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A54072	To the Jews natural, and to the Jews spiritual with a few words ro [sic] England my native country, &c. : some sensible, weighty queries, concerning some things very sweet and necessary to be experienced in the truly-Christian state : whereunto is added a postscript, containing some queries on Isa. 50, 10, 11 ... / by Isaac Penington.	Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679.	1677 (1677)	Wing P1214; ESTC R36966	28,679	73

alone is exalted O that this Day vvere more knovvn and the Lord vvho is indeed vvorthy vvere more exalted and all Flesh become his Foot-stool forever Concerning the true Church and Ministry under the Gospel and the Maintenance thereof some few Questions answered in Truth and Plainness of Heart and left to the Witness and Testimony of God in other mens Consciences Question 1. WHich is the true Church or the Gospel-Church or he Church according to the new Covenant For ●here was an old Covenant and a Church according to that under the Law And there ●s a new Covenant and a Church according to that under the Gospel Answ For the clearing of this to the hearts and Consciences of People let us enquire and consider what the new Covenant is and then it will more easily appear which is the Church according to the new Covenant The new Covenant according to plain scripture and according to manifest experience ●n this blessed Day of the shining of the Gospel-Light in mens heatts is a Covenant o● God's putting his Law in the inward parts o● People and writing it in their hearts and of his becoming their God making ●hem hi● People and of teaching th●m all to know him inwardly and experimentally from the least to the greatest and of being merciful to their unrighteousness and remembring thei● sins and iniquities no more Jer. 31.33 34 Heb. 8.10 11 12. Now if this be the new Covenant the Covenant of the Gospel-Church then they are the Gospel-Church who are the People o● God according to this Covenant who have the law put by God into their inward parts and writ in their hearts and so according to this law and covenant have God to b● their God and are his People and are taugh● by him to know him as it is written All th● Children shall be taught of the Lord Isa 54.13 John 6 45. and whose unrighteousnes● God hath been merciful to and whose sins and iniquities he remembereth no more being washed away from their Consciences by the Blood of the everlasting Covenant which th● Blood of Bulls and Goats could never do S● that this is the new Testament-Church o● Gospel-Church a Church of Jews inward a● the Law-Church was a Church of Jews outward A Church of inward Worshippers o● Worshippers in Spirit and in Truth John 4.23 as the Law-Church was a Church of Worshippers outward A Church of inward circumcised ones as the Law-Church was a Church of outwardly circumcised ones Rom. 2.29 A Church of such as are inwardly holy as the Law-Church was to be a Church of such as were outwardly holy A Church of such as offer inward Incense and Sacrifices as the Law-Church was a Church of such as offered outward Incense and Sacrifices A Church of inwardly redeemed ones from the inward Egypt from the inward Darkness and Power of Satan as the Law-Church was a Church of such as were redeemed from the outward Egypt and the Povver of Pharaoh outvvard A Church that hath the invvard Ark Rev. 11.19 the invvard Presence the invvard Manna c. as the outvvard Church of the Jews had the outvvard Qu. 2. Which is the true Gospel-Ministry and who are the true Gospel-Ministers Answ Those vvhom Christ sends forth in the Spirit and Povver of his Father to gather and build up this Church Christ had all Power in Heaven and Earth given him even to ths very End to gather defend and build up his Church And he bid his Apostles vvait for the same Povver and sends forth his Ministers in the same Povver that they may be able Ministers of the Gospel vvhich is not VVords but Povver even the Povver of God unto Salvation Rom. 1.16 The nevv Covenant stands is not in Letter but in Spirit and Povver and they that are the Ministers of it must receive Life Spirit and Povver from Christ the Head and minister in that Spirit Life and Povver to the Members or they cannot nourish and build them up Yea they must preach and minister to the VVorld in it or they are not able to gather out of the VVorld into it Christ the Lord o● his Church the Foundation of Life in his Church the everlasting Rock is a living Stone and his Church