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A88248 The resurrection of John Lilburne, now a prisoner in Dover-Castle, declared and manifested in these following lines penned by himself, and now at his desire published in print in these following words. Lilburne, John, 1614?-1657. 1656 (1656) Wing L2176; Thomason E880_5; ESTC R206594 27,124 25

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Joh. 5.10 self that I am already truly and really attained in substantial and witnessed within me real truth with the young men in Christ spoken of by the Apostle c 1 Joh. 2.13 John to a good measure or degree in overcoming the wicked one within me so that now I am able to witness in truth and righteousnes that the true grounds or reall occasions of all outward wars and all carnal bustings and all fleshly st●ivings within me is in a very large measure or degree become dead or crucified within me wen true grounds real occasions of all the outward iron and steel sword war in the world and all the w●cked and fleshly fore-runners of it and dependants upon it truly riseth from its fountain the raging power of sin or lust within in carnal and unregenerated unsanctified and unjustied before God mens hearts as is plainly truly witnessed by the apostle d Jam. 4.1 2 3 4. James in these words From whence comes wars and fightings among you come they not hence even of your lusts that war in your members ye lust and have not ye kill and desire to have and cannot obtain ye fight and war yet ye have not because ye ask not Ye ask and receive not because ye ask amiss that you may consume it upon your lusts Ye Adulterers and Adulteresses know you not that the friendship of the world is enmity with God whosoever therefore will be a friend to the world that spiritual Kingdom of Satan in unsanctified mens souls is the enemy of God And therefore Christ the true Lord of the soul and the true Head-Master and King of that heavenly spiritual kingdome as the Devil or Prince of the air is the Head-Master King or God of the Kingdom of this world in the hearts of the children of unsanctified and unjustified disobedient e Eph. 2.2.3.5 6.11 2 Cor. 4.4 Jam. 1.13 14 15. Joh. 12.3 16.11 Rom. 6.16.20 2 Tim. 2.26 2 Pet. 2.19 1. Joh. 3.8.10 men that he hath provided for all redeemed sanctified justified and righteous f Rom. 6. ●0 22 23. 8.1 2 3 4. Rom. 14.17 15.13 14. 1 Cor. 4.20 2 Cor. 4 6. Gal. 5.22 23 24. Eph. 5 7 8 9. Heb. 12.22 23. 1 Joh. 1.5 6 7. Rev. 6.14 15 16 17 21.3 4.22 23. 22.1 2 3 4. Isa 60.19 20 21. souls declares at his very answer before Pilate for his life and saith My Kingdome 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 [g] Joh. 18.36 hence and therefore it was when Judas betrayed this spiritual King Christ into the hands of his murdering enemies and that his servant Simon h Joh 18.10 Peter stretched out his hand and drew his sword and stroke a servant of the High Priests and smote off his ear that this spiritual King Lord and Master cured the wounded man although he was his i Luke 22.50 51. enemy commanded his servant Peter to put up his sword again in his place further saying to him For all they that take the Sword mark it well shall perish with the k Mat. 26.51 52 53. see Gen. 9.6 Rev. 13.10 Sword Thinkest thou that I cannot now pray to my Father and he shall presently give me more then twelve l A constituted full Roman Legion of souldiers at this time as I remember the Roman Histories was reputed to be commonly about 7 or 8000. men Legions of Angells And therefore all the whole Laws of his inward and spiritual Kingdome are made in quite opposition against the Laws of the meer glorious out-side kingdome of the God and Prince of this world unto which two Masters or Kings or Law-givers it is impossible for any man in the world or upon this globy earth to be a servant to them both at one the same m Mat. ●24 Luke 16.13 time but he that commits sin is the servant of sin and so the servant of the n Joh. 8.34.41 42 44. Rom. 6.16 2 Per. 2.19 1 John 3.8.10 devil and he that is the servant of sin is free from righteousness and so from being a servant or subject unto o Rom. 6.17 18 20 21 22 23 1 Joh. 1.6 cap. 3.3 4 5 6 9. 