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A treatise concerning election & reprobation and the things appertaining thereunto ... / written in the fear and at the movings of the Lord, by his servant Geo. Bishop.
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Bishop, George, d. 1668.
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because their deeds were evil for every one that doth evil hateth the light neither cometh he to the light least his deeds should be reproved but he that doth truth cometh to the light that his deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God John 3. 19 20 21. And he that believeth not is condemned alreadie because he hath not believed on the Name of the only begotten Son of God John 3. 18. And God sent not his Son into the World to condemn the World but that the world through him might be saved for God so loved the World that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believed in him should not perish but have everlasting life And as Moses lifted up the Serpent in the Wilderness even so must the Son of man be lifted up that whosoever believeth in him should not perish but have eternal life v. 14 15 16 17. And I am the Light of the World he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of Life John 8. 12. I say they that are in the state of nature which is in the fall in the Transgression are without the sence of God or of his life or of his Son who is Life I am the Way the Truth and the Life No man saith he cometh unto the Father but by me if ye had known me ye should have known my Father also and hence forth ye know him and have seen him Philip saith unto him Lord shew us the Father and it sufficeth Jesus saith unto him have I been so long time with you and yet hast thou not known me Philip be that hath seen me hath seen my Father and how sayst thou then shew us the Father belieâ—est thou not that I am in the Father and the Father in me The words that I speak unto you I speak not of my self but the Father that dwelleth in me he doth the Works Believe me that I am in the Father and the Father in me Or believe me for the very work sake Verily verily I say unto you he that believeth me the works that I do shall he do also and greater works then these shall he do because I go to my Father and whatsoever ye shall ask in my Name that will I do that the Father may be glorified in the Son If ye ask any thing in my Name I will do it If ye love me keep my Commandements and I will pray 〈◊〉 Father and he shall give you another Comforther that he may abide with you for ever even the Spirit of Truth whom the world cannot receive because it seeth him not neither knoweth him but ye know him for he dwelleth in you and shall be with you John 14. 6. to the eighteenth And being without the sence of God and his Life and his Son who is life they are in a state of Reprobation in the state of the Devil who is without any thing of this any thing of any true sence of God or of his Life or of the Son of God who is Life For verily he took not upon him the nature of Angels but he took on him the Seed of Abraham Heb. 2. 16. And they that are in this state can never see God whilst they are in this state nor know him nor his Son in the knowledge of whom is life eternal John 17. 3. and there is no coming out of this state without the knowledge of him who is Life eternal and there can be no knowledge of him who is Life eternal but in his Light In thy Light shall we see Light Psal 36. 9. And God who commanded the Light to shine out darkness hath shined in our Hearts to give the light of knowledge of the Glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ 2 Cor. 4. 6. And this is the 〈◊〉 that which reproves that which makes manifest as the Apostle saith But all things saith he that are reproved are made manifest by the Ligtt for whatsoever doth make manifeâ—t is light wherefore he saith Awake thou that sleepest and arise from the dead and Christ shall give the Light Ephes 5. 13 14. And I the Lord have called thee in Righteousness and will hold thy Hand and will keep thee and will give thee for a Covenant of the People for a light of the Gentiles Isa 42. 6. And to give light to them that sit in darkness and the shadow of death to guide our feet in the way of peace Luke 1. 78. And in his Name shall the Gentiles trust Mat. 12. 21. And the light shined in darkness but the darknesse comprehended it not That is the true Light that lighteth every man that cometh into the World John 1. 5. 9. Now how can darkness shew it self And how can darkness reprove darkness And how can he that is in darkness see the light by the darkness And how can he that sees not the light come out of darkness And how can the light guide a man whilst darkness covers him And how can it be but that darknesse should cover a man whilst he is in the state of darkness And how can a man come out of darknesse but by the light Therefore is he called light because he sheweth darkness and brings out of darkness as many as are led by him whose darkness he lightneth Thou wilt light my Candle the Lord my God will enlighten my darknesse Psal 18. 28. that they may see the light of Life So that the light it is that sheweth darkness and darkness is comprehended by the light but darknesse cannot comprehend the light Therefore every one must heed the light that shineth in him in the darknesse that which reproves that which makes manifest the darknesse that he may come to the light of Life Yet a little while is the light with you walk while ye have the light least darknesse come upon you for he that walketh in darknesse knoweth not whither he goeth While ye have the light believe in the light that ye may be children of the light John 12. 35 36. For if darkness cannot comprehend the light it cannot shew the light but the light it is that makes manifest the darknesse that which reproves that which makes manifest and shews it and if the darknesse cannot comprehend the light though it shine in it nor make manifest nor shew it self in what state then are all they who abide in darknesse and know not the light nor are guided by it Which way can they come out of darknesse who abide in darknesse And how can they be delivered without the help of another thing without the light which shews them their state which shews them darknesse which makes it manifest which shines in darknesse though the darknesse comprehendeth it not And this light is Christ as hath been often instanced who is the light of Life who is the Saviour of all those who believe in him and to him must all come to the light in them that which reproves that which makes
