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A57310	A standard of righteousness lifted up unto the nations, and an ensigne of grace unto the people, but the flagge of defiance against Antichrist, and all his messengers and ministers, who are under his power and pleading for it, for terme of life all of which are held forth in a plain answer unto Leonard Letchford's quaery concerning perfection and keeping of Gods law and Commandments, which may serve the universal good, and satisfaction of all people who are yet unsatisfied in these weighty matters in this book inserted : with a testimony concerning the natural man who cannot keep the law nor commands of God ... / given forth this 13th day of the 8th moneth, 1663, by a follower of the Lamb thorow [sic] many tribulations, whose name is Ambrose Rigge.	Rigge, Ambrose, 1635?-1705.	1663 (1663)	Wing R1492; ESTC R6133	30,605	38

God Isa 10. 20 21. as afterwards it came to passe And again he testified of the peaceable Kingdome of Christ wherein the earth should be filled with the knowledge of God as the waters cover the Sea Isa 11. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9. which ksowledge came afterwards to be received by the Light which God had commanded to shine in their hearts who was witnesses of the same 2 Cor. 4. 6. by which the light of the knowledge of the glory of God was received in the face of Iesus Christ Again the Lord by the Prophet called every one that thirsted to drink freely of the waters of Life without money and without price and called many to pentance verse 6. and said Let the wicked forsake his wayes and the unrighteous man his thoughts and let him returne unto the Lord and he will have mercy upon him verse 7. Here was the promise of mercy unto man if he forsaked his unrighteous wayes and thoughts and to no other as afterwards was testified Prov. 28. 13. and furthermore the Prophet declareth the glory of the true Church and saith the Gentiles shall come to her light and Kings to the brightnesse of her rising Isa 60. 3. which was afterwards fulfilled All which prophesies was the universal love of God in Christ Iesus to Mankind for his restauration into that Image and perfection of holinesse in which he was created so that all who received him when he came to be manifested to them he gave power to become the sons of God and heirs of life Iohn 1. 12. And Ieremiah also prophesied of the scattered flock of the Lord whom the wicked Pastours of Israel had destroyed And the Lord said I will gather the remnant of my Flock out of all Countries where they have been driven and will bring them again into their fold and will set one Shepherd over them which shall feed them Ier. 23. And in his dayes Iudah shall be saved and Israel shall dwell safely and this is his name whereby he shall be called the Lord our Righteousness ver 6. And they shall no more say the Lord liveth which brought the children of Israel out of Egypt but the Lord liveth which brought the seed of the house of Iacob out of the North Countrey and out of all Countries whither he hath driven them vers 7 8. All which the Lord spoke by way of Prophesie that he would restore Israel his people into unity with him which could not possible be untill he had finished transgression in them which was the first cause of separation from God and the glory of his power And again the Lord by the mouth of Ieremiah Prophesied of the restoration of Israel and said he would bring them from the North Countrey and gather them from the coasts of the earth he that scattered Israel will gather them as a Shepherd doth his flock Ier. 31. 10. And also said he would make a Covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Iudah not according to the Covenant which he made with their Fathers when he took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt Mark but this shall be the Covenant that I will make with the house of Israel I will put my Law in their inward parts and write it in their hearts And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour and every man his brother saying know the Lord c. Ier. 31. 31 32. 33. This is the Covenant in which Christ was promised where in God would write his Law in his peoples hearts which afterwards the Apostles witnessed with whom this Covenant was made and confirmed in which they witnessed the blood of Christ to cleanse them from all sin 1 Iohn 1. 7. This Covenant was a Covenant of Light and of Life wherein the Law of the Spirit of Life not writ in Tables of Stone but in the fleshly Tables of the Heart 2 Cor. 3. 3. was their Schoolmaster to bring them to Christ that they might be justified by faith Gal. 3. 24. and so were presented blameless unto God which the blood of Bulls and Goats could not do nor any outward thing Heb. 10. 