SEVERAL Plain Truths Manifested and Declared from the SPIRIT of GOD And born Testimony to by Christ the Apostles and Scriptures of Truth I. Concerning Mount-Sion II. A Distinction betwixt Wars and Armour in the Old Testament and the New III. Concerning CAIN IV. Concerning Uniformity and Conformity V. The Authority of the Church of Christ VI. Concerning Exhorting and Admonishing VII Concerning such as cry against Orders c. By G. F. London Printed and Sold by Andrew Sowle at the Crooked-Billet in Holloway-Lane Shoreditch 1684. Concerning Mount-Sion MOVNT-SION was a Hill higher than all other Hills and it stands northwards in Jerusalem and therefore is called SION that is a Watch-Tower because from this Hill Sion from it one might see the Holy Land and all the Countries thereabouts and upon this Hill David built his City and blew the Trumpet which Mount-Sion and Jerusalem was a Type of a Heavenly Jerusalem and Sion for the Lord said I have set my King or Anointed upon my holy Hill of Sion Heavenly Sion is the Hill or Mountain of Gods Holiness beautiful for Scituation the Joy of the whole Earth is Mount-Sion let Mount-Sion rejoyce Psal 48. For God will save Sion the Salvation of Israel comes out of Sion to wit Christ who is elect and precious laid in Sion but not in the outward Hill or Mount-Sion for Christ was born in Bethlem and David saith by Prophecy concerning Christ O that the Salvation of Israel was come out of Sion when the Lord brings back the Captivity of his People Jacob shall rejoyce and Israel shall be glad Psal 14. And again he saith Let Israel rejoyce in the Lord that made him let the Children of Sion be joyful in their King for Sion shall be redeemed through Judgment and her Converts through Righteousness Is not this Sion Gods People and not the outward Hill For out of Sion shall go forth a Law and the Word of the Lord from Jerusalem Is not this heavenly Jerusalem and heavenly Sion that the Word of the Lord and his Law goes out of and not out of the outward Hill Sion In the last dayes Isaiah saith that the Mountain of the House of the Lord shall be established on the top of all Mountains and exalted above all the Hills and all Nations shall flow unto it Is not this heavenly Mount-Sion and heavenly Jerusalem And Isaiah saith The Lord is exalted for he dwells on high he hath filled Sion with Judgment and Righteousness Sion is called a City of our Solemnity and Jerusalem a quiet habitation a Tabernacle that shall not be taken down not one of the stakes thereof shall ever be removed neither shall any of the Cords thereof be broken Is not this heavenly Jerusalem and heavenly Sion But let the Hypocrites or Sinners of outward Sion or Jerusalem be afraid which may be removed or broken which heavenly Sion or Jerusalem cannot for no unclean thing enters into it O Sion that bringest good Tidings get thee up into the high Mountain of Jerusalem that brings good tidings lift up thy Voice with strength lift it up be not afraid Say unto the City of Judah Behold your God So here 's Sion and Jerusalem that bring good tidings Now do ye think that this was the outward Jerusalem or outward Hill for Christ was born in Bethlem a Cheif Corner Stone elect and precious laid in Sion but it doth not say in the outward Hili Sion Isaiah speakes by prophecy Isa 51. He will comfort all her waste places and he will make her Wilderness like Eden and her Desart like the Garden of the Lord Joy and Gladness shall be found therein Thanks-giving and the Voice of Melody I have put my Words in thy Mouth and have Covered thee even in the Shadow of my hand that I may plant the Heavens and lay the Foundations of the Earth and say unto Sion Thou art my People Here you may see that Sion is Gods People And how beautiful upon the Mountains are the feet of him that brings glad Tidings that publishes Peace that brings good Tidings of good that publisheth Salvation that saith unto Sion Thy God riegns when the Lord shall bring again Sion to wit his People for the outward Mountain with the outward Hill was not removed and the Redeemer shall come to Sion and unto them that are turned from Transgression Isa 59. and Rom. 11. And this Redeemer is Christ And Isaiah saith Who hath seen such a thing and who hath heard such things Shall a Nation be born at once For so soon as Sion travelled she brought forth her Chileren Now here you may see the wonder of Sion's Travel which was not the Great Hill nor Watch-Tower in Jerusalem And Zachariah saith The Lord shall yet Comfort Sion that is his People Zach. 1. And Zachariah