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spirit_n	believe_v	faith_n	heart_n	7,913	5	5.2011	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A89634	The boasting Baptist dismounted, and the Beast disarmed and sorely wounded without any carnal weapon. In a reply to some papers, written by Jonathan Iohnson, of Lincolne, as an answer to a letter, sent him by Martin Mason, concerning some exceptions against several truths. / Published by a faithfull minister, not of the letter, but of the everlasting Gospel.	Mason, Martin, fl. 1650-1676.	1656 (1656)	Wing M924; Thomason E877_2; ESTC R202884	14,536	17

God no pleasing of God till the heart be purified and no purifying of the heart but by Faith in the Son of God shining into the heart there convincing the creature of sin in secret and then how dare I do this wickedness and sin against my God Gen. 21.23 He fills heaven and earth with his presence Col. 1.26 who is not at a distance he is not a God afar off but nigh at hand even in the heart and sees the secrets of the heart But this is a Mystery to all carnall mindes it was a Mystery in the dayes of the Apostles hid from Ages and Generations past but was then and is now made manifest to his Saints the riches of the Glory of this Mystery among the Gentils Christ in them the hope of Glory hid from the wise and prudent of the world and revealed unto babes No other Christ no other Word do we preach but that which the Prophets and Apostles did bear witness of that which we have seen with our eyes and heard with our ears 1 John 1. Rom. 10.8 Heb. 5.6 John 6.68 that word which is even in the heart and in the mouth to this Everlasting Priest which hath the Word of eternall life do we exhort the people to be obedient and who keep to this Annointing in them need not that any man teach them nor such be seduced by the Serpent Thou tells me of confessing the Apostles saying This is the VVord of Faith which we preach and the hearing of that VVord of Faith the light in the conscience is the in-let to the Spirit of Promisc and then thou asks me if this be not the same which thou sayest c. O shameless man Dost thou not in that exception of thine to the first Position cry up the Letter and say the hearing and receiving of that is the in-let to the Spirit of Promise and those who do not hear and obey that as the Teachings of God have not his Spirit and yet dares thou come thus impudently to bluster against me and tax me for a false accuser but shame shall cover thee and the hand of the Lord shall finde thee out Yet be it remembred that here thou hast owned the Light in the conscience to be the in-let to the Spirit of Promise Thou bids me if I can prove any jugling by thee do it Hast thou not saved me some labour and done it thy self one while owning the Letter to be the in-let to the Spirit of Promise and another time owning the Light in the conscience to be the Spirit of Promise sometimes calling the Letter the Rule and sometimes the Spirit for the Rule Dost thou not say thy Foundation is not built upon Paul or Peter as they were men but upon their preaching the Word of God and Jesus Is not thy Foundation built upon the Letter dost thou not account that for the Word of God which they preached But what 's thy meaning to say upon their preaching the Word of God and Jesus Is the Word of God and Jesus two distinct things Is there any other Word of God beside Jesus Rev. 19.13 Rom. 1.16 Is not he called the Word of God Is not the Word of God beleeved in the Power of God unto salvation Does thou not beleeve the Letter to be the Word of God yet neither is it nor thy belief there the Power of God to save thee from the beastly sins of lying pride paslion and bitter spiritedness and confusion Thou makes thy self merry with that expression of mine That which gave forth the Leaves town it is my witness against thee and all thy deceitfull juglings Thou Replyes The Printer gave forth the Leaves and so the Printer thou sayes is my witness c. And then backs that lye with another Brat of thy own begetting that neither Printer nor any thing printed from the voice of Truth will witness with me or be for me But the tongue of the lyar is not to be beleeved Had I dealt with the deceitfullest Parish-Priest in the Nation could I have found a more filthy gloss put upon that innocent Expression that which gave forth the Leaves I own Could I have met with less ingenuity in a Pagan Priest then is found in this high-flown Pharisee But friends you may see the man is put to his shifts while he is fain to make use of this shushing Was it not the pure Spirit of the living God that gave forth the Letter That and no other Spirit do I own and that is my witness against the lying Spirit lording it in thee Ionathan Iohnsen who sayes the Printer gave forth the Leaves Shame cover the lyar does not the Printer sell them to the Stationers But know this Alying tongue is an Abomination to the Lord and the Lake is the Portion of the lyar Rev. 21.8 Poor man how art thou puzled and tormented because in my Paper I cry not up the Letter but owns Christ alone who is the Light in the conscience to be the in-let to the Spirit of Promise Why does the Heathen rage Psal 2.1 and the man imagine such a vain thing as to think I should own thy Baptism with water which thou paintest over with the name of the Baptism of Repentance to be the in-let to the Spirit of Promise These are thy words That which is the in-let to the Spirit of Promise into the heart is the door and the way but the Baptism of Repentance the hearing of Faith preached or beleeving is the in-let to the Spirit of Promise therefore the Baptism of Repentance and the hearing of Faith preached and beleeving is the in-let to the Spirit of Promise So that none by this mans Doctrine can have the Spirit who bow not to his sprinckling Tell me Ionathan didst thou not a little before own the Light in the Conscience to be the in-let to the Spirit