the Gentiles spoken of before they are in no wise better for we have proved already that both Jew and Gentile were all under sin So now What difference is there between the Professor of God and of the Scriptures and them that did not profess So what difference is there between Christians that do profess and those that do not profess seeing all are concluded under Sin out of the Life so as to Jew and Gentile there is no difference out of Christ unconverted But now Jew and Gentile in Christ converted Sythian and Barbarian are all one in Christ Jesus Gal. 3.28 Now though there be no difference between Jew and Gentile being concluded under Sin in an unconverted Estate nor no difference between Christian and Heathen concluded under Sin unconverted yet nevertheless there is something of God in them which they do disobey both in Jew and Gentile Christian and Heathen which brings the Wrath of God upon them for their Disobedience which if they did obey that of God in them both Jew and Gentile Christian and Heathen it would bring them to the Royal Law of God and to the Royal Society and to the Natural Affections and to keep their Word and to do to all men as they would have them do to them For certainly they would have no man break their Word with them and therefore they must break their Word with no man That is a just Law Do unto all men as c. Hear the words of Christ to his Disciples who is the Second Adam the Heavenly man Joh. 16.8 9 10 c. I tell you of a truth it is expedient for you that I go away for if I go not away the Comforter will not come unto you but if I go I will send him unto you And this Comforter is the Spirit of Truth the Holy Ghost and this Holy Ghost will lead the Disciples into all Truth and shew them things to come And he shall take of mine saith he and give it unto you Now mark in the first place He shall lead them into all Truth namely his Disciples the Learners of Christ Jesus 2dly The same Comforter which is the Spirit of Truth shall reprove the World of sin which they live in and of the righteousness they live in which is the Righteousness of Christ Jesus and shall reprove the World of their judgment for all the world have a judgment which is not the Judgment of God which they judge one another about and by which they set up their Religions and Wayes of Worship by which they judge others that will not conform to them and judge the Prophets of the Lord and spiritual Men to be Mad-men and Fools and Christ the Son and Light of God to be a Blasphemer a Devil and the Apostles as Babblers Turbulent Fellows c. Now what spirit were they in that had this judgment and with what spirit did they judge who are reproved by the Spirit namely the Comforter the Holy Ghost So all the World that comes from sin their judgment their righteousness they must turn at the Reproof of this Spirit the Holy Ghost which leads the Saints into all Truth And by this Heavenly Mans Doctrine Christ Jesus you may see here is something of God in every man which would lead them to the Royal Law of God and to do it and act by it and to lead them to Affections that are above and to have Natural Affections Affections of Nature and to receive the Royal Society in the Royal Law and not to destroy Men and Women who are part of the Creation of God and of his VVorkmanship for they that do destroy them about Religion and VVayes and VVorships that they have made themselves and set up but not by the Command of God they destroy part of God's Creation and God's Creatures and the Workmanship of his Hands though they do profess God yet they destroy Man who is made in the similitude of God and in so doing they would destroy God if they could For as it is said he that hates his Brother is a Man-slayer and so no Man-slayer having not eternal Life abiding in him he cannot set up Religions Wayes nor Worships by which God is honoured And these Men-slayers break the Concord the Society the Commerce and are Judges and Breakers of the Royal Law and Destroyers of the Creation of God and Workmanship of his Hands and Destroyers of Natural Affections which he hath made for his Praise and his Honour and Glory Neither have they the Mind of Christ nor of God guiding of them who would not have all men to be saved God would have all the Workmanship of his hands and Creation and Works to be saved which is man and woman Christ indeed came to destroy the Devil and his works who made man and woman imperfect who were God's works so the promise of God was to mankind but not unto the Devil and that his head should be bruised his power broken and his Law of Sin and Death and Members should be disannulled and Christ's Power and his Law of Life Faith and Love should be set up amongst God's Creatures which are his Creation and so Christ came to save Mens lives and not to destroy them Object Now if any should object and say Who are our Brethren Answ First all Nations of Men God hath made of one Mould to dwell upon the sace of the Earth Acts 17. so I say all are Children of God by creation and there is a Brother-hood which by the Royal Law is preserved according to the Principle of God in every Man by which they should do unto all their Brethren as they would have them do unto them 2d They are Sons of God by adoption all being born again of the Immortal Seed of the Word of God that lives abides and endures forever and being led by the Spirit of God are Sons of God Rom. 8. Also it may be seen and taken notice of what the Apostle lays down in Ephes 2.2 wherein he speaks to them who were once Heathens but then converted That in times past they walkt according to the course of this World according to the Prince of the Power of the Air the spirit that now worketh in the Children of Disobedience in the Lust of the Flesh fulfilling the desires of the Flesh and of the Minde and were by Nature the Children of Wrath as well as others Now mark these Heathens before conversion there was something in them that did disobey and therein did not fulfill the Will of God but fulfilled the will of the Flesh and walked according to the lust of the same which brought them by that nature to be Children of Wrath Now had they obeyed that which they did disobey they had not walkt according to the Power of the Prince of the Air but walkt according to the Prince of the Power of Life Christ Jesus and so by that which they do disobey they would have come to have known the
