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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29304	Some addition to a former paper, entituled, A short declaration of the purpose and decree of the everlasting counsel of Gods heavenly host concerning His royal seed, to demonstrate the nobleness of its operation, and how God doth manifest it : and is an answer in short to a question as followeth : How God doth manifest this noble and honourable seed in man, in which is the glory of it magnified by its own workings, in all that believe, to their justification, salvation, and to the condemnation of them that resist? / by a lover ot it, and one who waits for its exaltation over all, and hath travelled and suffered for its sake, William Brend.	Brend, William, d. 1676.; Brend, William, d. 1676. Short declaration of the purpose and decree of the everlasting counsel of Gods heavenly host.	1663 (1663)	Wing B4361; ESTC R20114	15,513	22

SOME ADDITION TO A FORMER PAPER ENTITULED A SHORT DECLARATION of the Purpose and Decree of the Everlasting COUNSEL of GOD'S HEAVENLY HOST concerning his Royal Seed to demonstrate the nobleness of its Operation and how God doth manifest it And is an ANSWER in short to a QUESTION as followeth How God doth manifest this noble and honourable Seed in Man in which is the glory of it magnified by its own workings in all that believe to their Justification Salvation Redemption and Glorification and to the Condemnation of them that resist it By a Lover of it and one who waits for its Exaltation over all and hath travelled and suffered for its sake WILLIAM BREND London Printed for R. Wilson 1663. Some ADDITION to a former PAPER Entituled A Short Declaration of the Purpose and Decree of the Everlasting Counsel of God's Heavenly Host c. OH thou Off-spring of God! Who can set forth the glory of thy Conception Birth and Being and the Womb that bears thee and brings thee forth and the Breast that gives thee suck and those Paps from whence thy nourishment comes Thou noble Seed and Plant and Babe of everlasting bliss my soul delights in the glorious beauty of thy exceeding comliness in every part of thy Body which art joyned to so glorious a Head which gives thee thy Being in himself who is over all Principalities and Powers the Triumph over Death Hell and the Graves sitting on the Throne of exceeding Dominion and Authority over all The almighty Power which is the beginning of the Creation of God is the first of thy Conception the Father of all Mercies from the bosom of his eternal Love and Counsel doth this Seed issue forth which is of perfect purity and clearness and uniteth not with any thing of that which defileth For that which defileth riseth out of that part which standeth in the transgression and in that Nature and Being which is not of God but of the Devil the Father of lyes and all false conceptions which stand in the time of the fall from God the seed of the Serpent which was brought forth since the Creation in the disobedience But thou noble Seed of the everlasting God who wert before Creation was or had a being in this Earth whose goings forth have been manifested in time though thou hadst thy Being in God before all time who wert and art the Fathers delight because it was from his own loynes and bosom of his eternal Love Quest How doth God manifest this noble Seed in Man Answ God who is Light doth shine forth by his Son who is the Light of himself in the hearts consciences of men which are in darkness and covered with the shadow of death which death came upon all men for the disobedience sake the Light is manifested to shew unto men that they are so in death and darkness and separated from God who is Light that they lie under his wrath and are in anguish wo and misery without any hope of recovery as from themselves or any power under Heaven And therefore this Light is God's Witness set in Man to reprove judge and condemn smite and check that which disobeys and sins against it and brings the sorrow and anguish upon the sinner as a reward for his iniquity And herein is the free Love of God manifested unto the world that he hath sent his onely begotten Son into the World who is the Light of the world that whosoever believeth in him who is Light in them should not perish nor abide in darkness but shall have the Light of Life Therefore the way to know this noble Seed and how God doth manifest it in man is to know and believe in the Light that shines in the dark hearts of the sons of men and as thou comest to hearken to its reproof and believe in that which shews thee the secrets of thy deceitful heart It will manifest its self in its power to discover unto thee that thou art not ruled by it but by the power of the Devil and the lustful deceits of thy own corrupt heart while thou standest in the unbelief and disobedience to the Light and by the power of the Light of the Son of God thou wilt see and be sensible of the strength power of sin and corruption and as the Light doth arise in thee thou believing of it wilt see unbelief and sin to be exceeding sinful and sin appearing in its nature and kind And this is the first operation of the Light after the mind is turned to it and convinced by it to let thee see thy state and condition that thou art without God and