might bring us unto God mark that he might bring us unto God and Christ was put to Death concerning the Flesh not as he was God but was quickened in the Spirit 1 Pet. 3.18 And He is the Reconciliation for our Sins to wit Christ and not for our Sins only but for the Sins of the whole World mark for the Sins of the Whole World And he that saith he abideth in Christ ought even so to walk as he walketh 1 John 2.2 for he hath left us an Example not only to talk of him but to walk after him and follow him And the Apostle saith Therefore we labour and are rebuked because we trust in the Living God which is the Saviour of all men especially of those that believe these things saith he to Timothy command and teach 1 Tim. 4.10 11. which we do by the same Power and Spirit And the Apostle saith in Hebr. 2.9 But we see Jesus crowned with Glory and Honour which was made a little inferiour to the Angels through the sufferings of Death that by God's Grace he might taste Death for EVERY Man that he might destroy through Death him that hath the Power of Death that is the Devil Hebr. 2. So here is the Love of God in giving his Son who tasted Death for all men who said He had Power to lay down his Life and Power to take it up again And they that say Christ did not taste Death for every Man are the Sect-Makers and Sectaries amongst People and are contrary to the Apostles Christ and his Prophets Doctrine And in 1 Pet. 2.17 Peter saith to the Christians Honour ALL Men love the Brotherly-Fellowship fear God honour the King For God hath honoured all men in giving his Son a Light and to be his Salvation to the Ends of Earth and to enlighten all men And his Grace hath appeared to all men which bringeth Salvation and he hath dyed for all men and tasted Death for all men and God desires not the Death of any man but would have them to turn to him If God hath so honoured all men in giving his Son to be a Mediator and a Redeemer and Purchaser with his Blood of Men and Women out of Sin and Evil we are to honour all Men as Men because they are God's Creation and Workmanship who made them in his Image though they lost it and all they that are renewed in again are renewed by Jesus Christ so we are to have all men in Esteem and Honour all men and not to curse nor hate any man and we are to love the Brotherhood such as are Disciples and Learners of Christ Jesus and Followers of him who are in the Brotherly Fellowship which is in the Holy Ghost which the Apostles were in and the Fellowship is in the Spirit and the Unity which is the Bond of Peace yea even the Bond of the Prince of Princes Peace which is the Duty of every true Christian to keep as also to Fear God and Honour the King now none can honour the King but who fear God they that fear God must depart from Sin and Evil for they that do not depart from Sin and Evil do not fear God which doth keep their Hearts clean and is the Beginning of God's Wisdom from above and they that do not depart from Evil but live in it dishonour both God and the King and their own Bodies which are God's Workmanship and so dishonour God their Creator and Christ their Saviour and Redeemer And the Apostle saith in 1 Tim. 2.1 I exhort therefore that first of all Supplications Prayers Intercessions and Giving of Thanks be made for ALL Men mark for all men So here in their Prayers and Supplications and Intercessions they are to make no Sect but that all men must be prayed for and Prayers Supplications and Intercessions and Thanks must be made for Kings and for all that are in Authority mark for all that be in Authority again here is no Sect made but an universal general Prayer that we may lead a quiet and a peaceable Life under them in all Godliness and Honesty mark in all Godliness and Honesty for this is Good and acceptable in the Sight of God our Saviour who wills that All Men should be saved and come to the Knowledge of the Truth and that is by the Light of Christ Jesus that shines in the Heart mark this is God's Will Mind that All men should be saved and come to the Knowledge of the Truth for there is one God one Mediator betwixt God and Man which is the Man Christ Jesus mark the Man Christ Jesus who gave himself a Ransom for all men to be testified in due time mark for all men to be testified in due time again here is no Sect made nor any excluded therefore as he gave himself a Ransom for all men and the Will of God is that all men should be saved and come to the Knowledge of the Truth and therefore Prayers and Supplications and Intercessions and giving of Thanks must be made for all men and for Kings and all that be in Authority that we may lead a quiet and a peaceable Life under them in all Godliness and Honesty Amen And they that have the Mind of Christ do this and know the Common Faith and the Common Salvation Jude 3. Tit. 1.4 And this Common Faith and Common Salvation the Saints were earnestly to contend for which Christ their Saviour is the Author of which we do contend for this day against all Opposers And all that have the Mind of Christ own this for the Apostle said