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A60666 The work of Gods power in man with something that the spirit of truth leads to practise, and what it leads to deny ... / W.S. Smith, William, d. 1673. 1663 (1663) Wing S4346; ESTC R19003 14,538 19

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THE WORK OF Gods Power in Man WITH Something that the Spirit of Truth leads to practise and what it leads to deny Given forth in love to the Seed that yet lies in bondage under the Works of darkness that all who are professing God and Christ in words and observing forms out of the power may behold the work of the power and that such amongst them who breaths after God may be informed into the right way and come into unity and fellowship with the Saints in Light who in the power inherit the blessing The way of God is not as the way of man Therefore let all consider their way W. S. LONDON Printed in the Year 1663. The Work of God's Power in Man c. MAn being fallen and degenerated from the Life and Power of God in which he was created good he is become an evil-worker filled with evil thoughts words and deeds his heart and mind unclean defiled and poluted his soul burthened oppressed and afflicted and here man lies in the mire of uncleanness and there is not a whole part in him but wheresoever he lieth down he defiles himself and yet in this state he would be comprehending God and Christ and in his fallen wisdom would be applying the benefits of Christ for his comfort and satisfaction not at all considering that he is alienated from God by evil works nor regarding the power of God in himself by which the evil works are destroyed for of a truth man must be changed by the power of God if ever he come to be truly happy that nature must be killed which is alive and that must be quickned and raised which is in death or man cannot inherit the Kingdom of God therefore all ye that professe God and Christ and Christianity and are not yet changed into the nature of that which ye do profess consider seriously this short Testimony unto the Power of God and the Work of it in man 1. There is a time in which God visiteth the sons and daughters of men for he beholds all people in the fall out of the right way and his tender compassion moveth and his love openeth and with the Light of his Life he lets man see the evil of his doings for it is a certain truth that the love of God is tendered unto man in the Light which doth discover his sin and that is the day of his Visitation wherein God willing to make known his loving-kindness unto man he sends his only begotten Son who is the true Light that all in him might belive and all by him might come to life and seeing that man ennot hide any thing so secretly but that something in him doth find it out then let him believe that it is of God which so discovers his secret intents for it is God that searcheth the heart and there is not another way that leadeth unto life but the Light which from the Life is made manifest for Christ is the Light the Way the Truth and the Life and all other ways lead from the Truth and from the Life and whosoever rejects the Light they reject the Love of God the way to God and the Truth of God and so rejects Christ by whom they should come to God for Christ is the way to God and there is ●ot another and his Light is manifest from the Love and Life ●o● God to convince every man that in sin abideth And this is the time of convincing 2. There is a time when man comes so to be smitten by the Light of Christ in his Conscience as that he is brought to stand still and consider his way and with the Light he comes to see the evil of his doings and there he feels the Light to be a Witness against him and a Reprover of him and so comes to be made sensible of his own wretchedness and misery and to feel the burden lie upon him and the sin every way to beset him and then the cry rises in him Who shall deliver me from the body of sin and death Then he begins to look who shall appear for him and help him in his distress and who shall deliver him out of the trouble and affliction wherein he lies his sin is now his burden and that which he hath had pleasure in is loathsome to him and he groans under the weight of it and travels in pain in the sence of great oppression and here he is compassed about with grief trouble and sorrow all his sins come up in order before him and the Light of Christ stands a Witness against him and executes Judgement upon him and he knows not which way to look for comfort he feels the hand of God correcting him and the stripes to fall upon him and which way soever he would escape he is pursued peace he cannot come unto rest he cannot find and so is made willing to fall into the hand of God seeing that all his own strength cannot help him and without Christ appear for his redemption he is miserable for ever and so the Candle of the Lord being lighted in man he comes to see every corner of his own House and all secret things that have been wrought and acted in darkness they all come into his view and there man sees himself defiled poluted and unclean and sees that no unclean thing can enter into the Kingdom of God and so he begins to abhor himself and come to repentance for all the evil that he hath done and the sin that he hath committed and begins to wait in the Light to receive power over his corruptions and so comes to hearken to the voice which reproves him which is the voice of Christ and begins to regard when reproof comes and there his heart comes to be touched with the power of Christ and with the power is turned from the evil unto the good And this is the time of Conversion 3. There is a time when the Power works Redemption by drawing and leading man out of the sin and so he comes to forsake the evil of his own way and the devices of his own heart and begins to feel the power working in him and redeeming him out of those things wherein he hath lived to himself and deaths shadow begins to be broken and the life begins to rise and come up into some liberty and then man knows his Redeemer lives and the Power gives him ease where he hath been burdened and sets him free where he hath been captivated and so the Power helps him where he cannot help himself and delivers him where he cannot deliver himself and the Power strikes over that Nature in Judgement in which sin is conceived and nourished and so makes man conformable to the death of Christ and brings him into fellowship with his sufferings and so he is made one with Christ in his death and sufferings by which he comes to the virtue of his resurrection and there his death and sufferings is known by passing through the
