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A54064 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. A scripture of deep counsel & concern to the darkned and distressed states, of some among those that fear & obey the Lord. Written by one, who hath been sorely darkned and distressed, for a long season, but at length mercifnlly [sic] enlightned & comforted by the hand which afflicted & distressed him, Isaac Penington. Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679. 1677 (1677) Wing P1203; ESTC R220472 6,976 21

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Life within Can any who receive this Fear from God and who are preserved in the sense of it and in the holy Awe and Reverence which it produceth depart from the holy tender living God and Father Jer. 32. 40. Q. 17. VVhat is the Law which God writes in the Hearts of the Children of the New Coenant Is it not the Law of the spirit ●ife in Christ Jesus Is it not the Law which the Isles wait for Isa 41. 5. And do the Isles wait for it in vain O blessed be the Lord by the once distressed and miserable ones in this Age it hath not been waited for in vain Q 18. VVhat is the Truth that makes free indeed from the Law of sin and death Is it not the Truth as it is in Jesus the inward Truth which hath Virtue and Power in it to work against and work out that which is contrary to Truth and so deliver and free the Mind from it For the Light which is Truth can expel Darkness the Life which is Truth can overcome Death yea the Truth which is living holy and righteous can overcome and subdue the unholy and unrighteous Nature and break down the strong Holds and bring every rebellious and captivating Thought into Captivity and subjection John 8. 32. Rom. 8. 2. Ephes 4. 20 21. 2 Cor. 10. 4. 5. Q 19. How doth God cause the Children of the New Covenant to walk in his Statutes and keep his Judgments and do them Is it not by putting his spirit into them and by the holy Virtue Power and Operation thereof in them Doth not that make them a willing People in the day of his Power And doth not that give them to do also and strengthen them with might in the inner man so that not grieving that or quenching that that is as a Flame of Life in them and fills their Hearts with Joy and the Joy of the Lord is their strength and in this Joy and strength they can rejoyce and work Righteousness and remember the Lord in his wayes Isa 64. 5. Ezek 36. 27. Q. 20. Can any work Righteousness or do Righteousness but he that is truly Righteous inwardly Righteous in whom the Righteousness of God the Righteousness of Christ is revealed from Faith to Faith Must not the Tree be good before the Fruit can be good Must not the heart be changed be made holy and righteous before it can bring forth that which is holy and righteous Can any but the Plants of God the Plants of Righteousness bring forth the fruits of Righteousness Isa 61. 3. 1 John 3. 7. O that People Nations Tongues and Languages could understandingly sensibly and experimentally as in God's sight with the seal of his blessed spirit answer every one of these things Three Queries more added Query 1. DOst thou indeed know the new Covenant Hast thou inwardly felt the spiritual powerful Gathering by the mighty Arm and Power of the Lord out of the sinful nature and state into it Dost thou abide with God therein And art thou daily taught and fed by him there These are very weighty things can any man be safe or happy without experiencing them Heb. 8. 8. c. Q 2. Hast thou experienced the true Hunger and Thirst after the Living Waters Hast thou been called and led to them Hast thou eat and drunk the Bread Wine and Milk which those waters yield Hast thou been abundantly satisfied with the fatness of God's house and hath he given thee to drink of the River of his Pleasure Hath the Lord opened an Ear in thee to hear as the learned And hast thou inclined thy Ear and come unto him who gives Life and received him who is Life and gives Life in that inward spiritual living Appearance of his in the heart wherein and whereby he gives Life Hast thou known his Appearance inwardly as of a Living Stone hast thou heard and learned o the Father how to come to him as to a Living Stone And hast thou been new-created and formed a Living Stone by him And art thou a Living stone built upon him the Living stone inwardly in spirit daily living in him any daily receiving spiritual Life and Virtue from him If it be thus with thee then surely thou dost know and enjoy the Everlasting Covenant even the sure Mercies of David Isa 55. 1 2 3 Psal 36. 8 9. 1 Pet. 2 4 5. Q. 3. Dost thou sensibly and experimentally know how the spirit of the Father begets the Child-like Life Love and Fear in the heart and how the pure Fear of the Lord is the Beginning of VVisdom and the living Child's Treasure And dost thou know what the VVomb is wherein the living Child is formed VVhat the Jerusalem above is which is the Mother of all that are truly living and how Christ is formed in all that are begotten and born of and live in his spirit Isa 33. 6. Gal. 4. 26. John 3. v. 6 8. Gal. 4. 19. The Conclusion O how Miserable is he who is deceived about these things O how Happy is he who hath received the true Understanding from God which cannot be deceived wherein he hath the Evidence and Demonstration of God's Spirit concerning them and knoweth the Truth as it is in Jesus as it is in his Life in his Spirit in his Power who ministers after the Power of an Endless Life unto all his Sheep wo are returned to the Shepherd and Bishop of the Soul who hear his Voice and follow him wherever he goes or leads who is an eternal Shepherd and eternal Door of Life to his and leads to precious Pastures and sweet still Sreams of Life and is giving the sweet Food Rest and pure Pleasure of Eternal Life unto his abundantly even as it is his Will that after their many sore Trials Exercises and Travels Faithfulness to him therein they should abundantly possess and enjoy it Glory to the Lord for ever whose Kingdom is set up in the Hearts of many and who already reigns in the Hearts of many and will reign in the hearts of more O that men might hear the sound of his Everlasting Gospel and learn to fear him and give Glory to him and know the hour of his Judgment come in their own hearts that by his Judgment against sin and unrighteousness in them they might come to know and worship him and then the worship of the Dragon and Beast would soon come to an End in their Hearts and they would worship the Begetter of Holiness the Begetter of Life the King of Saints who dwells and rules in those that are his own as the Devil the Destroyer doth in those that are his The Lord God of Everlasting Power break down the Kingdom of Satan the Kingdom of Unrighteousness and Darkness in mens hearts and exalt the Kingdom and Scepter of his own Son instead thereof Amen Postscript Containing some Queries on Isa 50. 10 11. Verse 10. WHo is among you that feareth the Lord that obeyeth the