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A54072	To the Jews natural, and to the Jews spiritual with a few words ro [sic] England my native country, &c. : some sensible, weighty queries, concerning some things very sweet and necessary to be experienced in the truly-Christian state : whereunto is added a postscript, containing some queries on Isa. 50, 10, 11 ... / by Isaac Penington.	Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679.	1677 (1677)	Wing P1214; ESTC R36966	28,679	73

they that live feed upon And though they be many yet feeding upon this Bread they become come one Bread one living Body consisting of a living Head and living Members for the same life and pure heavenly nature which is in the head is communicated by him to the members But how shall we find this may some say I will tell you how we found it and here none can miss of it that sweep the House and make a diligent and faithful search after it That in the heart of man which turns against sin discovers sin draws from sin wherein God ministers help against sin that is it That is the Pearl hid that is the Kingdom hid in that is the Righteousness of God revealed from Faith to Faith in all that receive and give up to this holy leaven This is of the Nature of God and Christ this is a measure of his Light of his pure life this is the law and commandment everlasting which God writes in the hearts of the spiritual Israel For the inward Jew hath inward tables where the inward law is w●it for the inward eye to read O how nigh is God inwardly to the inward people in this our day O the pure glory is broke forth But alas men are in their several sorts of Dreams and take no notice of it What shall the Lord do to awaken this Nation In what way shall his Power appear to bring down Unrighteousness and to bring up Righteousness in the Spirits of People Do ye not think the Lord hath been at work and is still at work How could Deceit be so wasted inwardly and Truth so grown inwardly and overspread more and more and gain ground in the Nation if the hand and Power of the Lord were not with it blessing it O take notice of the handy-work of the Lord ye children of men and wait to feel Truth near and to partake of the living Virtue and Power of it that ye may feel your Hearts creating anew and the old Heavens and Earth may inwardly pass away wherein dwells Unrighteousness and the new Heavens and the new Earth may be inwardly witnessed wherein dwells Righteousness O that this Nation might become a Paradise of God! O that every one might be sensible of his Presence and Power and Kingdom and righteous Government inwardly in the Heart from the King that sits on the Throne to the Begger on the Dunghil Surely man was not made for himself surely he was not made such a Creature as now he is but in the holy Image of God with love in his heart to God above all and to his Neighbour as to himself O what are the Religions and Professions of several sorts where this love is not found The Lord is restoring his Image and bringing forth the true pure Religion again The Pearl the Truth contains comprehends it O buy the Pearl O buy the precious Truth sel all that is contrary to it for it take up the Cross to all that is evil in thee as the Light in thee maketh it manifest and thou shalt have the free Possession of it in thy heart and feel it a root of Life a treasure of Life a well of Life out of which the living water will be daily springing up in thee unto Life everlasting Amen The 22d of the 7th Mon. 1676. Three Queries upon three verses of the 46th Psalm Verse 4. THere is a River the Streams whereof shall make glad the City of God the holy Place of the Tabernacles of the most High Query 1. Which is the River and what are the Streams thereof which make glad the City of God And which is the City of God which they make glad Which are the Tabernacles of the most high and which is the holy Place of those Tabernacles O my dear Country-men that every one in this Nation did understand and enjoy these thing For the Lord is ready to beget a Will to beget a Thirst in the hearts of the Children of Men And whosoever thirsteth whosoever will is called to the Waters and may come to the Waters and take of the Water of Life freely Isa 55.1 Rev. 22.17 yea to the full satisfaction of their Souls For indeed this is the Day of God's Power wherein he doth make his people willing to come to him and to abide with him the Fountain of living Waters And those that do come to him and abide with him he abundantly satisfieth with the Fatness of his House and giveth them to drink of the River of his Pleasures Psal 36.8 9. Mark God is the Fountain of living Waters with him is the Fountain of life a River of Pleasures a River whose Streams make glad the whole City even the holy Place of all the Tabernacles of the most high And he giveth his Citizens to drink of it and whoever drinketh of it it maketh them glad it refresheth their life O that more knew