saith shout thou Daughter of Sion And again he saith to Sion Let not thy hand be slack so Sion was and is Gods People And Micah saith In the Last dayes c. the Mountain of the house of the Lord shall be established above all the Mountains and it shall be exalted above all the Hills So here is Gods heavenly Mountain or Watch Tower which is above all Hills and Mountains and People shall flow unto it and many Nations shall come and say Come let us go up to the Mountain of the Lord and to the House of the God of Jacob and he will teach us of his wayes and we will walk in his Paths Here God is the Teacher of his People and Nations for these last days are the dayes of Cluist in his New Covenant or Testament where the Lord goes forth from heavenly Sion the Mountain of the House of God established above all Mountains and the Word from heavenly Jerusalem that is above old Jerusalem which was the Word of Faith the Apostles preach't in Peoples Hearts and Mouthes Rom. 10. Micah 4. Isa 2. The Jews in the Old Testament they had the Law given to them at the outward Hill Moum-Sion who had the outward Hill North in Jerusalem called Mount-Sion and read the outward Law in outward Jerusalem but the Mountain of the Lord or heavenly Mount-Sion which is called the Mountain of the House of the Lord is established on the top of all the Mountains and exalted above all the Hills so that all Nations may see it and slow unto it And Obadiah saith Vpon Mount-Sion shall be deliverance c. and saviours shall come upon Mount-Sion to judge the Mount of Esau and the Kingdom shall be the Lords And the Apostle saith Rom. 9. As it is written behold I lay in Sion a Stone of stumbling and a Rock of Offence and whosoever believeth on him shall not be ashamed And Peter saith 1 Epist 2. Behold I lay in Sion a chief Corner Stone elect and precious and he that believeth on him shall not be Confounded to all that believe in him he is precious but unto them that are disobedient he is a Stone of
as in 2 John v. 10. And therefore my Beloved follow not that which is Evil but that which is Good for he that doth good is of God and he that doth evil hath not seen God Here is the true Judgment of a true Watch-man in the Power and Spirit of Christ as many as receive Christ to them he gives Power to become the Sons of God which were born not of Blood nor of the will of the Flesh nor of the will of Man but of God these had Power from Christ to admonish reprove and rebuke such as went out from the Will of God into Sin and Evil and the Apostle said Though I should boast some what more of our Authority which the Lord hath given us for Edification and not for your Destruction So here the Apostles had Authority which the Lord had given them for the Edification of the Church to keep them out of Destruction 2 Cor. 10. And the Apostle said to the Church of Corinth I fear lest when I come I shall not find you as I would and yet I shall be found unto you such as ye woâ—lâ— not lest there be Debates Envying Wrath Strifes c. and lest when I come again my God will humble me amongst you and I should bewail many which have sinned already and have not repented of your Uncleanness Fornication and Lasciviousness which you have committed I write these things being absent lest being present I should use sharpness according to the Power which the Lord hath given me to Edification and not to Destruction Here you see the Authority and Power from the Lord the Apostles had to judge such as these for the Edification of them that profess Christianity not for their Destruction 2 Cor. 11.12 And the Apostle faith For to this end also did I write that I might know the truth of you whether ye be obedient in all things to whom ye forgave any thing I forgave it for your sakes in the Person of Christ So here you may see where there was an Obedience to the Truth there was a Forgiveness in Christ 2 Cor. 2. And the Apostle saith For verily as absent in Body but present in the Spirit I have judged already as though I was present concerning him that has done this Deed in the Name of the Lord Jesus when you are gathered together and my Spirit with the Power of our Lord Jesus Christ to deliver such a one unto Satan for the destruction of the Flesh c. Know ye not a little Leaven leavens the whole lump purge out therefore the old Leaven that ye may be a new lump 1 Cor. 5. Here you see the Apostle and the Church of Christ had Power and Authority from Christ to cast out and to purge out that which is Evil or the old Leaven out of the Church of Christ that they may