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Crooked pathes made straight: or, The wayes of God made knowne to lost sinners, or bewildered saints Wherein is represented the severall conditions of a Christian in the spirit, as hee growes up out of weaknesse into strength, through death into life eternall. By Anne Yemans.
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Yemans, Anne.
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Wing Y30A; ESTC R222187
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laying them clearly open by the appearance of himselfe in us and as he breaks open the seals to us there are great earth-quakes Heb. 12.26 27. Yet once more I shake not only the earth but also heaven And this word yet once more signifieth the removing of those things that are shaken as of things that are made that those things which cannot be shaken may remaine The Lord when hee appeareth in us doth not only make the earth quake at his presence which is all things that doth appeare to us to be below God whatsoever it be but also heavenly things all glorious things which are of Anti-christ which is like heaven and doth appeare to us to be heaven but this shall be shaken by the appearing of Jesus Christ in us and those things that cannot be shaken which are of Jesus Christ they shall remaine but all things that are not of him shall fall and shall appeare to us to be but earth or flesh as bad as the kilel of the flesh grosse sinne and wickednesse I doe not meane the flesh of our bodies nor this earth that we dwell upon but there are two kinds of seeds of the Devil in us that grosse seed which bringeth forth sinne in us is called earth the first man was of the earth earthly as is the earthly such are they that are earthly That which is not of God is said to be of Satan which is called earth and so farre as we have this earthly seed appearing in us so far we are of the earth earthly then there is that seeming glorious seed of himselfe in us which is our righteousnesse and that seemes to be like the wayes of God and therefore it is called heaven but it is but of the earth and is earthly this is called the first man the second man is Christ and he is heavenly 1 Cor. 15. The first man is of the earth âarthly the second man is the Lord from heaâen as is the earthly such are they that are âarthly and as is the heavenly such are they âlso that are heavenly and as we have borne the image of the earthly we shall also bear the âmage of the heavenly Now this I say brethren âhat flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdome âf God neither doth corruption inherit incorruption That which is of Satan which is called âlesh and blood and earth and corruption âhall not inherit the Kingdome of God for this âshmael shall not be heir with Isaac so at the âppearing of God in us there will be a great âarth-quake when the mountaine of the Lord which is Christ comes to be established atop of the mountaines of Anti-christ For thou âast said in thy heart I will ascend into heaven ãâã will exalt my throne above the Stars of God I will sit upon the mount of the Congregation I will âscend above the heights of the clouds I will be âike the most High Isa 14.13 14. The voyce âf my beloved behold he commeth leaping upon the âountains and skipping upon the hills Cant. 2.8 Whether the hils or mountaines though they âe never so high that is not of himself whatâoever it be in us whether high or great sinnes âr our righteousnesse hee will tread them all under his feete and triumph over them all and this mount makes the whole earth filenâ before him both outward and inward and make them quake Revel 6.12 13 14. And ãâã beheld when he had opened the sixth seale and loââ there was a great earth-quake and the Sunne became blacke as a sacke-cloath of haire and thâ Moone became as blood And the starres of heaven fell unto the earth even as a figge-tree casteth heâ untimely figges when she is shaken of a mighty winde And the Heaven departed as a scroll when it is rolled together and every mountaine and Island were moved out of their places Mat. 24.29 Immediately after those dayes shalâ the Sun be darkened and the Moon shall not givâ her light and the stars shall fall from heaven the powers of heaven shall be shall be shaken And then shall appeare the signe of the Sonne of man is heaven and then shall all the Tribes of the eartâ mourne and they shall see the Son of man coming in the clouds with power and great glory Here is speaking of Christs comming to judgement The comming of Christ to judgement is both outward and inward spirituallâ in the mystery and at the opening of the sixtââ seale here is the first resurrection for after thâ Sunne is darkned and the Moone not give heâ light then shall Christ appeare in his glory iâ us he is come to this spirituall judgement iâ us and by his glorious appearance he makes the Sun to appeare as black as a sack-cloath of haire and the Moone to be like blood But while the first Heaven is departed away his glory doth not appear in us for the first heaven hinders us from seeing the glory of Christ the Sun is that whereby we see for that is light it selfe and giveth light to us and by that light that we receceive from the Sun we see the Sun and that light that the Moone hath she receiveth it from the Sun it is the same light infused into the Moon but it doth not appeare so glorious as the Sun for the Sun is the fulnesse of light and the Moon partakes of it all but is not able to containe it all but is filled with the light and glory of it and the starres have that light that they shine withall from the Sun and is the same with the Moone and they give a bright cleare and glorious light yet not so full and great a light as the Moone doth for they are not able to contain it and this typifieth out to us Christ and his Church and every particular Saint for Christ is the Sunne and the Church the Moone and the Saints the Starres Now where the Church of God is there is also the church of Anti-christ and the light that shee hath is infused after the same manner and all in us and both these lye together that as we are men and women we doe not know one light from the other but when Christ doth appeare to us in his pure light then the light of the sun of Anti-christ in us will appear as blacke as sack-cloath of hair and that moone the Church of Anti-christ will appeare like blood being a bloody persecuter of the Church of God and the starres of Anti-christ will also fall for being that sun is darkened whereby the starres receiveth their light they must fall and that heavenly and glorious appearance of Anti-christ shall depart as a scroll when it is rolled together And then every mountain and Island shall be moved out of their places for now is the day of the Lord come to render vengeance on all things in us that knowes not God Now is the time of the destruction of Anti-christ come and he is not able to stand against