of will for to assemble them therto are called and louinglie-bidden 11. OH that the Man vnderstoode thissame aright So should hee then assuredlie â with all Good-willingnes of his Heart humble himself before the Throne of Grace and soueraigne Maiestie of God take-heede vnto the Woorde of the Lord therout heare beleeue and goodwillinglie obey thesame honour laude praise and thanke thatsame God which hath prepared all this for vs which also liueth from euerlasting to euerlastinge and sitteth vpon the Seate of his Maiestie and spread-abrode â euery-wheare the great Actes and Wonderful-woorkes of God as also reioyce him with great Ioye for that such a Throne of Grace and Sauing-health is now â in these last perrelous times appeered com and declared â out of the heauenlie Beeing vpon the Earth vnto the Children of Men which hope on God and on the Comfort of his Saluation and that also ther-thorough the Will of the Lorde is accomplisshed on Earth as in Heauen The VI. Chap. O Yee Children of Men consider-well now heeron and haue a good regard therto and take thesame yet-once effectuallie to Heart namelie how that presentlie out of thissame Throne of Grace which is appeered and com vnto vs now in the last time in the Mostholie of the true Tabernacle of God â to an euerlasting Stoole of Grace vpon the Earth the Glorie of the Lorde becometh made manifest · and his Lawe Woord and Will â accordinge to his godlie Trueth expresslie witnessed 2. For that cause haue now a distinct Diuersitie in whom Gods Spirit and hys Woorde is reuealed or manifested and in whom that it is yeat vnreuealed 3. For consider Wheare God with his Christ and Spirit hath his Dwellinge in anyone and bringeth fourth his secreat Treasures of the heaueÌ„lie Goods therout Eauen-theare is then trulie his Wisdome to be founde and also the Counsell of God accordinge to the Trueth and not by the Straungers nor by the Disobedient vnto the Woord nor yet by the Goodthinking-wise which seperate them from Vs and our godlie Doctrine nether yet by Them whose Spirit is not â in the Conformitie-of-beeing with Vs begotten or borne out of God · but â in the Seperation against Vs out of the Fleash of the earthlie Beeinge Haue a good respect heer-vnto 4. O Yee earthlie Generations you meane I yee earthlie vngodded Men that exalte and preferre your owne Woorde â which notwithstanding is meere Lyes so highlie and heare and beleeue thesame so gladlie also alwayes desire to followe-after your owne Counsell â which notwithstanding is a meere Seducing and Deceit and to be obedient ther vnto and will eauenso out of your Darknes â which is doubtles nothing els but the curssed Kingdom of Hell and the Possession or Habitation of all Deuels and wicked Spirites itself iudge so gladlie the Light of Gods Trueth and the Children of Light Ah â beloued consider yet once in what Beeing and Nature yee are comprehended and then iudge from whence your Woord and Spirit is or hath his Originall wher with yee will iudg speake-fourth the diuine Matiers and from whence also yee fett your Counsell which yee â without God-his Counsell wherwith Wee are of-one-beeing so earnestlie ensue or follow after according to your owne Minde of the Fleash and wher-out likewise yee execute the Iudgment with the which yee iudge the Testimonies of the Light and the Children of the Loue or of God. 5. Beholde heerin now and according to this maner pronounce-fourth boldlie the Iudgment ouer your selues and geeue-testimonie of your owne selues what yee yourselues â in your Disobedience to the Requiringe of the Woord are or may be â—…oned for as likewise of your owne Woorde which yee speake ther-out For I commit therin the matier vnto yourselues for to iudge 6. O Yee Children of Men Seeing that yee iudg another and all thinges so gladlie or willinglye so iudg now once also yourselues Ah â beloued doo â I praye you eauenso for I haue now geeueÌ„ the matier into your owne handes for to iudge 7. Thus looke well rightlie into yourselues and then pronounce-fourth â according to the Trueth the Iudgment or