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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A86947	The mystery of Christ in us, with the mystery of the Father, Word, and holy Ghost or Spirit, opened also, the parable of the rich man's flocks and herds, and the poor man's ewe-lamb, explicated. Likewise, the way that Christ takes to undo a man, and take away his life. Together with a discovery of the neerness of Christs coming, and of those glorious things which are to be fulfilled in these later days. Set forth and published by Ed. Hide jun.	Hyde, Edward, 1607-1659.	1651 (1651)	Wing H3866; Thomason E1372_4; ESTC R209351	80,214	204

Lamb nourish it up with himself and with his children feed it with his own flesh and with his own blood but it must lie in his own bosom his beloved disciple is so dear to him that he will not have it lie out of his own bosom And therefore he is said toca●ry the lambs in his own bosom Isai. 40. 11. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd he shall gather the lambs with his arm and carry them in his bosom and shall gently lead those that are with young And then he goes on with the Parable And it was unto him as a daughter that is as one of the daughters of Jerusalem See Cant. 3. 10. He made the pillars thereof of silver the bottom thereof of gold the covering of it of purple the midst thereof being paved with love for the daughters of Jerusalem Speaking of Solomon who made himself a chariot of the wood of Lebanon verse 9. See Luke 23. 28. But Jesus turning to them said Daughters of Hierusalem weep not for me but weep for your selves and for your children This was spoken when Jesus was a leading away to suffer See that in Cant. 5. 16. This is my friend O daughters of Jerusalem meaning Christ But what is a daughter of Hierusalem It is a daughter of love and glory Nathan goes on further with the Parable And there came a traveller unto the rich man This traveller is a wayfaring man and a wayfaring man is one that is here and there and everywhere an unstable and unsetled man Wayfaring men are often spoken of in Scipture See Jer. 9. 2. O that I had in the wilderness a lodging place of wayfaring men that I might leave my people and go from them for they be all adulterers and an assembly of treacherous men And that in Is 35. 8. And an high-way shall be there and a way and it shall be called the way of holiness the unclean shall not pass over it but it shall be for those the wayfaring men though fools shall not erre therein And that in Ier. 14. 8. O the hope of Israel the Saviour thereof in the time of trouble why shouldst thou be as a stranger in the land and as a wayfaring man that turneth aside to tarry for a night This rich man spared to take of his own flocks and of his own herds to dress or make ready for the wayfaring man that was come to him but took the poor mans lamb and dressed it for the man that was come unto him The taking of the poor man's lamb and dressing it for the wayfaring man is the doing of any thing that is sinful before God as David's slayingVriah the Hittite and taking the Hittite's wife to be his vers. 9. Or a man offending his weak brother see 1 Cor. 8. 11 12. And through thy knowledge shall thy weak brother perish for whom Christ died But when you sin so against the brethren and wound their weak conscience ye sin against Christ Therefore he saith vers. 9 10. Take heed lest by any means this liberty of yours become a stumbling block to them that are weak For if any man see thee which hast knowledge sit at meat in the idols temple shall not the conscience of him that is weak be by you emboldened to eat those things which are offered to idols The committing of any sin is the slaying of the poor mans lamb for the traveller After this David's anger was greatly kindled against the man and he said to Nathan As the Lord liveth that is As sure as the Lord liveth the man that hath done this thing shall surely die or is worthy to die or he is a son of death This kinde of saying of David is sutable to that in a manner in Gen. 38. 24. And it came to pass about three months after that it was told Iudah saying Tamar thy daughter in law hath played the harlot and also behold she is with childe by whoredom And Iudah said Bring her forth and let her be burnt In this 2 Sam. 6. 12. David sets forth what the rich man that had killed the poor mans lamb shall restore And he shall restore the Lamb fourfold according to the Levitical Law see Exod. 22. 18. Because he did this thing and because he had no pity of the poor man's lamb Sutable to this is that in Psal. 109. 16. Because he remembred not to shew mercy but persecuted the poor and needy man that he might even slay the broken in heart Now in the seventh verse of 2 Sam. 12. Nathan describes the man that took the poor mans lamb and slew it for the traveller And Nathan said unto David Thou art the man that did this thing See how all this while David condemns himself out of his own mouth and passeth sentence upon himself in passing sentence upon another just as Iudah did See that fore-named place of Scripture in Gen. 38. 