We have the Mind of Christ we the Church Disciples and True Christians and also the Apostle saith Let the same Mind be in you as was in Christ Jesus and then the same Mind will own his Words and Doctrine that he spoak and as the Apostles did and spoak Phil. 2.5 1 Cor. 2.16 But all you that say Christ hath not tasted Death for every Man and hath not given himself a Ransom for all men say that He hath not enlightened every man that cometh into the World the heavenly Man with his heavenly Light the spiritual Man with his divine spiritual Light and that his Grace hath not appeared to all men which brings Salvation which is the Saints Teacher and that Christ hath not dyed for all men and is not a Propitiation for the Sins of the whole World but for the Saints only or the World of Believers as you call them you are the Makers of Sects and Schisms and in your vain Thoughts imagine Christ dyed only for your own Sects and that God hath Ordained of old the Greatest part of Mankind for Hell you are of another Mind then the Apostles who said Christ dyed for all and tasted Death for every man and would have all men to be saved and come to the Knowledge of the Truth and therefore Supplications and Prayers must be made for all men and you must
leads into all Truth in which Holy Ghost is our Fellowship which Felship we would have all that are called Christians to come into with us And the Apostle saith to the Collossions he tells them Col. 2.10 11. They were Compleat in Christ the Head of all Principalities and Powers in whom also ye are circumcised with the Circumcision made without Hands by putting off the sinful Body of the Flesh by the Circumcision of Christ which we are Witnesses of and would have all come to which they must do before they go to the Grave or never Now this was so amongst the true Christians but all you that plead for the sinful Body of the Flesh to the Grave deny the Circumcision of Christ And further the Apostle saith Seeing ye have put off the Old Man with his Works and have put on the New Man which is renewed in Knowledge after the Image of him to wit God that created him where is neither Greek nor Jew Circumcision nor Uncircumcision Barbarian Scythian Bond nor Free but Christ is all and in all Col. 3.9 10 11. Mark this you called Christians for this is a high State So all they that plead for the Old Man with his Works to the Grave are of another Mind and Spirit then the Apostles were in and preach another Doctrine and there you may see these true Christians had put off the Old Man before they went to the Grave and put on the New and were renewed in Knowledge after the Image of God that created them and this Work must all the true Christians know whilst they be upon the Earth which we witness and desire all might come to know and do the same And the Apostle James in his General Epistle to the Church speaking of the Tongue that Unruly Member which is full of deadly Poyson Therewith bless we God even the Father therewith curse we Men which are made after the Similitude of God And now all Christendom consider this if you bless God and curse Men that are made after the Similitude of God ye curse his Works and his Workmanship and curse that which he hath made and created after his own Similitude and therefore that Evil Tongue and Unruly Member that is full of Poyson you must have Power over and bridle else your Religion is vain for it must not do so to curse the Creator's Workmanship after his own Image for that proceeds from the Wisdom below and not from that which is above as you may see in James 3. and therefore you must love and honour and pray for all men and not curse them seeing Christ hath tasted Death for all men therefore bless and curse not and obey his Doctrine who is the Saviour of all men and especially of them that believe who would have all men to be saved and to come to the Knowledge of the Truth to wit Christ who is the Way the Truth and the Life And as Peter saith I perceive God is no Respecter of Persons but in every Nation he that feareth God and worketh Righteousness is accepted of him Acts 10.34 35. So God being no Respecter of Persons but accepts all that fear him and work Righteousness therefore all People are to fear God and depart from Evil and from all Unrighteousness if they be accepted of God and their not fearing God and not working Righteousness is that which maketh them unacceptable with him And Peter further saith Ye know the Word that God hath sent to the Children of Israel preaching Peace by Jesus Christ who is Lord of all mark of ALL So there is no Peace with God but by Jesus Christ And the Gospel which is preacht to every Creature under Heaven and Christ's Ministers were to go into All Nations to preach the Gospel of Christ then the Gospel was preacht to the Stock of Ham the Stock of Ishmael and the Stock of Esau For Christ dyed for all men and tasted Death for every man and here is God's Love in sending his Son that dyed for all men and God and Christ's Love in sending his Ministers to preach the Gospel to all men that they