5.1 2 3 4 18 19. Joh. 7.17 8.31 32. 9.31 12.26 14.15.21 23 24. 15.4.7.10.14 Christ And therefore the Spirit of Christ this spiritual inside-King dwelling in the Apostle Paul declares that there is no fellowship betwixt righteousness and unrighteousness nor no communion betwixt light and darkness nor no concord betwixt Christ and Belial nor no harmony betwixt the true beleever that knows p Joh. 17.3 God and the infidel and such are all they that truly knows not q 1 Thess 4 5. Se Tit. 1.16 Ex. 5.2 Psal 79.6 Jer. 10.25 Ro. 1.19.21 Eph. 4.17 8 19. God And there he further demands what agreement hath the Temple of God with Idols for ye are saith he to the true knowers of God in Corinth the Temple of the living God as God hath r Levit. 26.12 said I will dwell in them and walk in them and I will be their God and they shall be my people wherefore come out from among them and be ye s Isa 52.11 separate saith the Lord and touch not mark it well the unclean thing and I will receive you and will be a Father unto t Jer. 31.1 you and ye shal be my Sons and Daughters saith the Lord u 2 Cor. 6.14 15 16 17 18. Almighty And therefore it is that the very same Divine Spirit that dwells in this Spiritual King Jesus speaking in the Apostle Iohn requires all his Spiritual and true Subjects not to love the world neither the things that are in the world for if any man love the world that Kingdom of Satan the Prince of Darkness as the lusts of the Flesh the lust of the eyes and the pride of life is not of the Father but is of the world and the world and the vanities and empty pleasures of it passeth away and the lusts thereof but he that doth the will of God abideth for w 1 Joh. 2.15 16 17. ever Yea the contrariety is so great betwixt the foresaid two Kings and Masters that whatsoever in the King or Ruler in the Kingdom of the world or falne or unrenewed man and the Subjects thereof is esteemed highly or excellent is an abomination in the sight of x Luke 16.15 See chap 6.24 25 26. Mar. 13.13 Joh. 5.41.44 7.17 18. 8.50.54 11.41 43. 15.19 16.35 God And therefore this Spiritual King having purchased all his Subjects and Servants with a glorious price as the greatest demonstration of love of his own blood by his spiritual Command requires them not to
be the servants of y 1 Cor. 7.23 men but to glorifie him both in body and z 1 Cor. 6.20 see chap. 3.16 17 2 Cor. 2.5.15.17 c. soul and therefore his grown up servant Paul declares himself to be no man pleaser avowing himself that if he were a man-pleaser he should nor could not be the servant of a Gal. 1.10 see 4.3.9 10.11 5. 1 Col. 2.8.30.22 Christ And therefore the same Apostle by the infallible spirit of the Lord requires the Spiritual Subjects of this Spiritual King Jesus to present their bodies a living sacrifice holy acceptable unto God which saith he is your reasonable service and be not conformed to this world the kingdom of the prince of darkness but be ye transformed by the renewing of your minde that ye may prove what is that good acceptable perfect will of b Rom. 22.1 2. God and therefore when any man becomes a spiritual Subject of this Spiritual King Christ and dwells in him he becomes a new creature old things in him are past away and all things in him are becom c 2 Cor. 5.17 new spiritual savory yea even his very thoughts his words are found few and divine his behaviour righteous and solid his deeds upright and free like God from all respect of d Mat. 3.34.37 39 40 41 45 46 48. 6.25 31 32 33. and 7.12 13. and 23 3.5 6 7.8 9.10 Mark 12.14 Luk. 20 21. Act 10.34 35. Deu. 10 17. Esth 3.2 5 6. Job 32.21 22. Prov. 10.20 28.21 Rom. 2.11 and 1 Cor. 2.16 and 15 33 Gal 2.6 Eph. 4 29. and 5.4 and 6.9 Phil. 2 5. Col. 3.5.8 15.16 4.6 1 Tim. 1.10 6.3 4 5 6. 