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life_n	blood_n	flesh_n	meat_n	9,640	5	9.2298	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85140	The heart opened by Christ; or, The conditions of a troubled soul that could find no true rest, peace, comfort, nor satisfaction in any thing below the divine power and glory of God, breaking forth and appearing in several operations and manifestations, by the blessed spirit of the Lord Jesus, the Saviour of the soul, God manifesting himself in flesh, that he may glorified in spirit. With, a word to those that are for the approbation of ministers; and something to those that scruple about the receiving or not receiving that which they call a sacrament and communion of saints, at Easter, Penticost, Christmas, so called, and other festival and set daies, or any other time when it is to be administered by those priests that profess themselves to be ministers of Christ. Written in the year 1654. in the third moneth, commonly called May, by R.F.	R. F. (Richard Farnworth), d. 1666.	1654 (1654)	Wing F485; Thomason E745_7; ESTC R207062	17,335	24

you be saved if you neglect so great salvation as you conceive that holds forth to your souls Let me tell you Col. 2 20 21 22 23 that is carnal and perishing and the perishing mind feeds on it and you neglect the body of Christ therefore touch it not Colos 2.21 22 23. Now if you look for that to be necessary to salvation and without it you cannot be saved then do you make an Idol of it and set it up in the room of Christ and so would make it a Co-Saviour and there contradict the greater with the lesse for he himself saith he is able to save all that come unto God by him Heb. 2.0.10 14 15 and he is not to be found now that he is glorified and ascended in that carnal right and weak and beggarly thing and there you err through weakness not knowing the Scriptures nor the power of God unto salvation Heb. 10.9 10 to verse 19. For thirdly in that very thing which you call the Lords Supper and Communion of Saints you are unfit to be a communicant to partake of the body of Christ which is not carnal but spiritual whilst you are carnally minded you are enemies to Jesus Christ and he hath no communion nor fellowship with those that are proud nor with those that are covetous nor with those that are drunkards nor with those that live in pleasures nor with backbiters nor haters nor with any that live and take pleasure in unrighteousnesse Rev. 20.15 for such shall not inherit the Kingdom of God 1 Cor. 6.9 10. Gal. 5.19 20 21. verse Rev 22.15 16 verses Fourthly Then those which are not fit for the Kingdom of God are no fit communicants neither have they any right to the body of Christ and so eat and drink damnation in not discerning the Lords body now that he is ascended and glorified from a little bread and wine which is earthly and natural and to be received with wicked men that live and take pleasure in unrighteousnesse and such are in the flesh and their communion is not in the spirit and they are sacrificing to devils and theirs is no communion of Saints 1 Cor. 10 20 21. but a fellowship with wicked men and devils Fifthly But there is an imitation by the carnal minded ones who live in death and darknesse from the letter which is death to set up the form of a thing and lives in shadows without a substance and this you say is a thing that ought to be done because that Christ himself did break the Passeover with his Disciples True it is he did so to shew them what death he was to die his body was to be broken Mark 14 chapt Mat. 26.20.21 22 to v. 33. Mat. 28.5 to 11. v. and his bloud to be shed and that was the figure and they were to observe it till he came to rise from the dead and they did so for saith he As often as ye do this do it in remembrance of me for therein they shewed the Lords death till he came to be sacrificed upon the Crosse and his body there to be broken and his bloud to be shed for before that Christ broke the the Passeover with his Disciples they knew not what death he was to die and they did observe it till he came to them again after his death and then the shadow was put away and the life was manifested in power and the substance was come unto them for he shewed himself to those very disciples which he broke the Passeover with before his death several times and by many infallible testimonies to confirm them that it was him that was risen from the dead and came unto them to strengthen and confirm them in the faith life and power of truth as the Scripture witnesseth Sixthly But do you read that Christ gave any command to his Disciples to observe that thing after his resurrection when he was come to them again read the first of Acts and before that he ascended into heaven you may see when he had called them together what command he gave them at his parting with them Act. 1. c. and there is no mention of any such carnal thing by him after his glorification therefore do you erre not knowing the Lords body and Communion of Saint which is in the spirit or life of Christ Seventhly None are fit Communicants to have fellowship with Christ that lives in their sins 2 Cor. 6.14 10 18 1 Cor. 10.20 21. 1 Joh. 3.8 9.10 v. for what fellowship hath righteousnesse with unrighteousnesse and what agreement hath the Temple of God with Idols he that hath communion with Christ doth not commit sin and that is a right communicant for he that commits sin is of the society and fellowship of devils and hath communion in wickedness for he that committeth sin is of the devil and is one of his communicants but he that is born of God sinneth not and hath fellowship with the Father and the Son and he that abideth in him and is in union with Christ sinneth not he that sinneth hath not seen him neither known him 1 John 3.5 6. verses Eightly Eph. 5.5.6.7 to 12 1 Joh. 3.7.10 Therefore little children let no man deceive you with vain words for because of those things cometh the wrath of God upon the children of disobedience and he that doth righteousness is of God and may have right and hath right to the body of Christ and his soul feedeth on Christ daily as in John the sixth Chapter where he saith he is the bread of life that is from heaven and whoso eateth my flesh and drinketh my bloud hath eternal life but that is not a little bread and wine which is carnal and not eternal John 6.54 for saith Christ Jesus My flesh is meat indeed and my bloud is drink indeed