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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60624	The day-spring from on high visiting the world, or, Gods salvation revealed and the way of redemption declared, and the way opened into the everlasting rest also the two births discovered and their several image, and the enmity that is betwixt them : with the lambs appearance in glory and his power and government exalted / by William Smith.	Smith, William, d. 1673.	1659 (1659)	Wing S4295; ESTC R30147	12,937	17

life reach that the heavy burden might be undone and the oppressed set free which in you is pressed as a cart that is full of sheaves by you in bondage kept for unto the Lord of life are you found enemies and fighting against him and hates to be reformed by him though long he hath striven with you and now is the Lord God holding forth plenteous Redemption and making known his salvation and in his good perfect gift is visiting all people that all may turn unto the light and come out of darkness and depart from evil which is made manifest in the light and so come to feel the Redemption of of God in your selves and the operation of his Spirit which worketh the work of God and bringeth forth fruit unto holiness for as in sin you abide you are not redeemed neither knows Christ nor the working of his power but abides in the unbelief and in darkness and brings forth unfruitful works thereof the imagination of your hearts being alwayes evil and that you love and hates the light which doth reprove and will not come to it which doth as truely work in power as it is believed in as ever it did in ages past and salvation is as truly felt in the leadings of the light as they felt it who declared of it and were called out of darkness into it so it is of concernment unto every one to prove themselves that the pure rejoycing you may have in your selves and not in another for the Lord God is visiting all in the light and hath given a manifestation of the Spirit unto every man to profit withall then the gift of God you are not to neglect in your selves but are to take heed unto it and every motion of it that your minds may be ordered in it and lead by it to the knowledge of the living God whom to know is life eternal and none did ever come to the knowledge of him but as they was turned to the light and heeded the light which shone in their hearts in which the knowledge of his glory is manifest in the face of Christ and do you think to come to the knowledge of God by another way be ye tryed in this ye Priests and Professors and all people if the knowledge of the true God you be come unto whom to know is eternal life are you come to know this or are you not in that knowledge which can never come to know the true God be honest with your selves all of you and see if you become to that in wch the knowledge of his glory hath been revealed from the beginning for now it is the same as ever it was and it changeth not but is witnessed through ages and generations to be always the same without any variableness for that which Abel was guided by and in which he offered up a sacrifice in righteousness the same guided Noah and in it he preached righteousness the same appeared unto Abraham and he believed in it and was guided by it and rejoyced to see it and it was counted unto him for righteousness and in this was secrets revealed unto the Prophets Moses lived in it and by the manifestation of it was the Creation opened to his understanding and he saw to the beginning and so declared in the openings of life and all the holy men of God were inspired by it and gave forth the Scriptures in the motion of it he that hath ears to hear let him hear for this was a perfect guide unto all that believed in it before writings was and all the words that are written do bear witness unto the word which was in the beginning with God and it was God and they had all Redemption by him and salvation in him who believed and this was a guide unto the righteous from the beginning and would you have another guide now you have lost that which guides holy men and righteous men and gives them the knowledge of the living God and you feel that you want a guide to bring you to God but takes not heed to that which is manifest from him which doth reprove you as you are out of the way and would lead you in the way of life would you turn unto it but you hating the reproof of it doth not come to know it and so you follow a guide which leads you in the way of death for that which guided Abel Noah and Abraham and all the holy men in times past when they had no visible thing to be a guide unto them in the way of life it is the same now and as sufficient now as ever it was and they were made holy and righteous in it and were accepted of God And would you be better then they were who were righteous men and holy men redeemed from the earth and saved by the Lord and were accepted of him Consider of this for there is not another Rule besides Christ who is given for a Leader that he may be Salvation unto the ends of the earth therefore all come unto him and in his light believe that you may feel his power to work in the inward parts and purifie your hearts for there is a measure given unto every one of you that doth reprove you in secret as your minds be after evil be ye turned unto it that you may feel the work of it to cast off the weight that lyeth upon you and the sin that so easily besets you that the seed out of bondage may arise and come forth for as the light is believed in so is the power felt to rend the vail and scatter the clouds and makes mountains fall and hills melt and is dreadful to Pharaoh and all the Egyptians he that is wise in heart may read how he is acquainted in his own particular with the operation of Gods Spirit for Redemption is plentifully revealed in this present age as in times past and many bear true witness of it who hath felt his power that worketh in the day who hath made known his Salvation and revealed his glory and brought many sons and daughters unto it where they know the truth that maketh free and are redeemed from the earth and saved by the Lord and their minds are after heavenly things and they worship God day and night in his Temple and gives glory unto him that sits upon the Throne and unto the Lamb for ever and ever and this is the true birth that is born of God whose Image is heavenly and he works the work of God and all that believe in him are saved by him for the Devils work he doth destroy and the sin he takes away and that is done by him which no other could do and so doth the Redee●●● live and the stone Elect is known that is pretious which all the wise builders set at nought and are bringing forth false births in their own wills which bears the image of the earthly and neither redeems nor saves from sin but

