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A40950 The spirit of God speaking in the temple of God, or, Gods spiritual teachings in his people puts flesh to silence that the spirit of Christ may speak in the church &c. written by Richard Farnworth. R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666. 1663 (1663) Wing F504; ESTC R25392 9,509 15

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glorified through Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 4.11 And as preaching or ministring on the behalf of God is a gift Received of God so the Ministers of God are to Minister as of the ability given and received of the Lord as aforesaid that is by a Spiritual Power to reach the witnesse of God and to the refreshment and comfort of the People of God For we are unto God a sweet savour of Christ in them that are saved and in them that perish to the one we are a savour of death unto death and to the other a savour of life unto life as it is written 2 Cor. 2.15 16. And who is sufficient for these things For we are not as many which corrupt the Word of God but as of sincerity but as of God in the sight of God speak we in Christ 2 Cor. 2.17 not handling the Word of God deceitfully but by manifestation of the Truth commending our selves to every mans Conscience in the sight of God according to the Scriptures 2 Cor. 3. 2 Cor. 4 1 2.2 Cor. 1.3 4 5. By what hath been said it is evident and doth appear First That the Lord God Almighty hath a Teaching Office by his light and Spirit in the hearts and souls of the sons of men 2. That the People of God in the New Covenant or Gospel dispensation are under the administration or Teachings of the light and Spirit of God 3. That they are the beloved people and true worshippers of God that are in Covenant with God and under the Administration and Teachings of the light and Spirit of God who walk in dutiful obedience and subjection thereunto 4. That the beloved people of God who are truly obedient and subject to the inward spiritual Laws and power of God are led and guided by the holy Spirit of God 5. That because they are led and guided by the Spirit of God and are the Children of God they do deny the way and works of the flesh and do walk in the Spirit and have accesse unto God and they do appear in and bring forth the fruits of the Spirit of God by which they are led 6. That because they have crucified the flesh with the affections and lusts thereof and have put on the Lord Jesus Christ they are not desirous of vain glory nor of provoking and envying one another but do live in the Spirit and walk in the Spirit which is the Rule of the new Creature sent into their hearts or given unto them according to the will of God 7. That they who are after the flesh do mind the things of the flesh and do oppose and persecute them that are entred into and are born after the Spirit For the fleshly birth ever did and still doth oppose and persecute the Spiritual birth as it is evident 8. That such as are born after the flesh and unacquainted with the Spiritual Laws and Teachings of God they are unacquainted with the new Birth and know not the way and work of the Spirit of God therefore do they speak evil of the Spiritual way and people of God who walk and act by the Rule of the new Creature which is the holy Spirit of God given unto them according to the will of God as afore said 9. That they who are under the Administration and Teachings of the light and Spirit of God they are taught to wait upon God in silence from the fleshly birth and to let the Spirit of God speak unto them that are born after the Spirit and do truly wait upon God that they may speak unto others oh the behalf of God as the Spirit giveth utterance according to the movings and directions of God 10. That holy men of God both in the old and new Covenant spoke on the behalf of the Lord as they were moved by the holy ghost and as the Spirit gave them utterance So that the holy Ghost was the moving cause of their speaking on the Lords behalf and the Spirit of God did guide them to speak and to be silent according to the mind and will of the Lord And therefore when the holy Ghost did not move them to speak or when the Spirit of God did not give them utterance but drew them into an inward retiredness to wait upon an Eternal presence they knew right well when to speak and keep silence and to stand in the Counsel of God whether in speech or in silence is agreeable to the mind of the Lord and very profitable to the people of God as well now as in the dayes of old which is consistent with the Truth and according to the Scriptures being agreeable with the Spirit of God that moved in the holy men of God and gave them utterance to speak forth the Scriptures to the people according to the will of God So that both in the old and new Covenant Silence became the people of God when they were not moved and directed by the Spirit of God in them to speak unto others on the behalf of the Lord who hath the Right of Teaching and Ruling by his light and Spirit in the hearts and souls of his people as aforesaid 11. That the true Prophets and Messengers of God in the dayes of old who were sent by the Lord God and his spirit and stood in the Counsel of God they rather chused to meet and sit with the people in silence until they received the word from the mouth or spirit of the Lord then to be hasty to utter a word before the Lord And they that do so now being ordered and disposed of by the holy spirit of God it is agreeable to the mind of the spirit of the Lord and according to the practise of the holy men of God in the dayes of old who were ordered and disposed of by the Lord as the Lords people now are and ought to be hereafter For who hath more right to order in and dispose of the hearts and souls of men then the Lord who requireth the hearts to be given unto him for thither the Lord sends the spirit of his Son Gal. 4.6 that the heart may be prepared and fit for the Lord For the end of the Commandment is Charity out of a pure heart and of Faith unfeigned according to 1 Tim. 1.5 and as the hearts of men are disposed of and ordered by the spirit for the Lord we know that the preparations of the heart in man and the answer of the Tongue is from the Lord according to Prov. 16.1 It is therefore agreeable to the scriptures and the duty of the people of God to wait upon the Lord that they may know the preparations of their hearts and the answer of the Tongue to be from the Lord And they that speak in meetings amongst the people of God or Minister on the behalf of the Lord ought to know the Lord preparing their hearts for his service and giving them utterance that they may speak as they are prepared and fitted by the Lord