what this means Ver. 5. God is in the midst of her she shall not be moved God shall help her and that right early or when the Morning appeareth or from the Morning appearing Qu. 2. How is God in the midst of this City Is it not more gloriously in an inward way then ever he was in the Temple in the outward Jerusalem in an outward way How is she built How is she founded and scituated How comes it about that she shall not be moved How is God her Refuge and Strength and present help in time of Trouble After what manner doth God arise inwardly and scatter his Enemies How doth the Morning Light help her after what manner when the Enemy cometh in like a Flood doth the Spirit of the Lord lift up a standard against him Ah blessed are they that know and experience and live in the Enjoyment of these things O that this whole Nation did so Were it not worth the suffering of much the denying of much and the bearing of much Judgment to come to this Ver. 10. Be still and know that I am God I will be exalted among or in the Heathen I will be exalted in the Earth Qu. 3. What is that Stilness wherein God is known to be God not outwardly in notion but inwardly in the heart VVhat is that Silence of Mind wherein God teacheth his Israel in the new Covenant to know him as he is even all of them from the greatest to the least How will God come to be exalted in the Heathen and in the Earth Is it not by the Light of his Day breaking forth and shining in them VVhere this Day breaks forth in any heart doth it not bteak down and destroy the Kingdom of Darkness inwardly And doth not the King of glory consume the man of sin the wicked one that was exalted in the Temple before which Temple belonged of right to God with the spirit of his mouth and destroy him with the Brightness of his coming or appearing Isa 11.4 2 Thes 2.8 Then is the Day known vvherein the Lord

whose VVrath is dreadful Rev. 19.11 to the end Psalm 2.11 Qu· 8. What shall the Cry be when God's Spirit and Power prevaileth over the Dragon's Spirit and ●nd Power when the Lamb gets the Victory when he smites the Earth with the Rod of his Mouth and with the Breath of his Lips shall slay the Wicked when he brings down the Dragon Beast and false Prophet and the false Church Mother of Harlots which hath drunk the Blood of his Saints with his Vials Plagues Woes Thunders c When Babylon the great City falls which made all Nations drunk with her spiritual Wine of Fornication Answ Then the Power which doth this shall be magnified Then it shall be said no more who can make War with the Beast but who can withstand this Power Who can make War with the Innocent Righteous Lamb who hath his sword in his Mouth and with his tender-hearted faithful Followers and prosper Who shall not fear thee O Lord and glorifie thy Name For all Nations shall come and worship before thee for thy Judgments are made manifest Great and Marvelous are thy Works Lord God Almighty Just and True are thy Wayes thou King of Saints Rev. 15.3 4. Yea a great Voice of much People in Heaven shall say Allelujah Salvation and Glory and Honour and Power unto the Lord our God for True and Righteous are his Judgments for he hath judged the great Whore which did corrupt the Earth with her Fornication and hath avenged the Blood of his Servants at her Hand chap. 19. ver 1.2 Now doth it not concern all people to consider which is Zion God's holy Mountain and which is the Jerusalem of his building the holy City of God the holy Church of God the Mother of all the truly living Children for the Jerusalem which is above and which is free is the Mother of them all Gal. 4.26 And also which is Babylon the City built by man and the Spirit of Antichrist in a kind of likeness but not in the real nature of the true Church that they may wait for and follow God's Call to come out of her and may not partake of her sins of her sorceries Rev. 18.22 of her Fornication from the pure Life Spirit and Power and seting up Worships and compelling people to worship in her forms which are out of the Life and out of the Power that they partake not of her plagues which will indeed be very dreadful such as shall affright any from coming near her or medling with her spiritual sorceries and fornications any more Rev. 18.4 ver 9 10. O therefore let every one consider what the Beast is what his Image what the Mark in the Forehead what in the right Hand and take heed he be not found worshipping the Beast and his Image or receiving his Mark either in his Forehead or right hand lest God make him to drink of the Wine of his Wrath which is poured out without Mixture into the Cup of his Indignation and he be tormented with Fire and Brimstone in the Presence of the holy Angels and in the Presence of the Lamb and have no rest Day nor Night Rev. 14.9 10 11. I had rather run great hazards outwardly and suffer much Affliction and Persecution from Men to keep my Soul true to God in the spiritual Worship and Testimony which he hath given