well nigh refined wine from the leese and the savour of the old nature and vessel is well nigh lost and the settlement left in the burning and inflaming body of nature to Gods praise and glory his Judgement hath wasted and consumed the evil in and of Oh that there was a heart for these things to enter and that men would receive and lay up wise sayings for where trueth is received in the love thereof the Judgement of trueth is seen not to be against but for the creature of God and he that is in and hath the love of the Judgement of the spirit of trueth posessing his heart and soul hath the love and charity of God there to inform the Judgement of the work and works of the enemy the spirit of trueth in Judgement in God first made and is still bent against for the creatures preservation out of hurt under the power of the enemy and so Judgement is kept on the work of the enemy that would destroy the creature or creation of God the workmanship of his hands in which a sence of the love of God should remain in this day Gods salvation and love is sprung up to the creature and creation which groans and waytes to be delivered and travils together in pain for the adoption to wit the redemption of the body that the persons and spirit of creatures might be saved alive and as the love of God is hereby come into and dwelt in where our brother that we see is loved ere God can be seen and loved and obeyed in the heart what remains but a ground for manefesting the same And hereby what would lead into the work of destruction the hurt and enmity of the creatures life is kept out of and not joyned to in the perticular or general and this is the way he is leading his creature in and by where the work of the enemy is wearied and tired out and the creature made weary of the weight and burden of sin and willing to set down and rest from his own labour with God and so hath rest and peace with â—od in the enemies destruction he is not joyned and united to in heart or spirit neither hath any love towards but hates the work and workings of the enemy and enmity to the creatures life and well being with a perfect hatred for the sake of God and his creature in whom the love of his trueth to raign ought to be respected for the comfort and rejoycing of whatever God is pleased to work and act in the earth and heart of such creatures for that which leads into the power of destruction and under its spirits guidance doth first lead and guide into destraction whereby that seeming zeal for God or the Lord is for a power of dominion that is God in and of the world of ungodly that vallues not the creatures good and preservation in an equal concern with the honor and glory of that God they have a zeal for and love to the way of So who is in the love of the trueth revealed in the heart and that they know and are acquainted with and the Judgement thereof respects in their own particulars loves that which shews the evil of all biterness of spirit and emnity against the work and will of God in which is an equall concern of his creatures good in that will and work but the biterness of spirit it loves not neither the enmity to the spirit of God which he learns by the evil of what he therein sees in it to come out of as that which is no friend to God nor his creature therefore should he be a friend to it he sees he should befriend the enemy of God and his own soul and strengthen the enmity and hatred of God against self himself in countenancing or loving what God hates and so make the Judgement of God intolerable and hard to be born as such work of the enemy is pitied at home which by loving that which discovers the evil and danger hereof he is thereby preserved from such evil danger prevented and so nothing is broken and distracted oâ— the work of God in th Judgement and understanding of the creature neither so comes forth in the world through a hastiness of spirit in such the creature in referance to self and the selfish favour of the minds passion in the predomenacy of any overflowing humour but the heart is made new from whence inordinacy of passion in such favours do arise and where the humors have had predomenaci and the cause hereof which is the creatures destruction in the particular or generall dyes from him and he from it and so is in and of a healing saving sound spirit sound and wholesome in and under Judgement being seperated from the old and the old nature and spirit of the world that had the old affections which are crucified to him as he is to the world in which the inordinaci of love and affâ—ction wrought in and after earthly things which should the work of the enemy be countenanced in the creature and a pity in the heart lurke and remain to it that may foster the evil then is Judgement strengthened against the creature in that work of countenancing the enemies power and so becomes intollerable to the creature and can not be born but leads into distraction and into a broken torn condition but the treasure being in heaven where all things are new made and created the baâ— is without holes for the heart is also there and the affections set on things above And this is that heart and minde that what hath been empted from vessel to vessel is now retained in and though it hath been the cause of braking â—in many vessels a heart is now felt and found that can retain the savour of its work to its lifes end and rejoyce in and speake well of the same that like the good housholder can bring out of its treasury things new and old for the heart being made new there is dayly new and fresh experience of Gods goodness and though old things are done away yet the remembrance of Gods goodness and glory who is the worker brings up all before the creature to exalt the goodness of God and to put the creature in a dayly remembrance of what he is as in and to himself And here is no more sea nor confused heaps of unstable waters and raging waves that foame up and out their own shame neither is the broken and torn brought before God and offered to him as a sacraâ—ice Yea And here is neither old wine in new bottles nor new wine in old botles whereby the botles should break and the wine be spilt on the ground but new wine is put in new botles and both are preserved and the garment is all new and so no rent which new cloath to the old garment might make the rent worse but a liquor is in the vessel that hath been powered and emptied from vessel to
