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A59955	The true Christian's faith and experience briefly declared, concerning God, Christ, the Spirit, the Holy Scriptures, the Gospel, and the doctrines thereof also, the titular Christian's faith and profession try'd, examin'd, and judg'd : written for the confirmation, and consolation of the one, and for the information in order to the restoration and salvation of the other : also, a few words to such who are newly turned in their minds to the light within, & are believers in it / by William Shewen.	Shewen, William, 1631?-1695.	1675 (1675)	Wing S3424; ESTC R24530	87,397	208

and to know of himself but Death Misery and Ignorance followed and Shame Fear and Guilt appeared and many Inventions and Contrivances how to cover the Nakedness and Shame and excuse the Guilt was invented This was the Work of Transgressing Man in the Beginning and is the same at this day among all the Children of Men of what Nation Name or Sect soever who abide in the transgressing State of the First Adam Now the State of Perfection that the Children of the Second Adam do attain unto while in the Body is a True Self-denyal and Resignation into the Will of God throughout all Tryals ☞ and over all Temptations he is a Perfect Man in Christ who is not only Restored and Redeemed by him into a State of Innocency Harmlesness and Uprightness but also in this State is resigned and given up in his Mind Will Thoughts and Desires into the Will of God as clearly knowing it so that his Mind being the Mind of Christ ☞ is eying his Heavenly Father and his Mind is stay'd upon him where the perfect Peace is And his Will Thoughts and Desires though Harmless as Christ's were yet subject to his Father truly saying as Christ did Not my will but thine In this State of true Resignation unto and Unity with the Father's Will stands the True Christian's Safety and Perfection and that which preserveth him in the same is the Power of God that throughly debaseth Self subjecteth Man's Will and saves to the uttermost through Faith in it And in this State of Perfection as he lives and remains he is cloathed with the Spirit of Glory and Humil●ty the greater his Attainments are and the higher the Heavenly Place is he fits in the lower is his Mind and the lesser he is in his own Eyes the greater he is in the Kingdom of God the more he is replenisht with true Love Goodness Humility here the greatest is the Servant a Helper of others the highest the lowest here the Servant is as his Lord and the Lord as him that serveth And among these True Christians there is no Strife nor Dispute ☞ who shall be Greatest though they are Elders and have Crowns upon their Heads yet they throw them down at the Feet of him that sits upon the Throne and give Glory to him forever Rev. 4.10 11. XX. A Few Words by Way of Advice Counsel and Exhortation to such as are newly turned in their Minds from Darkness within to Light within from the Power of Satan within to the Power of God within whereby the Work of Regeneration is begun within that such may not miscarry in the same nor sit down by the Way short of the Mark of the high Calling of God in Christ Jesus is what follows written seriously to be Read Weighed and Considered TEnder Friend who art turned to this Light and Power and art a Believer in it and desirest to hear and obey the Word in thy Mouth and in thy Heart to this Light thou dost well to take heed as unto a Light that shineth in a dark Place and as a Voice that calleth unto thee saying Come up hither and I will shew thee the Bride the Lamb's Wife In Order thereto thou must understand and regard the End of the precious Appearance of the Light within though it be and appear unto thee but as Light that breaketh forth before the Day dawn within or before the Day-star arise in thy Heart yet the End of its Appearance and Shining in thee is that thou shouldst fix the Eye of Faith upon it and keep thy Mind towards it till the Day dawn and the Day-star arise within and this is the Star of the Messias and the Angel of the Lord that will lead thee to the Inn where the Virgin is delivered of a Son and where the Babe of Glory lyes swadled in a Manger unregarded by all the Guests thereof and thou following this Star and finding him wilt not spare thy Cold Incense and Mirth but offer up thy precious Things unto him as the Wise Men did And when the Light within the Day-star within hath led thee thus far thou must not think within thy self that thou hast now attained to the Mark of the High Calling of God in Christ Jesus because thy Eye seeth the Salvation which God hath prepared before the Face of all People think not with thy self that thou presently possessest and enjoyest the same because of the Joy Delight and Pleasure that accompanies the Sight thereof yet take thou heed of sitting down in the Appearance of Light and Heavenly Discoveries and in the bare Sight and Knowledge of the Man-Child that 's born but wait thou and walk in the same Light within