Christ in the world which nothing can discover but the Light nor make thee sensible of but the power of the same which is the measure of this noble Seed which God hath sown And Light is sown to the Righteous and this will bring thee thou following it which convinceth of sin and unrighteousness to receive and love the Light and so in his Light to see Light and to bring all thy deeds to the Light and to hate thy evil deeds and to love the Light that doth make them manifest and so thy heart being made manifest unto thee and thy sins set as in order before thee and the Light rising up in thee in its power judgement and condemnation then thou wilt come to abhor thy self for all thy abominations and this will make thee cry out What shall I do to be saved And to say O miserable man that I am who shall deliver me from this body of sin and death And there will be a hope begotten in thee to make thee in thy self to wait to know the Saviour and Redeemer that comes out of Sion and turns away ungodliness from Jacob. And so thou waiting in the Light which doth work such an effect as is before mentioned then thou wilt feel striving in thee Jacob and Esau the elder and the younger but the elder is to serve the younger Jacob the pure plant and Seed of the Promise the everlasting Covenant of God the Seed of the Woman which is to break the Serpents head And the ruffe seed Esau the seed of the Serpent the seed of God's Curse these will war one against another but the seed of the Covenant and of the Promise is pure clean and just single and upright and wars in righteousness for it is of the righteous God and therefore wars against the subtile seed of the Serpent the cunning hunter shister deceitful unclean profane wild airy flashy empty and is void of the knowledge of God which the pure noble Seed of the Woman the seed of the Covenant of Life cannot have unity with nor own any of its wayes or wild workings but discovers him in all his strong holds of sin and iniquity which rebells against the righteous Law of God who is the onely Lord and Law-giver And that is the cause of the righteous war of the Lord God in

man to bring these strong holds of sin and iniquity under his righteous Seed and that that will not that he shall raign must be slain before him by his righteous sword with two edges And blessed of the Lord God for ever are all such that are entred into this war and that stand faithful in this battel warring with the armour of God which are the several branches or weapons of the seed of Light and Life which are mighty through God to the casting down of strong holds and bringeth every thought into obedience to the Light and this is through believing which purifies the heart and that is the Faith which if it be but as a grain of mustard seed victory over mountains of sin will be witnessed and a hope will be begotten and patience and experience of the working of its power and this will be as the Anchor of the soul sure and stedfast against all the storms and tempests that may arise to drive the soul to shipwrack from its God which is its only strength and so the glory of the Seed of everlasting bliss comes to be known to increase in its battels and wars against all the fruits of the evil and cursed seed of the Serpent and Christ's Ensign comes to be lift up and his Standard comes to be gathered unto and his valiant displaying of his Banner is known with triumph in the victory of so glorious a Captaine of Salvation which saves and redeems out of that vile servitude by which they were kept in by the Devils power which carried them captive at his will unto every sin and noysom lust Oh therefore all come to the Light in each particular Conscience which is the pure gift of God that by it you may see and discern the enemy of God and of your souls deliverance out of that captivity by which he would still keep in bondage the soul and the righteous Seed of the Lord God but in the Light wait and watch to see him in all his wiles and ways of working to keep this Light in obscurity and the vertue of it under that the glory of it might not be known But my dear friends believing in the Light and owning the sufficiency of it Oh it will raise out of all obscurity and it will shine and discover all the darkness and all the ways and works thereof and it will arise in strength and whet its glittering Sword of power to cut down all that stands in the way of it and he will be known to be as a fire to burn up all those briars and thorns chasfe and stubble for the Light of Israel is as a fire and his Holy One as a flame to burn and consume all that stand in the way of it and nothing is to strong for it and though the sins and iniquities be as pricking briars and thorns as chasfe and stubble and all gathered as thick combustible matter to wound prick choke and smother to darken cloud vail and cover this noble Seed and Off-spring of Light by its own power it will arise out of it all and make it all manifest to their utter destruction as there is a waiting in it and so that appearance being felt and believed in the further manifestation of it will arise and so it will be known not onely to discover the darkness and deeds thereof and the opposition the Prince of darkness makes against the Light but set up his judging and