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A81574	Divinity and philosophy dissected, and set forth, by a mad man. The first booke, divided into three chapters. Chap. I. The description of the world in mans heart: with the articles of the Christian Faith. Chap. II. A description of one spirit acting in all, which some affirme is God. Chap. III. A description of the Scripture according to the history and mystery thereof.	Mad man.	1644 (1644)	Wing D1737; Thomason E53_15; ESTC R14404	70,768	67

up by the law of God and all the thornes and thistles which is our sinnes is plucked up and throwne away that this holy seed may be sowed in our hearts in place of our sinnes and this seed is a tender plant wherefore O man look diligently to it and weed up all things that is like to destroy the same in thee And as for the Devill carrying Christ up into the holy City and setting him upon a pinacle of the Temple and shewing him all the Kingdomes of the Earth in the twinkling of an eye and saying that those Kingdoms were given to him this holy City is thy selfe O man and thou hast given it to the Devill and he hath begot many wicked generations and kingdomes in thee which is his and Christ taking thy sinfull nature upon him to destroy it the Devill being in that nature of sin thinks to exalt Jesus shewing him what kingdomes he had got in that nature for which he would have him worship him and hee would give him them all but he reproves him and cares not for his wicked kingdomes but crucifies him and them and casts him out of this nature and makes this his humanity to worship God and saith Get thee from me Sathan for I will worship my Lord and God so Christ the divine power of God taking upon him the sinfull nature had upon him the power of the Devill who thought to destroy him in it so the Devill and hee being in one nature strove for victory who should have this nature for his possession and dwelling place the divinity hath the victory when the humanity consenteth thereto and then there is two against one but if thou consentest to the devill there is no fighting for thee nor art thou worthy the fighting for therefore if thou hast a minde to stay with the Devill still thou mayest for hee will not pull thee out of his clawes against thy will wherefore looke to it O man for there stands before thee life and death chuse life and live for ever but if thou lovest death thou hast death for ever As concerning the Asse that Christ tooke away and his cursing the fig-tree it seemeth strange in the letter because it contradicteth the truth for the truth saith that we should use no violence nor take any mans goods from him and that we should not curse but blesse but we see here that Christ hath taken away the Asse that was bound and cursed the fig-tree against reason for the time of figs was not yet come therefore certainly there is another mystery in it for it cannot bee true according to the history that Christ should doe such unjust things for no falshood nor guile was found in his hands therefore this Asse is that simple innocencie that is tyed in thee with the cords of iniquity and cannot stir for the humanity never did ride thereon till Christ came in our humanity to make it free and then he rideth into Jerusalem the City of God meekly sitting upon this Asse which Asse is now the simple innocencie of God on which before Christ came into thy humanity Balams did ride upon and did kicke and spurne this innocencie without a cause therefore bee thou O man this simple innocent Asse that the King of Sion may ride meekly upon thee to Jerusalem the holy City of God And for the fig-tree that had no time to bring forth its fruits but was cursed is the humanity that Christ did take upon him induring therein the curse of the law for the sins cause nor could it bring forth fruit till Christ came in it and made it indure the curse of the law which made it seem to dye and vanish away for this fig-tree or humanity could not bring forth fruit till Christ came againe in spirit to vivifie and renue the same for he is the life of the true fig-tree that bringeth forth fruit in due season so this first fig-tree that was accursed shews unto us the first creation in man how that it could not bring forth fruit being lyable to the curse for sins cause and this tree is the humanity of Christ according to the flesh that indureth the judgement and curse of God with us for firs cause without cause in himselfe save only his love to us And as for that certaine man that fell amongst the theeves and was hurt many passing by and would not helpe him till the Samaritane came O man this certaine man is thy selfe that is gone out of Ierusalem the City of God to travell and hath met with the Devill and all his company which is pride vaine-glory hypocrisie lust intemperance wrath envy malice bitternesse of spirit covetcusnesse evill censuring murtherous mindes and all the wickednesse that is and these are the theeves that hath robbed thee of all goodnesse wounding thy soule and leaving thee for dead so the Priest and Levit that passeth by thee is the law wrath and curse of God that is upon thee and leaves thee alone to thy selfe for thy condemnation because thou bast left the city and house of God to travell thou knowest not whither to lose and damne thy selfe with the Devill and all his Angells and wicked spirits that hath killed and spoyled thy soule for thy wounds of sinne stinke and are puttified within thee as David saith my wounds are festred and stinke within me and so we lye as dead in trespasses and sinnes till the good Samaritane which is Iesus Christ come and have mercy on us and take us up and set us upon his Asse which is his most innocent and harmlesse life whereon he carries thee as halfe dead and after poureth in the oyle of his gracious goodnesse into thy wounds to heale them so that hee becommeth a plaister for thy sores to heale thee and indures all thy stinking filthinesse upon him for hee hath thy sores in his salve which is himselfe and is that most innocent and harmlesse life and hee it is that beares the iniquities of us all for all our sinnes and transgressions is upon him so this holy Christ is in hell in us till wee are cured of sinne for he is a salve for our stinking sores that is a hell to him and he indures thee and the wrath of God upon thee which is upon him in thee till thou art perfectly cured and made whole from all blemish or spot O how great is the love of God to thee O man why doth not thy heart melt in love to him againe seeing he is so good to thee Where O man canst thou finde such a love and lover or such goodnesse as he is to thee without any cause of thine but for his owne goodnesse sake whereby he takes pity on thee to helpe and save thee therefore O man whosoever thou art that is dead in trespasses and sinnes if thou dost not feele this power of God Jesus Christ in thee who is a salve for all sores which doth draw scoure and wash them within thee and

