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Word A	Word B	Word C	Word D	Occurrence	Frequency Band	MI	MI Band	Prominent
conscience_n	blood_n	good_a	sprinkle_v	1,518	5	10.9497	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A76101	The arrovv of the Almighty shot out of the creatures bowe, against the uncalled ministers in England. Or, A messages sent to them to forewarn them of their determined destruction, before it fall upon them. Likewise here is shewed, from whence they had their calling into the ministery; and how all people have been decieved by them. Here is also a glass wherein all formalists may see their own deformity, and so seek after that which is the substance, wherein all their deformity shall be done away. Likewise here is opened the mystery of the Lords Supper, and the mystery in Baptism; and how there is a threefold Baptism, having relation to the three fold name of Father, Son, and Holy Ghost; with other truths very needful to be known. All of them being laid down in as brief a manner as possiblemay be, for the use and instruction of the Presbyterians, Independants, and Anabaptists, so called; or for the good of all others who have a minde to seek God in a right way; and in the conclusion, a word to the free-gracians. By Geo. Baitman.	Baiteman, George.	1653 (1653)	Wing B1095; Thomason E712_16; ESTC R207148	119,470	138

works and this made the Apostle Paul write the same truth as in Heb. 9.14 And while any mans heart or will yeeldeth obedience to such a conscience all his obedience is evil because his conscience is evil Heb. 10.22 And so long as man findeth any life in these conscientious walkings he hath but besprinkled his conscience with the blood of Bulls and Goats and his own mark is upon the post and saveth himself from the destroyer as he thinketh But the conscience being sprinkled with the blood of Jesus then doth man truly know himself to be a sinner and by that blood his peace and safety is to be procured and full wel knoweth that all his good actings are as bad as his evil actings And from hence it cometh to pass that sin becometh to be out of measure sinful and by this means all the bloody offerings and sprinkling of his own conscience becometh to be rubbed off and blotted out and then the blood of the Lamb becomes to be sprinkled upon the conscience whereby the same hath no power to condemn This made the Apostle say there was no condemnation to those that were in Christ c. Rom. 8.1 Secondly the understanding as holden out by the other side post before it be sprinkled with the bloud of the Lamb is but darke in the conceiving of truth and in its darknesse mans Conscience cannot give out right commands to the heart or will for the right command of the Conscience proceedeth from the purenesse of the understanding and the understanding being darke how great is that darknesse Luke 11.35 and while man walketh in this darknesse he is deceived himselfe and deceiveth others also his condition being nothing else but deceiving and being deceived 2 Tim. 3.13 yea stumbleth and falleth and knoweth not whereupon Prov. 4.19 But when man once knoweth his darknesse then doth he cry after wisdome and knowledge and seeketh them more then silver and then it is that the Lord sendeth his Angel to seale or set a marke on the forehead of such a soule before the destroying Angels worke their worke Revel 7.2 viz. To give man the right knowledg and understanding of the great Mystery both of sinne and godlinesse and by that the destroyer is kept out for then he is that wise man that fore-seeth the evill and hideth himselfe Prov. 22.23 and when the eyes of the understanding are opened the soul is sealed with the character of wisdome and all this is by the bloud of the Lamb which is that eye-salve spoken of in Revel 3.18 and where the understanding is thus marked then the soule can truly see Christ and close with him in the propitiation of his Blood but not before But the sprinkling of the lintel which holdeth out the heart or will is that which keepeth all together and maketh the safety compleat for it is the sealing of the heart by the Blood of the Lamb that bringeth the soule into the union of the Father and then is it with all the affection kept in under the wings of the Almighty and then is the Blood of the Lambe rightly sprinkled upon the intellectuall powers of the soule viz. the Conscience understanding and the will and fitly framed and being so marked with the sprinkles of the Blood the destroyer passeth over and the sprinkling of the Blood in this manner doth bring us out of all danger of ghostly enemies so that our soules passe safely out of Aegypt from the bondage of Pharaoh and the Aegyptians and over the red Sea through the Wildernesse into the Land of rest and this the Apostle affirmeth where he saith We are not come to Mount Sina c. but we are come to the Mount Sion c. And to Jesus the Mediator of the New Testament and to the bloud of sprinkling that speaketh better things for us then the blood of Abel Heb. 12.18 19 c. And of this our Saviour made a promise to his Disciples that they should live in the union of him and the Father Job 17.24 And the truth of this Promise