be a new lump for the Apostle said He would shortly come to the Church of the Corinthians if the Lord will and I will not know the Speech of them which are puft up but the Power to wit of the Speech for the Kingdom of God is not in Word but in Power So here the Apostle in his Authority in the Power of Christ would know the Power of Christ in others and would have the Church of Christ to do the same for the Apostle saith Do ye not know that the Saints shall judge the World So the sanctified which are made holy judge the unholy World And again Know ye not that ye shall judge Angels Angels are Spirits they that keep their habitation in the Truth and are in the Spirit of Christ do judge the Angels and Spirits that are â—aâ—â—â— from the Truth and their Habitation in the Truth yea I say the Devil and his Angels in whom is no Truth they that walk in the Truth and live in the Power and Spirit of Jesus do judge such and therefore it was a shame to the Church of Christ who had this Power to judge small things to go to Law one with another before the uâ—bâ—lieving World whom they had Power to judge and not to set up the least in the Church to judge of outward things pertaining to this Life seeing they had the Power to judge of greater matters So here you may see the Church of Christ hath Power from Christ to judge the Angels to judge the World and to judge in outward matters of things that pertain to this Life 1 Cor. 6. Concerning Exhortation and Admonition COncerning Exhortation Judas and Silas c. exhorted the Brethren with many Words and comforted them Acts 15. And the Apostle confirmed the Souls of the Disciples and exhorted them to continue in the Faith and that we must through many Tribulations enter into the Kingdom of God when he had ordained them Elders in every Church c. they commended them to the Lord whom they believed Acts 14. So you may see here was Elders ordained in every Church and the aged Women are commended as well as the Men as in Titus 2. And Barnabas exhorted the Church of Antioch yea he exhorted them all that with purpose of heart they would cleave unto the Lord Acts 11. And the Brethren wrote exhorting to receive Apollos who when he was come into Achia helped them much who had believed through Grace Here you may see it was the practice of the Church of Christ of exhorting and did help them which believed through Grace Acts 18. And you may see in Acts 20. how the Apostle had given the Church of Macedonia much Exhortation and this Exhortation was in the Spirit and Power of Christ for Christ gave to his Disciples Power and Authority over all Devils c. Luk. 9. And the Apostles exhorted the Thessalonians to exhort 2 Thes 3. and in Thes 4.1 and said We beseech you Brethren and exhort you by the Name of the Lord Jesus that as you have received of us how ye ought to walk and please God And said Moreover ye know how that we exhorted and comforted and charged every one of you c. that ye walk worthy of God who hath called you unto his Kingdom and Glory 1 Thes 2. wherefore comfort your selves together and exhort and edifie one another even as ye also do and we exhort you Brethren warn them that are Unruly and comfort the Feeble-minded and support the Weak and be patient towards all Men. Here you may see the Church hath Authority both to support and comfort and exhort and warn the Unruly 1 Thes 5. And you may see how the Apostles did command and exhort such as walk disorderly in 2 Thes 3. And the Apostle did exhort saying Save your selves from this untoward Generation Acts 20.40 And the Apostle exhorted the Marriners that were in the Ship To be of good cheer for there shall be no loss of any mans Life I believe in God and that it shall be even as it was told me to wit by the Lord Acts 27. And the Apostle saith
to Timothy Give attendance to Reading to Exhortation to Doctrine neglect not the Gift that is in thee and bad Timothy Teach and Exhort and to be an Example to the Believers in Word Conversation Faith Charity and Purity 1 Tim. 2.4 6. And the Apostle exhorts Timothy Preach the Word in season and out of season reprove rebuke exhort with all Long-suffering and Doctrine the time will come when they will not endure sound Doctrine but turn their Ears away from the Truth and heap to themselves Teachers having itching Ears And therefore ye see the Churches authority to Exhort Rebuke and Reprove such 2 Tim. 4. But the Apostle saith to Timothy Rebuke not an Elder but entreat him as a Father and the elder Women as Mothers c. 1 Tim. 5. And the Apostle saith to Titus in Chap. 