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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47156	The light of truth triumphing over darkness and ignorance, error and envy manifested in Robert Gordoun's late pretended testimony to the true Saviour : wherein every one whose eye is open may see his seat, and who have salt in themselves may favour his words, work and spirit and discern his deceitful dealing by smitting the innocent in secret, yet not with that subtilty which is able to cover in this day wherein light is manifesting the works of darkness : so, the Devil was here deficient but envy slays the foolish man : given forth in the 2 moneth 1670 / by George Keith, & G. White-head.	Keith, George, 1639?-1716.; Whitehead, George, 1636?-1723.; Gordon, Robert, fl. 1669-1675. Testimony to the true Saviour.	1670 (1670)	Wing K179; ESTC R2048	34,830	44

the Christ to whom John came to bear witness and there is not another he is the word made slesh pag. 31 32. the word was not converted into flesh but remain'd the word still pag. 22. Observation This man preacheth up that in one place to be the Christ which in another place he preaches down or denies it to be For that Christ that Iohn came to bear witness to that was the word that became flesh and tabernacled in them was the true light that enlightens every man that comes into the world mentioned before Ioh. 1. But this R. G. Further shews his Self-confutation Enmity and Anti-christian spirit against the true Christ who is the light See here R. G. his Anti-christian doctrines against the universal light and power of God and his Son Io. 1. ch Viz. 1. That the spirit that publisheth that the light that enlighteneth every man that comes into the world is the true Christ is a snare carrying death in the bosom of it pag. 10. 2. That the light that enlightens every man that comes into the world is not he to wit Christ pag. 20. 3. That the worker of redemption could not be the light and power pag. 21. 4. That the bearer away of iniquity cannot be a meer spiritual Christ altogether light and power within pag. 22. 5. That the true Christ man's only Saviour and Redeemer and the light and salvation of the Gentiles prophesied of Esa. 49. 6. is not the light that enlightens every man that comes into the world pag. 26. 27. 6. That the unbelieving Iew who rejected Christ yet had a clearer sight of him then they have who assert that the light that enlighteneth every man that comes into the world is he and that such are wholly ignorant pag. 29. 7. That none of the Prophets ever witnessed the light that enlighteneth every man that cometh into the world to be the true Christ pag. 32 33. 8. That they deny the Lord that bought them who set the light that enlightens every man to be the true Christ and Saviour pag 40. 9. That such are miserably beguiled who preach up the light enlightening every man that comes into the world for the true Christ pag. 37. R. Gs. Contradictions to his Principles before cited He is Iesus Christ the same yesterday to day and for ever without beginning or end of dayes he is the word by which the world is made yea of the Son it is said thou Lord in the beginning hast laid the foundation of the earth and thus he is the wisdom and power of God pag. 23. This is the Christ to whom John came to bear witness and not another he is the word pag. 31 32. Redemption is see● by the light of the glorious Gospel shining in our hearts pag. 25. Old Simeon was a devout man obedient to the light in his conscience he waited for the consolation of Israel and it was revealed to him by the holy Ghost Luk. 2. 17. through it in himself he waited the appointed time c. Observation Christ said I am the light of the world Io. 8. 12. ch 12. 46. and ch 3. 19. and that was the true light that lighteth every man that cometh into the world Io. 1. 1. read on and that light which brings to see Redemption and revealed the consolation of Israel to wit salvation by Christ was his light within wherein Simeon and others of the holy men of God waited and this was a light of the glorious Gospel or power of God shining in the hearts c. R. Gs. Principle That the light in our consciences that shews good and evil is not given for righteousness nor able to reveal or give life any more then the law writte● in Tables of Stone p. 11. R. G's Contradiction Yet Old Simeon was obedient to the light in his conscience c. Redemption is seen by the light shining in our hearts c. as before Observation Then the light in the conscience is given for righteousness if to be obeyed for it manifests evil and leads out of darkness and sin where it is obeyed and every one that doth truth cometh to the light that his deeds may be manifest that they are wrought in God Io. 3. wherefore the light in the conscience is given for righteousness and the path of the Just is a shining light and the life that was the light of men is above and before the Letter or Law writen in tables of stone as to giving of life R. G. God said to Adam in the day thou eatest thereof thou shalt die it could not be revoked who could fulfil the requirings of Wrath and satisfie not Light and Power c. But he who trod the Wine Press of his Fathers wrath alone P. 19. 