me against all false Wayes and invented Worships then expose my Soul to the hazard of drinking of this dreadful Cup of God's Indignation which the Lord God of tender Mercies teach men and give them true VVisdom to avoid and escape Amen THE CONCLUSION BEhold my Servant shall deal prudently he shall be exalted and extolled and be very high As many were astonied at thee his Visage was so marred more then any man and his Form more then the Sons of Men so shall he sprinkle many Nations the Kings shall shut their mouthes at him For that which had not been told them shall they see and that which they had not heard shall they consider Isa 52.13 14 15 Thou art fairer then the Children of Men Grace is poured into thy Lips therefore God hath blessed thee forever Gird thy Sword upon thy Thigh O most mighty with thy Glory and thy Majesty And in thy Majesty ride prosperously because of Truth and Meekness and Righteousness and thy Right Hand shall teach thee terrible things Thine Arrows are sharp in the Hearts of the King's Enemies whereby the People shall fall under thee Thy Throne O God is forever and ever The Scepter of thy Kingdom is a right Scepter Thou lovest Righteousness and hatest Wickedness therefore God thy God hoth anointed thee with the Oyl of Gladness above thy Fellows Psalm 45. ver 2. to 8. Strengthen ye the weak Hands and confirm the feeble Knees Say to them that are of a fearful Heart be strong fear not Behold your God will come with Vengeance even God with a Recompence he will come and save you Then the Eyes of the blind shall be opened and the Ears of the deaf shall be unstopped Then shall the lame man leap as an Hart and the Tongue of the dumb sing For in the Wilderness shall Waters break out and streams in the Desert And the parched Ground shall become a Pool and the thirsty Land Springs of Water In the Habitation of Dragons where each lay shall be Grass with Reeds and Rushes And an high-way shall be there and a way and it shall be called the way of Holiness the unclean shall not pass over it but it shall be for those the wayfaring men though Fools shall not err therein No Lyon shall be there nor any ravenous Beast shall go up thereon it shall not be found there But the redeemed shall walk there And the ransomed of the Lord shall return and come to Zion with Songs and everlasting Joy upon their Heads They shall obtain Joy and Gladness and Sorrow and Sighing shall flee away Isa 35. ver 3. to the end Blessed be the Lord God of Life forever ●hese Scriptures and many more are sweet●y and preciously fulfilled in the hearts of a Remnant in this our Day They were once in a degree fulfilled in the Day of the Ap●earance of the word of Life in the prepa●ed Body of Flesh They were again mo●e ge●erally fulfilled in the Day of the pouring ●ut of his Spirit and gathering a people to ●im both from among the Jews and Gentiles ●hom he did sprinkle with his holy Life Spi●it and Power And they are again fulfilled ●n the hearts of many after the long Night of Darkness and great and large Apostacy from ●he Spirit and Power of the Apostles Blessed O blessed be the Lord the Sun of Righ●eousness hath again shone forth and appeared inwardly in a glorious living powerful manner to them that have feared his Name and he hath been a God of Vengeance to the Man of Sin yea to all that was dark fleshly and corrupt in them and a God of

to be filled with his Blessings to have my Cup overflow and that others ●ay be helped refreshed and gladed therewith and by the sweet Taste thereof led to wait for the opening of the same Root and Fountain of Life in themselves to yield living Sap and send forth living Streams in them Day by Day Somewhat in the Love of God to the Jews Natural or seed of Abraham after the Flesh O the Glory of your state outward who were the people whom God once chose and loved and manifested his Power and Presence among above all People Whose Land was the Glory of all Lands to which God brought you out of Egypt by an out-stretched Arm through a dreadful VVilderness wherein ye were tempted tried and exercised and the succeeding Generation fitted to enter into O what Laws and statutes and righteous Judgments did God give you such as no Nation besides had VVhat a Temple had ye to appear before God in and the Ark of the Covenant and holy Priests Kings and Prophets And how nigh was God to you to be enquired of by you and how ready to hear your Prayers in all that you called upon him for The eternal God was thy Refuge and underneath were the everlasting Arms the Lord was thy Rock and thou wast built upon him and he did thrust out the Enemy before thee and did say Destroy And when the Arm of the Lord did destroy them before thee thou didst dwell in safety alone and the Lord was a Fountain of living waters to thee and his Heavens did drop down Fatness upon thee Happy wast thou O Israel who was like unto thee O People saved by the Lord the Shield of thy help and who was the Sword of thy