Sentence ouer yourselues what yee yourselues all are according to your inward Man And trulye when yee once beginne to see aright into yourselues then shall yee for-certeÌ„ finde in yourselues that yee are not minded according to God-his Nature or Beeinge · but according to the Nature of a corrupted and earthlie consumable or mortall man and that your Woorde and Spirit and all your Will and Counsell is out of the Fleash of Sinne and out of the Lyes of Darknes 8. For so longe as yee yeat liue in the Fleash of Sinne and that yee are not â through the Doctrine of the Testimonies of the holie Spirit of the Loue of Iesu Christ restored · nether prepared to the New Birth in Iesu Christ in your Spirit and Vnderstandinge nor yet humble you ther-vnto and that yee are not taught â with the Administration of the gratious Woord vnder the Obedience of the Loue to the Kingdom of the God of Heauens or that thesame is not com vnto you â in your Obedience vnto the Woord and Seruice of Loue in your Spirit and that yee eauenso direct the Course or Fourth-going of your Life without the Seruice of the Loue and his Requiring So is then doubtles all your Woord Spirit Counsell â proceding out of the ImaginatioÌ„ of your Knowledge no otherwise minded but earthlie diuelish fleashly and yee haue not any Sight nor Knowledg at-all of God-his Matiers or Causes nor of the Kingdom of God according to the heauenlie Trueth It is very-true The VII Chap. HArken harken Holde you still before the Seate of Gods Maiestie O yee Children of Men and geeue-eare diligentlie For ther cometh now fourth from thesame Seate Lightninges Thonders and Voyees Yea eauen-now the Lorde letteth hymself be hearde vpon the Earth and hee the highest God â which sitteth vpon his Seate and liueth for euer and euer speaketh now out of his holie Dwellinge 2. Haue now therfore a good regarde vnto the articular Vnfoldinge or distinct Definition of thesame Sounde of the Voyce of the Lorde For thus saith the Lorde or in this maner soundeth his Voice 3. YOur owne Woorde â O yee Children of Men is the Lye which seduceth you 4. Your owne Vnderstandinge is the destroying and corrupt Knowledge wherthrough yee â in your Iudging misse the Right and the Trueth and for that cause beare a false Ballaunce 5. Your owne forcast or Conceauinge Will and Counsell is the Falshod of your Mind which begyleth you in such sort that your Steppes â by that occasion cannot be vpright before Mee saith the Lorde 6. Your owne Beeing or false Minde of Darknes is the Kingdom of Hell to a Dwellinge for all Diuels and false Spirites
her Seruice whoâ—…lie geeueth-ouer himself vnder the Maiestie of God and cauenso â without any peruerse Thoughtes loueth the vpright and godlie Beeinge By such-a-one thesame shall likewise certenlie appeere and â in the Expressing of his Deede be verie-well perceaued 5. For to those-same vpright Heartes â which walke obedientlie in the Doctrine of the gratious Woord and Seruice of Loue and shewe all Faithfulnes thervnto it is graunted to vnderstaÌ„d in their Spirit â accordinge to the heauenlie Trueth of the vpright Beeinge the Misterie of the Kingdom of the God of Heauens wherthrough they make-manifest the Powers of the Holie-gost and the Testimonies of his liuinge Waters which flowe â at that time from the Bodie of their Spirit and reach â—…auen vnto the euerlasting Life 6. But the Straungers â which walke with-out the Famelie of Loue or deale falslie therwith tast not the louelie Beeing of the spirituall and heauenlie Goods For they vnderstand nor knowe not thesame any otherwise but according to an earthly and fleashlie Beeinge For earthlie and fleashlie are â—…ll their Mindes and Thoughtes 7. BVt â alas this cannot an earthlie Man â which trulie is alwayes nothinge but fleashlie minded comprehend nor vnderstand yet will hee neuerthelesse alwayes go-on with his lyinge earthlie and fleashlie Mindes and iudge eauenso the spirituall and heauenlie Vnderstandinges therout For-that-cause hee cannot haue any Lust nor beare any Loue towardes the True Spirituall and