20. R. G's Contradiction The Chastisements of our Peace were upon him c. p. 21. Observation Mark here Wrath and Chast●sements are two differing things and differ in the execution as Chastisement is in love to Gods People who receive the Attonement but Wrath and Vengeance due to Rebellion and is to come upon them whom he will tread down in his anger and trample in his fury even in the Wine-press of his wrath as Isai. 63. Now it appears this R. G. takes this as Christs stopping or treading down the Fathers wrath as his words import wherein he is greatly mistaken for it is rather an executing of his wrath and revenge upon the wicked or Persecutors whom he will trample in his fury for the deliverance of his own Seed and ransomed ones And this Christ who is both the wisdom light and power of God can and will do by whose power also salvation for sin and death is witnessed in them that believes in the Divine Light and Power which is able to give us all things pertaining to life and godliness 2. Pet. 1. 3. R. G. Redemption is a Mystery which by the Principles of right reason cannot be discerned Contradiction But is seen by the light of the glorious Gospel shining in our hearts p. 25. Answer Right reason doth spring from the true light that shineth in the heart and the good that this light teacheth and sheweth is reasonable or consistent with right reason however this man seems to decrie right reason in some degree therein resembling Lod. Muggleton the false witness who saith Reason is the Devil But this R. G. again in Contradiction to himself seems to set up right reason to justifie his Principle as where he saith p. 2● concerning Mary that the light in her Conscience is not the Son called Jesus conceived in her Womb Surely that agreeth not to right reason ●aith he But surely if he denie the light of the Son of God to be in her Conscience because of his Conception or taking on him Flesh in the Virgins womb he might as well denie and oppose his Divinity for 〈◊〉 was not limited into that comp●ss as not to be in her Conscience nor was the Son of God and his

one without 〈◊〉 of the Virgi● Mary and another within formed within but it is one and the same Lord Iesus Christ who in the fulness of time took upon him the form of ● servant and was found in the true form of a Man born of the Virgin Mary who was also in the beginning with God and was the Gift of the Fathers love unto man from the begi●ning to be in them and unto them Light and Life to enlighten ●nd quicken them unto God But now let us a little weigh the weight of those arguments which thou 〈◊〉 against th●s Doctrine of the Light within being the Saviour and saving them who become joined a●d obedient thereunto First thou s●ys this Doctrine is of no less consequence then to establish agai● the Covenant of wor●● which speaketh thus do this and live thereby making void the Righteousness which is of Faith in Christ which speaketh on this wise believe and thou shalt be saved To which I say nay this Doctrine doth not est●blish the Covenant of the works of the Law mentioned by the Apostle by which no flesh can be justified no● doth it make void the Righteousness which is of Faith Chri●t for the Righteousness which is of Faith in Christ doth well consist 〈◊〉 stand with obedience to Christ the seed and with works which are wrought in the vertue and strength of him the seed formed within raised within living ●ithin ye● their consistence is so necessary that they cannot be divided for ●aith without works i● dead but thou art ignorant of the Nature of the New Covenant or Righteousness of faith as if it excluded works and doing and as if doing were prop●● only to the Old or first Covenant in order to justification which is false for both th● first and the second Covenant require●h doing and works but after a different manner the first Covenant putt●th man upon doing without giving unto him that grace and life which ●s sufficient to make his works acceptable unto God perfectly and ●hroughly which