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A89645	A little starre, giving some light into the counsels and purposes of God revealed in the Scriptures. Or A catechisme, wherein these ensuing principles. 1. What God is, and how he manifests himselfe. 2 Why he made the world and man. 3. Mans condition, what, 1. by creation. 2. By his fall. 3. By being restored by Jesus Christ. 4 The uses and ends of the law. 5. What the Gospell is. 6. Justification what it is. 7. Sanctification what, and how it is wrought. 8. What repentance is. 9. The use and ends of the Scriptures. 10. What true prayer is. 11. Baptisme, and the Lords Supper, why, and how used. 12. Generall redemption what, and how to be adjudged of. 13. Resurrection and judgement what. 14. Heaven and Hell what, in truth and misterie. All which are briefly by way of question and answer opened and explained. / By VVilliam Mason.	Mason, William, Anabaptist.	1653 (1653)	Wing M948; Thomason E1505_1; ESTC R208669	86,553	204

him very imperfectly and yet they are in heaven in this low condition But when Christ comes forth in the spirit indeed and transformes them into his Image of glory that is when they apprehend their union with God in Christ and that they partake of the same spirit or divine nature with Christ and that God loves them in Christ and as Christ they being one with him and of him Then are they carried forth unto him above all external things Then they cease to know any man yea even Christ himself after the flesh Then the vaile is taken away even the flesh of Christ or fleshly and carnal ordinances and here they see God cleerly and not in shadowes and formes and enjoy him purely in the spirit without the help of any created thing Then God is the Saints light for they are entred into that City which needs not the light of the Sun Where all teares are wiped away where there is no death neither sorrow nor crying nor pain where they live in God and enjoy him above all feares cares troubles and distractions because all former things or low apprehensions of God are passed away And this is the kingdome of Christ in the spirit which is heaven in a high degree but yet not the highest degree for that is in the kingdome of God which is distinct from the kingdome of Christ Eph. 5. 5. For Christ must raign untill he hath subdued all his enemies and the last energy which shall be destroyed is death Now death cannot be destroyed untill it be destroyed even in the Saints which shall remain to the very last period of time for although Christ by his death did overcome death and plucked out the sting thereof that it cannot hurt the Saints yet death is not slain and quite destroyed untill sin Satan and flesh be also destroyed and that in the Saints of the last generation when Christ hath put down or subdued all that sinfull rule and authority and power that is contrary to him Then shall the end come and then shall he deliver up the kingdome to God even the Father Then shall cease the kingdome of Christ as also his Priesthood and his prophetical office likewise and then shall the bodies of the Saints which have been rotten and consumed to earth for many yeares be raised though not the same bodies for that which is sown is not quickened except it die they were sown corruptible bodies they shall be raised incorruptible they were sown in dishononr they shall be raised in glory they were sown in weakness they shall be raised in power they were sown natural bodies they shall be raised spirituall bodies thou sowest not that body that shall be but God giveth it a body as it pleaseth him Then shall all the Saints be gloriously united into their head and so make up one compleat Christ yea then shall the Son himself even Christ compleated be subject unto God or taken into God that God may be all in all Then relations and manifestations shall cease for God will not be known or enjoyed by them or in them There shall be no more Father and Son Christ and Christian Head and Members for God Christ and the Saints shall be gloriously united and made one in that one entire pure glorious and eternall Spirit and so live and remain in onenesse of glory which is both unspeakable unconceivable and endures and abides to all eternity To God onely wise be glory through Christ Jesus by the holy immortall eternall Spirit for ever Amen FINIS a 1 Cor. 6. 17. b 2 Pet. 1. 