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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85546	A holy lamp of light: discovering the falacious allegorizing of scriptures, to destroy not only the reallity of the person of Christ, but all other truths, from his conception to his exaltation; the generalll [sic] resurrection, and the generall judgment-day, falsly avowing all to be fulfilled here in this present life. Or a defence against Mr. Royle his reply. / By Iohn Graunt.	Graunt, John, of Bucklersbury.	1650 (1650)	Wing G1593; Thomason E596_9; ESTC R206957	9,446	8

to be Gods Witnesses testifying for God in the earth as it is written There are three that beare record in earth the Spirit the Water and the Blood Joh. 5. 8. And those that by these are spiritually born begotten and brought forth of God are the little ones that Christ blesseth the humble ones that Christ teacheth the wise ones that only and truly understand for unto those onely it is given to know the secrets and mysteries of God This new born man is the righteous and just man the blessed holy man and becomes thus righteous just not by any inherent righteousness which is originally within him as you say and is to be raised for you affirm it dead in every man And when risen then the flesh is destroyed and the new man quickned But the righteousnesse of the truly righteous is by imputation of anothers righteousnesse from without him For as by one mans disobedience many were made sinners so by the obedience of one mark what the truth saith not of our selves shall many be made righteous And as Abraham the Father of the Faithfull was not made righteous by his own righteousness but by the imputation of anothers righteousnesse Now it was not written for his sake alone that it was imputed to him but for us also to whom it shall be imputed if we believe on him that is on Iesus Christ Rom. 4. 23. 24. And of the justified ones it is said their righteousnesse is of me saith the Lord Isa. 54. 17. Now observe it is a meer tale or fable for any to say that a man becomes a righteous man by having the righteousnesse within him as hee is borne into the world And so although he liveth yet that is dead and to be quickned asleep and to be awakened and that Christ the anointing is in all men either concealed under the ashes of corruption or kindled into a flame of illumina●ion this Doctrine is sottishnesse to heavenly wisdome and nonsence to true Divinity For thus saith the Truth That which is borne of the flesh is flesh that which is born of the Syirit is Spirit The ode birth is from below of the earth earthly the other is through the Lord from above spiritually and heavenly as it is written Except a man be born again from above he cannot see the kingdome of God Now such spirituall men were Peter and Nathanael and all the faithfull Apostles and Saints to whom flesh and blood was not their Teacher and Revealer but Almighty God himselfe and these heavenly perls of regeneration and the gifts of the holy Ghost their spirituall anointings were not figures and shadows to cease and passe away but the very immortall Word Councell Spirit and Covenant of God that abideth and continueth for ever against which the gates of Hell shall not prevaile contrary to which in Page 5. you affirm in these words I do not mean that outward Ceremony of water but also the baptisme of the holy Ghost and gifts to be figurative and typicall Yet in another place Page the 2. you are pleased to say thus to me but if you say that those Offices and gifts which were given to the Apostles continue still and were not figurative Then shew me say you that power of visible glory held forth in these that now doe dispense as in them heretofore To which I answer If I have manifestly declared and described the righteous plant the good Tree and the holy Temple then they that are spirituall may discern the fruits with the power the light and glory thereof for this good Tree is not barren but exceeding fruitfull and this spirituall House Temple Spouse all glorious within Now in the time of her Lords personall absence who when he comes to be personally present she with him and he with her shall be wonderfully revealed and manifested with power great glory cloathed visibly with it even before all their enemies that will not now acknowledge it but declare against it as your selfe hath done and many others that have thanks for it of them that should have reproved them for was there ever such blasphemy witnessed and testified too as is under your own hand in denying the Lord that bought you For you boldly affirme in Page 6. though wofully and impudently That the Incarnation of Christ his death resurrection and intercession and what ever else is spoken of him as that he was circumcised baptized crucified dead bured risen and ascended All these expressions and removes say you I looke upon to be no more but as types and figures holding forth that whole mystery of Truth which shall be made out and finished in us by times and degrees and in severall measures which when it is accomplished in us will be the end of all things And further you say this is that generall Resurrection and great day of the Lord and the world to come and this is all fulfi●led in us before this vaile of flesh be laid down These are your own words wherein you affirme nere as many blasphemies as you have written words for here you make Christ himselfe to be a Type and Figure as before you made the gifts of the Spirit which hee gave to his Apostles for you deny Christ to be reall and personall and affirm him to be a Quality an Unction of your own devising And that there is no resurrection of the body out of the earth nor no day of judgment nor no world to come then what you have imagined and fancied in your own conceit besides and contrary to Gods word And because you will not be tryed by that rule of Truth you blush not to say in page 5. That the fountain of truth doth not fix or confine you so to any expressions as that you should not express or declare any thing but what is according to Scriptures tying you to those written words no say you Oh Sir look and consider how you exalt your self above all that are called God above Christ above his Word as I told you before in my Answ Your Doctor H. N. had done in page 2. above his Church above all the holy Prophets and Apostles yea all the lights and stars of God from the beginning of the world to this day but it cannot be otherwise because you refuse the counsell that teacheth the truth to the Law and to the Testimony If this be not in you it is because there is no light in you And that it may be manifested there is no light in you do but take a short and briefe view of your own darknesse ignorance and grosse contradictions in your Reply as you call it For in page 5. You affirm that I mistake you in saying you make Elias and the Messenger of the Covenant one the same And yet as with the same breath you presently affirm that the Messenger of the Covenant which was Christ is that Elias the Prophet even Christ that unction of Truth in us see from