of Promise and call me false accuser for saying thou denyedst it Matt. 23.32 Fye Ionathan lye wilt thou needs be a lyar whether I will or no thou art hastning on apace to fill up the measure of thy iniquities and then shall the wrath of the Lord seize upon thee Judge O ye wise in heart if this Babler be not a Bond-slave in Babylon does he not say and unsay Does he not here place his Water and beleeving in the Letter in the room of Christ by making them the Way and the Door or in-let to the Spirit of Promise whoever are not spiritually blinde will see the blasphemy of the Beast for Christ the Light of the world is the Door and the Way Ioh. 10.9 Ioh. 14.16 and so the in-let to the Spirit of Promise and where must the creature look for Christ if not within Is not that the Light of Christ which tells every man and woman in secret of every sin he doth commit and perswades the creature not to run on in the evill of his wayes Does not Christ stand at the door and knock

foundation saith Paul 1 Cor. 3.10 Col. 3 1● He built upon the rock Other foundation then that is laid can no man lay which is Iesus Christ in all Iew and Greek Barbarian Scithian bond and free To this unction within did the Apostles direct the people and if there had not been a royal seed of God left in eveey man and woman to have answered owned and received the testimony of the Apostles they might have wandred all the world over and have spent all their life-time and not have gained one convert but there was a witness for God in all and that which lay dead did at the hearing of the voice of the Son of God live and the Apostle was sent to open the blind eye of those Gentiles who had eyes to see yet saw not the Lamb of God the Lord of Glory crucified in them so that great mystery of Christ in them the hope of glory was then to them revealed and made manifest so here that which was the foundation that was the Touch-stone and Christ in all the Unction the Annoynting within was the Foundation of the Apostles that which they built upon therefore the unction the annoynting within the light in all consciences that 's the true Touchstone and the infallible rule for the tryal of spirits which be true which be false Thus I have traced the Serpent in most of his crooked holes and windings even almost unto weariness that which follows is to you poor hearts who are so wedded to your water that you count no man a Saint who submits not to your ceremony Answer me in good earnest Can your Diana satisfie a hungry soul are you not feeding upon that which is not the bread from heaven Is it your building the Tombs or garnishing the Sepulchres of the righteous with painted expressions and smooth glosses that can make you pass for pure Saints now the bright morning star is come to discover you Is it the putting away the filth of the flesh by washing the body in outward water or the answer of a a good conscience towards God that is well pleasing unto God and who can witness the answer of a good conscience towards God that is not guided by the light of God in his conscience and are you guided by that of God in your consciences who are not to come to yea and nay in your dealings are you guided by the light of God and yet dare not use the language of God and his Saints recorded in the Scriptures are you guided by the light of God in your consciences who yet live in respect of persons and be conformable to the vain customes and fashions of the heathen and are not yet brought to the brideling of the tongue Be not angry hereat for deer is my love to that of God in you Ah! how should I rejoyce to see you joyn your selves to the children of the Lord ah seek no longer the living among the dead contend no longer about that which brings no contentment to the soul Would you see the King of Saints Loe hee 's within you go not forth Ah! be no longer loyterers Great is the harvest and the labourers but few He that is not with me is against me Be no longer in the number of those who forget God Fight no longer for that which cannot stand before the Lord you have too long idolized your ceremony and therefore like the brazen Serpent is it broken in pieces Paul told the people He had not shunned to declare unto them all the counsel of God but where did he mention Water-Baptisme as a branch thereof if it had been of the counsel of God certainly Paul durst not have concealed it Did he not fore-see that thing began to be idolized in his days did not contentions then arise among the people some saying I am of Paul another I of Apollo some of Cephas some of Christ therefore he knowing it not to be a precept but a permissive practice Iaid it aside and thanked God that he had baptized none but Crispus and Gaius and the houshold of Stephanas an infallible sign it was no better than a Ceremony 1 P●● 3.21 had it been a command durst he have discontinued it nay does he not plainly tell the people he was not sent to baptise but to preach the Gospel and does not Peter speak plain enough to the prudent does he count Water-Baptisin any better than a figure pointing out the substance the answer of a good conscience Are figures and shadows to abide or flie away Which of you would you be but truly honest to the light of God in you durst positively affirm outward Water to be the Baptism of Christ Is not his a Baptism of Sufferings Be not afraid to take up the daily Cross but like valiant souldiers enter the field and despise the shame Be not fearful of Giants in the way for his yoke is easie and his burden light He that commands gives power be you but willing and power will not be wanting to level those hills and mountains of corruption within you Do but set your hearts to love that Royal Seed of God the light of Iesus Christ in your consciences and that you shall witness to be power invincible to resist and quench the fiery darts of the Devill O come away and do no longer stay left the door of mercy be shut against you Martin Mason