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A testimony to the true and spiritual worship and a word of consolation to the children of light : also a message of truth to professors / by Tho. Taylor.
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Taylor, Thomas, 1618-1682.
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Behold I stand at the door and knock and by his Servant also now saith Behold the Lord God that Spirit stands at the door of your hearts all people and whosoever opens unto him he will come in unto them and the pure in heart shall see the pure and holy God supping with them and they with him and they shall drink abundantly of the heavenly Wine with Jesus Christ in the Fathers Kingdom fresh and living ever for now is the Lord rending away the Vail the Covering that hath been upon the hears of people and making to all people the Feast of fat things full of marrow and of Wine upon the Lees well refined so be it And now is the Lord God blessed for ever fulfilling the Promises of his great Love in Christ Jesus which have been since the world began in this day of the pouring forth of his holy Spirit whereby the holy City New Ierusalem is felt come down from God out of Heaven and God himself dwelling with men even the Tabernacle of God with man as was said before all holy praises to his Name yes he that sits upon the throne hath made and is daily making all things new it is done and now the Lamb is known to be the Light of his People and they need no other for the Anointing which they have of him teacheth all things and now is Jerusalem a rejoycing indeed and her people a joy but now the Uncircumcised in heart and ear who do alwayes resist the Holy Ghost are greatly troubled and offended by reason of the great darkness and enmity of their hearts because they cannot in their unclean mind enter in for into this City no unclean thing nor any that loves or makes a Lye can enter for now the Serpents meat is Dust and his head is bruised glory to God for ever See Isa. 65.17 c. Rev. 21.1 c. Acts 7.51 52. And now are all the Climers who have not come in by the door but are climed up another way in their unclean minds whom Christ calls Thieves and Robbers seen and by the same that discovers them judged and condemned these are they that have taken away the Key of Knowledge and will neither enter into the Kingdom of God themselves nor suffer those that are entring in to enter These are they whom Christ cries wo against who love to be called of men Master heady and high minded men with the great Train of their seduced Followers who plead for them and fight for them because they cry peace to them in their sins and tell them they must never be perfect whilest they are here but must carry about them a body of sin without all hope of ever being freed from it whilst on Earth and so in effect deny the end of Christ's coming who came to set free the Soul by destroying the Body of Sin also they deny the very end the very end of Christ's Ministry for when he assended up on high he gave gifts to men for the work of the Ministry for the edifying of the Body of Christ for the perfecting of the Saints Ephes. 4. Come ye Contenders against Truth Is not the perfecting of the Saints in holiness by bringing them out of unholiness and in Faith out of unbelief and into the Spirit out of the Flesh and all fleshly and perishing observations And doth not the Ministry of Christ which is the true Spiritual Ministry attain its end and do its work to the utmost yea yea though the Ministers of Antichrist free and funie and gainsay and contradict and blaspeme and spend their strength in vain and perfect nothing but their sins yet the work of the Lord goes on and prospers and the Body of Christ is built up and the Songs of Sion sung in the holy Land and none can take part therein but the Redeemed of the Lord who are redeemed from the Earth into the heavenly Society and Church of the First-born whose names are written in Heaven and who follow the Lamb whithersoever he goes these are not defiled with the Cup of the great Whore for they are Virgins and have Oyl in their Lamps and so need not go to the Merchants of Babylon to buy And so all people bow to Truth in the inward parts for obedience to that is the Sacrifice which God requireth and better then all other Sacrifices all your Sabboth out of this are but meer druggeries and all your Will-worship Ceremonies and Traditions being out of this are but meer mock Services yea out of this to wit the Light and Truth in the inward parts your very Faith is vain and your hope of none effect and your prayers sin for unto thee who wilt not have it to rule in thee the Lord hath no respect nor to thy Offering So prize your time O all ye Strangers to the Life of God and make supplication to your Judge the Light Christ Jesus that Lights every man that comes into the World for this is the condemnation that Light is come Into the World and men loved and do love their evil deeds and hate the Light for every evil Doer hates the Light saith Christ yea it is so whatsoever the Hypocrite the Evil-Doer with his mouth may say to the contrary And all ye children of the Light walk in the Light and be thankfull for the Lord is arisen in mighty power to crown you with his Glory his glorious Righteous Wisdom Holiness and Salvation he is come indeed to fulfil all his Promises in you and for you to the glorifying of the Arm of his own Power and for your Souls endless comfort and why should any of you be afraid of what man can do against you seeing you fear God and love the children of men and you are not of them who seek to destroy mens lives but to save them as much as in you lieth Arise Arise break forth into singing ye Sons and Daughters of the Heavenly King the Lord our Righteousness for thy Light is come and the Glory of the Lord is risen upon thee And thou shalt no more be termed desolate for thy Maker is thy Husband and thy Land is married indeed And thy Plants grow and thy Gardens cast a sweat smell Oh happy are they who believe in thy Light and walk in the clear Sun-shine of thy Day No Stumbling nor occasion of Stumbling is on thy Mountain nor in thy Valleys but on the dark Mountains whereon the Haters of Christ walk is all the stumbling of this present World Thou who art come in at the true Door Christ Jesus the Light of the World thy Kingdom is not of this World but is a Kingdom without end which cannot be shaken wherein dwells Righteousness indeed and thy Pasture is fresh and green all the Year long being wet with the Dew of Heaven yea in thy happy Lot are both the upper and nether Springs and Bread of Life for evermore where rests with thee in the purest Love thy Brother in
