have mercy upon all that is to say that their Eyes being darkned in that state that they may not see and their Ears being stopt that they may not hear and their Backs being bowed down always that which shews them mercy that opens their Eyes and causeth them to see which that state closes that unstops their Ears that boareth them and makes them to hear that which takes of the burden from the shoulder which bowed them down may appear to be of the Lord for in that state there 's no hearing no seeing no standing upright God hath given them the Spirit of Slumber Eyes that they should not see as aforesaid And David the Seed prayes Let their Table be made a snare and a trap and a stumbling-block and a recompence to them Let their eyes be darkned that they may not see and bow down their backs alwayes So how can they arise how can they hear how can they see in this state which the Seed hath prayed may not see and that their back may be bowed down alwayes and whom the Lord hath given the Spirit of Slumber eyes that they should not see ears that they should not hear Now that which gives eyes to see ears to hear that takes off the burden that lifts up that awakes out of the slumber is another thing the Election the Seed the Election which obtains where the rest are blinded who continue or are in the state of Reprobation of Vnbelief though Israel once the chosen of the Lord Israel hath not obtained that which he seeketh for but the Election hath obtained it and the rest were blinded So that which gives to see and to hear that awakens unto God is another thing the Election which sheweth mercy unto whom he will shew mercy and whom he will he hardens that is to say Opens the eyes of those whom it wills to open and whom it wills it shuts that is to say Concludes in Vnbelief that it may have mercy upon them Concludes never to see never to hear never to go upright in that state but in another he hath concluded all in unbelief that he may have mercy upon all not that he may destroy all that he may bring them to see the well-spring of Life which is near them which hath dam'd up the Way to Life by any other way then Christ the Life that which witnesses in them who is the Way the Truth and the Life I am saith he and there 's no other way to life the state of Reprobation of Vnbelief cannot shew it it is uncapable of it it cannot comprehend it cannot see it even the natural man receiveth not the things of the Spirt of God for they are foolishness unto him neither can he know them because they are spiritually discerned 1 Cor. 3. 14. So that which gives to see is another thing that which gives to receive is from another state the hearing ear the seeing eye the Lord hath made even both of them saith the wise man Prov. 20. 12. but he made not Reprobation he made not unbelief or the state thereof that is to say He is not the cause of its being Man â—an into that man brought that O Israel thou hast destroyed thy self but in me is thy help the hearing ear the seeing eye the Lord hath made even both of them and he hath closed the eye and shut the ear of the other that there is no seeing there no hearing unto life in that state It can never see God nor hear his voice it hath neither seen him nor known him Whosoever sinneth hath neither seen him neither known him 1 John 3. 6. It is in another state the seeing and knowing of God In the state which is immortal that never dies nor changes which is that which witnesses and here 's the seeing and here 's the hearing and no where else it is the Word of the Lord and this you will find in the day that he will render unto every man according to his deeds wherein every tongue shall be silent and every mouth shall be stopt and all shall confess that his judgements are just and there will be no covering for man nothing to hide him but he shall be naked and bare before him with whom he hath to do and shall see himself so to be in the day wherein the books shall be opened all that which witnessed shall be remembred and man shall be judged according to what is written in the books And I saw the dead small and great stand before God the books were opened and another book was opened which is the book of life and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works Rev. 20. 12. All that which witnesses speaks is written in a book and this book shall be opened not a book of Ink and Paper but of Conscience written with the Spirit of the living God that which speaks in Conscience and every man shall be judged out of that and by that which in Conscience witnesses which gives to receive the things of God and nothing else So the Lord hath shut up hath concluded the state of the one in unbelief given them the Spirit of Slumber eyes that they should not see ears that they should not hear that he might have mercy in the other that gives the eye to see and the ear to hear Here 's the two seeds here 's Election and Reprobation here 's the seeing eye and the hearing ear which God hath made even both of them here 's the eye that they should not see the ear that they should not hear which God hath given here 's the conclusion of all in unbelief he hath concluded all in unbelief here 's the end of it that he may have mercy upon all not that he may condemn all and so I have opened this Particular Then as to that Even for this cause have I raised thee up that I may shew my power in thee and that my Name may be declared throughout all the earth which is spoken of Pharaoh I answer This is meant of states So is that viz. Jacob have I loved and Esau have I hated as it is written and the Elder shall serve the younger as it was said unto her unto Rebecca before the children were born neither having done any good or evil that the purpose of God according to Election might stand not of works but of him that calleth It was said unto her the Elder shall serve the Younger as aforesaid The Elder Esau which was first in the tran gression that state that was brought forth first after the fall the state of Wrath the state of Reprobation the state of Vnbelief in which all are concluded And were by Nature the children of Wrath even as others saith the Apostle Ephes 2. 