might know the Heavenly Riches and their Inheritance of the same by Christ Jesus for God's heavenly Sun hath shined upon the Just and the Unjust for their eternal Good as the natural Sun doth for their outward Good and doth enlighten all that all might believe in the Light and through it receive God's Love and Favour and they that do not are condemned by it and the Wrath of God abides upon them that reject his Love so we and all that have the Mind of Christ our Love is unto all men for their Outward and Eternal Good though we are hated by them for it as their Fore-Fathers hated the Prophets Christ and the Apostles for their Love and Good Will towards them And are not a great part in Christendom saying with Pilate that crucified Christ What is Truth Joh. 18.38 though they are bred up at Schools and think themselves as wise men as Pilate was who understood the Jews Law and the Romans and had his Latin Greek and Hebrew to set over Christ when he was crucified but Christ is risen atop of it and the Truth is Christ that doth enlighten you and you must find it in your Inward Parts And Christ saith I am the Way the Truth and the Life but the wise professing Jews would not receive him nor believe in him then though they had the Scriptures and they confessed he was to come as the Professors now which profess he is come yet will not believe in the Light but with literal learned Pilate say What is Truth though Christ saith I am the Way the Truth and the Life and no man comes to the Father but by me yet People that call themselves Christians will say There are so many Sects in the World we know not which to follow oh that we did know the Truth To which we say Have you been learning all this while and do not yet know the Truth Indeed there are Teachers that have the Form of Godliness and deny the Power that are alwayes teaching that they may be alwayes paying of them and leading People that are never able to come to the Knowledge of the Truth to wit Christ the Way the Truth and the Life For to know God and Jesus Christ is Eternal Life but to talk of God and Jesus Christ is not Eternal Life and that which gives People the Knowledge of the Glory of God in the Face of Jesus Christ is the Light that shines in their Hearts which Christ hath enlightned them withal and here is the Love of God in Christ Jesus to them all to enlighten them all and here is our Love to all Mankind In desiring and inviting them to turn from the Darkness to the Light and to believe in the Light that they may become Children of the Light and so to look unto Jesus Christ the Author and Finisher of their Faith who hath dyed for their Sins and is risen again for their Justification and sitteth at the Right Hand of God for by him to wit Christ all things in Heaven and in Earth are reconciled in one and God was in Christ reconciling the World unto himself and so we cannot but in Love beseech all to receive Christ Jesus the Light Life and Truth that by him you may be reconciled unto God who will lead you out of old Adam and destroy the Devil his Works who hath separated you from God and as every one hath received Christ Jesus so walk in him who is the New and Living Way who is over all the old and dead Wayes who is the Rock of Ages and the Foundation of many Generations and is our Rock and our Foundation in this our Age and Generation who bruises the Serpent's Head who is the First and Last who is the Love of God to Mankind Glory to God forever G. F. A QUERY to all the Preachers in Christendom HOw many men and Women have you presented Perfect in Christ Jesus Col. 1. How many have you Perfected How many have you brought to the Knowledge of the Son of God and to a Perfect Man unto the Measure of the Stature of the Fulness of Christ Ephes 4. which is the Work of Christ's Ministers Worcester-Prison the 10th Day of the 11th Mon. 1674.
the love God in Christ unto all Mankind Titus 2.14 to the end which we are Witnesses of and we desire all might obey it and not turn from it into Wantonness And John saith of Christ Behold the Lamb of God that takes away the Sins of the World So all the World is to look unto the Lamb of GOd which takes away their Sins as you may see in Joh. 2. and not to plead for Sin to the Grave but for the Lamb that takes it away For God so loved the World that he gave his only begotten Son that whosoever believeth in him should not Perish but have everlasting Life So here God so loved the World that he gave his only begotten Son into the World that he that believeth in the Son hath everlasting Life and he that believeth not in the Son of God shall not have Life but the wrath of God abideth on him Now here is God's love to be seen whether Men believe and obey or not and the wrath of God abideth upon him that doth not believe as in John 3. And Jesus Christ saith Whâ—le ye have the Light believe in the Light for I am come a Light into the world that whosoever believes in me should not abide in Darkness but have the Light of life Now here Christ teacheth how men should believe and what to believe in to wit the