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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A46916	Strength in Weakness or The burning bush not consumed Being an answer (formerly published under this title) to two letters written by James Naylor. To which is now added several other papers written since by the same hand (whereof one is intituled, The secret shootings of the wicked reproved.) With a reply thereunto, as also to the rest respectively. By J.J. Published at the request of some, for the satisfaction of others: and tendred to the serious perusall of the impartiall and un-prejudic'd reader.	Jackson, John, fl. 1651-1657.; Naylor, James, 1617?-1660. Secret shooting of the wicked, reproved.	1655 (1655)	Wing J78B; ESTC R216982	27,934	42

things spoken by both parties are reconcileable and that there is no lye to be devided between us nor applyed to either of us for that her soul was in bitterness and conflict at thy charge layd upon her 't is evident which sent her to him who alone knows how to deliver his sons and daughters when they fly and cry unto him and before her answer was returned to thee was heard in what she feared The strength of Israel was prevailed with and it was said unto her soul I will set him at liberty from him that puffeth at him thus of weak was made strong by the arm of the mighty God of Iacob who had set her above thy charge and therefore well might she say at the sending the Answer to thee I am no way troubled at thy continued charges thus hast thou this filth wiped off and needest not be troubled except it be that thou hast spoken unadvisedly with thy lips in accusing the innocent Reprover Onely I shall let thee see in a few words what a body of confusion is in this daughter thou art boasting of She saies she knows her self assuredly to be in the Kingdom of God yet still kept groaning for Adoption Reply Hast thou fairly and honestly recited passages or hast thou not injured the truth in this thy recital shouldst not thou have used her own words when thou sayst she sayes Thou shouldst have said the Kingdom of Grace for so saith the Letter And hast thou not left out a material sentence which manifestly alters the case and makes it speak another thing then is intended the words in the Letter are these Yet nevertheless am still kept groaning waiting for the Adoption to wit the redemption of my body Which last clause thou hast wholly omitted which is the explanation of the former and may not be read without it Was it not an aggravation of the fault in the Tempter to pretend Scripture to back his temptation with an omission of a material part of a sentence Mat. 4. 6. I will not apply it perhaps thou mightst do it ignorantly not willingly however at best it was not fair to say no more 2. But why should it seem to thee a thing incredible and be branded with so much contempt that a son or daughter of God who hath received the spirit of Adoption of Sonship and translated into the kingdom of the dear Son of Love the Lord Jesus that such should groan within themselves waiting for the Adoption to wit the Redemption of their body Hast thou never heard of a company of Redeemed ones who were delivered from the power of darkness and translated into the kingdom of the dear son of the Fathers love in whom they have redemption through his blood the forgiveness of sins Yet even these redeemed ones these that are thus translated into the kingdom of his dear son are advised to take heed of being spoyled through Philosophy and vain deceit after the tradition of men after the rudiments of the world and not after Christ These are further exhorted to mortifie their members which are upon the earth to put off anger and to put on bowels of mercy and above all to put on Love which is the bond of Perfectness There is all this and much more to be found in that Letter or Estle written by Paul to the Colossians who also testifies it was his own case as appears in the eighth of the Romans where notwithstanding that the Law of the spirit of life in Christ Jesus had made him free from the Law of sin and death verse the second and that he and the beleeving Romans had the witness in themselves the spirit it self bearing witness with their spirits that they were the children of God and had received the spirit of Adoption whereby they did cry Abba Father Yet nevertheless this holy and blessed witness of Jesus Paul himself and others with him notwithstanding they had received the spirit of Adoption and all that is above mentioned yet account it but as a first fruits of the spirit and groan within themselves waiting for the Adoption to wit the Redemption of the body these were those who were heirs of God and joynt heirs with Christ who nevertheless waited for the Adoption in the sence mentioned before here is no cover no gloss no interpretation no meanings but plain testimonie of Scripture to which agrees that which is witnessed of the condition of other Saints of God who although they were translated into the kingdom of the dear son yet had somthing still to be subdued and mortified and were to cleanse themselves from all pollution or filthiness both of flesh and spirit perfecting holyness in the fear of God These things considered I hope thou wilt see cause to cease to condemn the generation of the righteous because they dare not say they are perfect though notwithstanding through the strength of Christ they are going on to perfection striving against sin watching against it and warring against it and assured in their measure that they shall one day be more then conquerors through him that loves them who both teacheth their hands to fight and their fingers to war and what else meanes those words of this friend whom thou dost charge with obstinate wickedness who saith in these words following Through Grace I can testifie the gracious preservation my heavenly father doth daily visit me with a teaching leading power of his holy spirit whereby I finde my self in the kingdom of Grace not shut out as thou sayest by my comprehension nor vain imagination having received union with that holy spirit in my measure do daily take counsel and try first my own deceivings which are within me and those also which are without which causeth me to turn away from so many who professe they are sent messengers from the Lord The good Lord I beleeve assuredly will as he hath faithfully promised to my soul break every yoke of sinful covenant within me it is no grief of heart but true joy yea wonderfully more then my pen at this season can express to feel and find the increase of his grace in my soul with his peace which passeth mans understanding yea even thy deep censures This may suffice to clear away that body of confusion at which thou art so causelesly offended and so grossy stumblest Reprover And had she known the kingdom of God in her she had never wondred how I-durst adventure to write to one whose face I had not seen as she doth in her Paper and saies she consider whether ever the Apostles or Prophets thou art like herein Art thou not still out of the way wouldst thou bear it from another see if thou hast not again varied the case much and judge if it be fair Doth the Letter say she wondered how thou durst adventure to writt to one whose face thou hadst not seen or doth it not say I therefore doe the more wonder how thou durst adventure upon one thou knowest not

