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46 and of the four beasts, and in the midst of the elders, stood a Lamb." In the midst of the throne, thought I, there is the Godhead; in the midst of the elders, there is the Manhood; but oh, methought this did glister! It was a goodly touch, and gave me sweet satisfaction. That other scripture did also help me much in this: "Unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given: and the government shall be upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, The mighty Cod, The everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace" (Isa. ix. 6).

123. Also, besides these teachings of God in his Word, the Lord made use of two things to confirm me in this truth. The one was the errors of the Quakers, and the other was the (guilt of sin; for as the Quakers did Oppose the truth, so God did the more confirm me in it by leading me into the scripture that did wonderfully maintain it.

124. The errors that these people then maintained were,—

(1.) That the Holy Scriptures were not the Word of God.

(2.) That every man in the world had the Spirit of Christ, grace, faith, etc.

(3.) That Christ Jesus as crucified and dying sixteen hundred years ago, did not satisfy divine justice for the sins of the people.

(4.) That Christ's flesh and blood was Within the saints.

(5.) That the bodies of the good and bad that are buried in the churchyard shall not rise again.

(6.) That the resurrection is past with good men already.

(7.) That that man Jesus that was crucified between two thieves on Mount Calvary, in the land of Canaan, by Jerusalem, was not ascended abov ethe starry heavens.

(8.) That he should not, even the same Jesus that dies at the hands of the Jews, come again at the last day, and as man judge all nations, etc.

125. Many more vile and abominable things were in those days formented by them, by which I was driven to a more