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A86947	The mystery of Christ in us, with the mystery of the Father, Word, and holy Ghost or Spirit, opened also, the parable of the rich man's flocks and herds, and the poor man's ewe-lamb, explicated. Likewise, the way that Christ takes to undo a man, and take away his life. Together with a discovery of the neerness of Christs coming, and of those glorious things which are to be fulfilled in these later days. Set forth and published by Ed. Hide jun.	Hyde, Edward, 1607-1659.	1651 (1651)	Wing H3866; Thomason E1372_4; ESTC R209351	80,214	204

year that King Vzziah dyed 2 Chron. 26. 23. The Prophets discovery of the Lord is as followeth I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne as ready to judge Psa. 9. 7 8. But the Lord shall endure for ever he hath prepared his throne for judgement and he shall judge the world in righteousness he shall minister judgemen to the people in uprightness See Dan. 7. 9 10. I beheld till the thrones were cast down and the Ancient of days did sit whose garment was white as snow and the hair of his head like the pure wool his throne was like the very flame and his wheeles as burning fire a fiery stream issued and came forth from before him thousand thousands ministred unto him and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him The judgement was set and the books were opened See that in Rev. 4. 2 3. And immediately I was in the Spirit and behold a throne was set in heaven and one sate on the throne and he that sate was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine two glistering stones And there was a rain-bowe round about the throne in sight like unto an emerald which holds forth the Covenant of Grace See Revel. 6. 16. And they said to the mountains and rocks Fall on us and hide us from the face of him that sitteth on the throne and from the wrath of the Lamb And that in Rev. 20. 12. 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 At vers. 19. And I saw a great white throne and him that sate on it from whose face the earth and the heaven fled away and there was found no place for them Or the Throne may be taken thus A Throne denotes Dignity Rule Kingliness Authority Sitting holds forth Rest The words being thus explained the meaning of them is this Isaiah saw the Lord sitting upon the Throne that is ruling reigning triumphing in a peaceable manner over his enemies High and lifted up that is far above all principalities and powers might and dominion and every name that is named not onely in this world but that which is to come Eph. 1. 21. And his train filled the temple That is the skirts of his Robes with which he sate upon the Throne filled the Temple that is the Saints for they are the Temple of the living God 1 Cor. 3. 16 17. Above it that is above the Throne stood the Seraphims What are those Angels appearing as fire Psal. 104. 4. Who maketh his angels spirits his ministers a flaming fire These stood and attended Christ See Dan. 7. 10. Thousand thousands ministred unto him and ten thousand times ten thousand stood before the Ancient of days that sate upon the Throne whose garments were white as snow Each one had six wings with twain he covered his face as not able to endure the brightness of Christ's glory even as Moses did see Exod. 3. 6. Moreover he said I am the God of thy fathers the God of Abraham the God of Isaac and the God of Jacob And Moses hid his face for he was afraid to look upon God See that likewise in 1 King 19. 11 12 13. And he said Go forth and stand upon the mount before the Lord And behold the Lord passed by and a great and strong winde rent the mountains and brake in pieces the rocks before the Lord but the Lord was not in the winde and after the winde an earthquake but the Lord was not in the earthquake and after the earthquake a fire but the Lord was not in the fire and after the fire a still small voice And it was so when Elijah heard it that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entring in of the cave Elijah could not endure the glory of God and therefore puts a mantle before his face And with twain he covered his feet as abashed in apprehension of their own infirmities and imperfections compared with God's incomparable perfection and majestie Job 4. 18. Behold he put no trust in his servants and his angels he charged with folly And with twain he did flie Which speaks their readiness and swiftness to go about God's business Psal. 110. 20. Bless the Lord ye his angels that excel in strength that do his commandments hearkning unto the voice of his word And one cried to another or this cried to this Holy holy holy Their constant employment is praising God See Rev. 4. 8. And the four beasts had each of them six wings about them and they were full of eyes within and they rest not day and night saying Holy holy holy Lord God Almighty which was and is and is to come The whole earth is full of his glory or his glory is the fulness of the whole earth He fills heaven and earth with his glory we can look nowhere but behold glory Psal. 104. 24 25. Lord how manifold are thy works in wisdom hast thou made them all the earth is full of thy riches so is this great and wide sea And the posts of the door moved at the voice of him that cried and the house was filled with smoak that is the posts of the door of the house or temple moved The posts are those upon which the door hangs Their moving was a signe of God's indignation See Amos 9. 1. I saw the Lord standing upon the altar and he said Smite the lintel of the door that the posts may shake and cut them in the head all of them and I will slay the last of them with the sword he that fleeth of them shall not flee away and he that escapeth of them shall not be delivered And the house was filled with smoak Another signe of his fierce anger incensed See Psal. 18. 7 8. Then the earth shook and trembled the foundations of the hills moved and were shaken because he was wroth There went up a smoak out of his nostrils and fire out of his mouth devoured coals were kindled by it See Deut. 29. 20. The Lord will not spare him but then the anger of the Lord and his jealousie shall smoak against that man Or by smoak here is meant darkness see Rev. 15. 8. And the temple was filled with smoak from the glory of God from his power and no man was able to enter into the temple till the seven plagues of the seven angels were fulfilled In this symbolical Vision Isaiah saw the Lord and the discovery of the Lord had such an efficacie and power upon his spirit that he was forced to cry out that he was undone So that the words are a fruit of that discovery that Isaiah had of Christ And there are in them these things to be considered First Here is what Isaiah said when he saw the Lord Wo is me or Wo belongs to