condemning power and his full strength to cut off and destroy the Devil and all that stands in the way of his setting up of his Kingdom of Righteousness and Peace in the hearts of men And therefore doth he appear to sit as a refiner of silver and as with fullers sope to purifie and cleanse the hearts and consciences of all those that believe in him who is the Light of the world which in the fallen state and the unbelieving state are defiled by sin and rebellion against the Lord in which state all men are in let their Profession be what it will till they come to believe in the Light the Seed of the everlasting Covenant freely given unto man for him to be guided by it alone which whosoever comes to believe in they receive the power and vertue of it and so are acquainted with its operation and the nobleness of its strength life dominion and authority which gives victory over the power of darkness but this glorious victory of the Lamb's power who is the Covenant of Light Truth and Seed which serves the Lord none can understand nor witness while they stand in the disobedience to the Light which shines in the darkness which comprehends it not Therefore if men would understand the manifestation of this noble Seed which is the glory of the whole Creation of God for from that holy Womb where it rests and from whence it came was the pure Creation brought forth which was before corruption was and therefore all the whole Creation must be subject unto it and its pure power and must believe in the least appearance of it now in its restauration of all things as they were in the beginning Therefore there is an absolute necessity of believing in the measure of Light manifested from God in the heart and conscience though they be dark and covered with the shadow of death this Light doth shine upon them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death And it is for this end that they upon and in whom it shines may turn to the Light that by it they may be turned from the darkness and death and so might not abide in death and darkness but might receive the light of Life and so come to be acquainted with its power and vertue that in the Light and Life they may walk abide and dwell and so no more to be of the night of thick darkness but of the pure sun-shine of the clear day by which they come to be known to be the children of the day redeemed by him who is Light unto him all power is given both in heaven and in earth to redeem from the dark state which the whole world lie in that do not nor will not believe in the Light of Christ in their hearts freely given from the Father of Lights which is their condemnation which in its day and time hath shined upon them but they still rejecting of it this Light comes to be put out as to them though never can be as in it self but it shines alwayes bright and clear and to such in whom it is put out it will be known to be a terrible thing to fall into the hands of the living God who is a consuming fire and everlasting burnings to all that wilfully disobey and reject the Light which shined in them which is a manifestation of the glorious Gospel of the blessed God whose sound is gone forth over all the earth and his word unto the end of the world And if this Gospel be hid

it is hid to them that are lost and such are they that hate the Light and will not believe in it And the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them that reject and slight so great Salvation as this is which hath been so freely preached and declared of and witnessed unto by many of the dear Servants and Children of the living God in this our day and age in which we live Oh that men therefore before this day be past would consider and return to the measure of Light in them before it be put out and believe in it and then they shall know that it is not natural but spiritual and of a spiritual nature property and quality and of the nature of God who is Light of which all that believe in it are made partakers of his divine Nature and it is able to teach them all things that pertain to Life and godliness and to reveal the great mystery of godliness God manifest in flesh and the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ And that is the first Principle of the Oracle of God which leadeth unto repentance from dead works to serve the living and true God that made Heaven and Earth the Sea and all things therein and so come to know the Word by which al things were made by which we live move and have our being even by him who is Light which is the beginning of the Creation of God both old and new And so his power comes to be witnessed and magnified over all and his glory doth arise over all the works of his hands the noble and royal Seed and off-spring of the infinite God being witnessed to be raised up by his power and that glorifies him from whence it comes and so coming to know this measure of Light which is the free gift of God in man and minding of it it will bring to wait in the silence to know his voice which calls to be cool calm quiet and still for it stills the raging waves of those tumulting thoughts and imaginations and consultings of the carnal reasoning of that part which stands in the transgression and would have audience so as to prevail over the charming of the wise charmer