3. The first born Esau have I hated but Jacob have I loved before the children were born neither having done any good or evil the Elder shall serve
you And lastly Neither hath he redeemed all since the fall that were to give the lie to what Christ saith Strive to enter into the strait Gate for many I say unto you will seek to enter in and shall not be able Enter ye in at the strait Gate for wide is the gate and broad is the way that leadeth unto destruction and many there be that go in thereat because strait is the Gate and narrow is the Way that leadeth unto Life and few there be that find it Luke 13. 14. And fear not little Flock it is your Fathers good pleasure to give you the Kingdom Luke 12. 32. And they are not all Israel which are of Israel Neither because they are the seed of Abraham are they all children for in Isaac shall thy Seed be called That is they which are the children of the flesh these are not the children of God but the children of the Promise are accounted for the seed For this is the word of Promise At this time will I come and Sara shall have a Son and not only this but when Rebecca also had conceived by one even our Father Isaac for the children being not yet born neither having yet done any good or evil that the purpose of God according to Election might stand not of works but of him that calleth it was said unto her the Elder shall serve the Younger as it is written Jacob have I loved but Eâ—au have I hated Rom. 9. 6. to the 14. And though thy people Israel be as the sand of the Sea yet a Remnant of them shall return Isa 10. 22. And when the Son of man shall come in his glory and all the holy Angels with him then shall he sit upon the Throne of his glory and before him shall be gathered all Nations and he shall separate them one from another as a Shepherd divideth his sheep from the goats and he shall set the Sheep on his right hand but the Goats on his left Mat. 25. 21 22 23. And without are Dogs and Sorcerers and Whore-mongers and Murderers and Idolaters and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie Rev. 22. 15. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth neither whatsoever worketh abomination or maketh a lie but they which are written in the Lambs book of Life Rev. 21. last And come hither and I will shew unto thee the Judgement of the great Whore that sitteth on many waters with whom the Kings of the Earth have committed fornication and the Inhabitants of the Earth have been made drunk with the Wine of her Fornication Rev. 17. 12. And the beast that thou sawest was and is not and shall ascend out of the bottomless Pit and go into Perdition And they that dwell on the Earth shall wonder whose Names are not written in the book of life from the Foundation of the World when they behold the beast which was and is not and yet is v. 8. And I saw the dead small and great stand before God and the books were opened and another book was opened which is the book of Life and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books according to their works Rev. 20. 12. And who will render to every man according to his deeds to them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for Glory and Honour and Immortality Eternal Life but unto them that are contentious and do not obey the Truth but obey Vnrighteousness Indignation and Wrath Tribulation and Anguish upon every soul of man that doth evil of the Jew first and also to the Gentile for there is no respect of persons with God For as many as have sinned without law shall also perish without law and as many as have sinned in the Law shall be judged by the Law for not the hearers of the Law shall be justified before God but the doers of the Law but the doers of the Law shall be justified Rom. 2. 6. to the 14. And to you who are troubled rest with us when the Lord Jesus shall be revealed from Heaven with his Mighty Angels in flaming fire taking Vengeance on them that know not God and that obey not the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Lord and the glory of his Power when he shall come to be glorified in his Saints and be admired in all them that believe because our Testimony among you was received in that day Wherefore also we pray alwayes for you that our God will count you worthy of this calling and fulfil all the good pleasure of his goodness and the work of Faith with Power that the Name of our Lord Jesus Christ may be glorified in you and ye in him to the grace of our God and our Lord Jesus Christ 2 Thes 1. 