same in the Work of the Power by which Power Redemption is wrought out of that nature which is evil into that nature which is good and so man comes to be redeemed up to God by the Work of his Power and enters into the Power where he receives true Faith and by Faith in the Power he obtains victory over the sin which hath been his burden and by the power he begins to rise in the immortal Seed and there feels Christ to be the resurrection and the Life and by his resurrection and life Man is redeemed out of death and is made a partaker of the riches of his Grace in which all the benefits come to be witnessed to the comfort and satisfaction of the soul and so Christ is made Redemption unto all that in his power believe And this is the time of Redemption 4. There is a time when the Power works salvation in saving from the sin out of which it redeemeth for Christ is the Power of God to salvation and by his Power he rebuketh temptation so that when temptations would draw the mind into those things again out of which there is Redemption then the Faith standing in the Power and the eye looking unto Christ by Faith he appears to save from the sin which the temptation would draw into and here Christ is felt to be a Saviour that saves his people from their sins mark saves his people from their sins for they are his people that are redeemed by him And though there be a liablenesse to temptations after Redemption be witnessed yet abiding in the Power they are his people and he is their salvation and so he keeps them by his mighty power through Faith he keeps them out of the evil and keeps them in the good and so he that believes is saved he doth not enter into temptations though temptations may be presented to him but is kept and saved by the power for as Redemption draweth out of the sin so doth Salvation save from the sin and yet the same Power for it is not one thing that redeems and another thing that saves but it is the Power which worketh effectually in both and so Christ a Redeemer and Christ a Saviour and they that are saved by him they rejoice in his salvation for he brings salvation in the creatures weaknesse and this is his salvation wrought by the Arm of his Power for if people do not feel Christ to be nearer to them for Redemption and Salvation then where they apprehend him to be without them they cannot feel the joy of his salvation for temptations are within and if Christ be not there also to rebuke them and save from them there is no man can prevail by his own strength but where the mind joins to his power within and stands in his power there is eternal salvation obtained And this is the time of salvation 5. There is a time when the Power works Regeneration for having converted redeemed and saved it hath a free course in man and works effectually for the changing and renewing of him striking over all the old Nature and the deeds of it and crucifies them down into the death and buries them in the baptism of sufferings where man becomes a dying man dyes to the World dyes to his Will his Wisdom his Apprehensions and conceivings and the Power crucifies man unto all and all unto man and he passeth through death in the operation of the Power for the Power passeth through the whole man killing the lusts burning the chaff consuming the drosse and dissolving the Earth and raiseth man out of the earthly habitations and so cuts off the seed of the evil-doer and takes away the sin and there the first Adam dyes and the second Adam rises and bringeth up the immortal soul in his hand and then all things are made new by the Work of the Power a new birth is born which hath a new heart mind and tongue from which proceedeth new thoughts words and deeds for behold the Work of the Power maketh all things new and so man cometh to be regenerated and born again of in corruptible Seed which is a mysterie to all apprehenders and conceivers he dyes to self and receives a new life in Christ and hath a new Name given him which no man can read but he that hath it And this is the time of Regeneration 5. There is a time when the Power worketh sanctification by cleansing all that out of man which hath defiled him for the fire consumes but the water cleanses and so purgeth the Conscience and purifieth the heart and maketh man clean within for Christ prepareth the soul as a Bride for her Husband sending forth his pure Water to wash away all spots and stains and so puts on the Garment of his Righteousnesse and in the Life of his own Righteousnesse he beholdeth the soul and is in love with it and so marrieth it to himself in a perpetual Covenant never to be broken then he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of one Mercy and Truth is met Righteousness and Peace kisseth each other and here man is made the Righteousnesse of God in Christ and so is righteous even as he is righteous for it is Christ that now liveth in man and is righteous in man and is made righteousnesse unto man in which righteousnesse the Saints are approved and accepted of God Oh! let not any grow wise by apprehension for I am not answering that part my love is to the Seed and my heart is broken in the sence of what I now write but I am not to write much concerning these Mysteries left any should take them up and say it is done But let all know That this is the time of Sanctification 7. There is a time when the Power worketh Justification having brought man unto God and made him acceptable unto God he is then justified before God for he is married unto Christ and is one with Christ and in Christ Jesus there is no condemnation and if no condemnation then justification for that which is condemned is not justified neither is that which is justified condemned but that which is sanctified is justified For man in the first Adam cannot be justified but in the second Adam he is sanctified accepted and justified and in his Life man in herits the peace and the joy and the blessing And this is the time of Justification Now as this Work is wrought in man by the power of God he comes to enjoy the fulnesse of Truth which is in God for God is Truth in fulnesse and the Spirit by which the Truth is measured forth and manifested it is the Spirit of Truth and as the Truth is received in the Spirit 's manifestation so the mind is constrained into obedience and the Spirit being answered in obedience it leadeth up into a larger measure of the fulnesse and by degrees it bringeth into the fulnesse for the Spirit of truth leadeth into