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Chap 13

Concerning the word of God, and concerning the Scriptures, this testimony I give unto all the World.

The Word of God was in the beginning before any creatures were made, and by it all things stand and remain unto this day, and the world endures for ever, and by it all things in Heaven and in Earth are brought to pass which God doth, and it is from everlasting to everlasting, with out beginning and without end, and the word is powerful dividing and discerning all things, even the secret thoughts of every mans heart, it is a two-edged sword, and as a fire, and like a hammer to cut up, to burn, and to beat down, the Word of the Lord reconciles man again to him, and this Word is in the mouth, in the heart, and the servants of the Lord handled, tasted, saw and felt the Word of life, and from it spoke forth the Scriptures, as they were moved by the Holy Ghost through the eternal Spirit, and it is a declaration of the Word of life, which was in the beginning, and endures for ever, and it declares what the Saints received, believed, and enjoyed, and none can understand it without the same Spirit that gave it forth, and to such who have the same Spirit the Scripture is profitable, the Word of God which was in the beginning, and which endures for ever, is not the Scripture which was not in the beginning, neither can it endure for ever, but the Scripture testifies of that Word, and that Word witnesses to the Scripture, and they are not contrary one to the other, but gives witness each of other, but many hath the Scripture that hath not the Word, neither knows it, but they that have the Word cannot but own the Scriptures, and this the truth as it is in Jesus testified to all the world by us, who doth deny them that hereof gives any other testimony