25 26. When she was brought forth she sent to her father in law saying By the man whose these are am I with childe and she said Discern I pray whose these are the signet and bracelets and staff And Iudah acknowledged them and said She hath been more righteous then I because I gave her not to Shelah my son And he knew her again no more Iudah condemned himself out of his own mouth in condemning Tamar as well as David did in passing sentence upon the rich man And he knew after that Tamar had shewed him the bracelets signet and staff that he was the man that judged himself out of his own mouth The Parable being explicated there will arise naturally these Points of Doctrine The first is this That Nathan the Prophet never went about any thing but he was sent of God to do it The second is this That Christ suffers that disciple whom he dearly loves to be brought and nourished up with him and to grow up together with Christ and with his children to eat of his own meat and drink of his own drink and lie in his own bosom and to be unto him as a daughter The third is this That committing of any sin whatsoever is the killing of the poor man's lamb The fourth is this That God many times speaks in a Parabolical way and manner to awaken poor souls out of the deep sleep of security and sin by causing them unknowingly to pass an impartial sentence against themselves in the person of another that so they might be brought to unfeigned repentance The fifth is this That that which convinceth a soul of sin is God's saying unto him Thou art the man For the first That Nathan the Prophet never went about any thing but he was sent of God to do it this is clear from the words He was sent from God unto David to declare this Parable unto him he was sent from God to David to tell him that the Lord had put away his iniquity he was sent of God to David to speak nothing but what God had

him while Joseph made himself known to his brethren And he wept aloud and the Egyptians and house of Pharoah heard And Joseph said unto his brethren I am Joseph Doth my Father yet live And his brethren could not answer him for they were troubled at his presence And Joseph said to his brethren Come neer me I pray you And they came neer I am Joseph your brother whom ye sold into Egypt This Joseph is a Type of Christ and his discovering himself to his brethren is the manner that Christ takes to reveal himself to his brethren Christ cannot many times refrain himself he cannot forbear but discover and reveal himself to his brethren that have sold him into Egypt he must discover himself to his brethren as Joseph did as Joseph wept to see his brethren so doth Jesus Christ to see his brethren he weeps aloud to see us yea he weeps for joy to see his brethren before he discovers himself to them and afterwards he saith I am Ioseph I am your Ioseph one of your fellow-brethren Doth my Father yet live in you When Christ speaks thus to the soul the Soul cannot answer him because it is troubled at his presence And as Ioseph said to his brethren Come neer so Christ bids us come neer We are ready when we have a discovery of Christ to stand afar off and to be afraid of him and then Christ saith Come neer as if he should say Why stand you a loof off Come neer and to encourage them to come neer he speaks more plainly to them now I am Joseph your brother whom ye sold into Egypt but before he said I am Joseph onely and then the soul comes neer to Christ O how sweet this is Christ shall not no will not onely reveal himself but he can do no otherwise he cannot refrain himself and therefore Christ saith unto them Be not grieved nor angry with your selves that ye sold me into Egypt for God did send me before you to preserve life See how Christ endeavours to take away all grief and anger from his brethren by telling them that God sent him into Egypt to preserve life Selah So that confess him to be in you though you do not feel him within you yet if you believe he is in you you may confess him But what is it to confess him To confess him is to acknowledge him come in the flesh and come within you 1 Joh. 4. 2. Hereby know yee the Spirit of God every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God 1 Joh. 4. 15. Whosoever shall confess that Jesus is the Son of God God dwels in him and he in God Confessing there is acknowledging Phil. 2. 11. And that every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ is Lord to the glory of God the Father There is the same word So that to confess him is to acknowledge him How Thus thou art within me I do subscribe to the truth of it that it is so even so But yet I cannot confess him saith the soul The word of faith is in thy mouth to make thee to confess that Christ is within thee and to say It is true Lord as I have believed thou art within me There is the acknowledgement of the soul There is not onely a confession of the mouth required of the soul but a belief of the heart likewise that God raised Christ from the dead which I do intend a little to speak to Dead here is to be understood grave hell that state that Jesus Christ was in of whom it was said Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell neither wilt thou suffer thy holy One to see corruption Psal. 16. 