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spirit_n	deed_n	flesh_n	mortify_v	5,880	5	10.8136	5	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A40276	A testimony for God's truth first, concerning new & heavenly Jerusalem, and Jerusalem from below. Secondly, concerning Christ the great mountain that fills the whole earth. Thirdly, how man and woman was created in the image of God, and to be help-meets one to another. Fourthly, how every one ought to improve the talent God gives them, to his glory, and their eternal happiness. By George Fox.	Fox, George, 1624-1691.	1688 (1688)	Wing F1928; ESTC R215788	10,734	17

Vncircumcision but a new Creature Gal. 6.16 For the Apostle saith As many of you as have been Baptized into Christ have put on Christ there is neither Jew nor Greek there is neither Bond nor Free there is neither Male nor Famale for they are all one in Christ Jesus Gal. 3.27 28. So here all are one in Christ that are Baptized into the Death of Christ and have put him on and such know his Rule and Government the encrease of which there is no end c. The Apostle saith to the Ephesians For we are Gods Workmanship Created in Christ Jesus unto good Works which God hath prepared or ordained that we should walk in them that Christ may dwell in your Hearts by Faith c. Ephes 3.17 So the new Creation in Christ Jesus is Gods Workmanship in his Image in Righteousness and Holiness as Man was made in the Beginning and s●●● know Christ to be Ruler and Governour in Male and Female for Christ who is the Bightness of Gods Glory and the express Image of his Substance who destroys the Devil and his Work renews Man and Woman up into the Image of God again as God made them in the Beginning and such know him to be a Ruler and a Governour and a Councellour and a Father and the Work of the Apostles who warned every Man and taught every Man in all Wisdom that they might present every Man perfect in Christ Jesus for in Adam in the Fall they were imperfect and so to be Members of his Body and the Mystery which hath been hid from Ages and Generations which is now made manifest to the Saints which is Christ in you the hope of Glory Col. 1.27 28. And Christ being in his People the hope of Glory which Hope purifies them even as he is pure And is not Christs Government upon his Shoulders in his People and a Wonderful Councellor and a Prince of Peace in them as in Isa 9.6 And doth not the Apostle say God hath set some in the Church which is the Body of Christ to be helps in Government to wit in the Image of God in Righteousness and Holiness where Christ is Governor and Counsellor and such have put on Love and Charity which is the Bond of Perfectness and the Peace of God Rules in their Hearts by which they are called into one Body which Christ is the holy Head of Prince of Peace Governor and Counsellor but as there were such in the Dayes of the Apstles that were self-willed Wells without Water and carried about with Tempests that speak great Swelling words of Vanity promising themselves Liberty that were presumptuous and dispised Government And was not this the holy pure Government of Christ in his Male and Female his People his Church which they dispised Now they that have come so far as a Cain and a Balaam to hear Gods Voice and Corah Dathan and Abiram that came out of Egypt and never came so far as to be Baptised into the Death of Christ and to put him on nor never came to be Created a new in Christ Jesus and to put off the old Man of Adam in the Fall and to be renewed up again into the Image of God in Righteousness and Holiness that God Almighty made them in therefore such Cains Corahs and Balaams never came to know the Government of Christ in Male and Female but presumptuously Dispised Government as Corah Dathan and Abiram did Moses and as Balaam who went forth with Balak to Curss Israel but God Restrained him and Reproved him for his Errour who was Destroyed at last as well as Corah Dathan and Abiram so will all they come to naught that Dispise the holy Government of Christ in his Males and Females and do not you think that Corah Dathan and Abiram and Balaam could not Speak high swelling Words of Vanity though they were Wells without Water and Trees without Fruit and Clouds that are carried about with a Tempests as in 2 Pet. 2. and Jude 11 12 13. Which such presumptuous ones as these now are known by their Fruits as it was in the Apostles Dayes which Dispise the Righteous Government of Christ in his Male and Female but Christ the Beloved Seed who bruises the Serpents Head and in all his Followers and Destroys the Divil and his