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Of the internal and eternal nature of man in Christ.
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Pembroke, William Herbert, 3rd Earl of, 1580-1630.
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And J brethren when J came to you came not with excellency of speech or of wisdom declaring unto you the Testimony of God For J determined not to know any thing among you save Jesus Christ and him crucified And J was with you in weakness and in fear and in much trembling And my speech and my preaching was not with entising words of mans wisdom but in demonstration of the Spirit and of power That your faith should not stand in the wisdom of men but in the Power of God Howbeit we speak wisdom among them that are perfect yet not the wisdom of this world nor of the Princes of this world that come to nought But we speak the Wisdom of God in a mystery even the hidden wisdom which God ordained before the world unto our glory Which none of the Princes of this World knew for had they known it they would not have crucified the Lord of glory But as it is written Eye hath not seen nor ear heard neither hath entered into the heart of man the things which God hath prepared for them that love him But God hath revealed them unto us by his spirit for the spirit searcheth all things yea the deep things of God For what man knoweth the things of a man save the spirit of man which is in him Even so the things of God knoweth no man but the spirit of God And read likewise Heb. 8.10.11 For this is the Covenant that J will make with the house of Israel after those days saith the Lord J will put my Laws into their mind and write them in their hea t s and J will be unto them a God and they shall be unto me a people And they shall not teach every man his neighbor and every man his brother saying know the Lord for all shall know me from the least to the greatest And 1 Joh. 2.26 27. These things have J written unto you concerning them that seduce you But the anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you and ye need not that any man teach you but as the same anointing teacheth you of all things and is truth and is no lye and even as it hath taught you ye shall abide in him Also 2 Pet. 1.19 We have also a more sure word of Prophesie whereunto ye do well that ye take heed as unto a light that shineth in a dark place until the day dawn and the day Star arise in your hearts Thus it is apparent we have a light within our selves better then any candles of our own wisdom namely the wisdom of Christ a day star that the Apostle directs us to and that the way to know Christ and the only way is by the inward unction the Baptism of the Spirit Now when our soul receives a glance or beam of Gods wrath thereby it reflects on its fall and sin is made manifest to our consciences wherby we are overwhelmed with sorrow grief for a time For where the entire will of sin is pierced quite through by repentance and so opened and searcht there the anointing Oyl of Love penetrateth and healeth all the wounds Thus the Father Baptizeth the Son Sanctifieth and the Holy Ghost Ordereth All and directeth us to a new Life This is the manner wherewith the Holy Trinity Baptizeth in its Manifestations in Man Now beyond and besides this is the Trinity it self God in one only Good Where we do not affirm that the Father is wrath the Son this or that thing but the good being in himself But according to the great Mystery before named in the fourth Paragraph wherein he doth manifest himself For the creation of man was made to this end and purpose only namely that God might be known Thus you may understand the Baptism of Regeneration in the inward spring and fountain of the soul where the Father Baptizeth with fire whereby we are inwardly made sensible of the bitter sufferings of Christ 2 Cor. chap. 11. v. 5. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ So that we are brought into bondage and slavery afflicted by wrath that we may be freed by Love who pacifieth the same whereby we are likewise made apprehensive of obtaining a victory Thus the soul is wounded by the wrath of God healed by the Love of God and by the Holy Ghost the comforter baptized with a new life and understanding I speak not against the outward Baptism of water cause Christ himself used the same provided it be used as a Figure onely of this Now when we are thus baptized we are often in communion with God eating his body and drinking his blood and it were well if upon this accompt we met at the Supper of the Lord breaking bread dayly Joh. 6.33 For the bread of God is he which cometh down from Heaven and giveth life unto the world And Vers 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58. J am that bread of life Your Fathers did eat Manna in the wilderness and are dead This is the bread which cometh down from Heaven that a man may eat thereof and not dye J am the living bread which came down from heaven if any man eat of this bread he shal live for ever and the bread that J will give is my flesh which J will give for the life of the world Then Jesus said unto them Verily verily J say unto you Except ye eate the flesh of the Son of man and drink his blood ye have no life in you Who so eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life and J will raise him up at the last day For my flesh is meat indeed and my blood is drink indeed He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood dwelleth in me and J in him As the living Father hath sent me and I live by the Father so he that eateth me even he shall live by me This is that bread which came down from heaven not as your fathers did eat Manna and are dead he that eateth of this bread shall live for ever And vers 63 64 65. It is the Spirit that quickneth the flesh profiteth nothing the words that I speak unto you they are Spirit and they are life But there are some of you that beleeve not For Jesus knew from the begining who they were that beleeved not and who should betray him And he said Therefore said I unto you that no man can come unto me except it were given unto him of my Father But this spiritual Resurrection this spiritual Baptism and Supper of the Lord Joh. 5.21 25. Verily verily J say unto you He that heareth my words and beleeveth on him that sent me hath everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation but is passed from death unto life Verily verily J say unto you The hour is coming and now is when the dead shall hear the voyce of the Son of