THE WORK OF SIN in the Flesh Condemned and the Power of the Enemy in and over the Creature mankind by Spiritual Weapons resisted and Warred against In a Controle of the dark Reason and Imaginations and Conceivings of Fallen Man in and under the curse of the Law that was added because of transgression AND Wherein is opened and unfolded by and from the spirit of Truth the Mistery of much and many Truths contained in the holy Scriptures in these Several particulars of the Doctrine of holy Faith 1. Concerning New Wine put into old botles or a new peice of cloath into an old Garmenâ— c. 2. Concerning the Wedding garment which many in this day are found without c. 3. Concerning the fruitless Tree that cumbers the ground 4. Concerning the words of Christ fear not him that can kill the body c. In which hell death and judgement are treated on and such likewise discribed who are already in it And 5. Whereby the difference of the Creatures sining against the Judgement of â—od in a time of ignorance and against his mercy in a time of knowledge is discoursed Which is a precious warning and visitation of repentance to all the world but especialy to thee O England By one â—hat hath remained hidden in the retiredness of spirit in and with God a friend to all â—ouls and loveâ— of â—ruth and righteousness R. B London Printed in the Year 1663. Concerning New Wine put into old botles or a new peice of cloath into an old garment c. Wherein is discribed the difference between a man changed in heart and nature by the truth of Judgement in God and men changing their Judgements and opinions from one perswasion to another c. IN the begining of creation the creature was created changeable that is in a condition that might be changed or subject to vanity and change not willingly but by reason of him that subjected the same in hope this condition was not wholly subjected to the power of the enemy without but in the creature though as a creature he was subject to temptation and to be tempted by the power of the Enemy in the creaturely state of nature in and of his body and both body and spirits composure for yeilding or subjection was the creatures frame in which he had properties and qualities and faculties acting him and in that was he a subject to what did or should raign over him which was or should be his Lord for the enemy could not have entered the creation of God out by and in him whose place was without the creature and creation of God where he secretly and hiddenly wrought in the mistery of darkness and nothingness and emptiness which made for the exalting the name and Justice of â—od in what he was resolved to glory over the enemy and spirit of enmity that wrought its own torment in the dark unconceivable wombe and mistery of eternities sufferance Thus was the creature in the cause of his change from and in the condition he was first-placed and stated in and had and hath these conditions they bear in the fall from and transgression against God â—herein the work and power of changeablety is manifest And â—udgement was and is a condition in the creature whose pâ—operâ—y faculty and quality is alterâ—ble to and in him as to a state or â—â—ates he doth or may possess And it is become an easy thing o the creature to change his Judgement from one thing to an 〈◊〉 or from opinions and perswasions in the world as the world doth alter and change but this is but to put new wine into old botles or a new peice of cloth into an old garment for the proper work of trueth in God or God who is a spirit of trueth is to change the heart of the man whose nature is old and hath the old wayes and course of the enemyes road to walk in and so creat all things new then is the prayer and desire of the righteous and upright witnessed and fulfilled creat in me a clean heart O Lord and renew a right spirit within me and the heavens and earth are new created and every and all desires of the soul are new and after new things even in the Lord and of his Kingdom and thus may creatures and people see whether the work of the Judgement of God hath place in their hearts and whether Judgement be so set up in the earth that the inhabitants may learn righteousness for it is Gods work to Judge the earth in righteousness and they in whose heart the spirit of Judgement and burning doth work to the changing it and them in it are such in whom God is come to dwel and where he sitteth as a refiners fire and fullers sope to purefy the dross from the silver c. in that the heart is the true seat of â—udgement and the place where the spirit of truth in all creatures doth Judge for God and work its work first before any thing can be retained that will hold for where trueth or trueths are not held and retained in righteousness in the righteous part and heart its Judgement is against the man that thus treasures up or retains in the wrong part what works and makes against him and the man cannot hold and retain it to his lives end in any comfort or rejoycing therein that may appear and seem to be his strength in Judgement but it breaks him even the vessel or creature that strengthneth Judgement against self himself by his thus holding and retaining it in that part it is against him in for it is a very dangerous thing for the creature to hold or retain Judgement in that which makes against him though it be the Judgement of the spirit of trueth in that in this day is the wrath of God revealed from heaven against all them that hold the trueth in unrighteousness and such are children of wrath filled with the wrath and indignation of the almighty God which we were by a nature we were born and brought forth in as well as others yea those hate the Judgement of God that thus retain it in the wrong mind and nature the nature of hatred that is the hateful nature of enmity against God and his good spirit of trueth which God hates in referance to the enmety therein and thereof is retained against the work and workings and operation of such his good spirit where the truth is not received in the love thereof And this day is God come forth to work a mighty change in the creature and creation the earth and world which is the workmanship of his hands for behold he is creating all things new and Ephraime is come up before his remembrance that hath sought to rest and settle her self on the old lees and draggs of the worlds defilements and liberty and ease of the flesh and all fleshly motions and desires and God hath been emptying her from vessel to vessel untill she is
