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spirit_n	heart_n	know_v	soul_n	7,408	5	4.7811	4	false

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A29304	Some addition to a former paper, entituled, A short declaration of the purpose and decree of the everlasting counsel of Gods heavenly host concerning His royal seed, to demonstrate the nobleness of its operation, and how God doth manifest it : and is an answer in short to a question as followeth : How God doth manifest this noble and honourable seed in man, in which is the glory of it magnified by its own workings, in all that believe, to their justification, salvation, and to the condemnation of them that resist? / by a lover ot it, and one who waits for its exaltation over all, and hath travelled and suffered for its sake, William Brend.	Brend, William, d. 1676.; Brend, William, d. 1676. Short declaration of the purpose and decree of the everlasting counsel of Gods heavenly host.	1663 (1663)	Wing B4361; ESTC R20114	15,513	22

given forth not to satisfie the comprehending part of that which may for a time be satisfied with the truth of words but there is that which cannot be satisfied with the clearest demonstration of the purest words that may be uttered forth by the mouthes of the best of the sons of men which are uttered forth for this end to direct the mind where and upon what to wait and to stir up that which is pure in man that he may come to be satisfied with the Life it self which the Word soundeth forth from the Life and from the living Power so that that which hath been dead may live by it again The Soul which is immortal no mortal thing can satisfie but the immortal Word and living Power of God that alone can satisfie the hungry soul which is satisfied with the Righteousness of God and with nothing else and to that alone I desire to be known and that will reade me in the heart where the Light doth operate and bring into obedience to the same for which end is this and all that comes from the same Spirit in the several demonstrations and manifestations of it unto the sons of men to bring all into the Light and to obey it that in the life and power thereof they may live to the praise and glory of his Grace that Life may be magnified over all and so I have my end A few Words more to Friends which are in the Truth to stand fast therein unto the end that they may feel the Crown and Dominion of the Lambs Power now in this great Day of Tryal Which is as followeth SO all my dear Friends stand fast in the Truth which you have believed in and received for it is a day of tryal and a time of great temptation wherein the enemy is exceeding subtil and crafty and wars in a mystery even the Mystery of iniquity to drive from the hidden wisdom of God the mystery of the powerful workings of Christ in the secret hidden and inward man of the heart renewed by the working of his mighty power But Oh God! thy Throne endures for ever and the scepter of thy Kingdom is an everlasting Scepter of living righteousness And thy foundation is from everlasting and this foundation Stone thou hast laid in Sion thy beloved City and that which is built thereupon is of its own nature and hath its being and standing in that which was before the foundation of the Earth was laid the unmovable power of the Lord God which was before any thing was unto which the changable visible dissolvable moveable power must be subject Yea thy own whole Creation which thou madest which is good as thou madest it and man in it upright and thou madest it all to be subject to thee and to stand in thy counsel and to subject to thy holy will but the subtil Serpent wrought in subtilty to betray the innocent being which God had made he being ignorant of that foundation which was in the very secrets of God's heart and which he had prepared in his own secret counsel for man's restauration back again into a more sure standing than upon any righteousness of man's own and that man might be built upon the foundation that standeth sure and that upon it might stand firm never to be removed from it by all the subtilty and sleights of the enemy nor by none of all the storms and tempest and violent floods and waves of foming Seas that he may raise and may be very ready to go over the Souls But the Decree being set Hither must thou go and no further here must thy proud waves be stayed And therefore now being come to that which was hid in God before the world was the great mystery of God revealed in us which is Christ the great power of God in whom we were chosen before the foundation of the world was laid and we are come to that which shall abide for ever when all things are dissolved which have done their work that was to last the time appointed And when all those spirits that would draw rend from this sure foundation Christ the light everlasting rock those spirits shall weary themselves for very vanity and shall eat the fruit of their own wayes which will be indignation and wrath and shall be serapated from the presence of the God of our Life and we in him shall have the victory in the Lamb's power and authority over all the subtil temptations of the wicked one and we shall sit in the habitation of Peace and Rest above all the habitations of Cruelty and over all