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A92133 The spirit of God in man, making manifest the hidden things of darkness to man. Being divine teachings, whereby the Lord alone is exalted, and the pride of fleshly glory discovered, / by the shining light of Christ in and through Richard Russel. Russel, Richard, theological writer. 1654 (1654) Wing R2347; Thomason E1488_3; ESTC R208500 16,391 40

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there aspited up in the midst of the garden the heart of man pride and covetousness being not contnted with that estate that God had put him in by Creation but did covet another estate to exalt it self to be more knowing than God had made him which self-aspiring the creature delighted in and so eating or satisfying himself in his own fruit broke the Law and Covenant and died according to the words of his Maker and so fell from a pure estate to be rebellious and to delight in his own ways so that the root of mans fall as he is a creature sprung in his heart there lies the mystery of iniquity therefore consider what is the forbidden fruit which him that eateth thereof doth advance himself and denies God which is the creatures death loss and shame and ever since the fall of man this selfish aspiring spirit of pride leads the humane nature to disobey God and leads every man and woman captive at his will and inslaves them in the prison of bondage and darkness to walk in ways directly contrary to the God of Truth and Light and yet many times perswades them that they do God good service let a man read hear study preach pray and perform actions of justice yet if God be not merciful to the man this power of darkness will deceive him making him conceit or think he pleaseth God when the truth is he serves but himself all that time if the Spirit of God be not their counsellor and support it is so ful of secret strong delusions therefore this is called the crooked Serpent because it winds it self into every creature and into every faculty and twists it self about the Tree Mankind so that the humane nature is defiled and is a seat wherein the Beast and false Prophet sitteth and therein predominate whereby Satans Kingdom is set up and a worldlike power maintained who serves by the brain for worldlike gain Epist II. Concerning our Restitution Captivity Sanctification Ascension and Vnion BEginning with that in Eph. 1.9 10. That in the dispensation of the fulness of time he might gather together in one all things in Christ both which are in heaven and which are on earth even in him There is a time for all purposes that are decreed by the Father to be fulfilled in their times and seasons a day for to fall a day to reign as Kings one hour with the Beast in his fall a day for to be sensible of his fall a day to be senfible of the terrors and punishments by his fall and a day to be sensible of his loss of Gods presence and communion with him and a day to abide the trial of the fire which shall search the heart and try the reins of man a day for all fleshly glory to fall before the presence of the Lord a day to mourn for these changes a day for to go through the fiery trial and to be refined again and again a day to behold the manifestation of God to be like Flames of Fire to kindle every where where it cometh then shall the smoaking flax be set on fire then will the Lord say unto the Sons of men Arise and shine for your light is come then shall you arise from the dead and Christ shal give you life then am I come saith he that you may have life and that you may have it more abundantly and you who were absent from me shal return to your fathers house like the prodigal and be present with me where I am And then you that seed upon husks and were wanderers and strangers to the Land of Promise the Land of the Living thus being refined Christ wil present you unblameable and unrebukable without spot or blemish before the Throne of God and you shall bee unto him a sweet savor a saerifice which he is well pleased with then saith he Come my own delight come my own children which are neer and dear unto mee who issued out of my own bowels which my womb brought forth to the glory and praise of my own name even so shall it be by my gathering those that are afar off and those that are nigh into my glory then is the time come that the Father wil glorifie us that we may glorifie him then shal we know the time that the Lord doth gather in his sewels which shal shine most gloriously in their Cabinets then shal they who have the single eye behold and see that Christ is come the second time without sin unto salvation Heb. 9.28 Therefore Lift up your heads O ye gates even lift them up ye everlasting doors and the King of glory shal come in Psalm 24.9 Consider that Christ is the head of every Saint and to be a Saint is to be sanctified and drawn up into union with Christ for he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of one Heb. 2.11 which makes them gates to shew forth his praise and to exalt their head then shal we know that he that descended is the same also that asoended and know this that there is a descending before there is an ascending and that which doth descend must also ascend so every thing shal return into its Centre if you are spiritual you must ascend into the internal Court and the heavens shal bee bowed down at the presence of the Lord for the rising up of all Saints into union with him when the day of remptation is upon all the world for there is no approach no converse no sweet intercourse between God and the Creature but in him by him and through him and this consider if you are not risen with Christ ye are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God and these things are hid from your eyes and present enjoyment likewise therefore let every one examine his own heart and consider what an estate he is in whether it bee in darkness or in light or whether the day of the Lord hath been upon thee that thou art changed thereby from death to life and so from glory to glory and to be gathered out of all things below God whatsoever that thou canst truly say that Christ who is our life has appeared we appear with him in glory then thou art able to dwel wth consuming fire to live in dispensations a life a to appear where the Lord appears and not to smite at thy poor brethren who Christ died for This consider That all Nations are made of one blood and have all life and breath by one God Act. 7.26 yet this great lump being brought forth though they are all the same all of one blood yet they are cut out into two parcels Jews and Gentiles and they are as distinct as may be both in their ways and in their God in their Laws Ordinances desires ends and hopes the Jews must not be like the Gentiles in any thing the Gentiles will not be like the Jews in any thing Oh how diverse and distinct and