shameful cursed death of the Cross to teach and lead the creature of God what he was to wait in to feel the power of to the overcoming the curse for it was written in the Law cursed was every one that hanged on a tree and this curse came on the transgressor first and was added because of transgression and a sence and feeling of this condition are all to come into for the creatures sake ere the transgression can be removed and he that is really the transgressor brought to judgement and condigne punishment for though the woman the creature of God was first found in transgression that was created for the man and the man in this state is by the woman yet the man of sin that man by whom sin came was the cause of and in the ground of her betraying who was created to be the mans glory in this fallen state as he was created to be the glory or Image of God And it is he that was in the cause of and rejoyceth in the creatures fall and destruction that was not nor is not Gods creature that God will destroy by his coming in the brightness of his appearance and by the breath of his mouth and nostriles And Thus are all to consider the man is but one that hath soul and body and the way of God is but one and the fire of Gods eternal Judgement that is fury and wrath to the wicked is but one and this fire is the curse pain of death the torment thereof is that which the enemy kindled and awakened under the sufferance of God wherein God is called and termed a consuming fire Yea and this fire is to be indured by all that he may be known that can indure everlasting burnings and can dwell with and in consuming fire where God is come to sit in his people as a refiner But though the creature was once found in transgression the first man Adam was And though the curse of the Law of men rested and resteth on the just and innocent yet the judgement of God hath begun at the house of God where the Judgement of men and curse of their Law hath rested And into this sence and feeling even of sufferance with the just and to the bearing the waite and burthen of and on the creature and creation of God are all to come for there is Christ Jesus the just this suffering seed and spirit of God and whoever feeleth or hath a sence of him hath that sence first raised of him in a suffering condition and comes to suffer with him as did David that came the right way to God and felt him in the seed and spirit of life in a suffering condition and for that cause was his soul in hell or grave under the power of the enemies work first awakened temptation to that which being overcome by as Gods witness was and is awakened in the soul the torment of fear and terror of and in death made him cry out under my sins are a burden to heavy for me to bear and whether shall I sly from thy presence If I go into hell thou art there and in the bottom of the Sea also for mighty waves had went over his soul and he saw the grave of the wicked and the place of the ungodly where they dwell that are set in slipery places but he was assured that God would not leave his soul there in hell or the grave nor suffer his holy one to see corruption for the Lord sayed unto my Lord sayed he sit thou at my right hand untill I make thy foes my footstool so The dwelling and keeping in a sence and feeling of that state and condition the creature or creation of God is in all the world is to be in the way and hope of the redemption of God and to have the faith of God in his son concerning the work of restoration for it is the misery and sad state of the world that they are unsenceable of their misery and the sadness of that state they are in and under and therefore is it the house of darkness and utter darkness will be their portion if they come not this way even to that which awakeneth the sence of sin and of the creatures misery therein and under for in that state of darkness and blindness of mind eternity and endless seperation steals on the creature and he slips into the pit and ditch out of which is no recovery And this is to have soul and body cast into hell fire when in the body of nature a fire is kindled and wrath come forth in referance to the power of the enemy and destruction the creature in that state hath favoured and wherein the humors of the mind hath lodged that leads into and creates humors of body favourable to deaths power and dominionâ— yet I would not have it concluded that the just seed of God and spirit of life in the creature and creation or the creature it self is alwayes to continue in and under susferance in the world though whâ—le the world is in this state and condition things now standing in and under needs must the sufferance thereof continue And the creature is not to go out of the sence and feeling of the state and condition the Justice is in in the general into hardness of Judgement against the creature of God in the world because of any experience of deliverance in the particular out of such state the generality of people layes in and under and so in that hard mind and state to close up themselves against mercy and pitty and limit God to the will of any creaturely Judgement for the sufferance of and in the body of nature in the state things now stand in and under cannot for ever continue to and in the creature of God but drives it to its eternal home which rules in and over the world and is God in the spirit of the world to the setting the creature of God at liberty that hath been in bondaged under the power hereof The Difference between the creatures Sinning against the Judgement of God in a time of ignorance before God was known and acquainted with and against his mercy and grace after he hath made known and revealed himself in his presence of joy favour and loving kindness Which is A precious warning and visitation of repentance to all the world but especially to thee O England Oh World World and in thee O England this is not so much a threatning thee with what is to come to pass as a warning and visitation of information for the turning your minds to the light of Christ and spirit of God in your hearts that you may see from the King on the throne to the maid that grindes on the mill or bagger on the dunghil that God is no respector of persons but is this day come down into the earth to visit for the sins of all high and low rich and poor and none shall go free and