is built of lively Stones And hovv can any minister Life unto them or build them up in the Life Spirit and Power but who a●e in the Life Spirit and Power and who receive Life Spirit and Power from the Head to furthe quicken and build up the living Members with The Milk which nourisheth the living Babe is living which must come pure from the Breast of Life and not be mixed with man's VVisdom or Brain-inv●ntions or it cannot yield pure Nourishment VVhat then must the Bread and VVine and VVater of the Kingdom be whereon the Children and Heirs of the Kingdom must feed or they cannot be satisfied And the Ministers of the Gospel are Stewards of this heavenly Life this heavenly Spirit this heavenly Power this heavenly Treasure which they have in the earthen Vessels and which God enables them to bring forth for the feeding of his Lambs and Sheep Christ said unto Peter Lovest thou me more then these Peter answered him Yea Lord thou knowest that I love thee If it be so Feed my Lambs feed my Sheep said Christ to him But how should he feed them In what should he feed them VVith what should he feed them All Power saith Christ is given me in Heaven and in Earth and I am to ascend to my Father and to receive the Fulness of his Spirit and do ye wait and ye shall receive abundantly of the same spirit and power and then in that spirit and power ye shall be able to feed my Lambs and Sheep that are begotten and gathered to me in it But out of it none is able to feed and build them up for that is the very thing they are to be fed with and built up in· Indeed a man may be a Minister of the letter a Minister of the law without the spirit and power but of he Gospel he cannot possibly for that consists not in letter but in spirit 2 Cor. 3. And the Faith that is to be begotten there is not to stand in the VVisdom of man but in the Power of God The Gospel-state the Gospel-church the Gospel-building begins in the Power and is carried on in the Power and finished or perfected in the Power and the whole Ministry of the Gospel is to partake of this Power and minister in it or they can do nothing in this work Christ Jesus our Lord begun it in this Power and none can carry it on without this Power The Lord God of Glory laid the foundation Behold I lay in Zion for a Foundation c. Isa 28.16 1 Pet. 2.4 5 6. And the quickning spirit alone is able to make living stones and spiritual stones and the Lord alone is able to build them up by the operation of this spirit and power

And when this Ensign is more fully lifted up shall not the Gentiles more abundantly come unto God from the Ends of the Earth and bewail their dead and estranged Estate from God saying Surely our Fathers inherited Vanity and things wherein is no Profit Jer. 16·19 And shall they not turn from all their Idols to serve the living God Thes 1.9 And concerning the Messiah it vvas promised that in his Name should the Gentiles trust and the Isles should vvait for his lavv and he should bring forth Judgment to the Gentiles Isa 42.11 vvith Mat. 12.21 But vvhat should I mention any more Scriptures unto you concerning this thing vvhenas ye have so large full certain and daily Experience of it in that vvhich is pure and living of God which never deceived nor can deceive any for ye are begotten by his Spirit into his own Image and Nature and have received the Spirit of Adoption where●n ye cry Abba Father to the Father of Spirits He found you indeed in a strange land under great Captivity and Alienation ftom him Ye have been in Egypt in Sodom in Babylon spiritually But the mercy of the Lord hath followed you thither and the Arm of the Lord hath reached to you there and hath cut Rahab and wounded the Dragon Yea he whom the Lord hath given for a Light to the Gentiles hath shined to you there in the midst of your Darkness So that God sent among you the Prophet like unto Moses though far above Moses and hearing him he led you out of Egypt and by the Rod of his Power did Signs and Wonders and valiant Acts there breaking that Power which with a strong Hand held you captive there and oppressed you And ye have known the Travel Trials and Temptations in the spiritual Wilderness and the falling of the carcases which were to fall there and the holy leading by the Pillar of Cloud and Fire through all the Entanglements and Dangers therein Yea and the faithful among you the tried and prepared among you have passed over Jordan the River of pure Judgment into the good Land and come to witness David and Solomon who are one in Spirit