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spirit_n	flesh_n	life_n	speak_v	6,848	5	5.1703	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A77218	This is for all you the inhabitants of Whitewell to consider, who deny the perfect life of Christ to be brought forth in his people here upon earth, and manifested in their mortal flesh by a ceasing from sin. And to all others whom it may concern.	Bradly, Richard, d. 1662.	1660 (1660)	Wing B4125A; ESTC R170754	8,208	9

This is for all you the Inhabitants of Whitwell to consider who deny the perfect life of Christ to be brought forth in his people here upon earth and manifested in their mortal flesh by a ceasing from sin And to all others whom it may concern BE it known unto you all who name the name of Christ and would be accounted Christians this is it that Christ the Son of the living God and Saviour of mankind requireth of you all To depart from iniquity sin and all ungodliness and return to him who saves his people from their sins who is come to judge all flesh raising up his true and faithful witness in all consciences which shews unto every man upon the face of the whole earth what is sin iniquity and ungodliness to the end they may return to him and repent and their sin may be taken away and their iniquities blotted out and his perfect life brought forth which doth his will on earth as it is done in heaven who witness his kingdom come in great power glory which is not of this world therefore the world seeth it not Joh. 18.36 but is spiritual invisible to the carnal which stands in outward observations Lo here lo there where men are doing their own wills and that which is right in their own eyes there the will of God is not known by which sanctification is wrought and witnessed to perfection Now all the world from the head to the tayl Kings Princes Rulers Magistrates Idol-shepherds false prophets priests and people all being out from the pure light of Christ in their consciences are out of that which gives them the Light of the knowledge of the glorified in the face of Jesus Christ 2 Cor. 4. 6. and being in darkness sees not the treasure that is in the earthen vessels for darkness cannot comprehend the Light neither the excellency of the power of God which is able to save to the utmost all that come to to it which is Christ the power of God the wisdom of God the strength of God and the life of God Now all that are ignorant of this power of God by denying it refusing to be led and guided thereby can never see nor taste of the life immortal which dwells in the Light and in the Light is onely seen and revealed Now all the world being out of the Light are out of the sight of the perfect immortal life pleading for the life they see which is sinful and mortal and not the life of God for the pure life is hid from the adulterous eye and so it appeareth by Christs words speaking to the ungodly children of darkness who shall answer saying When saw we thee an hungry or thirsty or a stranger or naked or sick or in prison and did not minister unto thee Matth. 25.44 So here all may see that they that live in sin and plead for it term of life are all blind not one that could see the perfect life of the Son of God and brethren of Christ but on the contrary beat persecute imprison and despitefully used them as the same generation doth at this day being all from the Light denying it are all blind beating and imprisoning the sons of God as evil-doers For when the Lord Jesus himself appeared in flesh upon the earth not one of that generation could see him to be a perfect man but the learned with their learning Scribes Pharisees Rulers Priests and People all blind saying he was a sinner and had a divel and deceived the people but were all lyers and false accusers This was the generation of evil-doers which justified themselves saying that God was their father whiles they were doing the divels work as the same generation doth at this day who owns his name but denys his nature calling themselves Christians but persecute his life where it is made manifest to destroy the works of the divel Have the workers of iniquity no knowledge who eat up my people as they eat bread Psal 14.4 Nay they being from the light of Christ that which gives the true knowledge of God how can they know him or his Son or his servants No man knoweth the Son but the Father neither knoweth any man the Father save the Son and he to whom the Son will reveal him Mat. 11.27 here you may plainly see there is no true knowledge of God but by the revelation of the Son The Father by the call of his grace which appeareth to all men bringeth salvation to all that are obedient to his heavenly call by the revelation of his Son in them and the Son being revealed within leadeth to the Father which by his grace revealed him This grace is a spiritual free-gift that is come upon all men though all receive it not nor believe it for many turn from it into wantonness that is their condemnation not that it is not come but because men love it not Where that which brings salvation is