2. Exhort rebuke with all Authority and exhort Servants to be obedient to their own Masters c. that they may adorn the Doctrine of God in all things And the Apostle exhorted Titus To set in order the things that are wanting in Creet and ordain Elders in every City as I had appointed thee And they were to be such as were able by sound Doctrine both to exhort and convince Gain-sayers and the Apostle exhorted Titus To rebuke sharply the Vnruly and vain Talkers and Deceivers Tit. 1. And Titus received the Apostles Exhortation when they sent him to the Corinthians 2 Cor. 8. And the Apostle said A man that is a Heretick after the first and second Admonition reject And the Apostle saith Let us consider one another to provoke one another unto good Works not forsaking the assembling of our selves together as the manner of some is but exhorting one another and so much the more as ye see the Day approach to wit of Christ Jesus Heb 10 24 25. And the Apostle said â—eseech you Brethren suffer ye the Word of Exhortation c. Heb. 13. And the Apostle saith to the Colosians Let the Word of Christ dwell in you richly in all Wisdom teaching and admonishing one another c. Col. 3. So here you may see the Church of Christ from his Word dwelling in them were able to teach and admonish one another from the Word of Wisdom in them So it seems then they did not set a Priest over them that he might be always teaching of them and they might be always paying of them And the Apostle saith to the Romans Rom. 15.14 I my self also am perswaded of you my Brethren that ye are full of Goodness and filled with all Knowledge able also to Admonish one another So here you may see the Church of the Romans were able to admonish one another then without setting up of Colledges to make Priests to admonish them and therefore as the Apostle saith to the Philippians in Chap. 2. That ye may be blameless and harmless the Sons of God without rebuke in the midst of a Crocked Generation among whom ye shine as Lights in the World holding forth the Word of Life And the Apostle saith I have sent Tythicus unto you the Ephesians that he might know your Affairs and he might Comfort your Hearts Ephes 6. Here the Churches knew and made known the Affairs one of another in the Lord. And Jude exhorted the Church in his general Epistle That they should earnestly contend for the Faith which was once delivered to the Saints or sanctified Ones which Faith Christ is the author and finisher of And now had all Christendom contended for this Faith or Belief then they would not have made so many Faiths or Beliefs to kill and destroy one another about which had they kept in Christs saving Faith which saves and doth not destroy and with that Shield of Faith ye do not War with Flesh and Blood to destroy it And the Lord sent Jeremiah to admonish the Children of Israel that they should not go into Egypt but they disobeyed the Word of the Lord unto Jeremiah and went into Egypt therefore Jeremiah told them They should dye in the Land of Egypt and should be consumed Jer. 42.43 44. Here you may see what became of them that disobeyed the admonishment of the Lord and his Prophet and therefore Solomon saith Better is a poor and a wise Child then an old and soolish King who will no more be admonished or knoweth not to be admonished Eccles 4. And Solomon saith The words of the Wise are as Goards and as Nails fastened by the Masters of Assemblies c. by these my Son be admonished Eccles 12. So it is good for all to receive the Exhortations and Admonishments from the Power and Spirit of Christ and Christ bad John write unto the Church of Thyatira and that he had a few things against them because they suffered Jezabel to teach c. Rev. 2. And so you may see this Church came under Reproof because they did not make use of their Power and Authority in the Spirit of Christ to judge Jezabel's Spirit and therefore the Church of Christ now is not to suffer Jezabel's Spirit lest they come under the same Reproof if they suffer that Jezabel's Spirit to teach now as then And here you may see how that Christ hath given his Church Power and Authority in his holy Spirit to admonish exhort judge reprove and rebuke in his Power and Spirit G. F. Concorning such as cry against Orders GOD is a God of Order and not of Consusion and the Apostle saith to the Church of Christ Let all things be done decently and in Order Mark all things in the Church of Christ So then there is nothing to be done undecently out of the Order of the peaceable Truth for God is not the author of