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A54454 A word to the world answering the darkness thereof concerning the perfect work of God to salvation J. P. (John Perrot), d. 1671? 1658 (1658) Wing P1641; ESTC R3608 5,769 8

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A VVORD TO THE WORLD Answering the darkness thereof concerning the perfect work of God to Salvation Concerning the natural Man THE natural man receiveth not the things of the spirit of God for they are foolishness unto him neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned 1 Cor. 2.14 And all men by nature are the children of wrath Eph. 2.3 into which state man is faln through transgression and so deeply is entered into the pollution that there is a ground and root of enmity which is the degenerated part from God in mankind which hath darkned the understanding whereby it comes to pass that the hearts of the people are blinded and the sons of men clouded in a night of ignorance whereby they cannot see discern or understand the things of God nor the Scriptures which declares of the Kingdom in parables and holds forth godliness in a mystery And therefore the whole world with the strength of all their Wisdom or heigth and depth of their understanding or reason are not able to measure the state condition and life of the Saints aright they cannot see the life of the holy men of God to judge of it otherwise but to say that it is a life of sinne as is their own life in the nature of unrighteousness and therefore whilest they go about to measure another mans state by that which is their own life and not the measure of God do wrest the Scriptures and pervert the truth and in that miserable darkness do call their imaginations The Writing of the Scriptures even such as is contrary to Truth and the Scriptures and the Spirit of the Lord. They say The just man or the most righteous man that is sinneth seven times a day and this they call Scripture whilest the Scripture onely saith That the just man falleth seven times and riseth up again but the wicked mark the wicked's falling shall fall into mischief Prov. 24.16 Now the wicked do say here That the just man falleth seven times a day into sin whilest the Scriptures doth not at all say that the just man sinneth but saith he falleth seven times as Paul comparing spiritual things with spiritual 1 Cor. 2.13 David sheweth Many are the affliction of the righteous but the Lord delivereth him out of all Psal 34 19. Again they wrest that Scripture 1 Joh. 1.8 who writing of sundry conditions to instruct the weak and to bring the wicked World to a sight of their wayes who were in the state of the Pharisees apt to justifie self saith If we say we have no sin we deceive our selves and the ●ruth is not in us for they being not in the life of the measure of God which measureth all things equally cannot see the depth of Johns words to measure all as John did with the spirit all conditions who saith If we walk in the light as he is in the light we have fellowship one with another and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son clenseth us from all sinne But if we confess our sins he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to clense us from all unrighteousness ver 7.9 as Paul saith Such were some of you but ye are washed 1 Cor. 6.11 mark they were washed and sanctified and just fled in the Name of the Lord Jesus by the spirit of God which was a thing done and not to be done Concerning the fallings of some mentioned in the Scriptures DAVID he fell into transgression unto whom God sent Nathan to shew him his sin by a parable and David repented with all his heart and he turned to the Lord with all his heart after that he had felt the heavy judgements of God upon him because of his transgression and then David stood in that which was according to Gods own heart so that God said by his Seed The work of the Lord should be accomplished in them days Paul he was a persecutor and one that consented to the murder of Stephen yet Paul was called and God in the fulness of time made him a chosen vessel to his glory And Paul whilest he was in the work of the Lord and in the sence and feeling of the operation and working of the power of the Lord in him after he came to see the Work he declared the Work for being once in bondage he could speak of bondage and coming unto liberty he could as well speake of liberty He once cryed out in a query saying Who shall a liver me from this Body of death and he also gives the answer in plainness and with a heart lift up to the Lord saith I thank God through Jesus-Christ our Lord and confirms the answer to his query with other sound words saying The Law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the Law of sin and death Rom. 8.2 Peter he denied his Master and when Peter remembred he went out and wept bitterly and repented and owned his Master again and who can say that ever Peter denied his Master after repentance And others fell and repented so as was not to be repented of again And others were utterly lost who fell from and lost their first Love and place of Repentance Concerning Perfection I Am the way the truth saith Christ and the life and all that deny perfection in this life do deny in the substance the coming of the Son who is the life who by the vertue and power of the resurrection restored many unto life and therefore Paul to the Colossians writeth Your life is hid with Christ in God Col. 3.3 which is the perfect life which all the World cannot rightly judge of forasmuch as they are not in Christ they cannot rightly judge of that perfect life which is hid mark is hid from all the World who are in sin who cannot see with Christ in God Christ hideth no imperfect thing with him in God the pure Fountain of life cannot receive the corruptible things of death but that which is of the pure nature of God who is perfect is hid with Christ in God and the life of the Saints is of that nature which dwelleth with God who is perfect with whom no imperfect or incorruptible thing can dwell Gods Justice sheweth his perfection in righteousness who never required that in the equality of his Ways but what could be performed by man as man in the obedience stood in the counsel of God who commanded in righteousness And God said unto Abraham Walk before me and be thou perfect Gen. 17.1 2. there the Scripture sheweth the command and Abraham hearkned unto the voice of the Lord and God blessed Abraham because he obeyed his voice Gen. 22.18 there the Scritures sheweth Abrahams faithfulness and perfect walking before the Lord And such as accuse Abraham with transgression let them examine whether they in so saying are not transgressors Gen. 12. Again no imperfect man or sinner standing in the nature of sin and transgression can walk with God who