7. to the end And receiving the end of your Faith is even the salvation of your Souls 1 Pet. 1 7. And it is God that worketh in you to will and to do of his good pleasure Phil. 2. 13. And work out your Salvation with fear and trembling v. 12. And unto you first God having raised up his Son Jesus sent him to blesse you in turning away every one of you from his Iniquities Acts 3. last And the Lord is my Portion saith my soul Lam. 3. 25. And upon the wicked he shall rain snares fire and brimstone and a horrible tempest this shall be the portiou of their cup Psal 11. 6. And these shall go into everlasting punishment but the Righteous into Life Eternal Mat. 25. 46. And the grace of God which bringeth Salvation hath appeared unto all men teaching us that denying ungodliness and worldly Lusts we should live Soberly Righteously and Godly in this present world Looking for that blessed Hope and the glorious appearing of that great God and our Saviour Jesus Christ who gave himself for us that he might redeem us from all Iniquity and purifie unto himself a Peculiar people zealous of good works Tit. 2. 11 12 13. And ye are a chosen Generation a Royal Priesthood a Holy Nation a Peculiar People that ye should shew forth the Praises of him who hath called you out of darkness to his marlous light which in times past were not a people but are now the People of God which had not obtained Mercy but now have obtained Mercy Dearly beloved I beseech you as Strangers and Pilgrims abstain from fleshly luâ—â—s which war against the Soul having your Conversation honest among the Gentiles that whereas they speak against you as evil doers they may by your good woorks which they shall behold glorifie God in the day of Visitation 1 Pet. 2. 9 10 11 12. And their Consciences also bearing witness and their Thoughts the mean while accusing or else excusing one another in the day when God shall judge the secrets of men by Jesus Christ according to my Gospel Rom. 2. 15 16. And because he
Mind and the Law in the Members the Flesh and the Spirit the Son of God in the likeness of sinful flesh condemning sin in the flesh and the body of sin and death Two Nations two manner of People the one stronger then the other the strong man armed the stronger then he The Elder as to man in the state of the fall that came out first the Younger which was before the Elder though it came out in the World after This is he said John of whom I said after me cometh a Man which is preferred before me for he was before me John 1. 30. The Younger who comes after the fall the seed of the Woman to redeem out of the fall to bruise the Serpents head which the Elder must serve which taketh hold of the heel of the Elder and supplants it and makes it to serve the Elder shall serve the Younger And so the Apostle speaketh They are not all Israel who are of Israel Neither because they are the seed of Abraham are they all Children but in Isaac shall thy seed be called That is they that are the children of the flesh these are not the children of God but the children of the Promise are counted for the seed For this is the word of Promise at this time will I come and Sara shall have a son And not only this but when Rebecca also had conceived by one even by our Father Isaac for the children being not yet born neither having done any good or evil that the purpose of God according to Election might stand not of works but of him that calleth It was said unto her the Elder shall serve the Younger as it is written Jacob have I loved but Esau have I hated as aforesaid Rom. 9. 7 8 9 10 11 12 13. And here is the whole matter as it lies together and as the Scriptures testifie and are the Explanation of one another in the Spirit of the Lord from whom I have written and who hath shewn me these things that I might write them unto you that your understandings might be opened and that ye might come to see the Truth as it is in Jesus and be brought to the Knowledge of the Truth And so I have finished this particular The Lord God Eternal open your eyes that in this your day you may know the things that belong unto your Peace And so I shall proceed As the Lord made not man to destroy him and as he hath not concluded any man from all Eternity to destruction So neither hath he so made man as that it is impossible for him to fall from the state in the which he was made or to miscarry so as to fall from life for ever and ever That were to put man in another state then that in the which he was made who was made in a Dependance on God for his being and Subsistance in the state in the which he was made and to render him as God knowing both good and evil that is to set him as do he good or do he evil he shall never be finally removed from the state in the which he was made that is from Life but shall remain as God The Judgement of the Ranters whom the Serpent hath taken with that which was his first bait with which he took Eve at first and with which they are taken at this day who hold That do they what they will they shall never be finally â—emoved from the state in the which they were made that is from Life Ye shall not surely die for God knoweth that in the day that ye eat thereof then your eyes shall be opened and ye shall be as Gods knowing good and evil Gen. 3. 