deceitful workings of guileful Men in the Dominion that our Captain hath purchased for us which answereth the will of his Father which gave him a ransom for many that our Assurance may stand as it doth upon a more sure Foundation and better Promises than that of the Law of Works that so we might not be shaken nor moved in our minds nor hearts by any slights of the Devil nor Men which lye in wait to deceive They being ignorant of God's righteousness and of his great love towards us that believe and hope in his mercy for ever And in that love life and power of his everlasting righteousness we can see through all the thick darkness of this world and over all the confused commotions and stirs of the many Waters which are People Nations and Languages of Babylon the Mystery of Iniquity And that which doth see through all these is the immortal Seed the power of the infinite God the Light and Spirit of Truth which gives the victory over them all Therefore know it more and more that so in it you may stand and be bold and valiant you spiritual Warriors of and in the Lamb's power and that meddle not with the lower powers of the darkness of this world which lie in wickedness and so act with carnal weapons the will of the Devil which acts in wicked men their wicked ends to accomplish in which stands their strength and outward force of the weapons of war which are carnal but our weapons are spiritual and not carnal which do over come the strongest force of all outward strength of Men and Devils For they war with the arm of flesh against Christ the great power of God we standing fast in the Truth shall see the Spirit of the Lord will blast them all with his Spirit of patience and long-suffering which is the Lambs power which gives the Faith and Victory over all through the operation of Christ which is as I said the great power wisdom and righteousness of God the Father of all things who is ordained a Light and a Lamp for ever to light the Israel of God into that state where there will be no need of the Sun nor Moon for the Lord God and the Lamb will be their Light for ever and evermore Amen 1. HE that i' th' Life and love doth stand Shall surely know Christ's just command And movings of his divine power Guiding his actions every hour 2. That Rule alone doth guide aright And shew the darkness from the light It lights him the assured way That leads him to the perfect day 3. To know the Sun that shines so bright and clear And makes all misty fogs and shadows disappear That Light and Life be known the Standard of the Lord Which doth to all his own comfort and strength afford 4. This is the hand that leads to the most heav'nly rest By which alone all that are led for ever sure are blest The Light which is the Love that from the Life doth spring Shews us the lovely virtue and fruit of ev'ry thing That eye which only can discern and clearly see The God and Guide of man to all etenity 5. Which Life Love so freely doth from him for ever flow His Wisdom and his Righteousness he unto men doth show In them that so his glory might unto its height arise That they may love to magnify his Name in any wise Who is the author of all good unto the sons of men And from his bosom hath his love most freely shew'd to them 6. The Son of everlasting bliss In whom perpetual rest there is Through th'everlasting Covenant Made good to all the penitant 7. Who forsake sin which God desies And periods all their miseries Is Christ the Light by whom we gain Redemption from eternal pain THE END

pure calls and knocks of the Lord there and turn in your minds to it to know what it speaks and be it known unto such it speaks judgement and condemnation to the sinner and reproof and alway calls to turn from sin and from the vanities of the world which lies in wickedness and to turn to the Lord that so from him they may find mercy and plentious redemption and to feel after his Son who is Life and the quickening spirit without which no man can know redemption from sin nor reconciliation with God and so not peace with him Nor none can worship the Lord in truth but as they witness a measure of the Resurrection of the Just and the Just is not witnessed but by that Power that kills the sin and slays the transgression and then that is known which passeth thorow the death and darknes and overcomes him which hath the power of death that is the Devil which is the Life of Jesus Christ the Son and Word of God which Life of Jesus doth arise in the destroying of the death and overcoming of him who is the Power and King of death then Life is known to rule in man by the power of him that raised Jesus from the grave and this quickens the mortal body and then Life rules and it treads down sin and Satan's power under the royal feet of his divine Power and Authority who is God blessed for ever Oh therefore wait and watch to know that which is the weight of God's Power that it may arise over that which lies as a burthen upon the Just Principle of God and that that may be removed and that which is as a weight and burden of and from the Lord that it may be known and believed in and that is it that will take off the weight of sin that presseth down the soul And so waiting in the watchfulness sence of feeling will more and more be witnessed