Heauenlie but well towardes the Lyinge Earthlie and Fleashlie wherout hee likewise as it is right-well to be perceaued bringeth-fourth nothing-els but the Woorkes of the Fleash and of the lyinge Beeinge 8. But a spirituall Man is clothed with the Spirit of God and the Trueth For that cause hee is also according to the Trueth spirituallie minded His Fourth-goinge and the Lust of his Woorkes is â in all to the Fruites of the holie Gost for to bringe-fourth thosesame out of the Spirit of God and so to publish or declare-fourth the Kingdom of God and his Righteousnes 9. For hee knoweth â out of the secreat Misterie of the Kingdom of God how to discerne and distinct the spirituall Goods according to the heauenlie Trueth or holie Vnderstandinge to-weet that hee sheweth declareth an expresse Difference betwixt the Earthlie and the Heauenlie and betwixt the Lying and the True the which to all earthlie vnregenerated Men â with all their Industrie and Prudentie is a thinge vnpossible The XIII Chap. SEeing now that Gods Wonderful-woorkes the Spirit of his Power the Misterie of his Kingdom of Heauen is knowen and vnderstanded onlie of the heauenlie spirituall Man So hath not an earthlie and fleashlie Man â out of his naturall scripture learned Vnderstandinge anye Sight nor Knowledg at-all therof Yea hee is so vtterlie voide of thesame that hee cannot vnderstande the smallest Title therof · much-lesse theÌ„ expound or interpreate thesame â according to the Trueth vnto an other 2. But hee may well heare witnessed therof â accordinge to the manlie maner through the seruiceable or writen Woorde and also speake-fourth thesame againe afterwardes but through himself or out of his owne Vnderstanding hee vnderstandeth not anythinge at-all of thesame accordinge to the Trueth but it is all couered and secreat before him or in Similitudes Images Figures and Parables For that cause hee cannot likewise â out of his owne Wisdom once conceaue nor comprehend in his Knowledge what thesame â accordinge to the Trueth is in the godlie Beeinge 3. If hee therfore will iudge speake-fourth and interprete anythinge therof according to the ImaginatioÌ„ of his owne Knowledg So is it all â doubtles false and Lyes what hee both conceaueth and also speaketh therof wherout it becometh knowen that a fleashlie Man â out of his naturall Vnderstanding knoweth not anything at-all of the Spirit of God and that it is all Foolishnes what hee iudgeth or speaketh therof 4. Verelie therfore they all do erre very much that iudge according to their Vnderstandinge â out of the earthlie Beeinge or out of the Fleash or Letter God-his Trueth â which is heauenlie and spirituall and his Wonderful-actes whether it be of that which is passed · or of that which is present · or of that which is to come or take vpon them to discusse thesame and will teach instruct or order the ignorant People according to their Iudgment 5. For verelie God 's Trueth and his Workes â which Hee worketh not through any fleashlie Vnderstanding but through the Power of his Spirit out of his holie Heauen are farre aboue all Vnderstandinges of the Fleash Yea not anyone of all the Children of Men can â through his naturall Vnderstandinge out of Bloud comprehend nor vnderstand thesame nor yet finde-out the grounde therof 6. Therfore suerlie God-his Trueth the excellent Bewtie of his heauenlie KingdoÌ„ and his godlie and heauenlie Woorkes are vnknowen vnto all Fleash and vnto all fleashlie earthlie Men But it is geeuen vnto the Children of the Kingdom Ø›the Communialtie of the Loue to vnderstande the secreat Misterie therof 7. IT is likewise â verelie a great Follie vpon the Earth yea a presumpteous and arrogant Enterprise or Dealinge â which is also vtterlie without all Equitie and resonable Vnderstanding that the earthlie and fleashlie Men sett themselues to Iudgment for to iudge â out of their naturall Comprehending and Industrie or out of their scrip turelie Learnednes according to the Fleash the spirituall Trueth of God and God-his heauenlye Wonderfull-actes wherof ther is not anything