4. And by the mouth of Ezekiel the Lord promised to gather his people again unto himself and seek them as a Shepherd seeketh his Sheep and feed them in a good pasture Ezek. 34 12 13 14 15 16. Here was Gods universal love again manifested by way of prophecy for the recovery of lost man again all which promises was made conditionally unto mankind if they believed in him whom God hath chosen to be the author of eternal salvation to all who received and believed in him Then afterwards Daniel prophesied of the suffering of the Son of God of whom the Prophets had written whom the Angell shewed that seventy weeks were determined to finish transgression and to make an end of sin and to make reconciliation for iniquity and to bring in everlasting righteousness Dan. 9. 24. And in verse the 26. saith that after sixty two weeks shall the Messiah be slain but not for himself and in verse the 27. he shall confirm the Covenant with many for one week and in the midst of the week he shall cause the offerings and the oblations to cease This shewed the death of the Son of God before he came into the world by which sin and transgression was to be finished which was the cause of offerings and sacrifices still demonstrating Gods eternal purpose through him to put an end to transgression in man without which man could never come to him again nor be restored into that image and glory which he lost by transgression which is the perfection of holiness in the sight of the Lord which the Apostles testified unto 2 Cor. 7. 1. that man might live with God in the spirit for which end he was created which was brought to pass through the death and suffering of his Son whom he sent into the world that they through him might be saved Iohn 3. 17. And the Lord spake again by the mouth of Amos and said The plow-man should overtake the reaper and the treader of grapes him that sowed seed and the mountains shall drop down with sweet wine and he would bring again the captivity of his people Israel Amos 9. 13 14. And Micah foretold of the birth of this Saviour even in Bethlehem Ephratah though it was little among the thousands of Iudah yet out of it shall he come forth that was to be ruler in Israel whose goings forth hath been from old from everlasting and he shall stand and rule in the strength of the Lord and in the majesty of the name of the Lord and shall be great unto the end of the earth Micah 5. 2 3 4. And also said that the remnant of Israel should be among many Nations as a dew from the Lord that tarrieth not for man and as the showers upon the tender grass c. And the remnant of

A Standard of Righteousness lifted up unto the Nations and an Ensigne of Grace unto the People But the Flagge of Defiance against Antichrist and all his Messengers and Ministers who are under his power and pleading for it for terme of life All which are held forth in a plain answer unto Leonard Letchfords Quaery Concerning Perfection and keeping of Gods Law and Commandements which may serve for the universal good and satisfaction of all people who are yet unsatisfied in these weighty matters in this Book inserted With a testimony concerning the natural man who cannot keep the Law nor Commands of God Also an Invitation to all people to come unto the Fountain of Living Waters from whence they have been driven Also a testimony concerning the spiritual man in whom the Law of God is fulfilled and the Commands of Christ kept Also the way to the Kingdome of God in short held forth to all who are willing to enter therein Also the difference between the true Gospel and the false truly stated With 34 Quaeries for Leo. Letchford of Hurst-pier point in the County of Sussex to be answered by him by plain Scripture as I have answered his Given forth this 13th day of the 8th Moneth 1663 by a follower of the Lamb thorow many tribulations whose Name is AMBROSE RIGGE When the enemy shall come in like a flood the Spirit of the Lord shall lift up a Standard against him Is 59. 19. Printed in the Year 1663. Gentle and Courteous Reader IN this small Book is many weighty matters laid down to thy serious consideration even the things which belongs to thy eternal peace with God therefore be not rash nor hasty to judge of any thing herein which may be above thy capacity but wait in that measure of the gift of grace which God hath bestowed upon thee that it may lead thee in the path of righteousnesse so will these heavenly mysteries be unfolded unto thee and if in any thing thou be contrary minded God shall reveal even this unto thee for he revealeth secrets and the light dwelleth with him And as no man knows the things of man save the spirit of man that is in him so no man knows the things of God save the spirit of God Therefore if thou wouldst know whether these things in this little Volume be of God or no return to the manifestation of Gods Spirit which he hath given to thee to profit withal this will be as the Key of David unto thee and will open unto thee these things and no man shall shut them from thee but if this shut them from thee no man shall open them to thee Therefore unto this I recommend thee and remain Thine to serve in love AMB. RIGGE A Standard of Righteousnesse lifted up to the Nations and an Ensigne of Peace unto the People IN the beginning God made man upright Eccl. 7. 