God and they that heare shall live is that which Lucifer defaceth and bringeth into contempt in the very hearts of men by endeavouring to make them beleeve this to be a Fancy or else to neglect and put off the time whereby the great Mystery of Christ is over-ruled and trampled upon which he cannot help unless together with him we sink down into the Cross the wrath of God then the light shineth in our hearts and by that means we see our fall our danger and our Redeemers great love and mercy Luk. 13. v. 34. O Jerusalem Jerusalem which killest the Prophets and stonest them that are sent unto thee how often would I have gathered thy children together as a Hen doth gather her brood under her wings and ye would not Here indeed is the unspeakable Mystery that Christ in whom the Trinity dwelleth bodily Colos 2. vers 9. For in him dwelleth all the fulness of the God-head bodily should take upon him our nature and suffer therein a reproachful life and ignominious death by the Prince of the world the Prince of the air for the Redemption of mankind and that the same Christ should be manifested himself through faith in the mystical Body of his Saints whereby he formeth himself in us out of himself that so he may be brought into an Image thereby to know himself 2 Cor. 3.18 But we all with open face beholding as in a glass the glory of the Lord are changed into the same image from glory to glory even as by the Spirit of the Lord. Therefore praying that our Lord Jesus would establish and strengthen us I will name some Texts whereby we are commanded to suffer with him without which we cannot raign with him 2 Tim. 3.12 Yea and all that will live godly in Christ Jesus shall suffer persecution 2 Tim. 2.11 It is a faithful saying For if we be dead with him we shall also live with him Verse 12. If we suffer we shall also raign with him if we deny him he will also deny us Luke 9.23 And he said unto them all Jf any will come after me let him deny himself and take up his cross dayly and follow me Verse 26. For whosoever shall be ashamed of me and of my words of him shall the Son of man be ashamed when he shall come in his glory and in his Fathers and of the holy Angels Rom. 6. vers 6. Knowing this that our old man is crucified with him that the body of sin might be destroyed that henceforth we should not serve sin 2 Cor. 1. v. 5. For as the sufferings of Christ abound in us so our consolation also aboundeth by Christ Heb. 12. v. 6. For whom the Lord loveth he chasteneth and scourgeth every Son whom he receiveth Verse 7. Jf ye endure chastening God dealeth with you as with Sons for what son is he whom the Father chasteneth not Verse 8. But if ye be without chastisements whereof all are partakers then are ye bastards and not sons Ephes 3.20 Now unto him that is able to do exceeding abundantly above all that we ask or think according to the power that worketh in us Gal. 2.20 J am crucified with Christ Nevertheless I live yet not J but Christ liveth in me and the life which J now live in the flesh J live by the faith of the Son of God who loved me and gave himself for me 1 Pet. 2.20 For what glory is it if when ye be buffeted for your faults ye shall take it patiently But if when ye do well and suffer for it ye take it patiently this is acceptable with God Vers 21. For even hereunto were ye called because Christ also suffered for us leaving us an example that ye should follow his steps 1 Pet. 4.13 But rejoyce in as much as ye are partakers of Christs sufferings that when his glory shall be revealed ye may be glad also with exceeding joy Verse 14. If ye be reproached for the Name of Christ happy are ye for the Spirit of Glory and of God resteth upon you on their part he is evil spoken of but on your part is he glorified Verse 16. Yet if any man suffer as a Christian let him not be ashamed but let him glorifie God in this behalf Verse 17. For the time is come that Judgment must begin at the House of God and if it first begin at us what shall the end be of them that obey not the Gospel of God 1 Pet. 5.10 But the God of all grace who hath called us into his eternal glory by Christ Jesus after that ye have suffered a while make you perfect stablish strengthen settle you To search further and beyond this we have neither ground nor authority for 't is in the Will of God himself whose Will is infinite and no man can possibly attain to the knowledg of what farther Creations he will make An Addition Unfolding and clearing some Things only toucht upon REader To prevent mistakes in some obscure Mysteries and my expressions on them take these few Explanations before J bid thee Farewell 1. Whereas in page 3. I make mention of the Spirit of the Virgin Mary know there is a twofold mystical Virgin the one is the pure Word or Doctrine of God out of which Christ is born in us according to the Flesh the other is the eternal Wisdom of God out of which Christ is brought forth in us according to the Spirit and this last is the Virgin which we here meant 2. Whereas in that page also and page 4. line 7. we speak of the Bride of Christ this also is twofold the one is the Jerusalem which comes down from God out of Heaven which the promised Spirit the everlasting Kingdom of Righteousness that descended upon the Apostles in the day of Pentecost concerning which you may read more at large Jer. 3.16 And it shal come to pass when ye be multiplyed and encreased in the Land in those days saith the Lord they shal say no more The Ark of the Covenāt of the Lord neither shal it come to mind neither shal they remēber it neither shal they visit it neither shall that be done any more Revel 3.12 Him that overcometh will I make a Pillar in the Temple of my God and he shall go no more out and I will write upon him the Name of my God and the name of the City of my God which is the new Jerusalem which cometh down out of Heaven from my God and I will write upon him my new Name And Chap. 21.2 And J John saw the holy City the new Jerusalem coming down from God out of Heaven prepared as a Bride adorned for her Husband Of which Jerusalem we also make mention page 10. line 3. out of the fourth Chapter to the Galatians Our Jerusalem above is free The other Bride of Christ is his beloved Spouse the Church at which the Apostle speaks at large Ephes 5.25 26 c. Husbands love your wives even as Christ also