10. It is not enough to confess Christ to be within us but to believe in our hearts that God raised him from the dead if we would be saved our Faith must reach further then Christ in us it must reach to the Father also See 1 Pet. 1. 21. Who by him do believe in God that raised him from the dead and gave him glory that our faith and hope might be in God See further in Act. 13. 32 33 34. And we declare unto you glad tidings how that the promise which was made to our Fathers God hath fulfilled the same unto us their children in that he hath raised up Iesus again as it is also written in the second Psalm Thou art my Son this day have I begotten thee And as concerning that he raised him up from the dead now no more to return to corruption he said I will give him the sure mercies of David A faith that saves that is a faith that is accompanyed with Salvation is in God as one that raised Christ from the dead for there is in Gods raising Christ Remission of sins and justification from all things as sin iniquity and the like from which we could not be justified by the Law of Moses Act. 13. 38 39. And besides to us there is an imputation of righteousness which was imputed to Abraham if we believe on him that raised up Iesus our Lord from the dead who for this very end was raised from the dead that is to say for our justification Rom. 4. 24 25. God would have us believe in him as one that raised Christ from the dead because in Gods raising Christ he raised us through the faith of the operation of God who hath raised him from the dead and the uncircumcision of our flesh hath he quickened together with him having forgiven us all trespasses blotting out the hand-writing of ordinances that was against us which was contrary to us and took it out of the way nayling it to the cross and having spoyled principalities and powers he made a shew of them openly triumphing over them all A glorious slaughter of all our enemies is to be seen in Gods raising Christ from the dead And then that in Eph. 2. 5 6. In Gods raising Christ we though we were dead in sins yet were quickened together with him and were raised up together with him and made to sit together in heavenly places in Christ Iesus which was Gods rich mercy and great love and his end in it was That in the ages to come he might shew the exceeding riches of his grace in his kindness towards us in Christ Iesus Eph. 2. 4 7. Now God many times suffers us to have the sentence of death in our spirits he suffers us to be pressed out of measure beyond strength insomuch that we despair of life that we should not trust in our selves but in God that raised the dead Quest But you will ask me First How God raised Christ from the dead Secondly What it is to be believe it Answ. For the first how God raised Christ It was 1. By the glory of the Father Rom. 6. 4 9 2. By the Spirit Rom. 8. 11. 3. By his mighty power Eph. 1. 20. The second thing to be enquired into is What it is to believe that God

repentance This is clear from the Parable If it be so then this may serve to discover the truth of this How that God many times takes such a mystical way of speaking that he makes the poor creature condemn himself pass sentence upon himself in the person of another as he made David It makes me wonder at David's being caught by God and what he said when the Prophet said unto him Thou art the man Friends if you have committed adultery murder fornication or some secret sin or the like God hath a Parabolical way and manner to make you pass sentence upon your selves in passing sentence upon others if he intend good to you There is no hiding of your sins God will finde them out David little thought that he was the man the Prophet spoke to and that he passed sentence upon himself in the person of another God can catch us some way or other if he intend good to our souls he will shew us that we have sinned as he did David some way or other If it be so it speaks the wisdom of God O how wise is our God for our good Though haply we think him not to be so O the depth of the wisdom of God! his ways are past finding out in this thing in convincing of sin in such a parabolical way We many times speak against his wisdom and ways because we do not comprehend them there is no searching of his ways they are past finding out the more we search into them the more we lose our selves in them The fifth doctrine is this That that which convinceth a man of sin is Gods saying unto him Thou art the man This is cleer from the words If it be so Then you that take your fill of sin that commit sin with greediness when God comes to say to you souls You are the men and the women that have sinned against him what will you do then And you that are proud self-conceited high-minded and the like God will finde you out and discover to you that you are the men and women that have sinned against him and wronged your own souls To confirm this Doctrine consider that in Act. 2. 3 6. Therefore let all the house of Israel know assuredly that God hath made that same Jesus whom ye have crucified both Lord and Christ Whom they had crucified When God had said unto them that they were those which crucified Christ that they were the men which did it when they heard this they were pricked in their hearts and cryed out What shall we do to be saved And in another place It was ye that denyed Christ in the presence of Pilate that denyed the holy One and just and desired a murderer to be granted unto you it was ye that killed the prince of life whom God raised from the dead Act. 3. 