29. perfect and compleat in his owne Image Gen. 1. 26 27. which was righteousness and true holiness and gave him divers Commandements and alsopower to keep and observe them while he stood in that perfect image in which he was created who in that state was a Son of God and Heir of Life and had the Tree of Life freely given him to be his food that he might live for ever But out of that state the Serpent led him to sin and break Covenant with God whereby he lost that perfection of holinesse in which he stood compleat while he kept Covenant with God And also was dispossessed of that power by which he kept the Commands of God and so all his posterity died in him from that power and perfection of holinesse in which man was created and fell into Satans Kingdome which is sin and imperfection and so were and alwayes have been led captive at his will into many noysome lusts which hath drowned thousands in perdition But as in Adam all died so in Christ shall all be made alive 1 Cor. 15. 22. This glad tydings of Life Salvation and Redemption was general to all Mankind without respect of persons who would hear and obey him by whom God in his eternal purpose would restore man into his first estate viz. by Christ the second Adam according to his word by Isaiah the Propet who said that Zion should be redeemed through judgement and her Converts with righteousnesse Isa 1. 27. And also said he would restore her Judges as at the first and her Counsellors as at the beginning and afterwards she should be called the City of Righteousnesse the faithful City verse 26. This was the first promise of mans restoration into that perfection of holinesse in which he was created And he prophesied of the Coming and Kingdome of Christ and said it shall come to passe in the last dayes that the Mountain of the Lords House shall be established in the top of the Mountains And many people should say Come and let us go up to the Mountain of the Lord to the House of the God of Iacob and he will teach us of his wayes and we will walke therein Isa 2. 2 3. And the same Prophet cried unto the house of Iacob and said Come let us walke in the light of the Lord Isa 2. 5. Here was the way of God which was his Light prophesied of to lead man again to God from whence he was fallen which afterwards came to lead the Israel of God in all his wayes as hereafter I shall fully declare Yet never thelesse the same Prophet said Christs Kingdome should be a Tabernacle when the Lord had washed away the filth of the Daughter of Zion by the Spirit of judgement and burning Isa 4 4. 5 6. yet the same Prophet saw in a Vision the stubbornesse of many to their own destruction and said they would make their hearts fat and their ears heavy and would not hear and shut their eyes least they should see until their Cities was wasted without inhabitants and their houses without men Isa 6. 10 11. But said in it there should be a remnant which should be as a Teyle Tree or as an Oake whose substance was in them when they cast their leaves so the holy seed should be the substance thereof Isa 6. 13. which afterwards was fulfilled for Christ the holy seed was after in the remnant that was saved as the substance remained in the Teyle Tree or Oake when their leaves was cast This was also a certain testimony of the Son of God who was set for the fall and the raising again of many in Israel Luke 2. 34. who was to be manifested in man to restore him to his first estate as the Apostles at large afterwards witnessed The same Prophet also prophesied of the birth of this Second Adam and of his Kingdome and Government Isa 9. 6. 7. And said the remnant of the house of Iacob should no more stay upon him who smote them but should stay upon the Lord the Holy One of Israel and should return unto the mighty

nor who shall descend into the deep to setch him from beneath but the Word shall be nigh thee in thy heart and in thy mouth according as'tis said Rom. 10. 8. Deut. 30. 14. This will be a Lamp to thy seet and a Light to thy path Psal 119. 105. to guide thee in the way of truth and peace and will give thee the light of the knowledge of the Glory of God in the face of Iesus 2 Cor. 4. 6. So let every one search his own heart and light the candle there that he may sinde the word of faith there to guide him this word David hid in his heart that he might not sin against God Psal 119. 11. This is the word of saith which I preach unto thee that thou may come to hear receive it whereby faith may be wrought in thy heart to give thee victory over the world sin death and darkness and the grave which hath long separated thee from God And then shalt thou witness him thy Redeemer even the Holy One of Israel But if thou ask me what must lead the to this Redeemer I answer The Law of God which he hath written in thy heart according to his promise in the second Covenant Ier. 31. 31 32 33. which Law was the Apostles Schoolmaster to bring them to Christ that they might be justified by faith Gal. 3. 