to our darke eyes to be flesh which is not as the three Angells to Abraham and to Lot for we beleeve appearances to be that which they are not in deed and in truth which we finde by wofull experience the which makes such contention and cutting of throats about Religion the cause of this distraction is that we doe not see things with a righteous eye I desire all friends and readers who doe read this booke and all to whose hands it shall come that you will looke into it rightly and not construe it amisse but as it is really intended for the good of all and where I speak of the death of God and Christ in man I doe not meane that the Almighty and powerfull Godhead can dye or be lost but as he is dead and lost to the man that despises truth and treads it under foot and so I meane that God is dead and lost and the truth lyeth in the streets of his heart which is God who is that truth and the two witnesses lye dead in the street of his heart unregarded which is mercy and righteous judgement and is God which we should have shewed forth to all the world even mercy and righteous judgement but we have hid these witnesses So I desire that the most holy and righteous God may be your guide and director to lead you into all truth The true Articles of the Christian Faith 1. I Beleeve in God the Father Almighty maker of the holy Heaven and earth in the man I confesse and acknowledge that the same is a true holy living God or good and that he is a mighty Spirit and a perfect clear light that discovers to the man the reall truth of things and how all things are in their places and in or to the Man and he is the reall beeing the truth light life and love to the Man and this is his name light life and love for he is all this to the man for the love of God to the man was such that he brought him under the law of discipline and correction instructing him what to doe for his good and convincing his conscience for what hee hath done to himselfe and against God or goodnesse so he raiseth up all our sinnes as judges to condemne us for what we have done and they correct or punish us for God or goodnesse hath put it in them to doe it and God hath opened our eyes with his power to see it which makes us hate and condemne our selves for what we have done his holy power or light hath perswaded our hearts to have true sorrow and reall repentance for our sins with a broken and a contrite heart and sorrowfull spirit and so we begin to hate our selves and our sins and doe really forsake them and doe confesse that we doe deserve to bee for ever lost and damned and be deprived of God and goodnesse for ever because we have chosen hell death and devill and joyned our selves unto it but Gods mercy and goodnesse hath inlightned our hearts with his law and hath really corrected 〈◊〉 for our sin and hath brought us to the beleefe of Jesus Christ by his law or fatherly correction for he receiveth no sonne but whom he correcteth and none comes to Jesus Christ but whom the Father drawea to him and this drawing to Jesus Christ is by the law of discipline and this law is the river Jordan or judgement and Iohn the Baptist or the light of Gods grace that doth dip or dye us in the river Iordan or Iudgement of Gods glacious goodnesse and this his judgement doth cleanse us from all our sinnes that were as red as searled and we come out as white as snow and this is the first Baptisme in the Fathers Name 2. I beleeve in Jesus Christ the only begotten Son of God or good and that he is the reall substance of God and that he is the goodnesse that proceedeth from God or good And I beleeve that all good things are made in the man by him and through him and that all goodnesse doth consist in him and proceedeth forth of him into the man for his goodnesse in us beareth in us our sinnes by his mighty power of patience and long sufferance with grievous sufferings and agonies which hee hath for our sinnes and there hee lyes or reignes in us till our sinnes bee vanquished or rooted out by this mighty power of patience and long sufferance and when all our evill is overcome by this power of his goodnesse then he delivers us which is the Kingdome of God to his Father that God may be all in all 3. I beleeve the Son of God or Righteousnesse is borne of the holy virgin Mary which virgine is the pure humanity and this pure humanity is overshadowed by the Angell Gabriell or the power of the most highest God and this Son or righteousnesse of God is begotten upon the humanity and is the promised seed to the man which is borne for a blessing to all generations of man as was promised 4. I beleeve that this holy seed of blessing the Sonne of God Jesus Christ the Saviour of us hath suffered death under Pontius Pilate the law of sinne in us and that he dyeth for and to sinne in us and is dead and buried and in hell under our earthly beeing and man of sin and he suffers for our sin in this hell for they be all upon him and he is nailed to the crosse of patience to endure all the reproaches and blasphemies contempts and false defamations or accusations for our sinnes cause on him and for the love of God and to us hath taken us upon him that we should suffer with him all our own reproaches contempts and sinnes to condemne us for doing them and that wee should condemne and forsake them and be dead to them and they to us by the power of Iesus Christ that saveth us in us and this is the baptisme of the Sonne and is the fiery tryalls or the baptisme of fire with which he saveth his owne body or us which is the humane nature that he hath taken on him to suffer for and with and that it might be saved through him and by his power in us and whosoever doth not suffer this death with Christ for their sinnes that is to suffer under the law of sinne death for sinne and to sinne the death of the crosse which is the patience and long sufferance of Christ to the killing of sinne in us he is no Christian let him brag how much he will of his Christianity till he hath tasted the death and life of Christ and that all this is come to passe in him for they must all taste of this cup or passion and be baptised with his baptisme for if we doe not suffer and dye with him we shall never rise and reigne with him 5. I beleeve that the holy God hath raised up his Sonne Jesus from the dead and that he was three dayes