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sin_n	gift_n	life_n	wage_n	3,267	5	10.5376	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A60558	The blessed works of the light of God's holy and blessed spirit exalted above the works of darkness with some informations how to escape out of sin and iniquity, and a clear way discovered into the truth : with a short testimony of the cry of Babylon's merchants by reason of the day that is coming upon them / [by] Stephen Smith.	Smith, Stephen, 1623-1678.	1673 (1673)	Wing S4212; ESTC R37568	21,102	40

concerning the Gift of God which is Life Eternal you being really out of it in your own imaginary Parts Gifts in comprehending the VVorks done without you and so not sensible of any Real Perfect Pure VVork of God's Holy Spirit in you the which is the Cause you are so Dark and wickedly Blinded to plead for Sin the which is accompanied with the VVages of Death the Cause of Death being Sin the which remaining the Effects cannot cease even Death and Corruption from that venemous Sting over all Flesh that is corrupted with it So for Shame leave your false Accusations against an Innocent People called by the Name of Quakers for testifying of the VVorks of God's holy Spirit the which are perfect in every Degree and therefore there is not the least Sin nor Evil in them So all you who say You are not without Sin in your Best Duties I say They are all VVorks of your own which blind and hide God's Works from you And as you may read of the Works of God's Spirit in Mordecai how they could not bow to the Pride and Arrogance of Haman and also the Works of God's Spirit in Daniel how they could not bow to them that would have restrained and limited them and also the Works of God's Spirit in Shadrach Meshach and Abednego how they could not bow to the Golden Image set up by Nebuchadnezer though Laws under Penalties of Death in a Cruel Manner was before them and also the Works of God's Holy Spirit in the primitive Christians through the Strength of which they under-went hard and grievous things under the spirit of Antichrist which got up in a Form of the good Words in the Pleasures and Vanities of the Works of the fleshly Wisdom the which have been kept up by the same Wisdom by an Arm of Flesh under which the Innocent People who are true Witnesses of the Works of God's Spirit have suffered very deeply in this Age the which cannot be hid though the Cause for which they have thus suffered is so far hid that it cannot be believed though they have been wonderfully declared of But it is Mordecai Daniel Shadrach Meshach and Abednego's God which we who are in Scorn called Quakers do worship in and by the Effects and blessed Operation of his own blessed Spirit wherein stands our Confidence and not in Flesh and our Faith Belief and Hope is in him that he will turn the Hearts of many of our Enemies unto us though many will perish in their Gain-saying So over all the VVorks and Powers of Darkness is our Faith and Belief that the Holy Righteous VVorks of God's blessed Spirit shall be exalted and the God of Truth in and through his blessed VVorks in preparing and fitting the Hearts of people the Knowledge of him shall encrease till it spread over all And for this Purpose hath God raised many contrary to the VVisdom of the VVorld in whom he hath made known his Righteous Works who have Unity and Fellowship therein who are true Labourers therein purely out of Love to God and his blessed VVorks in Good-will and true Love to all men that all may taste of the Goodness of God the Experience of which will bring Mankind to be of one Mind and Heart and therein to agree to Praise and Magnifie God who shows Man his Thoughts to whom belongs Honour and Glory forever And now all you Leaders of the People in all Forms and Fashions who are denying the Works of the Divine Power of God in its blessed Operation and powerful Working in setting free them who are heavy laden and weary through the Enemies works of Sin and Iniquity the which you say cannot be Overcome therefore you are Denyers of the Sufficiency of God's Works and his Kingdom wherein dwells Righteousness Peace and Joy in and through the Effectual Workings of God's Holy Spirit the which though you say in words Thy Kingdom come thy Will be done c. But being Sayers and not Doers you are so darkened that with all your own Wills and Mights you are strengthening the Old Kingdom of Transgression where Sin and Iniquity aboundeth the Devil's works Was it not by reason of Transgression that the first Law the first Covenant was added which was written in Tables of Stone And was not this in Force till the Manifestation of the Seed of Life and Power the Coming of the Messiah to finish Transgression and to put an End to Sin and so bring in everlasting Righteousness God's Kingdom Now all you blind Leaders of the Blind is not here God's Second Covenant writ in the Heart into which all must come that come unto God where his Light is to shine who is the True Light that enlightens every Man that comes into the World And if this Righteous Law be taken heed unto will it not judge Lust when it rises in the Heart And will it not judge Anger when it rises in the heart and will it not judge every Desire of Breaking Promise when it arises in the Heart And will it not judge every Hasty and Froward Action and Lightness when they appear in the Heart And is not all that proceeds from this Righteous Law and Covenant of God in the Heart Pure Truth Yea and Nay And what is more then Plain Truth Yea and Nay is it not judged by this pure Law in the Heart And are not all forbidden to Swear by this one Law-giver who is able to Save or to Destroy And must not his Righteous Law and Decree take place though many Laws through Darkness and Ignorance may be made against it And must not all that come to Sion the City of the Living God be Redeemed through these Righteous Judgments And are not the great Mercies of God witnessed in and through these Righteous Judgments And all that will not come under this Righteous Law and Government where Mercy and Peace kisses and Truth and Righteousness is set over all is it not just that they be left to Judgment without Mercy So is not Destruction from Self-willing and Running of people out of the Counsel and Knowledge of the Will and Mind of the Living God And is not the Salvation of every Soul in and through the Righteous Decrees and Just and Holy Laws of God which is Light in every Conscience And must not all that come to Salvation come first to the Way and Means that God hath ordained And is not the Second Coming of Christ in the Light of his Holy Spirit the Way by which all must come unto God the which is without Sin without Spot without Guile And must not all that come unto God come unto him in this one Blessed Savoury Offering And is not this Christ of God the same yesterday to day and forever as he was before Abraham was and so the same in the beginning of all things And must not all that come to God come out of Transgression the Cause why Mankind was drove from the Presence of God