Confusion or Tumults or Unquietness but of Peace in all the Churches of the Saints and therefore if God be not the Author of such Confusion Tumults and Unquietness but of Peace in all the Churches of the Saints therefore then confused tumultuous unquiet undesent and disorderly Spirits with the Power and Spirit of God they must be admonished to the peaceable Spirit of God in them and with it judge out the contrary else the Church of Christ in its power and peaceable spirit can have no unity with them but with the spirit and power of Christ judge that undesent confused tumultuous unquiet disorderly Spirit for God as I said before is a God of Order but the Devil which is the Worlds God hath made the World like a Wilderness which lies in Wickedness and this Devil or Satan in whom there is no Truth the power of death and darkness and confusion got into Adam and Eve by their disobedience and rules in the hearts of the Disobedient where all tumults disquietness confusion and disorders are for who went and go into disobedience from God they went and are gone from his Image from the innocency and simplicity and his power and spirit within and so go out and from his Power Spirit and Image in which his
And Jesus said unto Pilate My Kingdom is not of this World if my Kingdom were of this World then would my Servants fight that I should not be delivered to the Jews but now is my Kingdom not from hence that is of this World John 18.36 Here you may see a distinction betwixt the New Covenant and the Old and the Kingdom of Christ and the Kingdoms of this World and their Arms and Armour G. F. THe Apostle exhorts the Ephesians My Brethren said he be strong in the Lord and in the Power of his Might put on the whole Armour of God that ye may be able to stand against the Wiles of the Devil for we wrestle not against Flesh and Blood but against Principalities Powers and Rulers of Darkness of this World and against spiritual wickedness in high places Wherefore take unto you the whole Armour of God that you may be able to stand in the Evil day and having done all or overcome all to stand Therefore having your Loyns girded about with Truth and having on the Breast-Plate of Righteousness and your feet shod with the preparation of the Gospel of Peace above all taking the Sheild of Faith wherewith ye shall be able to quench all the siery Darts of the wicked and take the Helmet of Salvation and the Sword of the Spirit which is the Word of God and praying always with all Prayer and Supplication in the Spirit Mark in the spirit they are to pray watching thereunto with all perseverance and supplication for all the Saints Is not this generally to be practised now by all true Christians as it was in the Apostles dayes And the Apostle saith to the Romans The night is far spent the day is at hand let us therefore cast off the works of Darkness and let us put on the Armour of Light So Light you see is your Armour which will defend you against Darkness and the Prince of the Power of it and their Weapons and all such that hate the Light of Christ and are against it are naked and are without the Light which is the true Armour and you may see what the Saints did do and what Victory they had with the sheild of Faith in Heb. 11. And the Apostle said He was set for the defence of the Gospel which is the Power of God and that was in the Sheild of Faith And David said Thou O Lord art a sheild for me my Glory and the Lifter up of my Head So he is now to all his People And further Thou hast given me the sheild of thy salvation and thy Right Hand hath holden me up and thy gentleness hath made me great All must feel this Sheild of Salvation from God and if they be held up it must be by his Right Hand And again David saith The Lord is my strength and my Shield my Heart trusteth in him and I am helped therefore my hreat greatly rejoyceth and with my Tongue will I praise him This was not an outward Shield but the Lord was his strength and his Shield So God is to all his People in all their Troubles And David said The Lord is my Rock and my Fortress and my Delivâ—â—eâ— â—y God my strength in whom I will trust my Buckler and the Horn of my Salvation my High Tower Mark a Rock Fortress Deliverer Strength Horn of Salvation High Tower the Lord God was so to David and is so to all his People God's Way is perfect the Word of the Lord is tryed and endures forever and God is a Buckler to all those that trust in him And again saith David The Eyes of the Lord are upon them that fear him c. to deliver their Souls from Death and to keep