Righteousness there is Peace one with another and with Christ who is our Righteousness And so give over Envying Hatred and Persecution and Imprisoning Murdering and Killing one another about these outward things which the Kingdom of God stands not in for it stands in Righteousness Faith and in Love and Joy in the Holy Ghost And come all of you to the Light of Christ that you have hated and to the Spirit of God in you that you have vexed grieved and quenched and the Grace of God that you have walkt despightfully against and turn'd unto Wantonness that by it you may come to see your Salvation and cease from Evil and learn to do well from the Evil I say that you have done in times past and do not do so any more for the time to come but as God has given his Spirit to profit withal obey it that so you may profiâ— in Truth and Righteousness and the Love of God that edifieth the Body and which Love fulfils the Law the Royal Law which is To do unto all as you would have all do unto you then you will come to a holy Society a good righteous and just Society and then you will have your equal weight and measure to weigh and measure withal for such as transgress the Royal Law of God did and do unto others as they would not have others do unto them and upon such the Royal Law of God takes hold and judges them yea upon all Jews Christians Turks and Heathens it doth not take notice of their Profession nor respect them for their Profession but it respects them if they love their Neighbours as themselves and do unto all men as they would have all men do unto them then it shews that they have a Profession of Righteousness that is good that which is just and holy which is the Law of Liberty which gives another Liberty if he would have Liberty himself in this Royal Law which is answered by the Spirit in every man and the Royal Law answereth it And this Royal Law takes hold upon all Men and Women in the whole Earth let their Profession be what it will be if they grieve the Spirit of God it judges all that walk not according to the Spirit of God in them that brings them to the Royal Law in which they have Liberty and then they come to confess the one Legistator or Law-Giver one Lord Jesus Christ by whom is all and one Lord who is over all So then let this be read seriously with the Spirit of God in every Male and Female that they may answer the Royal Law of God in which they may all have Liberty Unity Commerce Fellowship and a Society a holy a just a righteous one in which all do to others as they would have them do to them and they come to love their Neighbours as themselves And in this all Nations of men may keep a Society a Unity a Trade a Traffick and a Communion and Commerce and hold a Correspondency one with another and this will preserve him in a natural Affection And as they all keep in this Royal Law that answers the Spirit of God in them all and his Light and Grace in which they will have a Unity and by it to be kept above all the Religions and Worships they have made with that peevish spirit that hath led to disobey the Spirit of God from which they have not natural Affections who cannot do to others as they would have others do to them that cannot bring you to the Royal Law of God This Royal Law will slay that peevish spirit in you all and that being slain and fallen then falls all Religions that you have set up together in the whole World And the Spirit of the Lord turns you to the Royal Law whereof God is the Donor and judges them that transgress it And so in this Royal Law you keep dominion and you keep your Love to your Neighbours as to your selves and the Royal Law keeps you in that Spirit To do unto all as you would have all do unto you If any man Jam. 1.23 heareth the Word and declareth not the same by his Works he is like unto a man beholding his natural Face in a Glass for as soon as he looks on himself he goes his way and forgets immediately what fashion he was of But who so looks into the perfect Law of Liberty and continues therein if he be not a forgetful Hearer but a Doer of the Work this man shall be blest in his Deed. Now consider this all ye that profess God and Christ you Christians Jews and others for is not this your Condition Have you lookt into the perfect Law of Liberty and if so With what have you lookt into it Is it not by the Spirit of God and the Light of Christ which when you have lookt into by the Spirit and Light of Christ Jesus and not done the same you may read your selves as in a Glass that you look into and after forget what manner of men you are And so are not all that look into this perfect Law of Liberty whether they be Jew Christian or Heathen who look into this perfect Law of Liberty and doth it not are like unto the natural Man or Woman that look into a Glass and after that forget what manner of Men and Women they are of and so they that look into the perfect Law of Liberty and do it not are not blest nor happy in their Deeds though they may be Hearers of this perfect Law of Liberty and yet not Doers they are like I say unto the Natural Man and Woman that looks as saith the Apostle into the Glass and after know not what manner of Men or Women they are though they see themselves when they look into the Glass But they that look into the perfect Law of Liberty and do the same do not forget what manner of men they are but see what manner of men they are and what manner of men they have been And so by the perfect Law of Liberty looking into it and doing it they mend so that they who have been without Natural Affections it brings them to Natural Affections who have not loved their Nighbours as themselves it brings them to love them as themselves who have not done to all men as they would have all men do to them this perfect Law of Liberty looking into it and doing of it will bring them to do unto all as they would have all do unto them So look upon all Christendom and all that profess God and Christ in the whole World and those also that do not who do grieve and quench and vex the Spirit of God and hate the Light of Christ and walk despightfully against the Spirit of Grace though these have the Word of God sown upon all their Grounds and if they hear it and declare it not in their Works Lives and Conversations they are like a natural man beholding his