Works he will Raign whose Right it is in them that are Baptised into his Death and have put him on and have put off the old Man in Adam in the Fall and have put on the new Man in the Image of God which he hath Created in Righteousness and Holiness in such Christ was and is a Wonderful Counsellor and a Governor and a Prince of Peace the same to Day as he was Yesterday and so forever in his Church throughout all Ages who Destroys the Devil and his Works that would hinder him so he will Raign Rule and Govern and is a Counsellor in the Hearts of his People whose Right it is Blessed be the Lord forever Halelujah the Lord and his Christ Raigns God said Let us make Man in our Image after our Likeness and let them have Dominion c. Gen 1.26 Now the Lord saith Let us and were not all things made and Created by Jesus Christ whose Name is called the Word of God And doth not John say There are three that bear Witness or Record in Heaven the Father the Word and the Holy Ghost and these three are one so there are three that bear witness and Record in Heaven c. And there are three that bear Record or Witness in the Earth the Spirit the Water and the Blood and these three agree in one and is it not the Spirit of God that Mortifies the Deeds of the Flesh and the Water of the Word that washes and the Blood of Christ that cleanseth are not these three that bear Witness for God in the Earth for Man or against Man Are they not Gods Witnesses in the Earth And the Lord saith Out of the Mouth of two or three Witnesses Namely Men Witnesses Every Word is Established among Men but the Witness of God is greater than the Witness of Men he that hath an Ear let him Vnderstand these things 1 John 5.7 8. Kingston upon Thames the 7th of the 10th Month 1687 G. F. Here you may see how every one is to Improve their Talents which Christ gives them if not it will be taken from them and they cast into utter Darkness CHrist Jesus saith The Kingdom of Heaven is as a Man travelling into a far Country to receive for himself a Kingdom and to Return who called his own Servants and Delivered them his Goods and to one he gave Five Talents and to another Two and to another One and to every one according to his several Ability c. Mat. 25. Luke 19.12 And after a long time the Lord of those Servants comes and reckoneth with them and he that had Five Talents had gained Five more and he that had two Talents had gained two more and the Lord commended these Servants and said Well done Good and Faithful Servants Enter into the Joy of your Lord but he that had received the One Talent went and Digged in the Earth and hid his Lords Money the Lord said Take it from him and give it to him that hath Ten and Cast the Vnprofitable Servants into utter Darkness and there shall be Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth Now these Talents that were given to the Lords Servants and to every one according to their several Abilities was the Lords Heavenly Treasure and was not their own but the Lords and they were and are to Improve this Heavenly Treasure for the Lord and to put it forth and to gain with it for the Lord at his appearing to them when he calls them to an account that it may be said Well done Good and Faithful Servant enter into the Joy of the Lord but the Wicked and Slothful servant he is called a servant too hideth the Lords Talent in his Earthly Napkin and did not Improve the Lords Heavenly Treasure and therefore he was cast into utter Darkness and therefore all are to consider whom the Lord hath given more or less of his Heavenly Treasure to how you do and how you have put the Lords Heavenly Treasure forth and have Improved it I say the Heavenly Treasure which you have from the Lord Jesus Christ who Spoke this before he was Crucified and after he was Risen did not he go to the Father to Receive a Kingdom who said All Power in Heaven and Earth is given to me therefore the Lords Money or Treasure of Talents ought to be Improved and put to the Exchangers that he may Receive it with Usury and Advantage so here are Exchangers of the Heavenly Talents or Treasure of the Lord the increasing of them to Advantage for the Lord as there is outward Bankers and Exchangers and Usuries where they do put forth their outward Money for gain and Profit to themselves but this is a Parable that Christ Speaks concerning Improving of his Heavenly Treasure of Talents which every one is to Improve or Increase that Heavenly Talent or Measure which they have Received from the Lord as good and Faithful Servants and Stewards if that they do intend to enter into the Joy of the Lord. G. F. THE END