Righteous Testimony in Thousands that stand against them what a sad work do these blind Leaders make to hide themselves from the VVrath of the Lamb that is coming upon them looking back to the several Traditions Customs and Commands of Men from whence they derive several Establishments upon many Fleshly rotten Foundations as Covenant and Directory of Man's none of God's Foundation Christ God's Foundation is a Pure Holy Unspotted Foundation where God's Wisdom and Counsel directs in and through the Works of his Holy Spirit the which are perfect and good in every degree thereof by which people are built up a Spiritual House to the Honour and Praise in and through God's blessed Works forever So to God's Covenant and Works must all Mankind be brought under that are redeemed and made alive to God therefore we deny the Presbyterian's Covenant and Directory as being but a meer Parcel of Conceivings and Imaginations which tends to hide the Holy Covenant and Foundation of the Righteous People in Generations past and now present in being who were and are built upon the sure Foundation which God hath laid and thereon in Covenant with his Righteous Holy Works And concerning your Foundation who are built upon a Church-Faith made up by an Assembly of Diviners out of their own Brain in their fleshly Comprehensions its man's Works full of Blemishes and Spots and not God's God's Foundation and Works thereon are Pure and Holy without Spot Wrinkles or Blemish And forasmuch as your made up Faith and Works tend to the making void the pretious Faith of God's Elect which is the Gift of God the which purifies the Heart and works by Love and giveth Victory over the Old World of Transgression and Sin without which Faith there is no pleasing God And so to this One Faith One Baptism and One Lord Testimony is given and against all feigned Faiths the Works of Men's Hands the which are in Wickedness by which the Just was slain And concerning that Head of the Beast which is branched out into several Horns in Feigned Humility and Will-Worship intruding into things which they are not led into by the Light of God's holy Spirit and therefore their Foundation being not from a certain Knowledge of the immediate Works of God's holy blessed Spirit in them But are in their own Willings and Runnings into Imaginations and Conceivings about the Practices of the holy Men of God but being out of their Spirit and Works therein what dark Works of Plungings and Dippings in outward Water and imaginary Fellowships in outward Elements but being out of a true Sense of the Works of God's Spirit and its Inspiration to enlighten them and give them an Understanding of the Times and Seasons of the Dispensations and Works of the Mighty God what Strangers are they to the New Birth and the One Baptism of Christ with Fire and the Holy Spirit to burn and consume Lusts and so to bring down every high Thought and vain Imaginations under his Feet who is the Lamb of God that takes away the Sins of the World And so by that One Pure Holy Spirit of God are many baptized into one Body where God's Will is done on Earth by him that abides forever So not by the Works of Man's Righteousness is any saved but by the Merciful Works of God in his Son by the VVashing of Regeneration and Renewing of the holy Spirit So into this pure holy Name must all be Baptized Dipped Plunged the which tends to the bringing out of all False Fellowships into that One and Only Pure Fellowship to walk in the Light of the Lord where the Blood of Christ cleanses from all Sin A pure Baptism indeed a pure Washing in a pure Fountain where Filthiness that is within man comes to be washed away and thereby way is made for the Comfortable Fresh Springs that rise from the Fountain of Love and Mercies the Substance of which many outward things are Shadows but the Good Thing it self is come Glory to God on high Hebr. 9.9 10. So to his blessed Works who must increase is Testimony given and against all the Works of Men's Hands the which tend to the making void thereof So the Fountain of God stands sure and must do forever and all False Foundations whereon People have built must be swept away for evermore THE blessed and unspotted Foundation the Mighty God of Heaven and Earth hath laid which is Christ or Vnction from the holy God by the Light and Teaching of which Mankind comes to be inspired with a right Understanding concerning things that differ even that which is pretious and wholsome so good for Food for every Soul and that which is vile and filthy which tends to the defiling and bringing Souls into Bondage And so John in his 1 Epist 2.20 saith unto the then Believers who had received this heavenly Gift But ye have an Vnction from the Holy One and ye know all things Herein was and is God's Love in his Son manifested to the World to destroy his Works who hath led Mankind into Darkness and so through Man's Obedience in following and believing in these blessed and unspotted Works of God in his Son the Enmity comes to be slain that separates Mankind from God and so the blessed Works of God in his Son reconciling and bringing back them who have been lost by wandering and roving in their own Willings and Runnings in this cloudy and dark Night they come to be seen felt and enjoyed by them who were and are Partakers thereof even of God's Works in his Son by which the Eye of the Understanding comes to be opened and so the Offensive Eye that is offended at God's Works comes to be put out And thus the Light and Understanding of that pure Life comes to be known the which hath been as a Lamb slain from the Foundation of the World of Wickedness by the Subtilty of the Serpent in Man's Heart And now to the Praise and Honour of God Almighty who hath drawn Thousands by the Strivings of the Grace of his Holy Spirit to the Knowledge of his Way Christ the Truth Way and Life the which is without Spot and Blemish the same Pure Holy and Unchangeable Way and Foundation on which the holy Men of God were built in Ages and Generations past Ephes 2.20 and are built upon the Foundation of the Apostles and Prophets Jesus Christ himself being the chief Corner-Stone So here was the Primitive Christians Foundation from whence proceeded and proceeds Heavenly Blessed and Gratious Words from the true Sense and Feeling of the Operation and powerful Works of God's holy and blessed Spirit And from this Holy Uncorruptible Pure Foundation and Way of God were all True Ministers and Teachers of others raised from the Blessed Operation of the Spirit of Truth in themselves whereby they had and have the Will and Mind of God unto People though not all in the same Measure or Degree But every one being faithful to his own Measure