Now the Light gives the knowledge of that part and the ground from whence it springs the nature of the corrupt tree and plant which God never planted and seed which he never sowed but is of the Devil the cunning Serpent and this is needful for every one to know the nature of these two seeds be you wise or foolish according to the wisdom of this world which must be brought to nought be you poor or rich bond or free male or female Now the way to come to a perfect knowledge of the two Seeds which are one contrary to the other as light is to darkness and death to life and good to evil you must know that in your selves which is as a weight and burthen upon your hearts and minds and you minding of it you will know it to be God's call and knock in man that he may be heard and his voice known that so his counsel may be understood and the operation of his hand may be felt and his divine power reserved to work out all that which is contrary to him and that wrought and established in them which is of himself that he may be known to dwell and abide and walk in them by his Seed that thereby they may do his will and be subject to his power that so his power may be magnified over all Now the cause why the way word and voice of the Lord God is not known nor the workings of his divine power witnessed in men is because they mind not to turn into that which secretly knocks and calls at the door of their hearts but turn aside from it though many times the weight may be so heavy upon them that they know not how to bear it and the reason of that is the loving of their evil deeds and their hating and slighting of the Light which doth reprove them and so as much as in them lies run away from that which would do them good into the evil as into jollity and some outward vain thing or into the multitude of outward affaires of the world that so by the reason of the noise of that they may not hear the sound of the pure voice of the Lord God in the wilderness that would make streight the way of the Lord for his ransomed to pass thorow and to come out of Egypt's Land of darkness to walk in the light of the living on which their eternal welfare depends both here and for ever hereafter And the rejecting and not hearing of the knock voice and call of the Light of the Son of God which stands at the door of their hearts and knocks that he might have entrance in and be received by them into their hearts I say the rejecting of his knock drowns many in perdition and is the cause why they wallow in their blood even in their sin and iniquity and become enemies to God and his pure way in which all his dear servants walk in which is the Light of the Lord God and by it they know his knocks and calls checks and reproofs condemnation salvation and justification unto life O that men would hear fear dread and repent and not slight so great salvation not trample under foot the blood of the everlasting Covenant of Light and Life nor count it as an unholy thing but that they would turn to the calls and knocks of the Lord God and that they would understand what he saith Behold I stand at the door and knock and every one that hears and obeys and receives him in he doth come and sup with them and they come to be made partakers of his banquets and of the wine and milk that he hath mingled and prepared for them in his own house which house of God none can know nor the Laws nor Ordinances thereof that knows not his voice knock and call and that doth reject it and will not obey it when they come but in the least measure to know it as some may know it by its often following of them with Plagues and Judgements for their disobedience and to bring them into obedience to the measure of Light made manifest in their Consciences And therefore all that have desires in you to know the Lord and would walk in his pure way path and would find the rest which God hath prepared for the wearied souls and that would be delivered from your sins and lusts which war against your souls and from the Devils power which is not onely your enemy but the enemy of God and of your eternal peace and everlasting happiness And therefore I lay it upon all such and desire that it may lye as a weight upon you always and that you may bear it continually to wait to know in the secrets of your hearts the

pure calls and knocks of the Lord there and turn in your minds to it to know what it speaks and be it known unto such it speaks judgement and condemnation to the sinner and reproof and alway calls to turn from sin and from the vanities of the world which lies in wickedness and to turn to the Lord that so from him they may find mercy and plentious redemption and to feel after his Son who is Life and the quickening spirit without which no man can know redemption from sin nor reconciliation with God and so not peace with him Nor none can worship the Lord in truth but as they witness a measure of the Resurrection of the Just and the Just is not witnessed but by that Power that kills the sin and slays the transgression and then that is known which passeth thorow the death and darknes and overcomes him which hath the power of death that is the Devil which is the Life of Jesus Christ the Son and Word of God which Life of Jesus doth arise in the destroying of the death and overcoming of