4 5. This the Serpent laid before Evè viz. a state beyond that in the which she was made Ye shall not surely die a state at the pleasure of him that made you and at his Commandmen who gave you your being Yea hath God said ye shall not eat of every Tree in the garden v. 1. hath he put you are ye under such a dependency on him and at his command Nay ye shall not surely die it is not so ye shall be as Gods a state beyond that in which ye were made ye shall not need to stand in such awe and dread Ye are not necessitated to such a dependency upon God as that doing contrary to his Command ye shall die your state shall be changed nay your state shall not be so changed but eating of the Tree doing of that which he hath said ye shall not doe which signifies a Subjection and Subordination a Creature state of Variation and Change at the Will of Him that made you Nay the doing of this will enter you into another state that 's more high more fixed more certain a state wherein God is who changeth not nor is moved nor doth alter or varie from that wherein he is and this God knoweth for God doth known this is the Reason that God hath set you under such a command in such dread in such awe as of death a loosing of the state in the which ye are and a coming into a quite contrary or another this he knows and therefore hath laid this Command upon ye to keep ye from this to prevent your attaining unto this to be as he is setled and unchangeable do ye what ye will ye shall not surely die Nay it shall enter you into that state wherein there is no such thing as death but only a death unto that in which ye are as you are passing to it as through death to life ye shall not need thus to be put to it ye shall be as Gods without change without alteration without fear or dread or a necessary dependance upon another to keep you in the state in the which ye are Ye shall not need thus to be put to it at every turn to be under this Rod under this reproof under this check under such a manifestation as this and who would be so when he may be otherwise This God knoweth therefore hath he laid this Bar upon you this Precept this Bond to keep ye under that in the day that ye eat thereof ye do otherwise then he hath ordained you and so put your selves out of a state of dependance upon him or of being Creatures so to be disposed of and ordered by him so taking your selves into your own Power your own disposal as he doth himself and you whilst it is thus with you that you dare do nothing but what he requires you and that ye dare not do that which he forbids you which is a Creature state of alteration and change of Subjection and Subordination you will be as he is you will be as Gods unalterable unchangeable insubjectible insubordinate and this God knoweth that in the day that ye eat thereof that ye so put your selves that ye so take your selves into your own order and not stand under his Order and Rule who hath so
open their eyes that they may see and be saved and come unto the Knowledge of the Truth For the Lord hath not pleasure in their death but would have them turn and live For which cause I have written because the time is nere wherein the Door will be shut and then it will be too late and the place of Repentance will not be found When Depart ye cursed into everlasting fire prepared for the Devil and his Angels shall be said to the Goats on the left hand by the King when he shall come in his Glory and all the Holy Angels with him and shall sit upon the Throne of his Glory and all Nations shall be gathered before him and he shall divide between them as a Shepherd doth his Sheep And so I have done with this Particular and am clear of their blood in this day of the Lord wherein he is coming to render unto every man according to his deeds But to proceed Neither hath the Lord so chosen man since the fall as that he can never be removed from the state unto which he is chosen That were to render the Blood of Christ of none effect and to make void the Everlasting Covenant the Law writ in the heart and the fear put in the inward parts the Word of Life the Power of God by which we are kept Who are kept said Peter writing to the Saints by the Power of God through Faith unto Salvation 1 Pet. 1. 5. And this is the Doctrine of them who hold Free Grace or that are called by the name of Antinomians that is to say those who hold that he that is once chosen cannot fall from that state Having loved his own which were in the World he loved them to the end John 13. 1. Say they and though they are sinners yet they are justified by Christ and have Redemption by his Blood even the Remission of sins and this is imputed to them though not inherent in them as they speak and they hope to be saved by him because they are sinners and yet are justified by him though they are sinners And with such thin Garments as these they seek to cover themselves and to rest satisfied whilst they are ignorant of and know not him who saveth from their sins all they who put their trust in him Who having loved his own but they are his own which he loved and none else he loved them to the end he went thorough the work which was appointed him for them to do and flinched not which was to lay down his life for them For this was spoken of his suffering John 13. 