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To all that desire and breath after the Lord and the true knowledge of his everlasting way and the righteousness and peace of that kingdom which consisteth not in words, but in power, life, and joy in the Holy Ghost ... / written by Joseph Coale.
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Coale, Joseph, d. 1670.
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work of rigteousness which is peace and the effect of righteousness which is quietness and assurance for ever in Christ Jeses the everlasting substance and so will come to see thorow and be gathered out of all those shadows which in their time were representations of him which now comes to be abolished and done away by him Isa 32.17 18. in all that witness him come in Spirit and Power within who puts an end to sin and finisheth transgression and brings in everlasting righteousness and peace to all those that do truly believe in him Dan. 9.24 And now at this day People sticking and hanging in outward things as the Jews did they miss the substance and come short of that which is the souls life food bread wine water and true nourishment and indeed all and who became the Saints all and fulness that did fill all and is now to such as do believe and obey him and follow him in all things which he at this day doth require of them and yet all those things are truly owned in their time and place which the Saints and People of God were to do and observe according to the then particular command of God to them in every age and because of some that did uphold such things which were sometimes required who themselves were forward in the outward practise it was said Who hath required these things at your hands mark at your hands Isa 1.12 And so may it be said now to many who are sticking in outward things But who hath required these things now at this day Nevertheless I say If any do find the Lords presence with them in those things and do make a Conscience of them and judge they ought to do it I judge them not if they are not otherways perswaded in themselves and if they can in truth say The Spirit of the Lord leads them to do it which I have very much doubt of and desire they may seriously consider and truly examine Wherefore now come ye on and press towards the true Life and substance and look not at things that are seen 2 Cor. 13.12 which are carnal as the Apostle said but the things that rae not seen are eternal and invisible And these things the Apostle brought the Saints on to and to the knowledge of Christ in them which he told them if they did not come to know they were yet reprobates notwithstanding they had done many things in the outward practice yet this was the end and substance of all and that great mystery which was hid from ages Col. 1.27 even Christ within the Hope of Glory which mystery now comes to be made known unto such as then who have believed in that light which shineth in the heart which gives the true knowledge of God in the face of Christ 2 Cor. 4.6 and reveals the mysteries of his Kingdom and is the true guide unto the everlasting way in which the Righteous have alwayes walked even the way of true peace and eternal happiness and in it is the knowledge of that truth received which the souls of many have longed for who had long sought but could not find because they sought amiss or missed that in which all that seek and wait come to find So come ye now and seek after this as for hid treasure even after the knowledge of that everlasting way and truth which your souls long after which some are saying Loe it s here others loe it s there but saith Christ Go not forth for behold the kingdom of heaven is within Luke 17.21 23. and the truth you must find in you though its appearance at first is but low and little yet being owned it grows in stature and the Kingdom which is but as a grain of mustard-seed the least of all in you Mat. 13.31.32 yet it will spring up to be the greatest of all in you and will overcome all that which hath been great and strong in you even every other seed which the Devil hath sowed in the night of darkness whilst men have slept in carelesness as you may read in the Scriptures of truth vers 25. Wherefore go not forth but receive the truth as it appears in you and walk in it as it is made manifest within and through obdience you will come more and more into the knowledge of it and it will grow in you and this knowledge is true and everlasting and saving even the knowledge of the truth in its appearance and operation in the heart of the creature for Truth hath a great work to do in man to change his heart mind and nature and to destroy the Devils work which hath been within Eph. 2 2â— the Devil hath wrought and ruled in the hearts of the children of disobedience I Joh. 3 8 And for this purpose saith the Apostle was the Son of God made manifest that he might destroy the works of the Devil And so as ye receive and believe in the Truth as it appears in you you will feel it subduing the Devils works and working down that which hath been exalted in you which hath hindred you from beholding the glorious presence and countenance of the Lord the Lifting up of which makes whole and refreshes the soul and makes the heart truly glad Which that you may come to see to the satisfaction and everlasting peace of your souls is my end in what I have here written unto you and that which my soul truly and faithfully desires to the Lord for you And this is a Visitation of Love unto all you who are enquiring the way to Sion unto which the Redeemed of the Lord our God are now returning with Songs of Deliverance and everlasting Joy upon their Heads and they shall obtain Joy and Gladness and Sorrow and Sighing shall flee away Among the number of which that ye may be found in this Day of the Lords Visitation and Gathering is the desire and travel of my soul who am a true Friend unto you and all that are seeking the Kingdom of God and desire the everlasting Salvation and Welfare of all your Immortal Souls and am known in the world in which I labour and travel for the Redemption of the Righteous Seed by the Name of Joseph Coale Tregangrees in the Parish of Austel in Cornwel the 13th Day of the 1st Month. 1664. Concerning Reconciliation and how it comes to be Effected in and Witnessed by Man REconciliation is Effected and Witnessed through the Operatition of the Eternal Word of Life in the heart working out and destroying that which is the cause of Separation from God which must be slain and subdued by the Word which is quick and powerful sharper than a two-edged Sword which slayes the Enmity which God is never reconciled to and man being in the Enmity is separated from God living in that which is contrary unto him which the powerful Word of Life subdues and works out as it is received and felt in the heart which is known through believing in the Light which convinceth of sin and transgression Wherefore all that come to witness Reconciliation must receive the Light which shews transgression and wait in it to feel the operation of the eternal Power destroying the Devils works and loosing them from his chaines and bonds and defacing his Image and and likeness which he hath changed and begotten the Creature into which consisteth of pride envy malice hatred and deceit c. and all unrighteousness which must be destroyed and no further is Reconciliation witnessed by any than that is destroyed and subdued by the living operation of the living Power or Word of God which changeth man inwardly and quickens and renews him into God's Image which consisteth of humility love tenderness righteousness and holiness and all good and so he comes to bear his Image and Likeness and is changed into the Image and Likeness of God and so is Reconciled unto him And for this end did Christ Jesus come and for this purpose was made manifest to destroy the works of the Devil and to subdue that in man which is contrary which is the cause of separation to slay the Enmity to break down the wall of partition and of twain to make one new man so making Peace and Reconciliation ending the sin making Reconciliation for iniquity and so to bring in everlasting Righteousness And no man doth or can truly witness Reconciliation that yet lives in iniquity transgression and enmity against God and in a nature contrary to him but must be changed by the living operation of the Eternal Word which will burn up and consume the contrary which the Light makes manifest in the secret inward parts and through the spirit of judgment and of burning is he redeemed which burns up that which cannot endure and dwell with consuming fire and so it cleanseth purgeth and purifieth slays and buries under all fleshly carnal love desires affections and all self-conceits heights boastings gloryings shews likenesses images inventions and contrivances in the mind and wisdom and whatsoever is not of God must dye be subdued cut down and destroyed which the Light makes manifest to be contrary for he that lives and acts in and from that it separates him and keeps him out and off at a distance from God and he must depart from that and must die unto it that witnesseth Reconciliation which is effected by the operation of the eternal power working in man fashioning framing and moulding of himin to Gods likeness and slaying of him to the world and all that is contrary to God to which he cannot be reconciled nor to man as he lives and still remains in that and while as he walks in the ways that grieve his ho-Spirit And this is a true and certain Testimony unto all People Joseph Coale THE END