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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A85546	A holy lamp of light: discovering the falacious allegorizing of scriptures, to destroy not only the reallity of the person of Christ, but all other truths, from his conception to his exaltation; the generalll [sic] resurrection, and the generall judgment-day, falsly avowing all to be fulfilled here in this present life. Or a defence against Mr. Royle his reply. / By Iohn Graunt.	Graunt, John, of Bucklersbury.	1650 (1650)	Wing G1593; Thomason E596_9; ESTC R206957	9,446	8

your own mouth the effect of your owne darknesse in leaving and slighting of Gods Word and the light thereof which saith Mat. 11. That Iohn Baptist was Elias that was to come And the Prophet Malachi makes the Lord Christ to be the Messenger of the Covenant and the Baptist to be the Lords Messenger to prepare his way before him by preaching repentance as before is touched And he tels you plainly himselfe you speak falsely of him Io●. 1. 20. I am not the Christ saith he meaning Christ Jesus the Lord the Messenger of the Covenant and the Apostle John his witnesse is against you also Iohn 1. 8. He was not that light but was sent to bear witnesse of that light saith he Is it not now clear that that higher dispensation you speake of is very grosse dark ignorance and contradiction that you are fallen into Mr. Royle as in this you have no weapon left for your defence so your nakednesse will also appear in the rest that is to follow I pray Sir why did you not reply particularly to the Scriptures I brought to prove the Resurrection of the body wherefore I entreat you again to consider of one or two Texts more in John 5. 28 29. Our Lord affirms plainly using no parrable or allegory That all that are in the graves shall heare his voyce and shall come forth Mark this expression It is not said they shall be raised in us but they shall come forth of their graves they that have done good to the resurrection of life and they that have done evill to the resurrection of condemnation Now but that you say that in your dispensation you are not bound to accord with the Scripture this testimony would confute your Errour for all the generall Resurrection you speak of in your Reply is this Christ being raised in us the mistery of Truth finished in us page 6. before the putting off of this vaile of flesh when Gods word plainely makes the generall resurrection to be the raising of all mens bodies out of their graves where they are buried the good to salvation the evill to damnation Consider Mr. Royle how you have declared and proved your selfe a faithlesse hopefull man for all that have hope towards God believe and allow that there shall be a resurrection from the dead both of the just and unjust Acts 24. 15. And here see and observe what a discord there is between your spirit and the Spirit of God in the Scriptures even by your own words testifying against you And look again on your Paper how you reply to my Answer against your ignorant position that the comming of Christ to judgement is his spirituall appearance in men For this you affirme in Page 4. That it is clear that Christs comming againe is fulfilled in sending giving or powring out his Spirit into men See againe how you in your high Dispensation are directly opposite to Christ and the Apostles holy Doctrine for all Scriptures are not spoken to the weakenesse of Creatures as you say but to the comfort and joy of the Saints that they through patience and comfort of the Scriptures might have hope Rom. 15. 4. And the Scriptures doe not say he shall come in us as you say but to us I will come againe saith our Lord that is to be with his in bodily presence as he was with them before he went from them when he ascended from his Apostles he went not out from within them but ascended from their company so doth the two men cloathed in white Apparel assure the Apostles this same Jesus say they which is taken up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as you have seen him goe into heaven Now was not the manner a personall ascention from amongst them and so shall the manner of his comming in the Clouds be againe personally into their company so that it cannot be as you say in a figure of fleshly appearance but really in his glorified body Behold he commeth with clouds saith the Spirit and every eye shall see him That is all men shall see the person of the Son of Man comming in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory Observe again it is not said he comes into men but he comes from heaven unto men in such great eminent and personall glory that every eye shall behold And his appearance shall be to the looked for and much desired joy of his Saints but to the shame and confusion of his Enemies and such as be lye him And take heed now you do not smother this clear light of Christs personall appearance with the smoak of your expression You are skilfull in the letter for let me tell you plainly that whosoever makes his spirituall sense wholly contradictory to the letter of the Scriptures renders himselfe both truthlesse and senselesse for such an one hath none to bear witnesse with him and whosoever bears witnesse of himselfe his witnesse is not true Wherefore once againe I beeseech you consider further seriously what is written of this great and glorious truth in these 7. particulars 1. The person that commeth 2. The time of his comming 3. The manner of his comming 4. The parties that pray for and desire his comming 5. The company that attends him in his comming 6. The end effect of his comming and 7. The place to which he commeth In every which particular your conceit of his comming into men by spirituall appearances will be utterly confuted and overthrown And fi●st for the person that commeth And mark this it is a person not a quality and such a humane person as there was never the like for he is the sonne of a Virgin And although shee his mother a sinfull woman of her selfe yet he that tooke flesh of her without sinne the son of sinfull man yet be no sinner Behold a wonder yea a wonderfull person yea such a person as is the Captain of our salvation the Bishop of our soules the Apostle of our profession He is called the High Priest the Messiah the Mediator yea the only Mediatour between God and man the King of Kings and Lord of Lords the greatest personage for Majestie that ever was or shall be And yet the same person in his power glory reign as in his contempt and suffering only now glorified and not before 2. His comming again shall not be till the end of this World when there shall be an end of sinning an end of dying an end of labouring and an end of the Curse an end of sorrowing suffering weeping and of hungring and thirsting not in a feigned conceit but really as it was in the estate of innocency before any of these things had their being and beginning 3 The manner of his comming shall be glorious in a two fold respect Amiable to his Saints and servants but terrible to his Adversaries and Enemies as it is written The Lord himselfe shall descend from heaven with a shout with

