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A85549	A true reformation and perfect restitution, argued by Silvanus and Hymeneus; where in the true Church of Christ is briefly discovered here in this life in her estate of regeneration, as also her persecution in the life to come, as it hath been foretold by all the holy prophets and Apostles, which have been since the world began. / By J.G. a friend to the truth and Church of God.	Graunt, John, of Bucklersbury.	1643 (1643)	Wing G1595; Thomason E55_10; ESTC R212817	46,091	47

King in this glorious Kingdom And lastly what are the subjects and inheritors thereof Hym. The names that the Scriptures give unto the eternall estate are very many and excellent and your method very good therefore I pray proceed Silv. The time of the Churches deliverance to the estate of perfection is at the end of this world when he that ascended shall descend as saith the Scripture whom the heavens must conteine and receive untill the restitution of all things forespoken by all the holy Prophets hath been since the world began which things therefore the world might not be ignorant of which are testified by so many witnesses for so saith the spirit every one that have spoke have spoke of these things but the cause of mens ignorance in this as in many other truths of God is in regard people do not labour with God to understand and know the Scriptures for although every one for the most part hath a Bible yet generally they are as ignorant of the intent and meaning of the Scriptures as he that never saw the written word of God at all but no more by way of digression And that the time of the Lords glorious Kingdom and the Churches deliverance shall be at the end of this world is clear by our Saviours own words in parable The harvest is the end of the world and the reapers are the Angels As therefore the tares are gathered and burnt in the fire so shall it be in the end of this world the sonne of man shall send forth his Angels and they shall gather out of his Kingdom all things that do offend and them which do i●iquity as also in that Scripture where the question is made by the servants to the house-holder whether the tares the envious man sowed amongst the good seed should be pluckt up the Master answers nay let them both grow together untill harvest and sheweth what shall be done then both with the wheate and with the tares saying at his glorious comming shall be gathered before him all nations and he shall sever the Sheep from the Goates c. Then the King shall say to them on his right hand comeye ●lessed inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the beginning of the wo●ld and to this agreeth the Angels words to Daniel Go thou thy ways Daniel at the end of the days shall the end be and thou shall stand up in t●y lot meaning thou shalt then be raised to shine as the brightnesse of the Fi●mament amongst them that have turned many to God even to shine as the Stars for ever and ever There is none in all the world but the Child of God the heires of salvation have the benefit of the Prophet Ieremies exhortation in these words Ier. 31. Refraine thy voice from weeping and thine eyes from teares for thy work shall be rewarded saith the Lord and they shall come againe from the Land of the Enemy there is the returne from captivity of the naturall Israel and there is hope in thy end saith the Lord that thy Children shall come againe to their own border there is the deliverance of the s●irituall Is●ael at their Resurrection as the Patriarks have exprest their hope as is more clearly proved in the next particular the place where the bride shall for ever enjoy her bridegroome the King of glory his gloriou● Kingdom which the holy Ghost calleth the earth in these wor●s Behold the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth And so saith our Lord Blessed are the meek for they shall inherit the earth Their inheritance is their recompence then and not before shall the earth be filled with the knowledge of God as the waters cover the Seas which must needs be understood of the new earth promised and to come such an earth as the Lord shall make when he will make all things new for the contrary is most true now here in this old cursed earth that ignorance fills this earth as the waters cover the Seas Hym. This is not understood in these days for I never heard these Scriptures so applied before Silv. To make it more plaine we will first cite the Testimonyes of the Prophets our Lords and his Apostles and then I will shew you how plainly and clearly the heires of the promise have particularly declared her hope and confidence in it Job had the true knowledge and comfort of it which ravisht him and made him thus to cry out as if he were out of himself Oh that my words were now written Oh that they were printed in a book that they were graven with an Iron Pen in a Rock for ever for I know that my Redeemer liveth and that he shall stand at the latter day upon the earth and though after my skin wormes destroy this body yet in my flesh I shall see God whom I shall see for my self and my eyes shall behold and not another In which he clearly expresses that the place of his blessednesse after the resurrection shall be in the earth where his Saviour shall stand that is shall rule and raigne for ever David a man after Gods own heart excells in this Faith and hope what man is he that feareth the Lord saith he him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose his soule shall lodge in goodnesse and his seed shall inherit the earth And againe Let all the earth feare the Lord let all the inhabitants of the world stand in aw of him for evill doers shall be cut off but those that waite upon the Lord they shall inherit the earth and though it be but a little while and the wicked shall not be saith he and his place shall not be found yet the meek shall inherit the earth and delight themselves in the aboundance of peace for such as be blessed of him shall inherit the earth and they that be cursed of him shall be cut off And so he singeth Psa. 48. Great is the Lord and greatly to be praised in the City of our God in the mountaine of his holinesse beautifull for situation the joy of the whole earth is mount Sion And also in another place The Heaven even the Heavens are the Lords but the earth hath he given to the Children of men So testifieth the Prophet Esay saying Thus saith the Lord that created the Heavens God himself that formed the earth and made it he hath established it he created it not in vaine he formed it to be inhabited I said not saith the Lord to the seed of Iacob seek you me in vaine I the Lord speak righteousnesse I declare things that are right And the same Prophet makes proclamation Behold saith he I create new Heavens and a new earth and the former shall not be remembred nor come into mind and as the new Heavens and new earth which I shall make shall remaine before me saith the Lord so shall your seed and your name remaine Which clearly shews the intent of the promise to the Patriarks and