shall not the least of wise men Iudge thee and thy spirit nay hast thou not helped on the Devils Kingdom with lies as I shall bring no other witness against thee herein but her whom thou so highly commends for says thou her temptations afflictions and conflict was repeated and renewed so often as opportunity was given by her new visiters which visiters are these letters which thou hast published but saith she I am no way troubled at such continued charges Now how must this be divided betwixt you seeing the one at least must be the Lyar both in this and divers other things I might instance but I delight not to rake into such filth onely I shall let thee see in a few words what a body of confusion is in this daughter thou art boasting of which shame might have been hid had it not been for your glorying against the truth and thuogh to me both thou and she is known without words yet before others who yet judge things according to the outward appearance I shall tak but a word or two out of her own mouth where by her foundation might be discovered to the least of those who know the Kingdom She says she knows her self assuredly to be in the Kingdom of God yet still kept groaning for Adoption I say the Kingdome of God consists not in groaning for Adoption but in righteousness peace and joy in that which is holy and none are there but ons who are Adopted no farther in the Kingdom then new-born and self denyed though shesay herself is in the Kingdom which never came so far as a Disciple where self is standing much less not into the Kingdom Further she confesses her own deceivings yet within her unjudged which are yet to try and the yoke of sinful convenant in her yet unbroken all which and much more may be taken from her own pen without wronging her as her Letters by thee published may witness yet withal this she says She knows her self to be in the Kingdom of God when it is no other but exalted into the Chambers of your own imaginary for all who knows the Kingdom of God can witness against you that no such unclean stuffe comes there no self nor self-deceivings no sin nor sinful covenant comes there all this is in the Kingdome of Satan and not of God never was nor ever shall be blessed be God who hath condemned out all that filth and confusion and all that lives in it that he may keep his Kingdom pure therefore do the Virgins love him And had she known the Kingdome of God in her she had never wondred how I durst adventure to write to one whose face I had not seen as she doth in her Paper and says she consider whether ever the Apostles or Prophets thou art like herein I say did not God command his servants to write his Message to strange Lands and strange persons and did he first send them to look upon their faces to know what to write to them or doth that add to his Word Oh shame with your blindness herein is God become as blinde as you who cannot judge but by carnal appearance and will you limit him to your selves that eye never saw Prophets nor Prophesies Christ nor Apostles but this is all you know of God or his Word his Iudgments and Kingdom who are blind and deaf as to the invisible and so the visible and carnal Iudges judging God to be like your selves imagines self to be in the Kingdom but the blind and deaf comes not there in that state Had God no other servants but such as you it might be long ere the obedience of Christ and his sufferings should be manifest in flesh for the gathering his seed into the light as ever he did send them to strange people who declared his Word to them whose faces they had not seen to open their blind eyes and so bring them out of darkness into the light to be seen which to her is a wonder And this is thy daughter thou boasts on and calls her a daughter of Abraham who is a daughter of disobedience strengthening her self against the Word of the Lord because the instrument had not seen her face resisting in her own will the tender of eternal love and this thou calts Strength in Weakness which is obstinate wickedness and that both she and thou must know when you have finished your measure and of her blood I am cleer for ever And this is the bush thou boasts of which is not consumed though fire be in it I say there is a time when the fire is in the Bush and the Bush unconsumed then is the Seed of God in Egypt under Pharaoh and the Magitians and in that state death raigns from Adam till Moses Also there is a time when the light of Israel doth burn up the Bush and devour the Briars and Thorns in one day then is that God known who is a consuming fire to all that choaks his seed go learn what this means then shalt thou see whereof thou art glorying and under that glory a fire shall be kindled Who would set Briars and Thorns against me in battel I will go through them and burn them together Thy murmuring against the Northern people is come before the Lord Thus saith the Lord I have raised one from the North from the rising of the Sun is he come upon you as upon morter and clay who declares from the beginning knows him and who is before time can say that he is righteous but thou canst not hear him nor declare him who consumes the Bushes and makes plain before him that he may plant in the Wilderness and make it a Land of springs for the poor and needy to drink at where shall come no more fear of Briars and Thorns but the little ones shall feed safely this death knows not only the fame you have got Woe to you brambles and bushes who tears the lambs on every side Josephs bough you know not nor its fruit though you have got it to talk of you are the fruit of the cursed ground your end is to hand yet a lamentation there is that doth not change for the seeds sake By a lover of your Souls James Naylor A word to the Reprover Or some Animadversions upon the foregoing Paper AS now the living God is visiting and gathering his seed out of bondage and confusion so hath he been ever doing from the time of the manifesting his pleasure in that word of Grace Gen. 3. 15. if by the seed be intended the remnant whom the Lord our God shall call Acts 2. 39. Rom. 8. 28. Revel. 12. 17. Revel. 17. 14. That seed of whom its said A seed shall serve him it shall be accounted to the Lord for a generation Psal. 22. 30. This seed hath the most high been gathering since the time of their first scattering and for that cause among others is Iesus Christ said to be the same yesterday to day and for