1. As the Scriptures testifie and that of John in Particular and the Scripture cannot be broken which thus speaks Now before the feast of the Passeover when Jesus knew that his hour was come that he should depart out of this World unto the Father Having loved his own said John which were in the World he loved them unto the end And supper being ended the Devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot Simons son to betray him Jesus knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands and that he was come from God and went to God He riseth from Supper and laid aside his Garments and took a Towel and girded himself after that he poureth Water into a Bason and began to wash his Disciples feet and to wipe them with the Towel with which he was girded Then cometh he to Simon Peter and Simon saith unto him Lord doest thou wash my feet Jesus answered and said unto him what I do thou knowest not now but thou shalt hereafter Peter answereth and saith unto him Thou shalt never wash my feet Jesus answered if I wash thee not thou hast no part with me v. 2. to the 9. Simon Peter saith unto him not my feet only but my hands and my head Jesus saith unto him he that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet but is clean every whit and ye are clean but not all for he knew who should betray him Therefore said he ye are not all clean v. 9 10 11. This said Christ Jesus So it is his own that he having once loved he loved them to the end And they were such whom he washed If I wash thee not thou hast no part with me So not to be washed is to have no part with Christ and this was said to Peter a Disciple And said he unto the Disciples them whom he had chosen ye are clean but not all for he knew who should betray him and yet he was chosen Have not I chosen you Twelve and yet one of you is a Devil John 6. 70. The plain English or summe of the Matter is this Men must be born again of Water and of the Spirit or they cannot enter into the Kingdom of God as he said to Nicodemus Verily verily I say unto thee except a man be born of Water and the Spirit he cannot enter into the Kingdom of God John 3. 5. They must be regenerated Old things must passe away all things must become New if they are in Christ Jesus the New Man which after God is created in Righteousness and true Holiness and they that are not so in vain do they talk of Christ they have no part with him for he is Holy and every one that is in him is as he is As he is so are we in this world 1 John 4. 17. And be ye holy as he is holy 1 Pet. 1. 16. And Holiness becomes thy House for ever Psal 93. 5. And an high way shall be there and a way and it shall be called the way of Holiness the unclean shall not passe over it Isa 35. 8. And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth neither whatsoever worketh Abomination or maketh a lie but they that are written in the Lambs book of Life Rev. 21. last Otherwise to say is to dishoner Christ and to blasphem him to make him such a one as such are as live in Transgression and sin who came to redeem from sin and to deliver from Iniquity and to purifie unto himself a peculiar people zealous of good works that we might be to his Praise and Honour Now sin is a reproach to any people Righteousness it is that exalteth a Nation Prov. 14. 34. And for any to say they are in him and yet are found sinners they reproach and blasphem him as if he were so that Iniquity had fellowship with him or that Iniquity would be in him or have part with him Can the Throne of Iniquity have fellowship with thee which frameth mischief by a Law Psal 49. 20. Thou art of purer Eyes then to behold evil and canst not look on Iniquity Hab. 1. 13. For thou art not a God that hath pleasure in wickedness neither shall evil dwell with thee Psal 5. 4. But if while we seek to be justified by Christ we our selves also are found sinners is therefore Christ
in good works and such as sin walk not in good works are not his Workmanship and those that are not his workmanship which is unto good works the fruit of Faith which is not dead but living by which those of old though dead yet speak the Vertue in them which brought forth the works the fruit unto Holiness unto Eternal life are not created in Christ Jesus So see your state all you that are here and be no longer deceived It is the Word of the Lord and so I have done with this Particular which for the sake of you I am moved to write to open their understandings because the time is neer wherein these things will be made manifest that they are so and the Door will be shut and then it will be too late to say Lord Lord open unto us For he will say depart from me I know ye not ye workers of iniquity for when once the Master of the house is risen up and hath shut to the Door and ye begin to stand without and to knock at the Door saying Lord Lord open unto us And he shall answer and say unto you I know ye not whence ye are Then shall ye begin to say we have eaten and drunk in thy presence and thou hast taught in our streets but he shall say I tell you I know ye not whence ye are depart from me all ye workers of iniquity There shall be weeping and gnashing of teeth when ye shall see Abraham and Isaac and Jacob and all the Prophets in the Kingdom of God and you your selves thrust out And they shall come from the East and from the West and from the North and from the South and shall sit down in the Kingdom of God and behold there are last which shall be first and there are first which shall be last Luke 13. 