the Joys and Sufferings of the Gospel In the 12 th of the 6 th Moneth 1669 T. T. A Message of Truth to Professors WO to the Teachers of the People that daub with untempored Morter and cry Peace Peace when the Lord hath not spoken Peace For the Lord speaks Peace to none in their Sins but they Teach for Doctrine That none can live out of Sin whilst on this side the Grave and so they Minister for Antichrist the Man of Sin and not for Christ who is without Sin in Gods Righteousness And he that keepeth Christs Commandments dwelleth in him and he in him and his Commandments are not grievous saith John And again He that is Born of Christ sinneth not for the everlasting Father of the Vnspotted Generation is he And herein saith the same John and all the living Members of Christ is our Love made perfect that we may have Boldness in the day of Judgment because as he is so are we in this World But the Masterly Teachers of this World cry out O the Commands of Christ who is God are hard none can keep them we must live in Sin whilst on Earth no Perfection here no Victory over all while on this side the outward Grave These have their Eyes abroad and judge after the Flesh and the things of Gods Spirit are Foolishness to them The Grave of Sin they lie dead in and know not the Resurrection from it and so are ignorant of Christ who is the Resurrection and the Life And the Eye in such is shut as yet that should hear the Sons Voice whose Voice raiseth the Dead O foolish and flow of Heart to beâ—ieve all that Christ and his Prophets have spoken Doth not Christ say The hour is coming and now is when the Dead shall hear the Voice of the Son of God and they that hear shall live For as the Father hath Life in himself so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself John 5.25 And in another place He that Liveth and Believeth in me shall never die for God is not the God of the Dead but of the Living for thâ— Dead cannot Praise him And I will Ransom them from the Power of the Grave I will Redeem thee from Death O Death I will be thy Plagues O Grave I will be thy Destruction Hos. 13.14 And again Ezek. 37.12 c. Thus saith the Lord God Behold O my People I will open your Graves and cause you to come up out of your Graves and ye shall know that I am the Lord and I will place my Sanctuary in the midst of you for evermore These words are faithful and true and the Israel of God who are risen with Christ know them and in the Birth Immortal being passed from Death to Life do set to their Seal That God is a Faithful Performer of his Promises this Day For Life and Immortality is brought to Light through the Gospel which is the Power of God to Salvation in all that believe in God and know his Christ in them who is the D E A T H of Death and Destruction of Sin and Life Eternal to enjoy Glory to his Name forever And against this Living Faith and Quickning Power the Gates of Hell shall never be able to prevail But as was said before Wo to the Teachers of the People who Daub with Untempered Morter who look outward and judge of things according to the Flesh and outward appearance of things and plead for the Life of Sin during the whole time of mans being upon Earth and look at the Grave without and Death without and so lie dead in Sin and buried in the Grave of their spiritual Wickedness themselves and so lead about a People silly as Women in Matters Spiritual laden like themselves with divers Sins and Lusts alwayes learning but never able to come to the Knowledge of the Truth For who know the Truth as it is in Jesus are set free by it For if you be set-free by the Truth then are ye free indeed saith Christ. This is more then all outward Knowledge and Profession to be so free as not to be under the Power of any Sin Lust Temptation Will of Man nor any of the Powers of Darkness whatsoever but Free as Christ is Free who is over all God blessed forever But now that Christ is come to set up this his holy Glorious Kingdom in the Hearts of the Children of Men Where is this Faith to be found on Earth But all the Multitudes of Earthly Professors cry The Kingdom of Heaven hereafter The Kindom of Glory hereafter no Perfection on this side the outward Grave none câ—n overcome or put off the Body of Sin whilst here and the like Not knowing what they say nor whereof they affirm when they speak of such things because to the Kingdom of Heaven within in man they are wilful Strangers Eyes they have but see not and Ears but hear not for the inward Eye which should see have they fast closed and the Ear which should hear have they shut lest they should see and hear and be converted and be saved But Blessed is the Eye that sees the Kingdom of God which he hath set up and is setting up in his Trembling People and the Ear that hears the unutterable Word of the living Father which raiseth the Dead they shall never be Praising of him in the Congregation of the Righteous where none can come to make afraid for these Love and Fear the Lord and that frees them from the Fear of Vain Man whose Breath is in his Nostrils But all whose Religion stands upon the Sandy Foundation of mans Wisdom and Thoughts and Doings which perfects not to God these will be like the Chaff which the Wind scatters to and fro the Regenerating Power of Gods eternal Spirit they being ignorant of in themselves all their shew of Religion is meer Hypocrisie and the Religion of Hypocrites shall never be established for all who gather not with Christ shall scatter and every Plant that his Heavenly Spiritual Hand hath not planâ—ed shall be rooted up O! What Darkness have you rapt your Selves in and how is the Understanding Part clouded in you that you will neither see nor learn to know the things that pertain to Everlasting Life Can you say the Branches of the faln Tree the first Adam are Unholy and Corrupt because of the Unholiness of the Root And will you not see that the Members of the Heavenly Man Christ Jesus who never fell are Holy because of the Holiness of the Root For if the Root be Holy so are the Branches Anoint your Eyes with Eye-Salve that if possible you may see and know a better Root in you then the faln mans nature to grow on that the Kingdom of Holiness you may feel come near you For they that are in the Flesh cannot please God whatever they may Profess And this adds to their misery that when they have brought forth the deadly Works of the