them alive from Famine And David said plead my Cause O Lord with them that strive with me fight against them that fight against me take hold of Shield and Buckler and stand up for my help c. and stop the way against them that persecute me and say unto my Soul I am thy Salvation Here David lookt unto the Lord his Shield and Buckler and his help to plead his Cause against them that strove and fought against him and so should all Gods People And David saith I will Sing of thy Power yea I will Sing a loud of thy Mercy for thou hast been my Defence and Refuge in the day of my Trouble And therefore let all Gods People now know the Lord to be their Defence and Refuge in time of Trouble And David said The Lord is only my Rock and my Salvation he is my Defence I shall not be greatly moved so he is to all his People David saith Blessed is the man whose strength is in thee they grow from strength every one of them in Sion appear before God Behold O God our Sheild look upon the Face of thine anointed for the Lord God is a Son and a Sheild and the Lord will give Grace and Glory and no good thing will he with-hold from them that walk uprightly he shall cover thee with his Feathers thou shalt not be affraid of the Terrour by night nor for the Pestilence that walketh in Darkness nor for the Destruction that wasteth at the noon day and under the Lords Wings thou shalt trust his Truth shall be thy Sheild and Buckler so no outward Sheild or Buckler but the Lord is my Defence and the Rock of my refuge So he is of all Gods People O! Ye that fear the Lord trust in the Lord he is their help c. their Sheild that trust in him for thou art my hiding-place and my Sheild my hope is in thy Word depart from me ye Evil Doers for I will keep the Commands of my God Here is the bold confidence and steadfastness of all Gods People Blessed be the Lord my Strength my Goodness my Fortress my High-Tower and my Deliverer and my Shield and he in whom I trust c. Here you may see the Lord was all to David who said I know the Lord will maintain the cause of the Afflicted and the Right of the Poor c. Therefore as the Apostle saith to the Thessalonians let us who are of the day be sober putting on the Brest-plate of Faith and Love and for a Helmet the Hope of Salvation This was the Children of Lights heavenly Armour and Defence which they had from God and Christ and not out of Smiths shops for such will not defend them from the Devil G. F. Concerning Cain ANd the Lord God said unto Cain If thou dost well shalt thou not be accepted if thou dost not well sin lies at thy Door and unto thee shall be his desire c. So here you may see it is not only saying or talking well but acting and doing well if they be accepted with the Lord God for if ye talk and say never so well and if ye do not do well but evil sin lies at the Door of your Hearts and gets into your Hearts if ye do evil
and then makes you Persecutors and Murderers like Cain and so not doing well ye do not rule over sin but sin gets into you and rules over you and the Lord God hath no respect to such nor their Offerings nor Sacrifices nor fair Speeches nor good Words that do not well But if ye do well then the Lord God will accept you as you may see in Gen. 4. And Christ saith Blessed is that faithful Servant whom the Lord when he comes shall find so doing to wit doing the will of God Christ said to his Disciples when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you say we are unprofitable Servants we have done that which was but our duty to do Luke 17 So here you may see that which would beast of his doings is to be kept down and keptout for it is every Servant of Gods duty to do his will And the Jews said unto Pilate Crucifie him Crucifie him to wit Christ and Pilate said three times over What Evil hath he done Luke 23. But the Jews that did evil could not accuse him of any evil that he had done for Châ—â—â—â— to bruise the Serpents head and destroy the Devil and hiâ— Works and to finish Transgression and to make an end of Sin and to bring ever lasting Righteousness into the Hearts of his People And Peter said Of a Truth I perceive that God is no Respecter of Persons but in every Nation he that fears God and worketh Righteousness is accepted with him So here you may see it is not he that talketh of Righteousness out of the fear of God and worketh not Righteousness is accepted with the Righteous God as in Acts 10.35 For Christ saith Every one that doth evil hates the Light neither comes to the Light lest his Deeds should be reproved Now here you may