25. to the 31. And so I am clear of your blood whether ye will hear or whether you will forbear The Word of the Lord hath been often to you and his tender bowels through me and he would not have you die but live and it is the third time that I have particularly wrote to you in the movings of the Lord and my travail and my sufferings I speak of that which is not of this world have been great for you that your eyes might be opened and that ye might see where you are ere it be too late For the Lord hath known you and you have known something in you that hath given you the sence of his presence which is Christ Jesus the measure of him in you which reproves which makes manifest that draws ye to God-ward though ye have not believed that it is he and therefore have risen against the Corner Stone which ye builders have refused which is made Head of the Corner but there is no other way to God but by him Christ the Light God that quickneth the dead and calleth things that are not as if they were for that is not natural that shews Nature in the transgression and that is not of the evil one that shews evil and that is not of man in whom it is not to direct his way that leads unto God but it is of God the love of God that sent his Son into the world to redeem man and to bring him back again unto God And his work it is to deliver to set free the Captive that which is bound under sin and he that sinneth is bound to sin and to purifie and to cleanse and to make white and to break down the Partition that which is gotten between by reason of Transgression and to bring to God that so man may feel his Maker again and be joyned to him with whom nothing that is defiled can have any fellowship and sin desiles For our God is a consuming fire Heb. 13. last Now to hold that a man being chosen can never be removed from that state unto which he is chosen and that a man is justified when he is found a sinner and that he is in Christ when he is not a new Creature and he is not a new Creature whilst he is in sin old things are not past away the old man is there remaining with his lusts and deeds whose lust and deeds are sin all things are not become new and that a man is in God when he is not purged when he is not made clean and he is not made clean he is not purged that sinneth whilst he sinneth whosoever sinneth hath neither seen him neither known him John 3. 6. whilst he knoweth not nor believeth in nor is joyned to the Word of Life which dwelleth in the Saints which witnessed to God the Word that endures for ever The Word which by the Spirit is Preached unto you the Word that purifies 1 Pet. 1. last the Word that endures for ever and ye have not his Word abiding in you For whom he hath sent him ye believe not John 5. 38. The Word nigh in the mouth and in the heart which is the Word of Faith which we preach Rom. 10. 8. For the Righteousness which is of Faith speaketh on this wise Say not in thy heart who shall ascend c. But what saith it the Word is nigh thee c. vers 6. 7. So that is the Word the Word of Faith the living Word that endures for ever that cleanseth that purifies which is that which witnesses to God which abides Now are ye clean through the Word And now are ye clean through the Word which I have spoken unto you abide in me ye have not his Word abiding in you said he to the Pharisees and I in you as the branch cannot bear fruit of it self except it abide in the Vine no more can ye except ye abide in me in him that witnesses the Word of Life John 15. 3 4. And saith the Prophet he shall sit as a Refiner and Purifier of Silver and he shall purifie the Sons of Levi and purge them as Gold and Silver that they may offer unto him an offering in Righteousness then shall the offerings of Judah Jerusalem be pleasant unto the Lord as in the dayes of old and as in the former years and I will come neer to you in Judgement and I will be a swift witness here 's the Messenger that prepares his Way before him the Messenger of the Covenant that he saith he will send whom he saith they delighted in behold he shall come saith the Lord of Hosts But who may abide the day of his coming And who shall stand when he appeareth For he shall be as Refiners fire and as Fullers soap I will be a swift Witness this is he who is the Judge of all that comes nere to Judgement that witnesseth that saith I will be a swift witness I will come neer to you to Judgement against the Sorcerers and against the Adulterers and against false Swearers and against those that oppresse the Hireling in his wages the Widdow and the
had put off the Old man seeing that ye have put off the Old man saith he to them Col. 3. 10. with his deeds and had put on the New man Which is renewed in Knowledge after the Image of him that created him as hath been said v. 11. So People must be created again must be renewed must be put into another temper into another mould into another stock into another nature who are in the Transgression they must be born again or they can never enter into the Kingdom of God The Old must be marr'd must be broken down must be done away must be put off The Old man with his deeds and the New man must be put on ere Salvation can be witnessed by Christ Jesus The Old building must be thrown down and the New must be raised Ye also as lively Stones are built up a Spiritual House an holy Priesthood to offer up Spiritual sacrifices acceptable to God by Jesus Christ 1 Pet. 2. 