atall geeuen them to vnderstande wherin they all â with their Vnderstandinges runne to an Ende Yea they com so to an Ende or growe to such an exigent therin that they knowe not ofteÌ„times where to catch or take-holde-of thesame againe 8. But many are heerin very arrogantlie-minded For when-as they â with their Vnderstanding are runne-to-an-ende in the godlie Matiers to-weet that they haue not nor cannot comprehend nor vnderstand thosesame aright Yet perseuer they notwithstanding searching ther-after and prosecutinge or ensuinge thesame with their Imagination of the Knowledge they will neuerthelesse alwayes be iudged to haue right Yea they wolde much-rather iudge Moses the Propheates of God together with the Appostles of Christ and God-his elected Minister HN to erre or misse the right then that they wolde â by anye meanes confesse and acknowledge that they â in the Imagination of their Knowledge concerninge the godlie Matiers are ignorant and lyinge The XIIII Chap. O Yee blinde People yee arrogant distraught earthlie Men and all yee subtill or pregnant Self-wise of the Fleash together with all yee false Heartes of the Scripture-learned yee Cainish Ceremonie-ministers and yee Persecuters and Murderers of the Abelish vpright Heartes Wherfore exalte yee yourselues so arrogantlie against the high-excellent Maiestie of God and his righteous Iudgment Consider and looke yet-once into it what
yee haue done 2. Oh â alas yee haue â the which will now fal-out â—…ainfullie or sharplie against you set yourselues â with your false Nature 'to Iudgment iudged God-his Causes â out of your Lyes altogether fals lie seduced the Simple beleeued your owne Iudg ment which is vnright and false and borne-dominion therwith ouer the Earth Also ben vnbeleeuinge of God in his Trueth · and resisting of the Loue and cauenso â with your false Iudgmentes falslie accused or defamed the vpright Heartes as men worthie to be rooted-out from the Earth 3. FOr-that-cause let yourselues now be counsailed by the Wisedom and looke bytimes into all your Ignoraunces and let it all fal-awaye from you or geeue it-all ouer wherin yee haue supposed to be wise or vnderstandinge and shewe-fourth Repentaunce for your Sinnes vnder the Obedience of the Loue of Iesu Christ. 4. For verelie when yee looke â accordiâ—…ge to the Trueth into your-selues and all that yee haue done So shall yee not choose but perceaue and acknowledg that yee haue not vnderstoode knowen nor iudged the earthlie and natural Thinges â which yee haue passed-thorowe and are yeat daylie a passing-thorowe trulie or aright 5. SEeinge then that yee haue not ben able to vnderstande nor iudge rightlie those thinges which â accordinge to the earthlie Beeinge are like vnto you and wher-about yee daylie haueto-doo How should yee then â O yee blockish ignorant earthlie Men be able to vnderstaÌ„de or iudge the heauenlie or spirituall Thinges which are secreat or hiddeÌ„ before you and which yee haue neuer scene nor are passed-thorowe them But for your owne Honours sake â which yee seeke at the handes of the vnregenerated Men and more esteeme and couet then the Honour of God many of you will not acknowledg thesame nor yet confesse your Blindnes 6. Yee comforte yourselues apace with Lyes and prouoke eauenso God-his righteous Iudgment to come vpon you In which Iudgment it becometh nowe discouered vnto you and yee are let to see or it becometh made-knowen vnto you in your Heartes that yee all â which are of the Earth and haue resisted the Trueth of the Life haue spokeÌ„ presumpteouslie against the Lorde · dispised the Loue in her louelie Nature and vpright Seruice · and blaspheamed the Spirit of Loue which is the true Holie-gost 7. BEholde it shall now in thissame Day of the righteous Iudgment of God â wherthrough all false Iudgmentes and Vnrighteousnesses becom made-manifest be geeuen vnto you to see-into or plainlie to perceaue all this your Falshod or horrible Iniquitie And the Recompence for thesame shall likewise â O yee false earthlie Men fall vpon you with much Affliction