which will discover unto thee that Spirit that secks its Life within thy self even after it is born ☞ under the Pretence of worshipping of it as Herod did and in it thou wilt receive Wisdom and Counsel to cherish and preserve it till the Death of its Enemies as J●seph did in the Light thou mayst come to read and understand those Things which are written for thy Learning Now whatsoever makes manifest is Light Darkness and the Works of it is and hath been wrought within the Light that expels the Darkness and the Power that destroyes the Works of it is also to be known within None walk in the Light further then they bring their Thoughts Words and Works to the Light to be proved and tryed whether they proceed from or are wrought in God or no Joh. 3.21 thou must believe continue walking in the Light that thou mayest become a Child of it and abide with the Power that thou mayest know witness the Work of it within thy self proceeding in Order from the first Day to the seventh or Sabbath of Rest And thou mayst understand that thou dost not become a Child of Light so soon as thou seest the Shining of it and begins to believe and walk in it thou must not only have Faith but thou must add unto thy Faith Patience c. for thou hast as much need as some of old had which Paul wrote to when he said You had need have Patience that after you have done the Will of God you may wait to receive the Promise and it was after they believed that the Primitive Christians were sealed with the Spirit of Promise the End of Faith is not soon attained unto ☞ he that believes must not make hast neither must he will nor run but in Patience wait in the Faith without Doubt and Wavering till he receives the End of it as some of old did viz. the Salvation of their Souls And so thou wilt know as in the Light thou waitest Salvation come nearer and nearer one Day then another unto thee and wilt witness to the Truth of what the Apostle wrote when he said Now is Salvation nearer then when you first believed Now tender Friend I have this principally to advise thee of that

is No Revelation known there is No True Knowledge of God as is witnessed by the Holy Scriptures Mat. 11.27 None knoweth the Father but the Son and he to whom the Son will reveal him Since the Vail came over Man's heart there was never any other Way in any Age nor is not in this Age to come to the true Knowledg of God but by Revelation by taking off the Vail and removing the Covering which hides the Face of God from Man the outward Vailes before Moses's Face and in the outward Temple were a Figure of this Vail that is spread over the Hearts of Men and the rending the Vail of the Temple from top to bottom ☞ was a Figure of Revelation and Spiritual Sight into the Holiest of all or the taking away that which stood betwixt Man and the True Sight and Knowledge of God And there is not nor never was since the Cause of the Vail entered any Man upon the Face of the Earth that came or comes to the Knowledge of God by any other Means Men have sought out many Inventions and devised many Wayes and Means to gain the Knowledge of God but all in vain as his Invention Device and Knowledge encreaseth his Sorrow encreaseth also and all he can arrive at is Traditional Knowledge a Historical Knowledge a Strong Conceit and Imagination concerning God which is all nothingworth When he comes to see and know him by Sight and Revelation he will say as Job once did Job 42.5 6. I have heard of thee by the Hearing of the Ear but now my Eye seeth thee therefore I abhor my self and Repent in Dust and Ashes And as there is no True Knowledge of God but by Revelation 2 Thes 2.3 4. so there is no perfect Knowledge of the Son of Perdition or Man of Sin but by Revelation Iniquity is a Mystery as well as Godliness and the Devil can appear like unto an Angel of Light and get into the Temple of God and sit there as God and be worshipped as God also and when he thus appears in the Temple of God cloathed with the Sheep's Cloathing ☞ and in the Form of an Angel of Light with the Saints Words in his Mouth many are then beguiled with him the Vail being over their Hearts and the Scales before their Eyes that they see no further then his Appearance his Shew and Out-side and hereby he deceives many in the Form of Religion which could not be deceived by him as a Devil nor drawn into his Service in the gross Evils that are in the World This is the Mystery of Iniquity which cannot be discerned nor discovered while the Vail is over till Revelation be known and the Prophecy of Isaiah witnessed Isa 25.7 I will destroy in this Mountain the Face of the Covering cast over all People and the Vail that is spread over all Nations This is a Blessed Promise to enjoy and to witness fulfilled Now till it pleased God to reveal his Son in Paul and to shine round about him with a Light surpassing the Natural Sun in his Strength and to cause the Scales to fall from his Eyes he was deceived and captivated with this Mystery of Iniquity and in his Religious Zeal and