not received nor known how can salvation be witnessed therefore saith the world it is not to be here but hereafter putting the day of salvation far off which the Lord hath brought nigh Here the day of the Son of man is not known but those that hear his voice know his day and in his Light see it and rejoice in God their Saviour the Gentiles light and Israel's glory which is spiritual Mark the Gentiles Light is Israels glory which every true Israelite witnesseth to be spiritual and are not all those blind Priests and false Prophets that turn people from from the free-gift of God Israels spiritual glory the Gentiles Light the Son of God and Saviour of the world Now all that are turned from the spiritual gift the Light of the Son of God which shines in the conscience to give the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ are in darkness consulting with flesh and blood the imaginations of their own hearts which can never reveal the Son of God within Mat. 16 17. for he was first revealed to Peter within before he could confess him without and John was in the spirit when he saw those great mysterie in the Revelations and it was the Spirit that spake to the Churches and they that have a spiritual ear open do hear what the Spirit saith and he onely hath an ear to hear that is turned to the manifestation of the Spirit which is given to him to profit withal and the manifestation is given to every man They have ears but they hear not eyes but they see not and a measure or manifestation of the Spirit but they profit not therefore are they unprofitable servants which are to be cast into utter darkness because they loved it and hated the light and the manifestation of the Spirit which thewed them the deeds of darkness and so chusing darkness rather then light it justly became their portion Therefore all you professors who are pleading with the darkness of the world for darkness and

3.16 17. I exhort you all to exercise your selves in the law of the Lord which the Scriptures of truth say is Light Prov. 6. 23. For if yee reject the Light then ye reject the Law of God and cast it behind your backs and with such God is not well pleased And hearken not to the deceivers who keep you from the Light of Christ Jesus wherewith he hath enlightned every one of you and tells you it is natural whereas you know that sin is natural the light in your conscience is contrary to sin and reproveth you for sin therefore believe them not that turn you from the light for they are not Ministers of Christ his Ministers turned people from the darkness to the light and from the power of satan to God Acts 26.18 And such also are deceivers who tell you the onely way to come to the knowledge of all truth is by the Scriptures for the knowledge of all truth is by the Spirit of truth which is the Light that convinceth you first of a truth and then being obeyed doth bring to the knowledge of Christ Jesus who said I am the truth and his spirit leadeth into all truth John 14.17 16.13 and those Priests are deceivers who preach for hire and those false Prophets who divine for money or tythes such cannot lead you out of the transgression for they are in rhe transgression themselvs for Christ said to his Freely yee have received freoly give and Paul made not the Gospel chargeable but these Priests that preach for filthy lucre deceivs the people and keeps them from believing in the Light lest by it they should come to see their abominations and deceits and with the spirit of the living God this is seen and in much plainness and tender love to your pretious souls declared that the simple honest hearted amongst you may be delivered out of the mouths of the lying Prophets and false Shepherds who make merchandise of poor souls for dishonest gain and filthy lucre and if you put not into their mouths they prepare war against you but the time is near they shall gape wide but little shall come into their mouths when none shall buy their merchandise any more it being known to be deceit and the refuge of lies and all that come to witness the teaching of the Lord know it to be truth therefore we bear our testimony against them and all other in their nature though got into a higher profession but at one in possession whose deceit is the greater and to such I say What do you profess do you profess the life of Christ and cannot cease from sin but plead for it term of life as some of you do and positively maintain Is this your profession then wo is your portion ye hypocrites professing one life and living another or else will you say there is sin in the life of Christ or separate him and his life which you cannot for his life is to do the will of his Father and the Son of God cannot be separated from the will of his Father but from sinners he is and sin separates from God and so it doth you who plead for it and live in it from the life of Christ But if thou sayest I am a believer what dost thou thou believe dost thou believe as many of you who are called believers do that is that they shall not be freed from sin so long as they are in the body If this be thy faith it is like to be so unto thee then if thou be freed at all it must be by thy account when thou art out of the body that is a freedom but not from hell from the act of sin because thou canst sin no longer but not from the guilt and condemnation Rev. 22.12 2 Cor. 5. 