Distresse Miserie and Woe in all your Heartes 8. If yee now then â perceauinge well all your Falshod and in the time of your Affliction and Distresse laye not yourselues prostrate â to a Bench for the Lorde-his Feete before the Seate of the Maiestie of God but will needes â with your false Iudgmentes and Vnrighteousnes beare the Dominion against God and his Maiestie So shall yee yet neuerthelesse whether it be then with your will or against your will be troden-downe â as the Enemies of God with the Feete of the Sainctes · and laide vnder the Feete of the Lorde 9. For our God Ø›the Lorde of Hostes cometh presentlie to Iudgment and will plainlie shewe and make-knowen the Howse of his Dwellinge namelie that the Heauen and the Heauenlie-man is his Seate · and the Earth and the Earthlieman the Bench of his Feete Eauen as the Lorde hath spoken thesame in times-passed through the Mouth of his holie Propheates The XV. Chap. O Yee goodwillinge Heartes which haue now in these last perilous tymes adioyned yourselues â with a good Will vnder the Obedience of the Loue with Vs Littleones and Electedones of God Consider well presentlie on the Straungers which haue nothing-els in their minde but subtiltie guyle and also on all Such as com-in with all Self-seekinge · with their fleashlie Lustes and Desires · and with their Goodthinking and Selfwisdom besydes our holie Communialtie of the Loue and then at-thelast â when as they are aware that the gratious Woord is against or contrarie-to their Self seeking and Goodthinking seperate them againe from Vs and from the Woord and Requiringe of the Seruice of Loue Yea consider well what a Nature Beeing or Disposition they shewe-fourth and how that they â to the Renting Diuiding of our Communialtie of the Loue make-vpp themselues against Vs and our godlie Doctrine So shall yee then finde-out in the Deede and Trueth that all such do mâ—…ke manifest themselues â with their Self-wisdom and Goodthinkinge-knowledge to be contrarie-minded against the holie Woorde of the Spirit of Loue and also turne them away from the true Obedience of the Requiringe of his Seruice 2. FOr that cause take now good-heede and beware of all them that â with their Self wisdom or ImaginatioÌ„ of the Knowledg besydes the Doctrine of the Godlynes â which is taught you through the Spirit of Loue institute or bringe-in â according to the Self-seekinge of the Fleash their straunge or forged Doctrines and false Dealinges Wher-with they breede Diuision and cause Offence And seperate you from Such-persons But abide stedfastlie grounded in our mostholie Beleef of the Loue of Christ and perseuer therin eauen to the Ende That is till vnto the louelie Beeinge of the Godlynes 3. Turne not asyde â in any case to any forrein Beeing with-out the Loue fall not awaye likewise from the Seruice of the Loue for the Ignorantons cause which make oftentimes â by reason of their disorderlynes Discorde and Offence and for-that-cause also they must as the Matier or Case requireth be punished chastised and instructed Also becom not sluggish nor careles with the Slouthful-persons but â with Diligence and Lust of your Heart vnto the vpright Righteousnes and Holynes submit you alwayes obedientlie and humblie vnder the godlie Testimonies of the holie Spirit oâ—… Loue vntill that the gratious Woorde his Loue be planted in you with Meekmindednes the which is the Saluation of your Soules and the Establishing of the Promises of God the Father 4. For in thesame vpright Beeinge God will bringe vnto you all his Treasures and heauenlie Goods also all Peace and the euerlasting Life aboundantlie It is verytrue 5. O Yee Holyones of God â thou louelie CoÌ„munialtie of the Loue feare not but be now of good cheere vpon the Earth against all your Enemies For beholde your God conâ—…th to be auendged on all your Enemies for to lâ—…ye them â that they may be troden-downe vnder the Feete of your Lord Sauiour Iesus Christ. and eauenso â in your second Birth out of the holie Spirit of the Loue of Iesu Christ to transporte or yeald-ouer the Iudgment and