4. c 1 Cor. 2. 12. d James 3. 16. 4. 5. e Rev. 2. 9 3. 9 f Eph. 4. 3. Vers 4. Vers 5. Vers 6. Vers 7. g Exod. 34. 12. Heb. 11. 27. h 2 Cor. 12 2 3 4. i Gal. 4. 12. k 1 Cor 9. 19 20 21 22. Col. 2. 17. m Eph. 4. 21. n Col. 1. 27. o 1 Ioh. 4. 12. 1. 2 p Heb 5. 13. 14. q Rom. 14. 4. r 1 Pet. 1. 22. s Isa 2. 18. 19. t Psal 45. 4. u Rev. 6. 2. x Rom. 1. 18. y Levit. 28. 13. z Prov. 8. 21. a Luke 17. 21. b Rom. 14. 17. c Eph. 6. 18. d Phil. 3. 15. e Mat. 9. 3. f 1 Cor. 1. 25. g Heb. 4. 11 h 2 Cor. 6. 17. i Deut. 1. 6. k Jer. 50. 5. l Joh. 17. 21 22 23. m Ioh. 16. 22. n 1 Pet. 1. 8. o Rev. 21. 3 4 p Rev. 22. 3. 4. 5. q 2 Thess 3. 18. Heb. 5. 12. 13. Mark 12. 32. John 4. 24. 2 Cor. 3. 17 Rom. 1. 20. Mat. 19. 17. 1 Tim. 1. 17. 1 Cor. 8. 5. 6. Jer. 23. 24. 1 John 5 7. Isa 9. 6. Psal 36. 9. Isa 41. 4. and 44. 6. Iohn 3. 16. 17. Heb. 12. 10 1 Tim. 3. 16. Heb. 2. 16. Isa 7. 14. Rom. 8. 3. Phil. 2. 8. Gal. 3. 13. Rom. 5. 5. 8. 2 Cor. 3. 18 Rom. 8. 4. Eph. 2. 22. Num. 14. 21. Isa 43. 7. Psal 145. 10. Prov. 8. 31. Psal 19. 1. 2. Rom. 1. 20. Gen. 2. 16. Prov. 30. 24 25 26. Psal 145. 11. 12. Prov. 8. 21. Gen. 1. 26. Gen. 2. 15. Gen. 2. 17. Gen. 2 Eccles 7. 29. Gen. 3. 4. 5. 2 Cor. 11. 3. Jude 6. Gen. 3. 7. 8. Hab. 1. 13. Sect. 2. Rom. 5. 17 21. Jam. 1 13 Deut 132. 19. Eph. ●… 6 7. Rom. 7. 24. Gen. 3. 7 8. Gen. 2. 8 to 15. Gen. 1. 28. Gen. 3. 19 23 24. Eph. 2. 1. Gen. 3. 8 9 12. Gen. 3. 24. Psal 63. 3. Psal 30. 5. Rom. 6. 21 23. 2 Tim. 2. 26. Jer. 5. 25. Hos 14. 1. Mar. 7. 21. Rom. 3. 10 11 c. Sect. 3. Jer. 31. 20. Gen. 3. 15. Isa 53. 6. Rom. 3. 25 26. Rom. 4. 16. Prov. 11. 19 and the 12. 28. Rom. 4. 5. Mark 9. 23. Mat. 9. 29. 1 Pet. 5. 8. Mark 7. 21. Sect. 4. Levit. 15. 2 3 4 c. Rom. 3. c 10 11 c. Gen. 1. 26. Gen. 5. 3. Job 14. 4. and 15. 14. Eph. 2. 3. Ezek. 18. 20. Sect. 5. Gal. 4. 4. Eph. 2. 4. Psal 103. 6. Phil. 2. 7. Luke 1. 35. Mat. 1. 21. Iohn 3. 16. Mat. 1. 23. Iohn 8. 46. Mat. 3. 15. Phil. 2. 8. Rom. 5. 8. Heb. 9. 22. Rom. 5. 6. 1 Ioh. 4. 9 10. 1 Tim. 3. 16. Isa 53. 6. Gal. 3. 13. Sect. 6. Gen. 3. 15. Gen. 22. 18. Rom. 4. 13. Gen. 6. 5. Deut. 27. 26. Gal. 3. 10. Rom. 3. 9 10. Exod. 20. 18. Heb. 12. 21. Heb. 12. 20 Exod. 20. 19. Gen. 1. 28 29 30. Gen. 3. 24. Isa 33. 14. 1 Sam. 12. 12. Eccles 7. 22 Exod. 20. 20. Rom. 3. 20. and 7. 7. Rom. 3. 19. Habbak 1. 13. Josh 24. 19 Levit. 11. 44. Rom. 3. 10 11 12 c. Rom. 4. 13. and 9. 30. and 10. 3. 6. Exod. 3. 6. Exod. 3. 17. Dent. 5. 25 26 27. Deut. 5. 18. and

any man as he is a man as he is a Jew nor as he is a Gentile as he is rich or as he is poor bond or free but as he is in Christ and Christ in him In this sence the Lord doth accept persons for he accepts of these in Christ and as for others who are not in Christ he regards them not be they Jew or Gentile high or low noble or base he accepts of none but in whom he appeares and manifests himself by Jesus Christ Q. But is not God in all men Is not he one and the same and doth not he infinitely comprehend all things in himself All come from his fulnesse and he dwells in all and every one in his fulnesse for he cannot be divided a piece in one and a piece in another but he is all and in all and to all onely there is not the same manifestations in some he lies hid and in others he shines forth and we are said to be the off spring of God and to live move and have our being in him How then can it be but that all must be saved seeing God is in all and all are in him A. That God doth infinitely comprehend all things in himself and that all things even the whole creation proceeded from his fullnesse is a truth yea that God is in all men in some sence or respect is also granted Man being created in the Image of God was thereby able to act according to God but having by sinne defaced this Image he was now become more like Satan than God And though he had lost all his wisdome and strength to act according to the will of God in things spiritual yet there remained so much of the light of nature in him namely his natural understanding and reason which served him and whereby he was enabled to act in moral and civill things and to leave him without excuse For without understanding and reason he could not be able to glorify God as God in the outward creation Now this natural understanding and reason as it is purely natural so God ownes it as a sparke of his Image but as it is corrupted and defiled with sinne so he disowns it and this is that which doth accuse or excuse When naturall men led on by the light of nature did act according to reason or judgement then their conscience did excuse them But when they acted contrary to reason even from corrupt and carnal principles then their naturall conscience was against them and accused them And this naturall principle hath many names even in Scripture somtimes it is called a knowing of God or a knowledge of God Sometimes mans righteousnesse Rom. 10. 