city had twelve foundations which speaks the sureness of its foundation and in them the names of the twelve apostles of the Lamb to signifie unto us that the ground and foundation of this City is laid upon the doctrine of the Apostles and Prophets Jesus Christ being the corner-stone And he that talked with me had a golden reed to measure the city and the gates thereof and the wall thereof Measuring with Reeds was a thing of great use as we read among the Prophets Because every thing of this spiritual Ierusalem is glorious therefore the measuring-reed is said to be of gold This golden Reed is the Spirit And the city lieth foursquare which presents us with this The fastness and unmoveableness of its stature for round things are easily rolled and moved aside but square things are not Seeing we receive a kingdom that cannot be shaken let us have grace whereby we may so serve God that we may please him with reverence and fear Hebr. 12. 28. And the length is as large as the breadth And he measured the city with the reed twelve thousand furlongs the length and the breadth and the height of it are equal The Angel with his golden Reed measureth the square side of the City both in length breadth heighth and depth of it and findeth each of them to be Twelve thousand furlongs which after 8 furlongs to the mile maketh in our account fifteen hundred miles as some say and so the whole square of this great City cometh to six thousand miles which is a great compass and holdeth forth unto us the great largeness of this City that there is room enough for all the inhabitants thereof yea most pleasant and commodious rooms And he measured the wall thereof an hundred fourty and four cubits according to the measure of a man that is of the angel which after our common account of two Cubits to a Yard amount unto seventy and two yards which is a great thickness even so thick as no enemy can break in And the building of the wall of it was of jasper that is spotty greedy green and flourishing And the city was pure gold without any mixture Like unto clear glass pure and glistering And the foundations of the wall of the city were garnished beautified and adorned with all manner of precious stones which were written upon the brest-plate of the High-priests under the Law But here we are not to think that the city of God is of such metal and matter indeed as is here described but the holy Ghost would give us some taste of it and after a sort shadow out unto us under these things which are of most esteem amongst men what the glory and excellency of this new Hierulem is And the twelve gates were twelve pearls every gate was of one pearl and the street of the city was pure gold as it were transparent glass All which hold forth to us the braveness beautifulness gloriousness glistering and admirableness of the City If the gates be of Pearl and the street of gold then what are the inmost rooms And I saw no temple therein as was in the old Ierusalem For the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the temple of it As the City hath no need of the Temple so it hath no need of the sun neither of the moon to shine in it that is it hath no need of any light for the glory of God did lighten it and the Lamb is the light thereof God and Christ is all in all there The kings of the earth do bring their glory and honour into it Though none of the Kings and Nobles of the Gentiles might be admitted into the old Jerusalem yet they have free passage into this And the gates of it shall not be shut at all by day The gates of this City always stand open for believers to come in as not fearing enemies For there shall be no night there All shall be light And they shall bring the honour and glory of the nations into it and throw it down at Christ's feet And there shall in no wise enter into it any thing that defileth neither whatsoever worketh abomination or maketh a lye but they that are written in the Lambs book of life No unclean thing shall enter in here Now in Chap. 22. to verse 6. he speaketh of a pure river of water of life This River is Christ who is pure the Water of this River is the Spirit that flows from him and begets life in us Clear as crystal There is no muddiness in it Proceeding out of the throne of God and the Lamb Which holds forth unto us that God in Christ is the original of all our life and happiness In the midst of the street of it and of either side of the river was there the tree of life which is Christ which bare twelve manner of fruits Which speaketh those varieties of pleasures and delights that are in Jesus Christ And yeelded her fruit every month as well in summer as in winter Which speaks this to us the plenty of pleasures and delights that are in Jesus Christ And the leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations to preserve them from all diseases and griefs sorrow and pain and sickness The tree stands not in an outward corner of the City but in the midst of the street and of both sides of the river that all the Citizens of Jerusalem might freely come unto it and taste of the fruits of it And there shall be no more curse We shall be no more subject to any curse in the heavenly Paradise as Adam was in the earthly But the throne of God and the Lamb shall be in it God shall be on his throne and the Lamb there And his servants shall serve him yea they shall see his very face which Moses could not endure the sight of and be taken with his glory And his Name shall be in their foreheads which shall distinguish them from the world yea his Name shall be so seen in their foreheads that all the world shall take notice of it And there shall be no night there and they need no candle neither light of the sun for the Lord God gives them light and they shall reign for ever and ever with the Lord And he said unto me These sayings are faithful and true And the Lord God of the holy prophets sent his holy angel to shew unto his servants the things which must shortly be done All which are spoken of the City of God Selah And if you look into the 54 60 62 65 of Isaiah you shall see further what glorious things are spoken of the City of God I will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that know me The first thing to be inquired into in these words is What Rahab is It is Egypt See Isa. 51. 9. Awake awake put on strength O arm of the Lord awake as in the ancient days in the generations of old Art