they were all partakers of for having their understanding sprinkled marked clensed or made pure by the Blood of the Lamb thereby they were made able to see and understand the truth as it was in Jesus and by the cleare vision of that Light their Consciences being purified by the same Blood did beare witnesse to the truth of that Light and their hearts being sprinkled by the same Blood it was freed from the power of Sin and Death and errours of an evill Conscience Heb. 10 22. and did enjoy the vertue of that Light so that the love of God was shed abroad in their hearts whereby they were made able to love one another and thus it was they became freed from sinne both in the understanding in the Conscience and in the will and this made the Apostle Iohn say that the blood of Iesus Christ cleanseth us from all sinne 1 Ioh. 1.7 And when our Saviour instituted this Type hee would have them to remember and not to forget what was to be fulfilled in them by the power and efficacy of his Blood but I feare your understanding is too weak to conceive any further explaining of the Mystery of the second Type instituted by Christ else I would have proceeded further in laying open more in this particular therefore I give you but these short touches and glimpses that thereby you may somewhat grope after the great Mystery herein contained So I will proceed and give you some glimpse of the manner of the preparation of the Passeover in its signification for the Paschall Lamb was not to be eaten raw nor to be sodden in water but to be roasted with fire Exod. 12.9 Now I would have you to understand the Mystery in water upon this occasion and why the Lamb was not to be sodden therein First Water in its signification here pointeth out the overflowing of Sin and Lust which compasseth about the Soule and by the out-breaking of its flouds the Soule becometh in danger of drowning and David knew this when he prayed to God to deliver him out of the deep waters Psa 69.14 15. Likewise water is unstable which signifieth the unconstancy of man in Nature and how subject to waver and turne from one sinne to another and how easily to be drawne to all iniquity and this made Iacob use these words to Reuben unstable as water c. Gen. 49.4 Likewise water is but weake yet of a destroying nature when man is over-head in it for there is no hold to be taken of it whereby man can save himselfe so is sinne a weake deliverer when the soule is in the depth of it for there is no hold to bee taken by it whereby the soule can save it selfe but rather to be drowned in the depth thereof Likewise whatsoever is sodden in water it looseth part of the vertue thereof for the water draweth part of the vertue into its selfe Under these considerations

Israel go And this Passover was kept of the Jews for a memorial of what was done and at the very time of the Jews keeping this Passover it was that Jesus instituted this Type which Type holdeth out a more clear beholding of himself to the world then the other Type of the Passover did for that Type of the Jews Passover was but as a shadow whereby to know the substance and a shadow is but a dark representation of a thing and so this dark shadow was to be done away that the Image is a clearer representation of the substance then the shadow and yet both the shadow and the image are but representations of the substance the one more clearer then the other the darker done away and the clearer established And this was one reason why Christ instituted this Type or Image at that time that after he was departed the sons of men might have a more clear sight of him after his appearing in the flesh then they had before for then they lived under the shadow or dark representation but now under the Gospel we have the Image or clearer representation as you may see Heb. 11.1 Likewise at the time of the institution of this Passover God had a marvellous work to do viz. To bring the Israelites out of Egypt from under the bondage of Pharaoh and the Egyptians so at this very time of Christs instituting of this Type God had a wondrous work to do viz. To bring the souls of believers out of the captivity of the Devil Sin Death and Hell for after the death of the Paschal Lamb the first-born of Pharaoh and all Egypt were slain and so their proud hearts were made to stoop So by the death of Christ the first-born of the Devil viz. Sin was destroyed and Death and Hell conquered and so a way was made for all souls to come out of their captivity for sin is the first-born childe of the devil his beloved and his power and strength For this is a truth in nature that the first-born is the strength and power and dignity of the Parents as Jacob saith to Reuben his first-born Gen. 49.3 So sin being the first-born childe of the devil therein consisteth his power and strength and when this is slain then is he overcome and so death being the childe of sin loseth his power for as sin is the first-born of the devil so death is the first-born of sin for death is brought out by sin Jam. 1.15 And as death is the first born of sin so Hell is the first-born of death and alway follows its father Revel So all these first-born were to be destroyed by another first