i● o●ly ●dministred in the incorr●ptible seed of ●ife in its arisings and springings up in the heart and so the first Covenant or Law comes before the seed be raised or brought forth and requires man to do such things in th● state ●ut man can giv● no prefect obedience to this law for it onely condemns him and g●ves him the knowledge of sin but gives him no spiritual life for the life is in the ne● Covenant and springeth up in the seed thereof and so the first Covenant or Law is called in Scripture the Carnal Commandment and it● seed and birth is Carnal o● accor●ing to the flesh which cannot give unto man to perform perfect obedience unto God for the Law makes nothi●g perfect but the bringing in of a better hope which is the power of an endless l●fe in the incorruptible immortal spiritual and heavenly seed not onely requireth p●rfection and perfect obedience but bringeth to it and giveth power to answer and perform it for the new Covena●t ●ath a se●d and birth that is not carnal and weak but spiritual and powerful and requireth obedience and works of and from men in this even in the virtue power and life of this spiritual seed and of this Ishmael and Isa●ck Esa● and Jacob were figures as the Apostle declares in the Epistles to the Galla●ians and Romans Ishmael and Esau sig●ifie the chi●dren of the ●lesh or fleshl● seed who are the child●en of the old or first Covenant who cannot attain unto the blessing of full and perfect justification and acceptance with God through all they can do but the ●lection attaineth it the elect seed and the children thereof who are born not of the flesh but of the ●pirit not of a fleshly seed but a sp●rit●●l not of the first Adam but of the second who are the children of Abraham according to the spirit of whom Is●●ck and Jacob were figures and though the new Covenant requireth faith or beli●ving yet it requireth not onely faith but works also in order to a full and perfect justification with God for Abraham was justified by works and not by ●aith only so Rachab so Phir●ha● and the Apostle saith R●m 8. 13. If ye thro●gh the spirit do mortif●e the the deeds of th● body yee shall liv● so th● new Covenant requireth both ●aith and works too believing and doing but believing is the first thing it requireth men not simply to do without respect to ●aith in Christ the seed but requireth each in their order as ●hat men should believe and do for its faith which draw● life from Christ and expresseth it in works which render them living and acc●ptable unto God otherwise they are dead so people must first believe and then to their faith they must adde vir●ue c. and this believi●g is a winni●g of the very heart and soul of man unto the Light and ●pirit and power of Christ within manifest in the ●eed through which strength is rece●ved to give perfect obedience to God Moreover that the new Covenant requireth doing is plain from D●ut 30. 14. But the word is very near unto thee even in thy mouth and in thy heart for to do it which word the Apo●tle Paul expounds to be the wo●d of Faith and ●ighteousnes● of Faith Rom. 10. 8 which ●e preached and that was the new Covenant I have been the more large in ope●i●g this matter because it will give occasion unto me to return a clear and full answer in very few words to all thy other ca●nal and unlearned objections and reasonings against the Truth in this particular as in that thou brings for a second Argument that Paul said b● the works of the L●w 〈…〉 c. And here thou adds by way of exposi●ion that is by our obedience to the Law either written in Tables of stone or to the Law or Light in the Conscience but this exposition has ●o ground from Scripture and it s but a figment of thy own invention of darkness for its clear by the works of the Law Paul understands the law of the first Covenant as the Jews imitation of the Letter are outward●y administred before the spiritual seed of Lif● be raised which hath in it the Law of the Spirit of Lif● in Christ Jesus for the justification is in the seed and these works only are j●stified which are done in the Life and vertue thereof nor is thy third objection of any more weight as wh●re the Apostle saith Had there been a Law given wh●ch co●ld hav● given life ve●ily right●ousn●ss should have been by the Law for it is manifest he understands the Law of the first Covenant which was the ministration of death and no● of Life but the Law of Christ or the Law of the spirit of Life in Christ Jesus giveth life and so justification is by this Law and yet fai●h is not made void nor the promise made of none effect 〈◊〉 the reward reckoned not of Grace