he that eateth my flesh and drinketh my bloud dwelleth in me and I in him John 6.55 56. Ninthly He is not there talking of bread and wine but flesh and bloud Is bread flesh or is wine bloud or are they joyned together the life of Christ if they were then he that had most of this world might have most of that food but the Kingdom of Christ is not of the world and the pure in spirit theirs is the Kingdom of God and bread and wine is so far out of the mind of Christ now where he is troubling the Jews for the carnal people can get into carnal observations and imitations but not into the spirit and life that Christ did exceedingly trouble the Jews in that saying John 6. when he saith I am the living bread which came down from heaven if any man eat of his bread he shall live for ever c. then were the Jews troubled at those sayings verse 51 52. and so are the Jews in knowledge now that hath a form without either life or power and knoweth not that bread which is the life of the Saints which they

have union withall who are of the houshold of God that live in Christ the everlasting sacrifice and he is meat and drink for the soul to feed on and have fellowship withall and not bread and wine John 6. As the living Father hath sent me and I live by the Father so he that eateth in me shall live by me saith Christ John 6.57 v. Tenthly This is not carnal bread nor carnal communion as the worlds is and conceiveth the Saints to be so here is no talk of bread and wine but flesh and bloud which troubleth both Jews and Disciples that were carnal so that they left him but had he been talking of bread and wine it would not so much have troubled carnal minded people they could have received it and carnal Disciples need not to have left Christ at that saying as they did but the spiritual ones aboad and their communion was in the spirit and is now the same and eateth the same bread John 6.58 and the bread which we break is the communion of the body of Christ and not a wheat loaf of bread that is but food for the body and none for the soul but Christ our Passeover is food for the soul and Saints communion is in him in being made partakers of his life and the cup which we drink is the communion of the bloud of Christ and not a cup of wine that is carnal and nourishing for the body but Christ is our bread and head and meat and drink to our souls now as he was to his Saints in former ages I speak to those that are spiritual to judge what I say 1 Cor. 10 15 16 17. and they that can receive it let them And if any stumble at the corner stone it is that they may be broken and fall he that hath ears to hear let him hear what the Spirit saith to the Churches Now to whom Christ is come they need not to observe that which did typifie or hold forth that he was to come and when that which is perfect is come which is Christ Jesus the perfection of beauty then bread and wine and carnal observations which are imperfect are to be done away and now people that professe Christ come and to be their Saviour do hold up a type and would have that to be a Coe-Saviour and look for salvation by it and in it but what spiritual operation hath that carnal imitation upon your souls I appeal to the simplicity that will witnesse to purity as it stands unvailed That when there hath been a sight of their souls wants and a discovery of their sins then they cry and pray to be fitted and prepared to receive Christ in that Ordinance as they call it and after three or four weeks preparation they are still as unfit as they were and go in fear and at the receiving of it are ready to tremble lest they be unworthy and after they have received it look for some change or new life by a spiritual operation to come into their souls by it but none cometh in at that dore then fears and doubts may arise in them and Judas is brought to remembrance and so are in troubles This is the condition of those that make a conscience of it but where hast thou met Christ or what life and power is come into thy soul at the receiving of it Judge thy self to that in thy conscience do I speak which shall witnesse for me as the book of conscience is opened then shall I be witnessed in wrath remember what I say all you that are in the flesh and walk on in the broad way And others there are that go to that thing as if they went to an Inn or a Tavern but all fleshly joy shall be turned into mourning and woe to all that are at ease in the flesh but blessed are they that mourn in Sion They who know their Teacher within shall not have him removed into a corner any more therefore thus saith the Lord Thou shalt hear a voice behind thee saying this is the way walk in it when thou turnest to the right hand or when thou turnest to the left And saith Jesus Christ My sheep hear my voice Isa 30.20 21. and they follow me and will not follow after strangers John 10.4 5. verses Dear hearts high and low rich and poor bond and free male and female Jew and Gentile every one every where in what estate and condition or dispensation soever you are in stand still out of your own thoughts and imaginations for they lead out your minds into cumbrances and vain janglings strife and covetousnesse and there you follow the voice of the stranger which leadeth to confusion and so one cryeth loe here and another doe there and so you wander and goe astray and do not follow the Lord and dwell in your Tents therefore O Israel to thy Tents And all wait that the Lord may lead you as in the light of the Gospel to dwell in peace and love one with another that patience may possesse your souls that you may obey the voice of the spirit of truth within which is checking and calling unto you to turn to the Lord and to deny your selves of all your self-actings and fleshly performances and to forsake all your vain delights and pleasures and to undoe the heavie burdens and let the oppressed goe free and break every yoke deal thy bread to the hungry and bring the poor that are cast out to thy house c. then shall thy light break forth as the morning and thine health shall spring forth speedily then shalt thou call and the Lord shall answer thou shalt cry and he shall say here am I if thou take away from the midst of thee the yoke the putting forth of the finger and speaking vainly and draw out thy soul to the hungry and satisfie the afflicted souls then shall thy darknesse be as the noon-day Isa 58.6 7 8 9 10 11. 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