Excellency And thine Enemies were sound Lyars unto thee and thou didst tread upon their high places And it might have been still so with thee hadst thou not been unmindful of the Rock that begat thee and forgotten God that formed thee For thy Glory should not have been taken from thee but swallowed up in a higher Glory wherein thou mightest have had the first and chiefest share hadst thou not by thy almost constant Rebellion and Unbelief provoked the Lord against thee not only often to afflict but at last utterly to cast thee off from being a People and chose a people in thy stead who should bring forth better Fruits to the Lord of the Vine-yard then thou in thy Day hadst done Yet when thy state was thus glorious it was not a state of the truly-substantial lasting glory but a shadowy state or representative thereof Thy day of glory was not the day of the Messiah the day of everlasting Light inwardly wherein the Lord alone is exalted inwardly in the Hearts of all in whom he b●eaks down all that is contrary to the Light of his Day Thy Day was but the day of the outward shadows of the heavenly substance but when that day the day of the inward substance and glory shined thy shadows or shadowy state was to fly away and to be swallowed up in the pure substance and spiritual Kingdom of the Messiah Thy birth from Abraham after the Flesh was not the birth which was to inherit the Promise in the Kingdom of the Messiah but there is a birth inwatdly born of the Spirit born after Abraham in his Faith who travels inwardly as Abraham did outwardly and seek an inward Country City whose builder and maker is God To these the spiritual Kingdom and Promises belong Thy circumcision was but the circumcision outward the circumcision of the Flesh it was not the circumcision of the Heart That i● the circumcision of the inward Jew which indeed the Scripture call'd for from you because there was somewhat near you which wold have so circumcised you had ye hearkned and given up to it but ye as a people were not so circumcised but were a stiffnecked people as Moses and the Prophets were still complaining of you uncircumcised in Heart and Ears resisting God's Spirit both in your own Hearts and in the Prophets until the Lord was provoked to take away both Vision and Prophet from you The Aegypt in which your Fathers were in bondage and Pharaoh who oppressed them was but the Aegypt outward and Pharaoh outward There is an inward Aegypt wherein the spiritual seed the inward man the soul is in Bondage and there is a spiritual Pharaoh that oppresseth the spiritual seed in spiritual Aegypt And there is a stretching out the Arm of the Almighty inwardly to break the strength of the inward Pharaoh to pierce Leviathan the crooked Serpent and to deliver the soul from under his captivity The Wilderness also your Fathers were led through was but the outward Wilderness where they were tempted tried by the Lord many wayes that he might do them good in the latter end But the inward Israel after they are led out of the inward Egypt are tried in the inward wilderness where they are judged after the flesh and that wasted in them which is not to enter into inherit the good land where they are tried in the furnace of affliction their filth purged away by the spirit of judgment burning that the righteous nation which hath received the holy inward law keeps the Truth may enter into the good land city and kingdom of the Messiah and inherit the blessed promises of life and salvaton there Moses your great Prophet was a Type of the great lasting standing Prophet whom God would raise up like unto Moses who was to give his inward law as Moses did the outward and to lead all the spiritual Israel as Moses did the outward Israel and his Word was to be heard stand in all things whatsoever he shall say unto his People and whosoever will not hear and obey this Prophet shall be cut off from among the holy spiritual and inwardly living People Joshuah who succeeded Moses led but into he figurative Rest he was but a Figure of him that inwardly leads into the inwad and spiritual Rest which the true Jews which are inwardly created and formed by God and made a willing People in the day of his Power enter into The Pillar of Cloud and Pillar of Fire in the Wilderness were but Figures of the spiritual Pillar of Cloud and Fire by which the spiritual Israel are led and defended in the glorious gospel-day of God's spirit and power read Isa ch 4 which speaketh of the gospel-day and the Pillar of Cloud and Fire to be created therein and of the defence which is to be on all the inward and spiritual glory The Land of Canaan the outward good Land an● Kingdom of Israel was but a Figure of the inward Land and Kingdom of the inward Israel in the dayes of the Messiah This is the Land of Judah in which the Song is sung because of the inward strong City where God appoints salvation for walls and bulwarks which the righteous nation which keepeth the Truth