13 14 15. The God of our Fathers raised up Jesus whom ye slew and hanged on a tree him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour to give repentance unto Israel and forgiveness of sins When they heard that they were cut to the heart and took counsel to slay them Act. 5. 30 31 33. The Apostles saying unto them in the Spirit of Christ that they were those that slew Christ they were the men that did it that cuts them to the heart and makes them take counsel to slay them VVhen God speaks to a soul Thou art the man that hast sinned that hast slain Christ either he will cry out VVhat shall I do to be saved or else he will inrage and take counsel against the people of God The VVord of God is like a two edged sword and will cut one way or other If it be so Then O that God would say to you as he did to David you are the men and women that have killed the poor mans Lamb VVe are ready with the whorish woman to wipe our mouthes and say VVe have not sinned but when God comes to discover sin we shall see we have sinned been proud vaunted and gloried in our selves what we have been done or can do that we have spoken honourable of those that admired us and poor and base and contemptible of those that did not admire us and cry us up CHAP. III. The three Witnesses in heaven with their testimonies and the three Witnesses on earth with their testimonies explicated out of 1 Joh. 5. 7 8. Vers 7. For there are three that bear record in heaven the Father the Word and the holy Ghost and these three are one 8 And there are three that bear witness in earth the Spirit and the Water and the Blood and these three agree in one IN the fifth verse of this chapter there is a Question propounded with an Answer annexed to it The Question is this Who is he that overcometh the world The answer is this But he that believeth that Jesus is the Son of God this is he that came by water and bloud even Jesus Christ not by water onely but by water and blood And it is the Spirit that beareth witness of this The reason is because the Spirit is truth Now these two verses which we are to speak to are a reason of part of the sixth verse There are in the first verse of the words these things to be considered First Who the Witnesses are that bear record in Heaven Secondly What Heaven is in which they bear testimony Thirdly What the Witnesses Records are Fourthly What the Witnesses Oneness is There are in the second verse of the words these things likewise to be considered First What earth is Secondly Who they are that bear witness in earth Thirdly What their testimonies are Fourthly How the Witnesses agree in one The first thing to be considered in the first verse of the words is this Who the Witnesses are that bear record in Heaven They are three great mysteries the Father the Word and the Spirit the hugest mysteries that ever were which no natural eye can finde out all the parts learning and gifts of men are here lost And besides they are of such infinite vastness that they swallow up all other mysteries whatsoever The very marrow of Godliness and Christianity consists and lies hid in the knowledge of these Three it is the right understanding of these Three that makes the soul truly godly All happiness and glory lie involved in these Three the Father Word and holy Ghost Quest But you will ask me What is the Father what is the Son and what is the holy Ghost Answ. The Father is God the Son the same God and the holy Ghost the same God though in a different manner Quest But why is God called the Father why the Son and why the holy Ghost Answ. He is called the Father with respect to two Creations First the Old Creation Secondly the New Creation First he is called the Father with respect to the Old Creation he is the Former Begetter and Framer of the heavens

thou not it that hath cut Rahab and wounded the dragon See Psal. 89. 10. Thou hast broken Rahab in pieces Or Rahab may be taken for the harlot Heb. 11. 31. By faith the harlot Rahab perished not with them that believed not when she had received the spies with peace The second thing to be inquired into is What Babylon is It is a great City Rev. 18. 10. Alas alas that great city Babylon The third thing to be inquired is What Gods making mention of Rahab and Babylon is It is his making known and discovering of Rahab and Babylon The fourth thing to be inquired into is to whom God will make mention of Rahab and Babylon and that is to those that know him to those that are acquainted with God that have not an outward cognizance of God but a divine inward knowledge of him God will make mention of Rahab and Babylon to them that thus know him What make mention of Rahab and Babylon Why What is to be seen in Rahab Is there any thing to be seen that is worth the seeing in Egypt where there is nothing but blackness darkness bondage cruelty and the like Yes this man was born there Who is that Christ VVhat Christ born in Egypt among the Egyptians where there is nothing but cruelty