10. because there is no place for repentance this is not the freedom of the children of God for their freedom is by the Son Joh. 6.36 which is a perfect freedom indeed from the committing of sin but thou that committest sin term of life art in bondage and a servant of sin and being a servant of sin art not redeemed from the power of Satan ver 34. nor out of the vain conversation but the true believers come to the purifying of the soul in obeying the truth which makes free Joh. 8.32 through the spirit 1 Pet. 1.22 and obedience is required in a mans life time and not to be put off till the soul departs from the body for he that sleights the day of his visitation cannot if he would then it is hid from his eyes though he may seek it carefully with tears as Esau did before his death but could not find it Hebr. 12.17 therefore take heed you sleight not your day in hearkning to such who plead for sin term of life for in the name and fear of the Lord I warn you to depart from such in tender love and pity to your souls which have been fed a long time with words but never came to taste of the bread of life that satisfieth the soul but as many as come to taste of that bread and feel the Word near in the heart their souls loaths the Priests husks and can feed no more on their chaff nor sit one hour to hear them tell their dreams but when we walked in darkness and knew not the light but followed those blind guides and were one with them in their deceit we loved them as well as you pleaded for them and their deceit not knowing what we did for we in that estate knew no other way no other truth no other life and thought as you do now there was no other but when the Lord visited us and sent his messengers who came in the power of the spirit of life and declared the word of the Lord it reached the witnesse of God in our consciences to which witness giving heed it inlightned our understandings and the body of sin was seen and felt then O wretched man What shall I do to be saved from this body of sin and death Then was the everlasting Gospel which is the power of God known and preached saying Fear God and give glory to him for the hour of his judgment is come then was the voice of the just uttered heard with judgment upon the head of the unjust then the flesh trembled the earth quaked the rocks rent the mountains removed the graves opened the dead raised to life the captive prisoners came forth salvation known and the true worship of God set up which is in the spirit and in the truth This is the strait gate that leads to life and few there be that find it Now the new and living way is known and witnessed and they that walk therein though fools upon the worlds account do not err for it is the way of holiness wherein the ransomed redeemed ones of the Lord walk who are returned and come to Sion the city of the living God into which no unclean or imperfect thing can enter the heavenly Jerusalem which cometh down from heaven wherin dwelleth this new birth the regenerate and new-born babes which sin not with songs of everlasting joy upon their heads Isa 35.8 9 10. Heb. 12.22 23. Rev. 21.27 Now the living praises the living God and true honour and glory everlasting praises and thanks is given to him who lives for evermore Halelujah He that hath an ear let him hear what the Spirit saith to him that overcometh mark overcometh will I give to eat but not to him that is overcome for of whom a man is overcome of the same is he brought into bondage and here is your state who live in sin and plead for it term of life and believe you cannot overcome it in this life and so are servants to it and all in this state have no right to eat of the tree of life which is in the midst of the paradice of God Rev. 2.7 But blessed and for ever blessed are they that do his commands that they may have right to the tree of life and may enter in through the gates into the city Rev 2● If here all that live in sin and plead for it term of life are shut out with the dogs ver 15. All that enter this city must witness this work of Regeneration every man in his own order and according to his measure and for the everlasting good of all that cannot witness this work do the ministers of Christ Jesus labour night and day warning every one every where to repent and turn to the light of Christ which shews them all that ever they did and also what they shall do and here the true Messiah is found Chalfout in the County of Buckingham the 5th of the 12. mon. 1660. This was I moved from the Spirit of the Lord to write as a testimony warning to you all who deny the just perfect one to reign in you and are pleading for sin term of life from one who is a true lover of peace truth righteousness where or in whomsoever it appeareth Rich. Bradly THE END