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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A90625	The voice of the Spirit. Or, An essay towards a discoverie of the witnessings of the spirit by opening and answering these following queries. Q. 1. What is the witnessing worke of the Spirit? 2 How doth the Spirit witnesse to a soule its adoption? 3. Who are capable of attaining the witnessings of the Spirit? 4. How may a soul know its injoyment of them? 5. By what meanes may a soule attaine them? To which is added. Roses from Sharon or sweet experiences reached out by Christ to some of his beloved ones in this wildernes. / By Samuel Petto preacher of the Gospell at Sandcroft in Suffolke.	Petto, Samuel, 1624?-1711.	1654 (1654)	Wing P1903; Thomason E1500_2; ESTC R208647	109,805	256

my heart was melted into the still●nes of this voice and of those things which I did see I was formed into them I found a nullifying of selfe and my heart was much desiring he might be glorified how he would and my heart crucified in a way of subjection and quiet submission that I did see a solid contentment enough yea my heart was withall commanded to be quiet I saw that Gods glory was his owne and he could give it out how he would and the soule is to rest in the still voice and the lesse it resteth in it selfe the more it giveth glory to God The Lord assured me that he had rebuked Satan and the earth should be a quiet habitation and also my heart I saw what power God had to dissipate sin and cast it out of my soule and I found the nullifying of all earthly affections I was affected with nothing on earth I did behold the glory of God I did manifestly see abundance of glory in this ministration Yet not so much to raise my affections But rather committed to my understanding as I apprehended it then to my affection I did understand that it was God 2. Concerning the patience of God and how it doth differ from that in the creature I saw how pure it was and without all mixture in him and that he was free from all such passions and hurryes as the creature is subject to and so I discerned his transcendency above all Creatures Also I was made capable at that time of those Scriptures that formerly I could not understand my objections were removed by comparing Scripture with Scripture that were cast in those that heretofore seemed to disagree were reconciled and made one and all the Scriptures were confirmed to me to be one truth Many Scriptures that were darke and mysticall were made cleare to me which before I knew nothing of and the interpretations very spirituall My memory will not admit to discover what I met withall this way As When a mans wayes are pleasing to the Lord his enemies shall be at peace with him Another seemed to be quite contrary viz. When they kill you they shall think they doe God good service These were reconciled thus When they persecute yet in their Consciences they shall Justifie Their being at peace was in regard of their Consciences not that they should be at peace as men contrary but though through the vilenes of Nature they have malice against you yet in their Consciences they shall justifie and acquite you and fall downe and say God is in you of a truth So 1 Cor. 2.15 He that is spirituall judgeth all things yet he himselfe is judged of no man i. e. The Lord giveth him a judgement of all things in himselfe and he can judge what is of the Spirit and what is not and another cannot judge him about his having a Spirit of judgement given him And it was brought in that it was the same Spirit I now felt that Spirit that did write the Scriptures And it was brought to minde thus these are the things that thy heart did glow and pant after though understandingly thou did sh ot expresse it I was heretofore in a sad condition my life was a life of begging when should I praise the Lord I begged for understanding in the mysterie of the Covenant and sometimes this was brought in that this spirituall understanding which the Lord did give me into the Scriptures this was that I prayed for it was an answer of these things And by the temptation that did follow this is that thou did'st pray for c. I did remember it was given in so Many other Scriptures were brought in which I cannot recall After in the day I had something of what I thus injoyed in the night and I would then have recollected and have considered what it was but I could not my heart fainted and presently I fell into a cold sweat I could not review or recollect for a Quarter of a yeare It pleased the Lord to bring to minde severall discoveries to the Apostles in what manner the Lord did reveale himselfe to them Job 33.15 16. Isai 32.3 4. and concerning Job And the eyes of them that see shall not be dimme And the tongue of him that stammereth shall be ready to speake plainly Such Scriptures were brought to mind with the meaning of them and accordingly that I should speake plainly and that I should clearly understand the Spirits working from every other thing that it was from God And for the Certainty of it I did see and could not doubt of it that the very administration was given to me which was given to the Apostles and Saints of old Yet it was rather committed still to my understanding then to my affection Another night againe waking I had other Scriptures in the new Testament opened to me in the same manner as before Joh. 17. v. 11.21.23 I understood that to be one with Christ was to have our will melted into the will of Christ and it was that I now felt and I did see the thing to be of infinite glory to have our hearts melted into the glory of God Another was Math 26. v. 29. I will not drinke henceforth of the fruit of the Vine untill that day when I drinke it new with you in my Fathers kingdome The wine is that Comfort and wonderfull refreshment which is injoyed and that which I had was a symptome and tast of that wine that I should ever drink in the kingdome of heaven and it was wonderfull for the present This was in the night in the day againe I went on in feare astonishment I thought in the morning what it should be and the end of it I considered whither it were the powring out of the Spirit which the Scripture speaketh of and I could not tell what it should be I could never pray for it distinctly and so I had it not in that way it was above what my heart could conceive of before I hid it and so I could not pray for it This againe put me into melancholy and my heart fainted yet I was not able to recollect for the probation or tryall of what I mett withall whence it came c. Onely the Lord did discover to me some of his ends in these things Now I had feares that I should never be fitt for my Calling againe and there was no agreeablenes or sutablenes between me and any Creature But though my Spirit was full of trouble yet I had a staying thought that the Lord would fit me for my calling or let me die That word was cast in Math. 9.17 Men doe not put new wine into old bottles else the bottles breake I see it was because of the oldnes of my vessell that I was under such fears but the Lord assured me that he would beare me up to the thing that he should declare unto me and make me able to beare his enlightenings and he did