24. This Law will be thy Schoolmaster to bring thee to Christ that thou may be justified by faith and not by works of the Law this will be a present Teacher with thee at all times and in all places and will never let thee do evil nor do that to another thou would not that he should do unto thee It will bring thee to love the Lord with all thy heart and thy neighbour as thy selse as it is written in the Law of Moses yea when thou turnest to tho right hand or to the lest thou shalt hear a voice behinde thee saying This is the way walk in it Isa 30. 21. But thou may object and say Shall I not go to hear Sermons from learned men such as are brought up at Oxford or Cambridge I say cease from man even from all them who keeps thee from the Law written in thy heart for such hath no light in them Isa 8. 20. Such are blinde Guides and would keep thee from this Law which is light Pro. 6. 23. loast it should discover their darkness unto thee that they may lead thee in blindeness and darkness which leads to the chambers of Death Pro. 7. 27. And that thou may spend all thy substance upon the Physitians as the woman had done and yet was not cured till she came to Christ Luke 8. 43 44. As thou Wilt not be till thou come to be led to him by that which manifests both thy deeds of darkness and theirs also who hath applyed salve to thy wounded soul before they have cleansed out the filthy rotten corrupted ulcers with which thy soul hath been loaded so their salve hath taken no impression nor been available at all unto thee so that they have been Physitians of no value Iob 13. 4. but thy corruptions hath prevailed upon thee till all thy money is spent Oh therefore hearken unto him who stands at thy door and often knocks If thou wilt open thy door he will come in to thee and will sup with thee and thou shalt sup with him Rev. 3. 20. Then shalt thou know the Supper of the Lord even a Feast of unleavened bread If thou wilt receive him he will cleanse thy sores and lance thy wounds like the good Physitian and reach the living sensible part in thee that the Corruption hath not prevailed against and nothing else he will suffer to remain within that he may thorowly cure thee and make thee perfectly whole in body soul and spirit and then he will pour in the oyle of Joy for the spirit of heaviness that thou may be called a Tree of Righteousness the Planting of the Lord Isa 61. 3. Then shall the light of the Moon be as the light of the Sun and the light of the Sun shall be seven-sold as the light of seven dayes in the day when the Lord bindeth up thy breach healeth the stroke of thy wound Isa 30. 26. then shalt thou who hath been deaf hear and thy blinde eye shall be opened and shall see out of obscurity and out of darkness Isa 29. 18. And thou shalt encrease thy joy in the Lord and rejoyce in the Holy One of Israel verse 19. then shall Iudgment dwell in the wilderness which thou shalt love and righteousness in the fruitfull field in which thou shalt dwell and the work of Righteousness shall be Peace and the effect of Righteousness quietness and assurance for ever Isa 32. 16 17. Then shall thy soul delight it self in the Lord its Redeemer and magnifie the name of the God of Israel all thy dayes And thou shall not need to be taught of thy neighbour or of thy brother brother to know the Lord for thou shalt know him and be taught of him and great shall be thy peace according to the words of Ieremiah Ier. 31. 34. Isa 54. 13. Iohn 6. 45. and the anointing wherewith he hath anointed thee shall abide in thee and thou shalt not need any man to teach thee but as the anointing teacheth thee of all things and is truth and is no lye and even as it teacheth thee thou shalt abide in him 1 Iohn 2. 27. These things I have written to thee concerning any that would seduce thee from this inward teacher ver 26. That if any come to thy house and bring not this doctrine bid him not God speed least thou be partaker of his evil deeds yea if I or an Angel from heaven preach any other doctrine let us be accursed and let God give no more increase to our work then he hath done to the work of the Priests this many hundred years Therefore cease from man whose breath is in his nostrils and hearken unto him by whom God speaks in these last dayes as thou may reade Heb. 1. 1. who saith Learn of me and you shall finde rest for your souls Mat. 11. 29. He will be a sufficient teacher unto thee in all the wayes of righteousness and be a wall unto thee in the time of storm and a shadow unto the time of heat Isa 25. 4. yea he will be they Shepherd and spread thy table in the sight of thy enemies Psal 23. 1 2 3 4 5. and he will lead thee into green pastures by the rivers of water and will restore thy soul to praise and glorifie his name for ever EVen all these things in mercy great hee 'l bring to pass for thee If thou wilt now upon him wait his saving health to see Hee 'l take thee from the lake so deep out of the mire and clay And on a rock hee 'l set thy feet and will divert thy way And bring