your King who rules in Righteousnes and ministers to you Peace everlasting And ye have an High-Priest there not after the Order of Aaron but after the Order of Melchizedeck who is made the Everlasting High-Priest of God not after the Law of a Carnal Commandment but after the Power of an Endless Life whose lips preserve the knowledge of the law for you in that endless power of Life who ministers for you to you in that endless Power and intercedes with Power and Efficacy and sprinkles the Blood of the Covenant upon you vvhich takes avvay sin from your Hearts Consciences So that ye knovv the invvard Jew's state the invvard Holy Land and Kingdom the inward Circumcision before ye enter into that Land and the inward Lamb the inward Passeover the inward Mount Zion and Jerusalem the inward Sacrifices and Incense the inward Tabernacle Temple and Ark of the Covenant the inward Table of Shew-Bread the inward Manna the inward Rod that buddeth the inward Candlestick and the Lamps which are never to go out in God's Temple And what should I say more All that that people were to be outwardly in an outvvard VVay and State hath God made you invvardly in the Substance And what God would have been to them outvvardly had they obeyed his Voice and kept his Statutes and Judgments that he is to you invvardly vvho are the called and chosen and faithful Followers of the Lamb And ye are the enjoyers of their B●essings and Promises inwardly O the glory of your State to the Eye that is opened to see it Now somewhat doth remain on my Heart unto you O be daily sensible of the tender Goodness and Mercy of the Lord which is broke forth among you What Mercy what Love hath the Father shewn unto you that ye should be thus accounted the Children of God! that they which were once nigh should be removed so far off and ye whi●h were so far off should be brought so nigh and should forever inherit the sure mercies of David For of a Truth the Lord will never forsake you but his mercy endures forever towards you and your Stakes shall never be removed but this inward Building shall stand forever This Zion is the Place of God's Rest where he will dwell forever whereof the outward Zion was but a Figure 2 dly Remember what the Lord promised himself concerning you When he vvas vveary of that people and continually complaining of them O vvhat did he promise himself concerning the People he vvould bring forth by the Spirit and Povver of the Messiah in the latter Dayes Did he not promise himself that they should be an holy People an invvardly circumcised people a People that should please him Sheep that should hear the Shepherd's Voice and be healed by him gathered home to him and so follovv and learn of him the Shepherd that they should all know him from the least to the greatest and that he would forgive their Sins and heal their Backslidings and they should not return to Folly or backslide any more as the Children after the Flesh alwayes did Is not this the People whom indeed God hath formed for himself who shall shew forth his praise 3 dly Remember what a Covenant God hath prepared to make with you as ye incline your Ears to him and are led by him into the holy agreement with him even a Cevenant which is not weak as the old Covenant vvas but is full of Virtue and Vigour to enable you to do whatever God requires of you Mark what it contains Putting God's Fear into you Not the Fear which is taught by man's precepts vvhich man may get into hi● carnal mind but vvhich God places as the Trasury of Life in the Heart as it is vvritten The Fear of the Lord is his Treasure Isa 33.6 And O vvho knovvs the preciousness of this Treasure Hovv it cleanseth the Heart and keepeth it clean and will not suffer the mind that is seasoned with it and kept to it to depart from the living God! It fenceth from Unbelief it fenceth from Disobedience it will not suffer the Soul so much as to meddle with any Appearance of Evil. O precious glorious blessed Treasure Happy is the man● that feareth alwayes with this Fear Another precious thing this Covenant contains is The Law written in the Heart that it shall be as near yea nearer then sin is in the Heart that is made tender and hath the Law of the Spirit of Life written in it Who knows what it is to have the Law of Love the Law of Life the Law of the Spirit the Law of Faith the Law of new Obedience livingly written by God in his Heart Surely none can but they in whom God writes it And such cannot but desire to have it written in their Hearts by his blessed