirit of truth, and whosoever will make Alexander Ross's lies in his book called, 'A view of Religion,' their refuge, are in a sad condition, both which, he and his lies, are condemned to the fire and lake by the power of God. Glory in the highest! rejoice over them ye saints.

Richard Mayo, Priest of Kingston, his Doctrine and Principles, as follow.

P. THAT the light within is the light of nature, which teacheth to do all things that the law commands, and to deny all things that the law forbids.'

A. That which teacheth to do all things the law commands, and deny

what the law forbids, is above nature; that is it which keeps nature in its course, that it shall not be of a fire; but we see thy nature is gone out of its course; and is all on fire among you priests and professors. P. That God set up a dim light in every man.'

A. The light that God set up in every man is not dim, but men grow dim when they transgress the light, which God hath set in them, to give them the knowledge and feeling of himself.

P. He said the devil was the power of God, and that Christ was made manifest to destroy the power of God, and to destroy him that was the power of God.'

A. The devil that went out of the truth, went out of the power of God, and Christ was manifest to destroy the works of the devil, and not the power of God, though Christ came to put an end to all figures, types and shadows, priests, first covenant, and temple; Christ, who is the power of God, did not come to destroy the power of God, the power of God is not divided against itself; and the devil that went out of the truth, the power of God went against him: so he is not the power of God, that went out of the truth, that tempted others out of the truth to transgress and to sin, by which came death, by which the devil, that went out of the truth, hath the power of death. So it is the power of death, which Christ the power of God destroys, and him that hath the power of it.

P. Mayo saith, "To say the gospel is the power of God, is but a metaphorical speech.'

A. The apostle doth not say so; for the Apostle saith, "The gospel is the power of God unto salvation, to every one that believes,' in plain words. Rom. 1 chapter.

g P. He said, 'that by that lantern or light, spoken of in the Psalms, which was a light unto David's path, was not meant Christ the word.'

A. Why then doth the apostle often bring David's words to prove that David did speak of Christ; and spake of the sure mercies of David, of the everlasting covenant of light, and that in his light he should see more light, and called him Lord? and David saw his flesh that should see no corruption, and his resurrection; and many other scriptures might be brought to prove this.

P. He said, "The scriptures were the seed which the sower went forth to sow,' Mat. 13.

A. The seed is that which the scripture speaks of, which Christ said is the word; and many who have the scripture, know not the seed, nor the thing it speaks of, nor the seed that is sown, which is the word, as instance the Jews and you Christians, who put scripture for it; for if the scripture be the seed, it is sown already, it is printed, and what need you go out to sow it?

P. He saith, that Paul in the v. of the Ephes. 18. exhorts the

it, and not believing of it, and that is the cause the conscience comes to En be seared, whereby comes condemnation; and that in the Romans, proves no such thing as thou layest down.

P. That every believer hath not the witness in him.'

A. That is contrary to scripture and the ministers of Christ's doctrine, who say, he that believes hath the witness in himself, (mark, he,) and after he believes, he comes to be sealed with the spirit of promise, and can set to his seal that God is true, and comes to believe the record of his son, which is the spirit that recordeth all things.

P. That the gospel is not the power of God.'

A. The gospel is the power of God; in this thou art contrary to the ministers of the gospel, who said, the gospel was the 'power of God to salvation to every one that believes,' and in this thou hast proved thyself to be an unbeliever.

P. He would make Christ speak blasphemy; leaving out half his words.'

A. That is false: thou couldst not make Christ, the power of God, the light, the life, the truth, speak blasphemy in leaving out many of his words; for all blasphemy is out of the truth, and the power of God, and in the power and life of God there is no blasphemy.

P. 'That a man may persecute Christ in the saints, and be a righteous man, and that the scriptures save instrumentally.'

A. A man cannot persecute the saints, and be in the righteousness of God, or the righteousness of the law, but they that persecute Christ, are in their own self-righteousness. And the scripture saves not instrumentally, but as men are in the faith; and men know not salvation, but as they are in the life that gave the scriptures forth, and Christ, the saviour they speak of; and there is the instrumental saving that the scripture owns, for Christ asked them that had the scriptures how they could escape the damnation of hell, that were out of the life.

P. They that did not swear broke the law of God and man.'

A. They that swear are not come to Christ the end of the law, and they are out of Christ's doctrine and the apostles,' who said 'swear not at all, not by heaven, nor by earth, nor any other oath; but let your communication be yea, yea, nay, nay, lest ye fall into condemnation, for whatsoever is more than this cometh of evil.' So all swearers are in the evil, they are false brethren, they fall into condemnation, they are out of the doctrine of Christ, and break his command, and are none of his ministers.

P. He did believe in a Christ that died at Jerusalem, but not in a Christ within."

A. He that believes not in a Christ within, doth not believe in a Christ at Jerusalem, and he that doth not believe in a Christ within, and preach Christ within, is a reprobate, and out of the apostles' doc