so he openeth not his mouth saith Isaiah of him he was Oppressed and he was Afflicted read this every one in his own particular who afflict the just in you and cause it to suffer to be pressed under you as a Cart is pressed that is full of sheaves And so cause the Lord to cry Ah! I will ease me of mine enemies and avenge of mine adversaries Isa 1. 24. Amos 2. 13. 5. 12. Yet he opened not his mouth read this ye that make hight of that which witnesses in you which ye cause to suffer which resists you not which openeth not its mouth which as a Lamb is in you when it is brought to the slaughter when you suffer the unjust to slay and murder it that which moves in you unto God and against evil and waites to bring you unto God You little think what you are a doing and whom you suffer to be put to death so far as the motion of that comes to be extinguished and so may be said to be slain even the Lord of Glory Whom none of the Princes of this World knew for had they known it they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory that which witnessed in them unto God there they slew him first behold the Kingdom of God is within you said he to the Pharisees who demanded of him when the Kingdom of God should come they looked for it without and a King and a Kingdom without but he answered them and said The Kingdom of God cometh not with Observation neither shall they say loe here or loe there for behold the Kingdom of God is within you as Luke saâ—es Chap. 17. v. 20 21. and then put him to death without that which slays the witness within will kill him that bears it withort as it hath opportunity Cain slew his brother in his heart and then with his hand he that oppresses it within will oppress that which testifies to it without he that afflicts it within will afflict it without First the thing in themselves then the same in another for that which slayes in the particular carries forth that particular to slay as it can the same in all others the murderer is on top whose itch is at all those in whom the same Spirit lives which he hath slain in the particular And here all Persecutors may see their face and what is in them and how 't is with them and what it is that makes them cause the just to suffer even that which hath slain the just in their particulars and what it is that they slay and is slain that they persecute and is persecuted but the Lord of Glory even them that bear it in whom it lives unto God and brings forth fruit to him what ever they may think even in themselves and others as Saul did Saul Saul why persecutest thou me and he said who art thou Lord And the Lord said I am Jesus whom thou persecutest it is hard for thee to kick against the pricks Acts 9. 4 5. Whom none of the Princes of this World knew whom Saul knew not for had they known it had Saul known it and after he knew it he did it not after the light had shone about him and he was struck down and he heard the voice that which called the voice behind him when he turned to the right hand and to the left when he persecuted for had they known it they would not have crucified the Lord of Glory T is that which suffers in the flesh that is meek and lowly that seeks to bring unto God Rejoyce greatly O Daughter of Sion shout O Daughter of Jerusalem Behold thy King cometh unto thee he is just and having Salvation lowly and riding upon an Ass and upon a Colt the Foal of an Ass Zach. 9. 9. Learn of me for I am meek and lowly Mat. 11. 29. So take heed of this all ye that persecute the just in your selves or others and cause it to suffer for it will not resist you you may resist his will in this Particular in such a sence as this that which is meek and lowly in you that speaks in you and seeks to bring you to God But as to the other which is not in the long-suffering in the waiting which rules over all in Heaven and earth which doth whatsoever he will in Heaven and in earth and who shall say unto him what dost thou who is Lord of all who made the Heavens and the earth and all that is therein that holdeth the waters of the deep in his fist and comprehendeth the dust of the earth in a measure the Lord of Hosts is his Name who removeth the mountains and they know not who overturneth them in his anger who shaketh the earth out of her place and the Pillars thereof tremble who commandeth the Sun and it riseth not and sealeth up the Stars who alone spreadeth out the Heavens and treadeth upon the Waves of the Sea who maketh Oriturus Orion and Pleiades and the Chambers of the South who doth great things yea and past finding out who hath measured the Waters in the hollow of his hand and meeted out Heaven with the Span and comprehended the dust of the earth in a measure and weighed the mountains in scales and the hills in a ballance who hath directed his Spirit or being his Counsellor hath taught him With whom took he Counsel and who Instructed him and taught him in the Path of Judgement and taught him Knowledge and shewed to him the way of Understanding Behold the Nations are as the drop of a bucket and are counted as the small dust of the ballance behold he taketh up the Isles as a very little thing and Lebanon is not sufficient to burn nor the beasts thereof sufficient for t a burnt-offering All Nations before him are as nothing and they are counted to him less then nothing and vanity He is wise in heart and mighty in strength who hath hardned his heart against him and prospered Who hath resisted his Will for he formeth the breath of man and sheweth man his thoughts he bringeth Summer and Winter and Seed time and Harvest and Createth the Grass of the Field He maketh Night and Day and withdraweth the Wind into his Cloysters He spreadeth forth the light of the morning as a sheet and causeth darkness to cover the face of the earth He is Great in Wisdom Wonderful in Counsel his Way is past finding out No man went after him nor shall any man come to him in the knowledge of this his understanding which is unsearchable So here all men must be at a stop there 's no finding of him out there 's no resisting of him who beats the mountains like dust and rends the Rocks to pieces all men must bow before him and the most up right among men make their supplication to their Judge for he breaketh and and carrieth away and there is no resisting of him who hath resisted his Will And yet in his dealings