3. And sometimes mans wisdome and the spirit of the World c. And by this spirit or principle of nature God is in all and acts in all rationall men yet in some in a higher and in others in a lower degree For it is by this spirit or principle that all natural and civill men act lawfully in all natural and civil things For there is not any action in the world that is naturally and civilly good but in this respect it is of God Neither can God ly hid in this respect in the most wicked or carnal men For even they many times do act things in themselves that are naturally and civilly good And thus all men may be said to be the off-spring of God not onely because they all came from him as their original but also as they are acted by him through a spirit or principle of nature to walk honestly and civilly in things of outward concernment But now there is a more special and spiritual in-dwelling of God in the Saints namely the eternal in-dwelling of his love in Jesus Christ wherely he hath from all eternity chosen them and made them one with himself in Christ And in due time in their several generations hath manifested and doth manifest and reveal this love which is Christ in their hearts which doth assure them of their adoption and of their union with him And whereby they are carried forth to live up to him yea to live in him being transformed more and more into his own glorious Image even by his spirit dwelling in them Now that God is not thus in all men namely in his love in Jesus Christ is clear both from Scripture and common experience The Apostle in the eighth Chapter of the Romanes and the first Verse layes this down as a firme conclusion That there is no condemnation to them that are in Christ Jesus But who are they Such as walk not after the flesh but after the spirit Now to walk after the spirit is to be led forth by the same to mortifie the deeds of the body that henceforth they might not serve sin For Jesus Christ who is in them a law of the Spirit which is a law of Life doth free them first from sinne and then from death But there are some that walk after the flesh and mind or are led onely by a naturall principle and this tends onely to death because this spirit or carnal principle is at enmity against God and neither is nor can be subject or obedient to Christ who is the Law of life or power of God to salvation in all that do believe but is full of self-righteousnesse acting by legall and fleshly performances for life and happiness And being thus earnal in their minds cannot please God because partaking not of Christ or of that spirit wherewith he is annointed they are not nor cannot be any of his But walk in the vanity of their own minds having nothing but darknesse in their understandings and by reason of that ignorance are estranged from the glorious Light and Life of God even Jesus Christ and being hardned by continual custome in sinne become at length insensible and give themselves over unto lasciviousness and wantonness to act all manner of uncleannesse and that with greedinesse But the Saints have better learned Christ for they being annointed with and receiving of his Spirit do therefore mind the things thereof and are led forth thereby into all well pleasing actions Christ who is the Life being risen in their hearts the old man or body of sinne is destroyed mortified and put off by little and little even as he is pleased to manifest himself But the wicked even the children of disobedience or unbeliefe they have no fellowship in Christs Kingdome which is Spiritual nor no inheritance in the Kingdome of God which is in glory eternal though they deceive themselves For the wrath of God cometh and abideth on them And thus it is clear from Scripture that God is not in all men in his love in Jesus Christ for he is where he comes in Christ both Light and Life and where he is thus he acts like himself And