Ignorance thought he was serving God when he was serving the Devil And in this Estate lie all the Titular Christians at this day who are persecuting the True Christians and hating one another and destroying biting and devouring one another about Religion Church and Worship and this comes to pass for want of Revelation for want of true Knowledge All the Contentions Envyes Quarrellings and Divisions among all the Sects in Christendom ☞ arise for want of being acquainted with Revelation One saith Lo here is Christ another there one sayes Christ is this another that and are of many Minds concerning him now as they were in the Dayes of his Flesh some saying one Thing and some another of him But saith Christ to Peter and the rest what say ye Mat. 16.17 Peter answer'd thou art Christ the Son of the living God Christ saith blessed art thou Peter c. for Flesh and Blood hath not revealed this unto thee but my Father which is in Heaven Revelation was the Cause of Peter's surpassing the others in true Knowledge many that eat and drank with him and had a Love for him and heard his gracious Words and saw his mighty Works that he did yet wanting this Revelation had only a Knowledge of him after the Flesh Ignorance of Revelation the Ground of Division Contention contended and reasoned about him but this Knowledge that was revealed to Peter they were Strangers to this was the Ground of Contention then and is the same at this Day throughout all Christendom But Peter himself did not abide in this Knowledge which was revealed to him but for want of Watchfulness and through self-Confidence Weakness and Fear became vailed again Mat. 26.70 7● 74. and lost ●is Knowledge Sight and Revelation and in the Day of close Tryal denved that he knew him at all then began he to Curse and to Swear saying I know not the Man this is a great Change in Peter who in his Zeal and Affection thought if all forsook him he should not yea though he should or were to dye with him he would not deny him likewise also said all the Disciples This may learn all even those that have had Revelations Heavenly Sights and Visions to be watchful and beware lest Darkness overtake them again the Vail spread over again these things are written for our Learning and are set forth as an Ensample shewing how far Self-Confidence Zeal and Affections and a Knowledge of Christ after the Flesh can carry men and how Heavenly Sights Vision and Revelations may be seen and partaken of before a through Conversion The Wind bloweth where it listeth John 3.8 and many hear the sound thereof yet knoweth not whence it comes nor whither it goes so is every man that is born of the Spirit Now it s a farther thing to grow up in it and to encrease with the Encrease of God unto the Stature and Fulness of Christ such are not only born nor Children but Men such cannot be tossed to and fro with Wind and till this is attained unto there is much Danger I knew a Man Twenty Four Years ago who had Heavenly Sights and Revelations and Raptures into the Third Heaven and heard and saw Things unutterable ravished with Delight overcome with a Joy and Consolation while his Hand hath been in his outward Labour and would with Peter and John have built Tabernacles there and all before his Conversion before he was endued with Power from on High ☞ before the Work of Regeneration was wrought and before he knew from whence it came or whither it went being as the Lightening coming out of the East shining into the West so knew not how nor where to wait to receive

to know him that is true and is in him that is true And that he hath the Witness of God's Spirit bearing Witness with his Spirit that he is a Child of God and a Possessor of these Things which Things no Impostor Deceiver nor Titular Christian can have and possess while so I say when these Things are told and born Witness of in the Ears of the Titular Christian he slights and disregards and will not believe the same but counts it Delusion and Fanatick Dreams and Fancies arising from spiritual Pride High-mindedness and vain Conceit and so despiseth his Testimony the Works that bear Witness thereof even as the Jews did of old judge condemn Christ and his mighty Works as wrought by the Power of the Devil so doth the Titular Christian in this Age Judge Censure Arraign and Condemn Christ and his Mighty Works in this Day of his Power and spiritual Appearance in the Hearts of the Sons and Daughters of Men wherein he hath wrought as mighty Works and done as great Miracles as in any Age since the Fall of Man and many are now living Monuments of the same blessed is the Eye that seeth them and is fixed upon the Author thereof to whom be Glory and Praise throughout all Generations forever XIX The True Christian's Faith and Experience concerning the Doctrine of Perfection IN the Holy Scriptures are divers Precepts and Commands and Exhortations not only to Holiness 2 Cor. 7 1. but to the Perfecting of Holiness in the Fear of God Phil. 3.14 and to the pressing forwards until it be