darkness and bondage This is strange God will make mention of this to them that know him as an incouragement to them to believe notwithstanding their darkness and bondage that Christ shall be born in them Or Rahab here may be taken for the harlot If you take Rahab for the harlot then it is thus God will make mention of Rahab the harlot to them that know him VVhat a harlot Is there any thing to be seen or learn'd from her Yes though she was a harlot yet she obtained mercy and so it is an incouragement to us Gods making mention of Rahab the harlot to them that know him is his letting them see that she obtained mercy that so it might be an incouragement to those to whom he makes mention of it to believe I will make mention of Babylon likewise to them that know me VVhy is there any thing to be seen in Babylon among the Babylonians Yes This man was born there VVhere In Babylon among the Babylonians those sinful persecuting creatures that held the people of God in captivity this God will make mention of to them that know him as an incouragement to them likewise Behold see take notice What shall we take notice of Philistia What is Philistia A Country of which the Philistims came What is to be seen there This man was born there Where Among the Philistims that fought against Christ and were enemies to him Behold see take notice of Tyre What is Tyre A City Mat. 11. 21 What is to be seen there This man was born there What born in that sinful City Yes Behold Ethiopia What was Ethiopia A Country of whom the Ethiopians came that is Blackamores What is to be seen there This man was born there Where Among the Blackamores those sullied sinful black creatures So that if Satan makes the question how Christ can be born in such an Egyptian Babylonish Rahab-like heart as thine is make mention of Rahab and Egypt and tell him That this man was born there If Satan makes the Question how Christ can be born in thee that art so Philistia and Tyre-like Behold Philistia and Tyre and tell him That this man was born there If Satan tempt thee with thy blackness and sulliedness and makes thee question whether Christ be born in thee from thy blackness and sulliedness Behold Philista and tell Satan That this man was born there As it was said of Rahab and Babylon Philistia Tyre and Ethiopia That this man was born there so it shall be said of Zion And of Zion it shall be said This man and that man that is man and man the man Christ Jesus and the man David was born in her And the Highest himself shall establish her God himself shall establish her with grace shall root her and ground her in himself against all winds of Doctrine temptations sin and the gates of hell The Lord shall count or reckon when he writeth up the people among the living in Jerusalem Isa. 4. 3. In the writing of the house of Israel Ezek. 13. 9. That this man Christ was born there Born where In Zion Selah He that hath an ear to hear let him hear As well the singers as the players on instruments shall be there Where In Zion and shall make sweet and heavenly musick and melody in their hearts to God What singers and players on Instruments shall be there Not carnal singers but such as can sing the song of the Lamb and not carnal players or carnal Instruments neither but spiritual The Psalmist ends the Psalm with this sweet saying All my springs are within thee As if he should say I am nothing but what I am from thee thy springs are mine all my springs of comfort joy parts are in thee and if thou withdrawest them I die my lower and upper springs are in thee my lesser and my greater Christ saith of his people A garden inclosed is my sister my spouse a spring shut up a fountain sealed a fountain of gardens a well of living waters and streams from Lebanon Cant. 4. 12 15. Therefore with joy shall ye draw water out of the wells of salvation Isa. 12. 3. Therefore are they before the throne of God and serve him day and night in his temple and he that sitteth on the throne shall dwell among them They shall hunger no more neither thirst any more neither shall the sun light on them nor any heat for the Lamb which is in the midst of the throne shall feed them and shall lead them unto living fountains of waters and God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes Rev. 7. 15 16 17. CHAP. V. Some sweet Discoveries of the way Christ takes to undo a man and take away his Life Light Understanding Knowledge Wisdom and so make him a meer begger out of Isa. 6. 5 6 7. Vers 5. Then said I Wo is me for I am undone because I am a man of unclean lips and I dwell in the midst of a people of unclean lips for mine eyes have seen the King the Lord of hosts 6. Then flew one of the Seraphims unto me having a live coale in his hand which he had taken with the tongs froṁ off the altar 7. And he laid it upon my mouth and said Loe this hath touched thy lips and thine iniquity is taken away and thy sin purged IN the verses going before the Prophet Isaiah gives a description of that discovery that he had of the Lord and of the time when he had it the description of his dicovery is part of the first verse to the fifth the time when he had this discovery is set down in the first words of the first verse which was in the