see who are them that hate the Light of Christ who is the Life in him who enlightens every man that comes into the World every one that doth evil hates the saving heavenly Light of Christ which they should believe in and become Children of the Light and they that do evil and hate the Light neither come to the Light lest their Deeds should be reproved all these Doers of Evil and Haters of the Light of Christ and will not come to it lest their evil deeds should be reproved all such God nor Christ doth not accept their Offerings nor Sacrifices and such that hate the Light of Christ hate Christ though they may preach him and profess him in words yet they persecute and hate the Believers in the Light of Christ which are the Children of the Light and walk in the Light and are the Children of the day of Christ And again Christ saith He that doth Truth comes to the Light that his deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God So it is not he that only talks of Truth but Mark he that doth Truth comes to the heavenly and spiritual Light of Christ that with his spiritual Light he may see his deeds that they are wrought in God this is a blessed work and a blessed sight to see and a happy comfort and a satisfaction to every one and such God doth accept and respect their Offering and all the Children of the Lord are to be tender one to another for Christ saith If I then your Lord and Master have washt your feet ye also ought to wash one anothers feet for I have given you an Example that ye should do as I have done unto you as in John 13. And this is a Practice of Humility in condescending in the tender Light of Christ one to another And John in his general Epistle saith Little Children let no man deceive you he that doth Righteousness is Righteous even as he is Righteous whosoever doth not Righteousness is not of God c. So here you may see it is not the Puft-up Boasters and Talkers of Righteousness but them that do it are of God And was it not the Reason that Cain slew his Brother because his works were Evil and Abel's were Righteous And is it not the cause now of Prisoning and Persecuting both with Tongue and Hand because their Works are Evil and of them that did and doth persecute the Righteous now but let them not be weary in well-doing for in due season they shall reap if they faint not for they that do evil sow to the flesh and shall of the flesh reap corruption but he that is in the Spirit of God sows to the Spirit and shall of the Spirit reap Life Eternal And whatsoever good thing any man doth the same shall he receive of the Lord whether he be bond or free for there is no respect of Persons with God for he doth accept all that are the Servants of Christ and do the Will of God from their Hearts but he that doth wrong receives for the wrong which he hath done for God is no respecter of Persons for he doth render to every man according to his deeds but them who by patience continue 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 Unrighteousness Indignation Wrath Tribulation and Anguish upon every Soul of man that doth Evil of the Jew first and also of the Gentile but Glory Honour and Peace to every man that worketh good to the Jew first and also to the Gentile for there is no respect of Persons with God And as Christ saith Every good Tree bringeth forth good Fruit and a corrupt Tree bringeth forth evil Fruit. So by their fruits Trees are known for it is not every one that saith Lord Lord shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven but he that doth the Will of my Father which is in Heaven So here you may see that it is not only the Talkers of God and Christ that enter into the Kingdom of God but every one that hears the Sayings of Christ and doth them is likened to a Wise man which built his House upon a Rock that neither the Rain Floods nor Wind shall beat it down because it is founded upon a Rock but every one that hears the sayings of Christ and doth them not is likned to a foolish man which built his House upon the Sand and the Rain and the Floods and the Winds beat upon his House and it falls and great is the fall of it These are them that do not the Will of God these are the Sayers and not Doers these are them that walk not in the Light nor Grace nor Truth nor Spirit nor Gospel of Christ these are the Hearers of the Word but not Doers of the Word which deceive their own selves and are likned to a man that beholds his natural face in a Glass and streight way forgets what manner of man he was but that man which is the doer of the Work and the Word of God is blessed in his deed to him