the voyce of the Arch-Angell and with the Trump of God to the joy admiration and salvation of his Saints And on the contrary his comming shall be terrible to the wicked and disobedient A day of wrath indignation misery and calamity darkenesse and confusion his comming to such shall be in flaming fire rendring vengeance Yet at the same time to his Saints a heeler a deliverer a restorer yea amiable and glorious as the light shining as the Sunne and glittering as the perfection of all the precious and excellent things that can he thought or spoke of 4. The parties that pray for and desire his comming declare it to be visible and apparent his own personall presence and not misterious and invisible The earnest desire of the Saints is Come Lord Jesus come quickly always prayed for hoped for longed for to which time they have referred the righting of all their Wrongs the clearing of all their Causes the enjoyment of all their Comforts to which time the Lord hath referred them Then saith he Lift up your heads for your redemption draws nigh and in which time the Apostle hath assured them deliverance For he that shall come will come will not tarry And it is their Saviour that saith Behold I come quickly and my reward is with me 5. His company that attends him are beyond all comparison for number and nature for quantity and quality all the holy Angels all the holy Saints their vertue and quality is holinesse and gloriousnesse their number innumerable all all for Angels and Saints thousand-thousands minister unto him and ten thousand times ten thousand stand before him even so many as they are beyond all and it is the company that attends this great and mighty Lord a multitude saith the Spirit which no man can number of all Nations Kindreds and People add Tongues all the Israel chosen of God are then to attend him personally in their glorified bodies and souls The 6 thing considerable is the end of his coming and that is to affect accomplish perfection to restore all things to be glorified in his Saints and with his Saints to be admired of all that believe and to be dreaded and feared of all his Enemies ruling the one with a Scepter of gold and the other with a rod of Iron then shall he be crowned and enthroned for evermore his Kingdome set up that shall have no end his power so greatly declared that all his Enemies shall be subdued He will then make his and the Saints Adversaries to acknowledg and honour him and them for ever For this Kingdome that the Lord of Heaven shall set up shall break to pieces and subdue all other Kingdomes It shall thrash the Nations and beate downe the mountains advancing the City and mountain of God over and above all Powers Authorities Dignities and Estates whatsoever as it is written At the name of Jesus shall every knee how both of things in heaven things on earth and things under te earth That is to the power and authority of this King King and Kingdom which by name is signified then shall all other Kings and Nations in the whole world be subjected which will be more cleared in the next The 7. and last particular is the place whether he comes and that is to the earth he shall stand or have rule and authority the last upon the earth which shall be the pla●e of his Royalty and Dominion even the everlasting inheritance of the Saints His dominion saith the Spirit shall be from Sea to Sea And the meek that is the children of God the blessed ones they shall inherit the earth with him For he hath redeemed them out of every Tongue People and Nation and they shall reigne on the earth But the Heavens and Earth that are now shall be purged made all new holy where nothing shall dwell then but righteousnesse And not only the Saints but the whole Creation shall be delivered from the bondage of corruption into the glorious liberty of the Sonnes of God Then shall Christ the Lord give the Inheritance to the Heirs apparent for Abraham is not onely the heire of the world but all the children of the Promise that are of the faith of Abraham are joynt-heirs with him Now all their excellent honours and priviledges as they are in this life inward and enjoyned by faith and hope are the earnest penny of the whole perfection So then after the Resurrection the things that are now believed and hoped for shall be then present in the enjoyment for ever and then faith and hope shall cease and come to an end And this everlasting salvation shall not onely be within them in the perfection of them but externally upon them also For all the Righteous shall be cloathed with a glorious heavenly cloathing They shall shine as the brightnesse of the Firmament as the stars for ever ever and the whole wicked world shall be judged by them seeing knowing and acknowledging them honoured of God for ever whom they in their life-time did scorn persecute disdain and contemn And they lifting up their heads out of their pains and torments shall fall down and worship them and in honour of them lick the dust of their feet and shall say one to another Are not these they that wee fooles in our life-time hated had in a proverb of reproach but now how doe wee see them honoured our selves justly condemned In which condemnation they shal be for ever chained and tormented world without end Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses so in your Writings you have withstood Jesus but as their folly was manifested to all men so shall also yours be Wherefore Master Royle I pray you to repent that you may escape this damnation to come who am your Friend IOHN GRAVNT FINIS Page 2. l. 7. for solue r. soule p. 7. l. 30. for and it r. awdit p. 3. l. 46. for pearls r. parts