they abide in darknes and brings forth the works thereof and are in the house of bondage kept and knows not the Rest and Peace in God and so all people who he from the light they are from the guide that leadeth in the way of life in which secrets are revealed and the Mystery opened and though such swear the Lord liveth they swear falsly for his life they know not but are enemies to it and every appearance of it and so brings forth their own conceivings and preaches it for Doctrine and stands in similitudes and likenesses forms and imitations where the false birth is exalted and the fleshly mind puft up which breaks forth in appearance and makes a great shew of godliness and in that glories but the power is denied and Christ is rejected and his appearance persecuted by this fleshly birth Therefore doth the Word of Power reach unto you all ye High-priests and professors that unto the light you may be turned and have your understandings opened to know the Scriptures that you may learn of him of whom the Scriptures testifie for he is the power of God unto Salvation to all that believe and he will teach you truth in the inward parts and make you to be of understanding hearts to know Redemption by him and Salvation in him who gives true freedom out of bondage and leadeth into the Fathers love where all fears are cast out and doubtings removed the flesh being subdued and the false birth crucified his righteousness is received in whom the Father is well-pleased and this is the day of Redemption which from the beginning was and is now witnessed to be the same and so declared in the Spirits power and not in words which mans wisdom teacheth for that is earthly and cannot reach unto things above nor know the Mystery of the heavenly and that makes the world so ignorant of the things of God because they are from the Spirit of God in which secrets are revealed and in which the Mystery is opened and the onely true God known and Jesus Christ whom he hath sent which none can comprehend or know with that which is in the transgression and at enmity with God though words they may have and in them be puft up yet from the life they are found and in their carnal minds are at enmity against it Therefore miserable will all your Comforters be who knows not the Consolation of Israel and in the day of calamity your strength will fail and your hearts faint and it is coming upon you and will be heavy upon your heads And who then will remove it or take it from you who knows not Christ within you Therefore all know this from the Lord that form without power will not save you nor the Letter without the life will give you peace and if either be found amongst you let your doctrine and practise be examined and let it be tryed what image it bears for you wanting the life and power of God your birth is fleshly and born of the flesh and of your own wills and not of the Will of God Therefore arise and depart for it is not your rest you are polluted and your image is defiled and must be destroyed for he appears against you whose Image is heavenly and you must be taken and slain before him because you will not that he should reign over you for he is destroying Antichrist with the brightness of his coming and with the sword of his Spirit is he slaying the wicked and all flesh is but as grass before him for he is blowing upon all your glory and it fades away and dies as the untimely fruit and if your eyes were not blinded you might see the arm of God dashing you one against another and breaking you in pieces as potsherds of the earth and scattering you as the Sun scatters the morning clouds and this is the day of glory which shineth forth in brightness and discovers all your emptiness in the Son of righteousness who is risen in power and gone forth rejoycing and all your idols of silver and gold must be broken down by him and the carved works of your own hands must fall before him for his Image is heavenly though you have marred it and sees no comeliness in it that you should desire it because the worlds glory is not upon it therefore cannot you believe that it is he but puts him to open shame and with your sensual wisdom crucifies him and under your earthly carnal minds buries him and sets your own life above him and so is our Lord crucified in the streets of spiritual Sodom and Egypt where he is trodden under foot and despightfully used consider if ye be not found enemies to God who hates the Light and loves your evil deeds better walking after the flesh and satisfying the lust thereof and sets the lust above the life which makes the seed to groan under the bondage of corruption bearing the earthy image which is in the transgression Now all be awakened for the day is come and the true light shineth in which the Fathers love is manifested and plenteous Redemption witnessed be ye turned unto it all ye ends of the earth for there is not another Saviour but he that is born of God and comes into the world to redeem out of the world and take away the sin of the world in whom the Fathers bosom is opened and his love tendered unto all people that none might perish but that all might come and be saved he that can receive it let him for this is the onely begotten of the Father which is come in power and great glory to put an end to sin and destroy the work of the Devil that the bands may be unloosed and the Prisoner freed and every captive redeemed by his outstretched arm this is good tid●ngs unto the poor Salvation is come that the mourners may be comforted and the feeble strengthened that all who breath after God may walk with him in the light of the living Now let all flesh be silent for God is risen the glory of all flesh to stain and Nations and Kingdoms to subdue Who stands exalted above him and brings forth a birth that is not of his begetting but is of Hagars seed and riseth up against him and is at open enmity with him despising and rejecting reproaching and reviling crucifying and slaying the appearance of him who is the express Image of the Father Now let all be measured with the line of true Judgement and then it will be seen unto whom this condition will reach and who they be that are in the enmity and in that exercises cruelty against the Lord of glory disdaining and scorning reproaching and persecuting the life of righteousness the day of tryal is come the Throne is prepared for Judgement and He that Judgeth Right sits upon it who is the Lord of Hosts come ye Priests and Professors appear before him and stand your tryal he will do