him who is the Power and King of death then Life is known to rule in man by the power of him that raised Jesus from the grave and this quickens the mortal body and then Life rules and it treads down sin and Satan's power under the royal feet of his divine Power and Authority who is God blessed for ever Oh therefore wait and watch to know that which is the weight of God's Power that it may arise over that which lies as a burthen upon the Just Principle of God and that that may be removed and that which is as a weight and burden of and from the Lord that it may be known and believed in and that is it that will take off the weight of sin that presseth down the soul And so waiting in the watchfulness sence of feeling will more and more be witnessed and of discerning to know the one from the other by which discerning as it increaseth in you you will come to know the movings of the pure power of God and the weight of his Law of Commands that you may be obedient unto them that in so doing you may come to eat the good of the Land and also you will come to know the working of the deceitful part and the imaginary part which is not of God and it will work in a Mystery but as thou feelest that which is pure in thee thou wilt also feel a love raised up in thee to it which riseth from its nature and growth then thou wilt watch unto that which is pure that it may stay thy mind then thou wilt know a guide unto thy mind which thou must know infallibly in thy self and this is a stay to fix upon which is sure steadfast certain and infallibly true which is the measure of the gift of God the Light Life and Seed of his eternal Spirit of holiness And this being known and witnessed in thee then thou wilt know a sure certain retiring place to retire unto in all times of need and this in thee and herein wilt thou know the Standard of the Lord set up in thy heart and it is to be sled unto when the enemy doth assault thee and comes in like a flood upon thee as he may do to seek to drown thee and to drive thee from this sure refuge But this is the strong Tower which is the Name of the Lord it being fled unto and this everlasting Rock being built upon the gates of Hell and Death cannot prevail against it And herein comes the glorious Renown of the royal Seed and Off-spring of God to be witnessed which gives and gets the victory over all sin and brings in everlasting righteousness And as all stand in the Light the righteous Power they will witness and feel stirring in them which will beget a true hungring after the everlasting righteousness of God and that by it alone they may be covered and so will wait and watch to have it more and more revealed in them and so to receive it into their hearts and then nothing more desirable unto such then to be covered with the same and the power of it will so inflame your heart with love to it because of the nature of it which will burn up not only your unrighteousness but your righteousness also and so you will come to be acquainted with that which abides for ever and evermore the Life of the Son of God which will make free from the Law of sin and death and then sin shall not have Dominion over them which walk not after the flesh but after the spirit no nor their righteousness they will not glory in at all for now they are not under the Law but under the free Grace of God which believe in the glorious Light of the glorious Gospel of the blessed God and this comes to be multiplied in and upon their hearts and the manyfolds of it comes to be known and read within and herein they come to be established and setled and grounded in the eternal Truth as it is Jesus though they may meet with many oppositions in the travel of its workings for many and great will be the tryals and temptations in their passing forth of Egypts Land of darkness and out of the shadow of death woe sorrow and perplexity before they come to the Land of Canaan the Land of Rest and Peace and Quietness and Assurance for ever yet in all the tryals and tribulations they meet with in passing out of darkness to walk in the Light believing in it and minding of it the Power of the Lord God of Heaven and Earth which is the Light will be with them that receive the Light the Witness of God placed in them to be their Leader and Guide by his Pillar of Fire by night when it is dark upon them to shew them the way that they should go or by his Cloud by day as it will seem a Cloud to them but light to him who is Light to guide them for they may go too fast and be too hasty therefore he will stop them that they may be subject to him both in their journying and standing still they that can receive it let them that know what I say that so all may be acquainted with the motion of God in all particulars that they may not onely have the Light which all have though they be not guided by it which is the true guide and way to God and everlasting rest but that they may know it assuredly by the true and infallible testimony of it self in them by the daily exercise of it and so the strength they daily feel to be renewed upon them in their hearts and so they will come to know the Life of it to be an everlasting refuge to sly unto in all times of need tryals and temptations and so they come to grow in the strength of the Almighty God who hath