by his penitent confession with ardency of affection in these words I will say unto my Father I have sinned against heaven and before thee and am no more worthy to be called thy Sonne Every word declaring the true and reall sensiblenesse of his own guiltynesse confessing with detestation in the strength of his request like the penitent Publicain smiting his wofull breast with his guilty hand in a ruefull manner as a man lost and undone in the fourth and last place see his unsatisfied desire of pardon and forgivenesse of mercy peace and reconciliation Make me as one of thy hired servants which words for the matter and manner found of nothing but violence and admit of no answer no satisfaction in the world but of grace and favour to be admitted and received though into the least the lowest office of all even into the office of a servant Thus all the Prophets and Apostles as doth their Lord also describe repentance and the penitent by the poor the broken hearted the lost the sinners the unrighteous because these only are so truly in their own eyes and in the gift or work of God called repentance or the preparation of God happy man is he that heareth and obeyeth for God hath sworn he shall not perish Hym I must now confesse you have both described and defined repentance but yet me thinks you ascribe too much to it to say whosoever repents shall not perish Silv. I tell you the truth as it is written Ezechiel 18. 28. because he that considereth and returneth away from all his transgressions he shall surely live he shall not dye And so saith our Lord Except you repent you shall all likewise perish Hym. I pray let me heare you declare the other Metaphoricall terme which setteth forth the second part of regeneration as you said Silv. The second part of our new birth before called remission of sins hath divers termes and expressions in Scripture sometimes it is said to be the Baptisme of fire the Baptisme of the holy Ghost the blood of Christ shed abroad in our hearts sometimes called the blessing the life the voice or promise of God the ministery of the Lord of Iohn the Baptist whose shooe latchet the servant said he was not worthy to untie this Lord of the prepared way in working this ●econd and more speciall work of the holy Ghost preached that is giveth remission of sins to the penitent sanctifieth those which John had prepared bound up that which he had broken healed that which he had bruised perfecting the smoak into a light flame fulfilling what was written of him being anointed for that purpose namely to preach glad tydings unto the poor to bind up the broken hearted to proclaime liberty to the Captives and to inlarge such as were bounden to proclaime the acceptable yeare of the Lord and to comfort all that mourne to appoint unto them that mourne in Syon to give unto them beauty for ashes oyle of joy for sorrowing the garment of praise for the spirit of heavynesse that they may be called Trees of righteousnesse the planting of the Lord that he might be glorified and this was the work of the Lord of the whole world who as he was greater than this servant his foregoer so his ministration exceeded and good reason for it was of a more higher and more excellent nature Even as healing exceeds breaking liberty captivity the spirit of Gladnesse that of heavinesse a rich and plenteous estate that which is low and miserable in the working and effecting hereof the holy Ghost applies the blood of Christ to that fore broken and bruised spirit which is the only healing plaister unto salvation and blessed life for this is the word so much spoken of in the Scripture which cures and heales the wounded spirit that neither herb nor plaister can possibly do the word speaking peace by Iesus Christ which began after the baptisme which Iohn preached thereby ingraving or writing in that Table of flesh the everlasting love and favour of God never againe to be razed or blotted out so purging purifying and sanctifying the prepared heart by the sprinckling of the bloud of Christ the heavenly fire of l●ve so refining it that it exceeds the purest triedst gold beyond all comparison And this effect of the holy Ghost the Scripture also calleth the spirit of his Sonne the spirit of adoption by which we call Abba Father And this is that new covenant which God made with Adam and Abraham and all his spirituall seed that life that Moses had and taught to others that everlasting Law and statute of grace and favor for ever as it is written whom he loveth once he loveth to the end that is everlastingly for his sure mercies and love are written even written in the prepared heart that God will be their God and they his people for ever more still testifying that this was he that was once dead but now liveth was lost but now is found from which work and testimony of the holy Ghost in the heart ariseth such an assurance to the man so sanctified that he is so sure his sins are forgien him and that Gods favour and love is given to him as he is su●e his Lord who wholly bought and freely gave his mercy to him was once dead than raised and now liveth for ever never to die againe this is the love of God shed abroad in his heart the Garment dipt in the bloud of the lambe the answere of a good conscience to his good and gracious God that as was his Father Abraham so is be fully perswaded and in truth of Faith with Saint Paul can say I am perswaded that neither death nor life principalities nor powers things present nor things to come nor height nor depth ●or any other creature whatsoever shall be able to separate me from the love of God which is in Christ Iesus my Lord And this is the birth and Baptisme of fire the blessing and accomplishment of the birth the life and generation of Gods children as that holy King singeth saying Blessed is the man whose sins are covered and whose God is the Lord Iehovah Hym. Surely this must be the description of true justifying Faith yet I pray make a definition of it Silv. This is the peculiar Faith the Faith of Abraham that which justifieth a sinner and by which the justified liveth as the Prophet speaketh and may be thus defined that it is a gift of Gods spirit whereby a concrite tender broken heart is given assuredly to believe that all his sins are forgiven him and that he is reconciled to God in everlasting love and favour through the precious bloud of Iesus Christ that hath bought and purchased it for him Which Faith is cleerly declared and fully proved in every part in the prodigalls acceptance when he was received from death to life the compassion of his Father was the only ground of the penitents forgivenesse and he assured him of his love and