holy Order is and go out of simplicity and innocency into subtilty and craft for the Devil that abode not in the Truth and his followers that disobey God and his Truth which follow the Devil in whom there is no Truth there is no order but confusion Truth hath an order for all things that God did make by Jesus Christ upholds all things by his Word and Power So with his Word and Power he keeps all things in their places and in their order in their times and in their seasons the Summer and the Winter the Night and the Day the Sun Moon and the Stars all things are kept in order by the Word of God and his Power and the Earth is the Lords and the fullness thereof and the Sea and the fullness therein So both the Earth and the Sea and all things therein are kept in their order by the Word and Power of God by which they were made by which they are upheld So all the works of the Lord praise him and all men and women that are in the Truth which makes them free from him that abode not in the Truth in whom there is no Truth So all Gods free People or Children that are made free indeed by the Truth are in the order of the Truth and in the order of the Spirit of God and in the order of the Gospel and are in the order of the Light the Life in Christ and are over the foul Spirit of Disorder in the Land of Death and Darkness as the Scripture saith A Land of Darkness as Darkness it self and of the shadow of Death without any Order Mark without any Order where the Light is as Darkness This Spirit may cry out against Orders whose Habitation is Darkness without any order but as the Lord saith Who offers up Praise glorifies me and he that orders his Conversation aright shall see the Salvation of God Now here is a particular Order for every man and woman to observe for the steps of a good man are ordered by the Lord and he delight in his way Psal 37. The Lord hath sworn and will not repent speaking of Christ Thou art a Priest forever after the order of Melchizedeck Psal 110. Heb. 5. and Christ is not called after the order of Aaron Heb. 7. Here you may see Melchizedeck the Priest was not made without an Order and Aaron's Priesthood was made by an order of God according to his Rod's budding in the Tabernacle and Christ was not a Priest made without an Order which is after the order of Melchizedeck and his Royal Priesthood which offers up spiritual Sacrifices acceptable to God are in his spiritual Order and in the Order of the spirit of God And Isaiah saith chap. 9. Vnto us a Child is born unto us a Son is given and the Government shall be upon his Shoulders So here Christ bears up his Government and of the increase of his Government and Peace there shall be no end for Christ orders it and establishes it c. So Christ's Government is a peaceable Government and there is no strife in it and Christ's Government is peaceable in his Power Light and Spirit And the Apostle after he had exhorted the Corinthians of many things said The rest I will set in order when I come and this was by the Power and Spirit of Christ And the Apostle saith to Titâ—â— I left thee in Creet that thou shouldst set in order the things that be wanting and that thou ordain Elders in every City as I have appointed thee And in the 2d chapt ye may see how he speaks of the Qualifications of the aged men and the aged women that were to be teachers of good things and of the younger c. Now here you may see the Apostle was for good Order and established good Order in the Church of Christ and encouraged Titus to set in order and ordain Elders in every City in Creet which were wanting so that all the Church of Christ might be kept in the Order and Power and Spirit of Christ And the Apostle saith to the Colosians Though I be absent in the flesh yet I am with you in the spirit joying and beholding your Order and the stedfastness of your Faith in Christ and as you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord so walk in him Now here you may see the Church of Christ had a spiritual order though the Apostle was absent in the flesh from them yet he was present with them in his spirit with which spirit he rejoyced and beheld their spiritual order so in this spiritual order must all Gods People live though they be absent in Body one from another yet in the spirit they may rejoyce beholding the spiritual order that is in the Church of Christ and the stedfastness of one anothers Faith in Christ Jesus who is the Author and Finisher of it G. 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