2 Tim. 1 7.13 and 4.3 Tit. 1.9.17 and 2.1 2.8 Jam. 2.1 to 10. and 5.12 and 1 Pet. 1.15 16 17. and 4.12 and 2 John 9 10 11. persons and although there be such a perfect and absolute contrariety betwixt all the laws constitutions of these two Kings or Masters and a continuall and perpetuall war betwixt the Subjects thereof yet the weapons of the warfare of Christs Spiritual Heavenly and glorious Kingdom handled and used by his Servants and true Subjects who although they do walk in the flesh yet do they not war after the flesh and therefore their weapons of warfare are not carnall but mighty through God to the pulling down of strong holds casting down imaginations and every high thing that exalteth it self against the knowledge of God and bringeth into captivity every thought to the obedience of e 2 Cor. 10.3 4 5. Christ The Armour of Proof of these Spiritual warring Subjects and Souldiers of this spiritual glorious King is to have their loynes girt about with truth having on them the Brest-plate of righteousness and their feet shod with the preparation of the Gospel of peace above all taking the Shield of Faith wherewith they shall be able to quench the fiery-darts of the wicked and taking the Helmet of Salvation and the Sword of the Spirit which is the word of f Eph 6.13 14 15 16.17 God which Spiritual Sword or Word of God is quick and powerful and sharper then any two edged Sword piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit and of the joints and marrow and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart neither is there any creature that is not manifest in his sight who is this Spiritual sharp Sword or eternall and everlasting Word of God that indures for ever but all things are naked and opened to the eyes of him with whom we have to g Heb. 4.12 13. do With which Spirituall Sword this spiritual conquering Lord and King pricked and wounded to the very heart three thousand of his enemies at once by the Ministration of his single Spiritual Souldier the Apostle Peter which made them bitterly to cry out for a Plaister and a Physician to heal and cure h Act. 2.37.41 them which spiritual Sword is the only and alone weapon that this glorious conquering spiritual King useth to fight withall against all enemies the powers of the Prince of Darkness of this world and with which only and alone he conquereth and i Rev. 1.16 and 2.12.16 and 19.15.21 Hos 6.7 overcometh carnal Weapons of any kinde whatsoever having no place nor being of no use at all in his spiritual Kingdom for his Subjects are to love their enemies to do good unto their haters and to resist or requite their evill with k Matt. 5.39 40 44 45 56. good and to dwell in love towards all men as the God of love himself dwells in l Gal. 6.10 and 1 Thes 3 12● 5.14 15. 1 Joh. 4.16 17. love and to be holy as God is m 1 Pet. 1.15 16. holy and perfect as he is n Matt. 5.48 perfect and therefore not in the least to draw temporal weapons against their enemies for among the true and real Saints of the Lord in the mountain of the Lord where the Lord himself is the inward and soul-teacher and instructer of his people and Subjects in his own waies there all the temporal swords are to be beat into plowshares and their earthly spears into pruning-hooks no more using of carnal swords or so much as learning of earthly war is to be exercised amongst o Isa 2.2 3 4 5. them but they are to walk in the pure holy peaceable light of the Lord which shal wil lead the sanctified justified and redeemed soul to advance or set up the innocent harmless peaceable lamb-like nature or seed of Christ to become Lord and King in the heart of and over the Lyon-like warring devouring and destroying-wicked nature of the serpent the devil satan within man yea in the Gospel-mount of God or the spiritual kingdom of Christ under the Gospel-dispensation the habitation of the true Saint of God The wolf shal dwel with the lamb and the leopard shal ly down with the kid the calf the young lyon the fatling together a little child shal lead them And the cow and the bear shal feed their young ones shall lye down together And the lyon shall eat straw like the oxe And the sucking-child shall play on the hole of the asp and the weaned child shall pui his hand on the Cockatrice Den. They shall not hurt nor destroy in all my holy p Esa 11. 6 7 8 9. 65.25 mountain saith God For the earth shall be full of the Knowledge of the Lord as the waters cover the Sea Yea they shall be far from q Esa 54.14 66.11 12. Oppression Yea and violence shall no more be heard in the Land of the spirituall Kingdom inhabited by the spirituall subjects or true Saints of Christ nor wasting nor destruction within their borders but they shall call their wall salvation and their Gates Praise The Sun or borrowed
