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B23147 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. Fox, George, 1624-1691. 1684 (1684) Wing F1904A 24,305 29

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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