born and that was Jesus the first-born of God a Type of whom we have in the Levitical Law by the first-born of all things which should be called holy to the Lord Numb 3.13 And as this first born Son or Lamb of God overcame the Devil Sin Death and Hell by himself so that they had no power over him so by the same power he overcometh all these for those who are the true followers of him in his life and example obeying his commands and taking up his cross and bearing it to the very death those shall know the power and vertue of his life death and resurrection and shall live with him in the union of the Father and when he instituted this Type he would have them to remember this whensoever they would do the like Likewise as the first-born of Pharaoh and Egypt were slain so on the contrary the poeple of Israel was saved from the power of the destroyer by the efficacy of the blood of the Paschal Lamb where it was sprinkled upon the two side posts and the lintel of the gate viz. The Will the Understanding and the Conscience the Noble Faculties of the soul for as the two posts and the lintel do differ in their property yet in close joyning together they make but one so in their properties they may be distinguished but in unity they are not distinguishable And these three in their distinct properties being sprinkled by the blood of the Lamb the destroyer viz. the justice of God can have no power to enter to destroy any of the Inhabitants contained within the habitation of that minde viz. Faith Hope and Love c. In case that none of the Inhabitants went out of door beyond the sprinkled post and to the very same purpose our Saviour gave command to abide in him Joh. 15 4. for herein is the safety of the soul with all its affections c. And this blood of the Lamb being sprinkled upon the posts as before said is the mark or sign of Gods sanctification or setting that soul apart in the more noble parts until he have executed justice of and upon the world flesh and devil death sin and hell who have their habitation in the inferior parts of the soul viz. the sensuality and the reason and imagination which by their great power have kept the inhabitants of the noble part in bondage But to illustrate a little more the sprinkling of the two side posts and the lintel in their threefold property I will shew you how the Scripture in other places pointeth at them and first for the property of the one post and its sprinkling viz. the Conscience First for its property As the one post of the gate having hinges whereupon the one leaf of the gate is hung so that thereby it hath the glibness to open and shut so the Conscience hath two hinges viz. the outward teachings and the inward dictates of God upon which the one leaf of the gate hangeth viz. the fear of God And the understanding as the other post hath other two hinges on which the other leaf hangeth and these two hinges is true wisdom and right knowledge upon which the other leaf hangeth viz. the pure desire of God and these two leaves being close shut and safely kept together the adversary hath less power to enter But these two posts are not fit for the bearing of the two leaves of the gate until the lintel couple them together So neither the Conscience nor the Understanding can be suitable for carrying the fear and desire of God in their right order until the will with its property yeilding obedience in its ghostly acting bee conjoyned to both and so when all their threefold properties meet in union then are the two leaves of the gate hung in right order Now to come to the sprinkling of the first side post viz. the Conscience As for Conscience before it be sprinkled with the blood of the Lamb it is but the leader of men into error as well as into truth as may be seen in the Apostle who by and through the leading thereof persecuted the Saints And likewise the Scribes and Pharisees that put Christ to death and though man have never so much zeal for God yet his conscience not struck or sprinkled all his works is but sin and dead

foresaid dispensations and for this very end it was that Christ gave out his command to teach and discipline all Nations and Baptize them in the name of the Father Sonne and Holy Ghost Friends I have but given you a dark glimps of these things for the clearer illustrating of them requireth more time then I have allotted to me at present and would containe a greater volume then at present I meane to put out but this which here I have intimated may give you some sight in the whole and I wish that every one of you were so wise as to finde out in your owne heart the whole mysterie hereof and this I have holden out to you that thereby you may partly see what is contained in the type of Baptisme and that it is not the forme or type that bringeth any happinesse to the soule But in case you say you live not in the outward forme of Baptisme but in the power of the Mysterie from whence is it that so little fruits thereof appear amongst you who are of the order of the Brotherhood in outward form of re-baptizing for though you may think you obey the command of Christ in this your act yet being ignorant of the minde of Christ in this command you doe obey him