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A54072	To the Jews natural, and to the Jews spiritual with a few words ro [sic] England my native country, &c. : some sensible, weighty queries, concerning some things very sweet and necessary to be experienced in the truly-Christian state : whereunto is added a postscript, containing some queries on Isa. 50, 10, 11 ... / by Isaac Penington.	Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679.	1677 (1677)	Wing P1214; ESTC R36966	28,679	73

alone is exalted O that this Day vvere more knovvn and the Lord vvho is indeed vvorthy vvere more exalted and all Flesh become his Foot-stool forever Concerning the true Church and Ministry under the Gospel and the Maintenance thereof some few Questions answered in Truth and Plainness of Heart and left to the Witness and Testimony of God in other mens Consciences Question 1. WHich is the true Church or the Gospel-Church or he Church according to the new Covenant For ●here was an old Covenant and a Church according to that under the Law And there ●s a new Covenant and a Church according to that under the Gospel Answ For the clearing of this to the hearts and Consciences of People let us enquire and consider what the new Covenant is and then it will more easily appear which is the Church according to the new Covenant The new Covenant according to plain scripture and according to manifest experience ●n this blessed Day of the shining of the Gospel-Light in mens heatts is a Covenant o● God's putting his Law in the inward parts o● People and writing it in their hearts and of his becoming their God making ●hem hi● People and of teaching th●m all to know him inwardly and experimentally from the least to the greatest and of being merciful to their unrighteousness and remembring thei● sins and iniquities no more Jer. 31.33 34 Heb. 8.10 11 12. Now if this be the new Covenant the Covenant of the Gospel-Church then they are the Gospel-Church who are the People o● God according to this Covenant who have the law put by God into their inward parts and writ in their hearts and so according to this law and covenant have God to b● their God and are his People and are taugh● by him to know him as it is written All th● Children shall be taught of the Lord Isa 54.13 John 6 45. and whose unrighteousnes● God hath been merciful to and whose sins and iniquities he remembereth no more being washed away from their Consciences by the Blood of the everlasting Covenant which th● Blood of Bulls and Goats could never do S● that this is the new Testament-Church o● Gospel-Church a Church of Jews inward a● the Law-Church was a Church of Jews outward A Church of inward Worshippers o● Worshippers in Spirit and in Truth John 4.23 as the Law-Church was a Church of Worshippers outward A Church of inward circumcised ones as the Law-Church was a Church of outwardly circumcised ones Rom. 2.29 A Church of such as are inwardly holy as the Law-Church was to be a Church of such as were outwardly holy A Church of such as offer inward Incense and Sacrifices as the Law-Church was a Church of such as offered outward Incense and Sacrifices A Church of inwardly redeemed ones from the inward Egypt from the inward Darkness and Power of Satan as the Law-Church was a Church of such as were redeemed from the outward Egypt and the Povver of Pharaoh outvvard A Church that hath the invvard Ark Rev. 11.19 the invvard Presence the invvard Manna c. as the outvvard Church of the Jews had the outvvard Qu. 2. Which is the true Gospel-Ministry and who are the true Gospel-Ministers Answ Those vvhom Christ sends forth in the Spirit and Povver of his Father to gather and build up this Church Christ had all Power in Heaven and Earth given him even to ths very End to gather defend and build up his Church And he bid his Apostles vvait for the same Povver and sends forth his Ministers in the same Povver that they may be able Ministers of the Gospel vvhich is not VVords but Povver even the Povver of God unto Salvation Rom. 1.16 The nevv Covenant stands is not in Letter but in Spirit and Povver and they that are the Ministers of it must receive Life Spirit and Povver from Christ the Head and minister in that Spirit Life and Povver to the Members or they cannot nourish and build them up Yea they must preach and minister to the VVorld in it or they are not able to gather out of the VVorld into it Christ the Lord o● his Church the Foundation of Life in his Church the everlasting Rock is a living Stone and his Church is built of lively Stones And hovv can any minister Life unto them or build them up in the Life Spirit and Power but who a●e in the Life Spirit and Power and who receive Life Spirit and Power from the Head to furthe quicken and build up the living Members with The Milk which nourisheth the living Babe is living which must come pure from the Breast of Life and not be mixed with man's VVisdom or Brain-inv●ntions or it cannot yield pure Nourishment VVhat then must the Bread and VVine and VVater of the Kingdom be whereon the Children and Heirs of the Kingdom must feed or they cannot be satisfied And the Ministers of the Gospel are Stewards of this heavenly Life this heavenly Spirit this heavenly Power this heavenly Treasure which they have in the earthen Vessels and which God enables them to bring forth for the feeding of his Lambs and Sheep Christ said unto Peter Lovest thou me more then these Peter answered him Yea Lord thou knowest that I love thee If it be so Feed my Lambs feed my Sheep said Christ to him But how should he feed them In what should he feed them VVith what should he feed them All Power saith Christ is given me in Heaven and in Earth and I am to ascend to my Father and to receive the Fulness of his Spirit and do ye wait and ye shall receive abundantly of the same spirit and power and then in that spirit and power ye shall be able to feed my Lambs and Sheep that are begotten and gathered to me in it But out of it none is able to feed and build them up for that is the very thing they are to be fed with and built up in· Indeed a man may be a Minister of the letter a Minister of the law without the spirit and power but of he Gospel he cannot possibly for that consists not in letter but in spirit 2 Cor. 3. And the Faith that is to be begotten there is not to stand in the VVisdom of man but in the Power of God The Gospel-state the Gospel-church the Gospel-building begins in the Power and is carried on in the Power and finished or perfected in the Power and the whole Ministry of the Gospel is to partake of this Power and minister in it or they can do nothing in this work Christ Jesus our Lord begun it in this Power and none can carry it on without this Power The Lord God of Glory laid the foundation Behold I lay in Zion for a Foundation c. Isa 28.16 1 Pet. 2.4 5 6. And the quickning spirit alone is able to make living stones and spiritual stones and the Lord alone is able to build them up by the operation of this spirit and power

