Francis Howgil Resource Page
(1628-1669)

Francis Howgil's Testimony

So, at last...I saw all the teachers of the world, that they sought themselves,
and fed poor people with dead names and deceit, and that they were not the ministry of Christ;
and ...as I dissented from their judgment, they hated me and persecuted me.
So at last there was something revealed in me, that the Lord would teach his people himself;
and so I waited... And immediately, as soon as I heard one declare...
That the Light of Christ in Man was the Way to Christ, I believed the eternal Word
of Truth, and that of God in my conscience sealed to it; and so not only I, but many hundreds more,
who thirsted after the Lord... all saw our nakedness, and were all ashamed...
But as I turned my mind within to the Light of Jesus Christ, ... it led me into Righteousness,
and when I turned to it, I saw it was the true and faithful witness of Christ Jesus,
and then my eyes were opened, and all things were brought to remembrance that ever I had done...
And as I did give up all to the judgment, the captive came forth out of prison, and rejoiced,
and my heart was filled with joy, and I came to see him whom I had pierced, and my heart was broken,
and the blood of the prophets I saw slain, and a great lamentation; and then I saw the Cross of Christ,
and stood in it, and the enmity slain upon it; and the new man was made, and so peace came to be made,
and so eternal life was brought in through death and judgment; and then the perfect gift I received,
which was given from God, and the holy law of God was revealed unto me, and was written in my heart.
The Inheritance of Jacob Discovered, pp.42-44

Primary Sources:

The Dawnings of the Gospel Day
and its Light and Glory Discovered

1676

Selections:

A Warning to All the World
The First General Epistle Written to the Camp of the Lord in England
The Inheritance of Jacob Discovered After his Return out of Epypt
A Lamentation for the Scattered Tribes (Presented to all the separated Congregations)

1. The difference between the faith which is feigned and the Saints faith
   
2. The difference between true and false hope
   
3. How true faith is wrought, and its effects
   
4. To all who find no rest
   

The Measuring Rod of the Lord Stretched Forth over all Nations
Some of the Mysteries of God's Kingdom Declared (As revealed by the spirit through faith)

1. What the spirit of the Lord is, and how it comes to be received
   
2. What the free grace of God is
   
3. The Kingdom of God and of his Christ declared in some measure
   

Mystery Babylon the Mother of Harlots Discovered
The Invisible Things of God Brought to Light by the Revelation of the Eternal Spirit
The Works of Darkness Brought to Light and Reproved
The Glory of the True Church Discovered (As it was in its purity in primitive times)

1. The state of the true Church in the apostles days
   
2. The entering in of the Apostasy, and when it began
   
3. The Reformed Churches proved to be in the Apostasy
   
4. How all may come out of the Apostasy to the true Church
   

The True Rule, Judge and Guide of the True Church of God Discovered