this Light the true real and only infallible c c Esa 3● 20 21. 35.8 Ioh. 1.9 6.7 8 13 15 25. Rom. 8.6 7 8. Heb. 8.8 9 10 11. 16.16 20. Ioh. 2.20.27 5.20 Rev. 7.17 guide of every true Christian is condemnation before the Lord to all and euery one of those that so d d Ioh. 3.19 20 36. 5.38 48. 7.7 8.21 24 47 51. 9.5 Heb. 10.28 29. 12.25 Act. 7.37 ser Iob. 24.13 16. contemn and despiseth this onely alone and true guide the light of Christ in the soul This I send unto thee at the present thus in print without sending it in writing to thee at all because although much disturbance or outside trouble of late I have had by the blasphemous Scriblings sent unto me by and of thy brother Ieremiah Elsreath who after he had sent me in writing his 31. confused and ignorant quaeries c. in his after-daring and greatly provoking Letter the 19th of the first moneth last by-past he requires my Answer c. in writing to them boastingly saying to me c. I shall answer you all and upon desire procure the approbation of a sufficient number of hands to make the his said Answer a generall act And although he had a particular Reply to his Answer to deceased in Colchester Goal Iames Pa●nels fourty three quaeries to the Water-Baptists of Fenstanton in Cambridge c. recorded in that excellent and very much usefull Book of his called the VVATCHER pag. 32 33 34. and a particular Answer to his own thirty one quaeries and that from an able and savoury soul commonly called Richard Hubberthorne which I did write out fair in my own hand and sent it to your Congregation by my faithfull Friend Luke Howard where with much ado long since I have understood it from him c. he got it publikely read but yet for any thing I can hear thy brother Ieremiah Elsreth keeps it privately and closely in his pocket and dare not be a man of his word to answer it or Reply upon it but is as I hear going to sea as formerly he hath done to take the wages of unrighteousness again for preaching out of his old bottle the lying frothy inventions of his own corrupt and meer carnall heart to a company of Sea men aboard a Man of War and therefore seeing he is likely to persevere in not performing his said solemn Promise given under his own hand and seeing thou thy self to Luke Howard as he hath often told me declaredst by thy own mouth to him thy avowing Jeremiah Elsreths foresaid thirty one quaeries in the last of which he calls the Doctrines of declaring God within and Christ within and Spirit within and Baptism within and Law within c. to be monstrous and Satanicall Doctrines And seeing thou perseverest upon all opportunies with a spirit of gall and wormwood to reproach persecute and blaspheme the truth of God as it is in Jesus truly professed by those savoury souls that thou callest quakers I am therefore by the measure of God dwelling in my soul at this time thus compelled and thus enabled to write to thee requiring thy answer to these my lines to thee that so as God shall come in with renewedness of strength and ability into my soul according to his e e Esa 40.28 29 30 31. recorded promise I may in the face of the Son endeavour before the sons and daughters of God for to manifest my faith to be founded upon the sure Rock of Ages the Lord Jesus by replying upon thee and so stop thy and thy said brothers blasphemous mouths against the pure truth of God And therefore as a witness bearer to this I subscribe my name as known unto thee to be only From Dover-Castle this 25. of the third month 1656. Iohn Lilburns FINIS