no more then Saul did the command of Samuel 1 Sam. 15.14 for I can as justly say to you as Samuel said to Saul What meaneth the bleating of the sheep and the lowing of these oxen in mine eares For though some amongst you in your Brother-hood can speake of some experiences and say something what God hath done for their soules yet I see the world in the heart of such yea and the love of praise and honour and the livelinesse of affection to created things looke to your owne hearts and you shall finde what I say is true and if it be so take it for granted you know not the minde of Christ in the mystery of Baptism but you content your selves with the forme and if you knew but the mysterie the forme would not be of so great value with you but as all other formes are but empty things so is your forme also and they shall all perish in time and all soules shall be deceived who live in them For nothing shall stand but what is the substance and mysterie of all forms and what soule is not brought out of formes into that which is the mysterie shall perish as doth the formes for in all dispensations and all ordinances in dispensations formerly there hath been a change and the reason why former things instituted was changed was because of sin amongst men who made Idols of those ordinances for the minde and intent of God in all ordinances was to draw the heart of men to himselfe out of the creature and so when God owned these his ordinances and answered men in them then was the hearts of men in too great love with these ordinances and when the heart beginneth to cleave to any ordinance then the heart getteth liberty to run out into the creature and yet man can blesse himselfe and quiet his blinde Conscience with observing the ordinances and so the ordinances becometh Idolized and so abominable in the eyes of God and so it is that these things God ordained to bring man to himselfe by reason of the body of sinne in man they have drawne man further from his God and there is not any formalist in England of what forme soever that contendeth for his forme can excuse himselfe in what is here expressed But here I leave you in your forms and wish that God may so owne you in your formes that you may see a cleare way to depart out of your formes and to come to close with that which is the substance and then you will not fall out with any who are not of the same forme with you neither will you so much contend for your formes for then you shall see how all formes are but empty things and not worth so much dispute and contention which hath been the occasion of the spilling of so much bloud as hath been spilt but let me tell you one thing that no hand shall be guiltlesse of bloud who hath shed any mans bloud for maintaining the uprightnesse of his forme for it will bee found that that hand that hath shed the bloud of any man for opposing his form he slew but his brother that he might sacrifice his bloud to an Idol and this one day will lye heavie upon the heart of those that have done it But what is this I have said who will beleeve it for every one in his forme can bless himselfe in what he hath done and quiet his blinde Conscience by kissing of his Idol but the time is in coming and shall shortly be that all Idols shall cease and all formall worship shall be destroyed for we who are alive are in the last dispensation and under the last types that ever shall be upon the earth and when these types under which we live shall come to be worshipped to the height then changed shall they be and I leave it to you to guesse what thing shal then be established the time shall shortly be even so come Lord Jesus Amen A word to the Free-Gracians FRiends you who pretend the Free-grace of God without the Creatures actings I need not write to you of your idolizing of Forms for I know you are not tied to any Form But my Friends I ask you the question How came you to part with your Forms was it the Free-grace of God indeed that called you out of Forms or was it your subtil-self that cast you out of Forms I much fear the devil hath played the cheater with you and you have not seen wherein he hath deceived you and so you are bereaved both of the Form and Power I know you much pretend all to be of God and that he giveth his grace freely without the act or desert of the Creature I know there is a truth in what you say but yet did ever any of you receive grace But first you were active Creatures and sought grace more then ever you sought any earthly thing If you say you have grace and yet sought not grace it is no less then a marvel to me But in case you say that you sought grace before you received grace why do you so much cry down the Creatures actings do you think to bring any a nearer way to grace then your selves have gone if you do you peradventure shall be deceived and while you by that way go about to draw men to grace it is six to one you keep them from grace I know your preaching and speaking of that subject will beget you many a one to be of the same minde with you for your doctrine soundeth well to the fleshly part of man and soon is it believed and as soon practised for I know not what will hinder the success of it for I know the devil