Light as in John 12. which we do and would have all People to believe in Christ the light And again Jesus saith I am the light of the world he that followeth me shall not walk in Darkness but shall have the light of life So he who is the heavenly man and the Son of God is the Light of the World and enlightneth every man that comes into the world and bidâ— them believe in the Light whom God hath given for a Light and to be his Salvation to the ends of the Earth And when Christ said he was the Light of the World c. The Pharisees were offended at him as many fair Sayers and had Doers are now offended at the believers in the Light and such as are become Children of it that bear witness to it John 8.12 And in Luke 2.28 29 30 31. When Simeon took Jesus in his Armes and said Now Lord let thy Scrvant depart in Peace for mine Eyes have seen thy Salvation which thou preparest before the face of all People mark all People here is no Sect a light to be revealed to the Gentiles and the Glory of thy People Israel mark a Light to be revealed to the Gentiles Christ is revealed to the Gentiles who is their Light to enlighten them Luke 2. By which Light People see their Sins and by which Light they see their Saviour Christ that saves them from their Sins and dyed for their Sins and rose again for their Justification And see Christ's own Words in Joh. 6.51 I am the Living Bread which came down from Heaven if any man eat of this Bread he shall live forever and the Bread that I will give is my Flesh which I will give for the Life of the WORLD Mark his Flesh for the Life of the World and they must eat it if they will live forever and here is the Love of God in Christ Jesus to the World who gives his Flesh for the Life of the World and they must eat him who is the Bread of Life that came down from Heaven if they live So it is not only talking but it is seeding and eating Joh. 6. that is required if you will have Life Now Christ doth not say He would give his Flesh for the Life of some of the World but in Luke 3.6 saith ALL Flesh shall see the Salvation of God and they that see their Salvation Christ Jesus they must come to the Light that comes from him which gives the Knowledge but if they hate this Light it does condemn them as in John 3. And in Rom. 5. For Christ when we were yet of no Strength at this time dyed for the Ungodly for when we were Enemies we were reconciled to God by the Death of his Son And therefore People should dye with Christ to Sin and have their Old Man crucified with him that their Old Man might be destroyed that henceforth they should not serve Sin and remain Enemies Rom. 5 6. Here ye may see Christ dyed for the Ungodly and for Enemies not that they should live in Ungodliness but live to him that dyed for them For Christ dyed and rose again and asscended that he might be Lord both of the Dead and of the Living Therefore none are to live to themselves but unto the Lord and this should be all true Christians living and dying in the Lord Rom. 14. For as in Adam all dyed even so in Christ shall ALL be made alive Cor. 1.15 Here is God's Love to all Mankind who are made alive by Christ Jesus for as it is written The first Adam was made a Living Soul the second Adam a Quickening Spirit the first Adam was of the Earth earthly the second Adam the Lord from Heaven And the Apostle saith in 2 Cor. 5.14 15. For the Love of Christ constrains us because we thus judge that if one dyed for ALL then were all dead and he dyed for all to wit Christ saith the Apostle that they which live should not henceforth live unto themselves mark not live unto themselves but live unto him to wit Christ which dyed for them and rose again Here is the Love of God to Mankind in Christ Jesus which we bear witness to who dyed for all for Sinners and Enemies that henceforth they should not live unto themselves but unto Christ that dyed for them And in Col. 1.23 to the End the Apostle saith to the Saints If ye continue grounded and established in the Faith and not be moved away from the Hope of the Gospel whereof ye have heard which hath been preacht to EVERY Creature under Heaven And the Apostle saith The Gospel of Christ is the Power of God unto Salvation to EVERY one that believeth to the Jew first and also to the Grecian as in Rom. 1.16 So mark this Gospel is preacht to every Creature under Heaven this Joyful News and Glad-tidings So here the Apostle makes no Sects here is God's Love in the Gospel of Christ Jesus to every Creature under Heaven And the Apostles preacht Christ Jesus and his Gospel admonishing every man and teaching every man mark EVERY Man in all Wisdom that we may present EVERY Man Perfect in Christ Jesus and this we desire all People may come to witness with us Now all the Imperfection is out of Christ Jesus in the Devil and Adam in the Fall and the Perfection is in Christ Jesus that never fell Here was their general Ministry in the Love of God in Christ Jesus and so is ours and to present all perfect in Christ For Christ also hath once suffered for Sins the Just for the Unjust that he