and they that are the true Ministers of the Gospel minister in this and are to wait for it daily from God that they may minister in it Qu. 3. What is the Maintenance of the Ministers of Christ or what is to be the Maintenance of the true Ministers under the Gospel Answ Christ who hath sent them forth to minister in his Name hath provided for them they that are his true Ministers are satisfied with what he hath provided for them Mat. 10.10 being careful not to make the Gospel which is to be an inward Blessing outwardly chargeable to any The Mind of the true Ministers is about the Service of Christ how they may be faithful to him gather souls to him feed them with the Bread of life from him not what they shall have from men for so doing for such covet no man's Gold or Silver c. Some Question answered concerning the Lambs War Question 1 WHO is the Lamb Answ H● that takes away the sins of the world The Word which was in the Beginning Behold the Lamb of God said John John 1.1 ver 29. He ●hat was born of the Virgin Mary after the Flesh and was also the Man-child born of ●he travelling-church after the Spirit Rev. 12.5 Qu. 2. Who makes War with the Lamb Answ All that are in Wickedness in Darkness in Sin and Corruption and under the Power thereof who strive to defend and maintain this Kingdom against the appearance of his light spirit and power in them Qu. 3. What strength have they on their side that make War against the Lamb Answ The strength of the great red Dragon who hath seven Heads and ten Horns and in every one of his Heads is Wisdom and in every one of his Horns there is Power So that dreadful is the Battel that is fought between them either inwardly in the Heart or outwardly in the VVorld when Christ appears in his light spirit and power to assault and break down the Kingdom of Darkness and to set up his own Kingdom which must be set up even in the VVorld Dan. 7.14.27 Rev. 11 15. Qu. 4 Did the great red Dragon and his Army never in no respect prevail in this Battel Answ Yes for even while the Lamb and his pure life and holy Testimony have prevailed so that the Dragon and his Army could get no ground over them inwardly but salvation the wall and bulwark of God's Heritage and strength and the Kindom of God and the Power of his Christ did prevail inwardly yet the Dragon even then hath prevailed over their goods liberties and lives outwardly and he drove the VVoman the true Church out of her Place as I may say that she was forced to fly into the VVilderness he so sorely assaulting her Yea after that also he made VVar with the Remnant of her seed and cast some of them into Prison and drunk the Blood of those that would not drink his false Church's Cup but keep the Commandments of God and have the Testimony of Jesus Rev. 12. chap. 2.10 yea the Beast to which he gave his Power which had seven Heads and ten Horns like him chap. 13.1 made VVar with the saints and over came them outwardly though he could not overcome them inwardly for he could not make them to worship him ver 7 8. Nay nor the second Beast neither though he had Horns like a Lamb and spake like a Dragon and exercised all the power of the first Beast and did great wonders and had power to give Life unto the Image of the former Beast and would kill all that would not worship the Image of the Beast and would suffer none to buy or sell but such as had the Mark or Name of the Beast Yet neither could this Beast overcome the Followers of the Lamb as to their inward Life and Testimony though it had power to kill and suppress them outwardly ver 11. to the end chap. 14.9 to ver 13. which plainly shews the saints had patience and kept the Commandments of God and the Faith of Jesus and would not worship the Beast and his Image nor receive his Mark either in Forehead or Hand Qu. 5. What was the Cry up and down Nations when the Dragon and the Beast thus prevailed and when the false Church carried her Cup of Fornications up and down through Kingdoms and Nations and made the Kings and Inhabitants of the Earth drink thereof and who would not drink thereof she would not let them buy nor sel but impoverish imprison them and drink their Blood Rev. 17.2 6. Answ The Cry every where was Who is like unto the Beast Who is able to make War with the Beast Indeed there appeared no Power any where able to withstand or resist this power which the Dragon had who gave it both to the Beast which arose out of the Sea and to the Beast which arose out of the Earth both which joyned together to persecute all that would not drink of the false Church its Cup which was Golden without but full of Abomination and Filthiness of Fornication fornicating from the holy Life Spirit and Power of the Lamb inwardly who is the Head of the true Church and true Worshippers Rev. 13.4 chap. 17.4 5. Qu. 6. What is the time of the Dragon 's the Beast's and false Church thus Prevailing against the true Church in reference to the outward though they cannot prevail against its inward Life and Testimony but that through Patience and Suffering● prevails over and reigns inwardly in the midst of all their Cruelty and oppressing of the outward Man Answ It is the time of Antichrist's reign and sitting in the Temple as if he were God and exalting himself over all that is called God and which ought to be worshipped It is the time of the true Church its being in the VVilderness and of the Man-child's which the true Church brought forth being caught up to God which things were to last according to Scripture account 1260. dayes or a Time Times and half a Time 2 Thes 2.3.4 Rev. 12.6.14 Qu. 7. What will the Lamb do when this time is out Answ He will come and make VVar again he will come with his heavenly Armies armed with spiritual Armour and fight an heavenly Battel yea he will judge and make VVar in Righteousness against the Unrighteousness of the Dragon and the Beast and the false prophet and his heavenly Armies shall follow him their Captain and Leader on white Horses clothed in fine linnen white and clean who shall fight in his spirit and power against all that he fighteth against And out of his Mouth goeth a sharp sword that with it he should smite the Nations and he shall rule them with a Rod of Iron and make the spirits of all his Opposers bow under him and fly to shelter themselves from that VVrath which they cannot escape O who would not kiss the Son that he might not provoke the Lamb to VVrath against him