me it is my portion Secondly Here is the reason of that saying Wo is me and that is For I am undone that is cut off Thirdly Here is the ground why he said he was undone which is threefold 1. Because I am a man of unclean lips that is because he was vile 2. I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips 3. Because mine eyes have seen the King the Lord of hosts That which we shall raise from the words is this That a true seeing the Lord is accompanied with these things following First It undoes a man Secondly It makes him cry out Wo is he Thirdly It makes him cry out that he is a man of unclean lips Fourthly That he dwells in the midst of a people of unclean lips I. First of all A true discovery of the Lord undoeth a man that is cuts him off from what he is or can do As for Samaria her king is cut off as the foam upon the water Hos. 10. 7. As the foam upon the face of the water is cut off so is that man cut off and beheaded that hath seen the Lord Or it may be meant that Isaiah was cut off in his own apprehensions thoughts Or the word undone may be taken thus An undone man is one that hath nothing to live upon of his own no victuals or cloathes of his own Friends to be undone is to have nothing to live upon of our own as parts gifts righteousness doing working being thinkings conceits self-perswasions high estimation of our selves fancies fictions and the like but to live upon somewhat of another which is Christ There is in a true undoing of a man by the sight of the Lord these things following First There is a striking of a man down When God intends good to a soul the first work that God takes with him is he strikes him down stark dead that he never lives any more to himself or to sin or to the devil but unto God In this manner Paul was struck down as he journeyed with letters to Damascus he came neer to Damascus and suddenly there shined round about him a light from heaven and he fell to the earth and heard a voice saying unto him Saul Saul why persecutest thou me Acts 9. 3 4. Much like to this is that in Rev. 1. 17. And when I saw him I fell at his feet as dead Secondly A true discovery of the Lord takes away a man's sight that he cannot see with his own eyes Friends if God intends us good he will put out our eyes he will blinde us that we shall not see in our own light as he did Paul And Saul arose from the earth and when his eyes were opened he saw no man but they led him by the hand and brought him into Damascus See Acts 9. 8. and 22. 11. We would live and see but God will destroy our life and sight if he intend us good Thirdly A true discovery of the Lord takes away a mans strength and breath See Dan. 10. 16 17. And behold one like the similitude of the sons of men touched my lips Then I opened my mouth and said unto him that stood before me O my Lord by the vision my sorrows are turned upon me and I have retained no strength for how can the servant of this my Lord talk with this my Lord for as for me straightway there remained no strength in me neither is there breath left in me It takes away our breathing after God and our strength our power to do this and that to subdue sin withstand temptation and to wrestle with God ond the like We are ready to vaunt and say This is that which we have done by our might for the honour of our majestie but God will if he intend good to us confound our breathings and strength yea all that we are or can do Fourthly A true discovery of the Lord confounds a mans Understanding See Prov. 30. 1 2. The words of Agur the son of Jakeh even the prophecie the man spake unto Ithiel even unto Ithiel and Vcal Surely I am more brutish then any man and have not the understanding of a man Our understandings are a great hinderance to us in the knowledge of the things of God and till our understanding of things be destroyed we shall not see into the truth of things Fifthly A true discovery of the Lord destroys our Knowledge We would and do know things and no further then things do sute with our knowledge do we take things to be truth We make our Knowledge the measure of all Truth But a true sight of God will confound it If once you come to see the Lord then you will say you have not the understanding of a man As I was forced to say Sixthly A true sight of the Lord destroys our Wisdom that makes us wise in our own eyes We think we are wise and we need not the wisdom of God whenas our wisdom is foolishness We think we carry our selves wisely but God will destroy the wisdom of the wise We think we are wise to do good and all other wisdom is nothing to our own but a true sight of God will put an end to it Seventhly A true discovery of the Lord destroys all mans Holy walkings Not that I am against holy walkings if they be the holy walkings of Christ it destroyeth all that a man hath trusted in and put confidence in beside the Lord all his natural faith and hope of being saved all his speakings pride selfishness and the like II. A true sight of God doth not onely undo a man but discovers sin to him and makes him cry out that he is a sinner that he is a man of unclean lips that he hath sinned against the Lord Against thee thee onely have I sinned and done this evil It makes a man abhor himself I have heard of thee by the hearing of the ear but now mine eye hath seen thee wherefore I abhor my self and re pent in dust and ashes Job 42. 5 6. III. A true sight of God makes a man cry out that he dwells among a sinful people O it is a wicked people among whom I dwell and live It makes him cry out of their sinfulness A soul that hath seen God cries out of sin whereever he sees it and of his dwelling in the tents of Sechem It doth not onely make a soul cry out that he is a man of polluted lips but makes him acknowledge that the people among whom he dwells are sinful A man that hath seen the Lord will not onely cry out that he himself hath sinned but that those among whom he dwells have sinned IV. A true sight of God makes a man cry out Wo is him wo and destruction belongs to me for I am undone I am a man of polluted lips for I have seen the Lord Friends if once you come to see the Lord then you will cry out Wo is you wo is you we are undone we