THE Royal Law of GOD REVIVED Wherein You may see That all Nations of Men may keep in it a Royal Society and by obeying the Principlâ— of God in them which brings Men to do the Royaâ— Law and to do unto all men as they would have alâ— men to do unto them which Royal Law of God answers that of God in every Man and Woman in thâ— whole World which they transgressing are judged by the Royal Law of God in doing that unto others as they would not have others do unto them and they to be without natural Affections which Royal Law brings all men to have Natural Affections and to do unto all men as they would have them to do unto them G. Fâ—â— Jam. 2.8 If ye fulfil the Royal Law according to the Scripture Thou shalt Love thy Neighbour as thy self ye do well â—â—t 7.12 Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you do ye even so to them Printed in the Year 1671 2 Who they are that break this Royal Law of God Them that Quench Vex and grieve the good Spirit of God and hate the Light of Christ and walk despightfully against the Spirit of Grace and make Shipwrack of Faith and of a good Conscience And also They are them that keep the Royal Law of God that walk in the Spirit of God and in Faith and a good Conscience and love the Light Christ who inlightens every man that comes into the World The Royal Law of God Revived c. ALL People upon the Face of the whole Earth both High and Low Rich and Poor know that as the Apostle Paul saith Acts 15.26 God hath made of one Blood all Nations of Men for to dwell on all the Face of the Earth So all Men and Women are of God's making his Workmanship and the Works of his Hands and Creation and he it is that gives Life and Breath unto all And hath determined the Times before appointed and the Bounds of their Habitations saith he And saith Moses Deut. 32.8 The Most High divided to the Nations their Inheritance when he separated the Sons of Adam c. And the Psalmist acknowledgeth Psa 24.1 The Earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof the World and they that dwell therein which he hath distributed unto the Sons of Men. And the Lord is called The God of the Spirits of all Flesh Num. 27.16 And so saith likewise the Apostle Eph. 4.6 One God and Father of all who is above all through all and in you all Now seeing the Lord hath made all Nations of Men and Women upon the Earth of one Blood and Mould to dwell upon the Face of the Earth and that the Earth is the Lord's and the Fulness thereof and he gives the encrease and hath distributed unto the Sons and Daughters of Adam What then is the matter that makes a Discord amongst all the Sons and Daughters of men but the Devil the Cause of all Discord who is out of Truth and so leads them out of Unity with God and with one another so that they cannot Commerce Trade and hold a Correspondence a Concord in Civil things of the Creation of the Earth seeing the Earth is the Lord's and the Fulness thereof that all Nations of Men cannot hold a Commerce Unity and Concord I say in these outward things though they cannot agree in and about Matters of Religion and Worship and abouâ— their Teachings and Wayes What is the matter now that they do not agree seeing there is no Discord nor Disagreement in the Way of the Lord which is Christ Jesus the Heavenly Man who is the Way to God the Father Neither is there any Disagreement in the Fellowship of the Spirit nor in the Worship nor in the Spirit nor in the Truth And therefore are not all the Disagreements and Discords throughout all the World about Religions Worships and Doctrines about I say such as men have made which are called National Worships National Wayes and National Religions that are all the Works of Mens hands And there are such a Multitude of them in all the Nations of the World which hinders them from Civil Commerce Civil Society of Natural Affections that ought to be amongst Mankind For where these Natural Affections or Affections of Nature are not they will destroy one another about their Religions Worships and Ways and certainly such doings are not of God nor of Christ who said to his Disciples when they would have had Fire to come down from Heaven to consume them that would not receive him That they did not know what spirit they were of Therefore do all people that Persecute others for not receiving their Doctrines their Worships their Wayes and Religions yea persecuting for not receiving of Christ they know not what Spirit they are of Now mark the tender Nature of Christ Who saith he came not to destroy mens lives but to save them Therefore they that would have mens lives taken away for Religion or not receiving of Christ They have not the Affections of Nature 2d They do not know what spirit they are of themselves 3d They have not the Mind of Christ 4th No man will trust his Body Soul or Spirit in the hands of such that do not know what spirit they are of themselves Have any of all these that make Religions VVayes and Worships and Doctrines of their own any Affections to Nature who will destroy people because they will not conform to that Religion VVay and VVorship that they have set up As now look over all the whole VVorld and all the Religions therein and see and consider Who they are that have destroyed burnt and put to death such as would not conform to the Religion and VVay and VVorship that they have made And have not these first been Truce-Breaâ—â—â—â—â— to and with God and then with Man and fallen from that Religion that is from above and from his Religion his VVorship and Truth his VVay Christ Jesus and then the Devil entred them who hath led them to destroy one another about their Religions VVayes and their VVorships which they have set up and were not set up by the Lord but forbidden by Christ and saith the Apostle He is not worshipped with the Worships of Mens Hands Acts 17.24 who is Lord over all and would have all Repent and feel after him and so to Repent as to change from their Worships and the Works of their own hands the Religions the Worships and Wayes that they have made and come to God by Christ Jesus who is the VVay to God and so through him receive that Religion that is from above and so to worship God in the Spirit and in the Truth And is there any Religion to be owned or any VVorship from such which are without Natural Affections And is it not the Devil that makes Religions VVayes and VVorships and leads them to be so peevish about them and in a blind Zeal to contend so earnestly for them which brings