attained unto and afull Growth be witnessed to the Stature of a Perfect Man in Christ Jesus Presented to God without Blemish Col. 1.28 Spot or Wrinkle or any such Thing And it 's said of Noah Gen. 6.9 that he was a Just and Perfect Man in his G●neration and that he walked with God And God said unto Abraham Walk before me Gen. 17.1 and be thou Perfect And that Job was a Perfect and Just Man Job 1.8 And in David's Time he bids Mark the Perfect Man Psal 37.37 and beh●ld the Vpright the End of such is Peace And Christ exhorted his Disciples to be Perfect as theirl eavenly Father was ●erfect Mat. 5 48. And the Labour and Travail of the Apostles was that People might be Perfect and Entire ☞ Ja● 1.4 wanting nothing and that they might be presented Perfect Heb. 13.21 and be made Perfect in every good Work And he wished the Perfection of those he wrote to 2 Cor. 13.9 ● Cor. 2.6 And he spoak Wisdom among them that were Perfect So the Holy Scriptures contain not only Precepts and Exhortations to Holiness and Perfection but they also give Testimony that several did obey them and attain thereunto in Ages past And the Faith and Testimony of the True Christian in this Age is That Holiness and Perfection are attainable now as in Dayes of old and that the divers Precepts and Exhortations in the Scriptures thereunto may be obeyed and the State truly enjoyed even while People dwell in these Earthly Tabernacles 2 Cor. 4.7 they may enjoy the Heavenly Treasure in their Earthen Vessels 1 Thes 4.4 which may be possessed with Sanctification and Honour Now this is one of the sound Doctrines which the Titular Christian cannot endure comprehend nor understand therefore cryes out against it and sayes No Perfection here no perfecting Holiness in the Fear of God no coming to the Mark of the High Calling of God in Christ Jesus 2 Cor. 11.2 no growing up to the Stature of the Fulness of Christ no perfect Man in Christ nor no being presented to God as a Chast Virgin Holy Col. 1.22 28. Jude 24. and Vnblamable Faultless without Spot or Wrinkle In Sum no being now as the Fathers of old and the Christians in the primitive Times were No Possibility of perfect Obedience to the divers Precepts Exhortations and Commands of the Spirit of God throughout the Holy Scriptures this is the Language of the Titular Christian so that herein he commits these two great Evils ☞ First Notwithstanding his pretended Honour to the Scriptures and Holy Men he gives them all the Lye Secondly He with the sloathful Servant calls God a hard Master in requiring that which nont are able to perform But the Testimony Faith and Experience of the True Christian is quite the contrary he having passed through the Work of Regeneration and experienced the divers Workings and Operations of the Spirit of God in his Heart in this small Treati●e before hinted at leading him from one Degree of Grace unto another from one Degree of Faith and Knowledge unto another until he is fully saved by the Grace hath gained Perfect Victory by the Faith from over that which made him Imperfect Sinful and Defiled and until the Knowledge of the Lord so abounds in him that it covers the Earth as the Waters cover the Sea and until he comes to the Sabbath of Rest the Anti-Type of the outward Sabbath wherein he speaks not his own Words nor thinks his own Thoughts nor doth his own Will nor Works but witnesseth a Denyal of them all and a putting off the old Man with his Deeds and keeping the Body under and a Bridle upon the Tongue Nature Will Thoughts and Desires which received the Temptation in the Beginning alwayes keeping them to the Cross ☞ though a Rent wing Restoration be attain'd unto and the State of Innocency known and lived in even as in the Beginning before the Fall yet the Will Thoughts and Desires must be watched ruled over and subjected to the Will and Command of God in Truth and Reality even as Christ hath lest an Ensample whose Will and Desires were as good pure and perfect as Adam's were before he fell and as any can attain to in this Age yet said he when he prayed to his Father Not my will but th●ne whose Will he came to do Now in this Heavenly Self Denyal and true Resignation stands the Perfection and Safety of the True Christian all which is wrought and effected by the Power and Spiritual Appearance of the second Adam in him and for him who of himself can do nothing And in this is his Happiness and Perfection that he is come to cease from his own Thoughts Words and Works his own Way and Will and his own Wisdom and Knowledge also for in these Things began his Misery ☞ and while they lived in him and ruled over him he continued in the Misery notwithstanding his divers Devices and Inventions and Strivings to get out of it Death Misery and Sorrow accompanied him and clave close unto him and he could never be rid thereof till he come through the Work of Regeneration through true Self Denyal and Resignation to that Estate which Paul was in when he said I live yet not I but Christ lives in me and the Life that