5. Ye are God Husbandrie ye are Gods building According to the Grace of God which is given unto me as a wise Master builder I have laid the Foundation and another buildeth thereon but let every man take heed how he buildeth thereupon for other foundation can no man lay then that is laid which is Jesus Christ Now if any man build upon this Foundation Gold Silver Precious Stones Wood Hay Stubble every mans work shall be made manifest For the Day shall declare it because it shall be revealed by fire and the fire shall try every mans work of what sort it is If any mans work abide which he hath built thereupon he shall receive a reward If any mans work shall be burnt he shall suffer loss but he himself shall be saved yet so as by fire Know ye not that ye are the Temple of God and that the Spirit of God dwelleth in you If any man defile the Temple of God him shall God deâ—troy for the Temple of God is holy whose Temple ye are 1 Cor. 3. 9. to the 18. And rooted and built up in him and stablished in the Faith as ye have been taught abounding therein with Thanksgiving Col. 2. 17. In whom all the building fitly framed together groweth unto an holy Temple in the Lord in whom ye are builded together for an Habitation of God through the Spirit Ephes 2. 21 22. Now the Temple of God is holy as hath been said whose Temple ye are said the Apostle to the Saints and Holiness becomes thy House for ever and without are Dogs and Sorcerers and Whore Mongers and Murders and Idolaters and whosoever loveth and maketh a lie Rev. 22. 15. And there shall in no wise enter into it the holy City any thing that defileth neither whatsoever worketh abomination or maketh a lie but they which are written in the Lambs book of life Rev. 21. 27. And these things he testifies who is faithful and true who is the Root and Off-spring of David and the bright and morning Star And the Spirit and the Bride say come and let him that heareth say come and let him that is a thirst come and whosoever will let him take the Water of life freely For this I testifie unto every man that heareth the Words of the Prophesie of this book if any man shall add unto these things God shall take his part out of the book of Life and out of the Holy City and from the things which are written in this book He that testifies these thing saith surely I come quickly Amen even so come Lord Jesus Rev. 22. 17 18 19 20. And so unto all this I speak in the Name of the Lord and in the Power of God that the hour is very nigh wherein these things shall be proved so to be in the hearts of all even of them that oppose themselves And then they will see that these things are so and that they have been mistaken otherwise to think and that the Enemie was in it to deceive them when they came to this great thing Christ Jesus the Power of God and the Wisdom of God that which reprov'd them that which made manifest which is in them in which they should have believed that so they might have felt his Power which redeems which cleanses which purifies which brings back to God again which Moulds which Forms which I eavens all into its own lump which works up all into himself and makes holy as he is holy and builds up all that so believe and abide and obey into an holy habitation of God through the Spirit and so saves which is the Will of God This is the Will of God even your Sanctification that ye should abstain from Fornication saith the Apostle 1 Thes 4. 3. And by the wich Will ye are Sanctified by the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all Heb. 10. 10. And by one offering he hath for ever perfected them that are Sanctified Heb. 10. 14. And both he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are of one therefore he is not ashamed to call them Brethren Heb. 2. 11. And being Sanctified by the Holy Ghost Rom. 15. 16. And to them that are Sanctified in Christ Jesus called to be Saints 1 Cor. 1. 2. Now the Enemie hath turn'd people another way and they have suffered it to be so viz. To believe that they shall be saved because the Lord desireth not the death of a sinner And so be they what they will the Lord looks not to that he is a free Agent the Lord wills it and they shall be saved For in his will there is Power And so people are deceived by Satan the old deceiver which deceiveth the whole World whose time is neer wherein he must be cast out therefore worketh he as he can to save himself from being cast out and in some after this sort and in others after that according as he can prevail with the understandings of any and deceiving them there lead them aside And so I have done with you also For this is the Will of the Lord as to me in this thing that I should clear up this thing to the understandings of all that all might have a living savour of these things in themselves and come out of that in which they have been led Captive and the Enemie hath deceived them that they may be his workmanship created in Christ Jesus unto good works as he hath before ordained that we should live in them who are the first fruits of his Spirit who he is coming to trie and to suffer the Enemie to come forth to trie that ye may have a living sence I say of these things in your selves as many as to whom these things shall reach and be drawn unto God when you shall see us lifted up and our constant abiding in our Testimony and sufferings shall let yâ—u see that God is with us and draw you to us And so as I have said I have finished what I have to say unto