and of discerning to know the one from the other by which discerning as it increaseth in you you will come to know the movings of the pure power of God and the weight of his Law of Commands that you may be obedient unto them that in so doing you may come to eat the good of the Land and also you will come to know the working of the deceitful part and the imaginary part which is not of God and it will work in a Mystery but as thou feelest that which is pure in thee thou wilt also feel a love raised up in thee to it which riseth from its nature and growth then thou wilt watch unto that which is pure that it may stay thy mind then thou wilt know a guide unto thy mind which thou must know infallibly in thy self and this is a stay to fix upon which is sure steadfast certain and infallibly true which is the measure of the gift of God the Light Life and Seed of his eternal Spirit of holiness And this being known and witnessed in thee then thou wilt know a sure certain retiring place to retire unto in all times of need and this in thee and herein wilt thou know the Standard of the Lord set up in thy heart and it is to be sled unto when the enemy doth assault thee and comes in like a flood upon thee as he may do to seek to drown thee and to drive thee from this sure refuge But this is the strong Tower which is the Name of the Lord it being fled unto and this everlasting Rock being built upon the gates of Hell and Death cannot prevail against it And herein comes the glorious Renown of the royal Seed and Off-spring of God to be witnessed which gives and gets the victory over all sin and brings in everlasting righteousness And as all stand in the Light the righteous Power they will witness and feel stirring in them which will beget a true hungring after the everlasting righteousness of God and that by it alone they may be covered and so will wait and watch to have it more and more revealed in them and so to receive it into their hearts and then nothing more desirable unto such then to be covered with the same and the power of it will so inflame your heart with love to it because of the nature of it which will burn up not only your unrighteousness but your righteousness also and so you will come to be acquainted with that which abides for ever and evermore the Life of the Son of God which will make free from the Law of sin and death and then sin shall not have Dominion over them which walk not after the flesh but after the spirit no nor their righteousness they will not glory in at all for now they are not under the Law but under the free Grace of God which believe in the glorious Light of the glorious Gospel of the blessed God and this comes to be multiplied in and upon their hearts and the manyfolds of it comes to be known and read within and herein they come to be established and setled and grounded in the eternal Truth as it is Jesus though they may meet with many oppositions in the travel of its workings for many and great will be the tryals and temptations in their passing forth of Egypts Land of darkness and out of the shadow of death woe sorrow and perplexity before they come to the Land of Canaan the Land of Rest and Peace and Quietness and Assurance for ever yet in all the tryals and tribulations they meet with in passing out of darkness to walk in the Light believing in it and minding of it the Power of the Lord God of Heaven and Earth which is the Light will be with them that receive the Light the Witness of God placed in them to be their Leader and Guide by his Pillar of Fire by night when it is dark upon them to shew them the way that they should go or by his Cloud by day as it will seem a Cloud to them but light to him who is Light to guide them for they may go too fast and be too hasty therefore he will stop them that they may be subject to him both in their journying and standing still they that can receive it let them that know what I say that so all may be acquainted with the motion of God in all particulars that they may not onely have the Light which all have though they be not guided by it which is the true guide and way to God and everlasting rest but that they may know it assuredly by the true and infallible testimony of it self in them by the daily exercise of it and so the strength they daily feel to be renewed upon them in their hearts and so they will come to know the Life of it to be an everlasting refuge to sly unto in all times of need tryals and temptations and so they come to grow in the strength of the Almighty God who hath

it is hid to them that are lost and such are they that hate the Light and will not believe in it And the god of this world hath blinded the minds of them that reject and slight so great Salvation as this is which hath been so freely preached and declared of and witnessed unto by many of the dear Servants and Children of the living God in this our day and age in which we live Oh that men therefore before this day be past would consider and return to the measure of Light in them before it be put out and believe in it and then they shall know that it is not natural but spiritual and of a spiritual nature property and quality and of the nature of God who is Light of which all that believe in it are made partakers of his divine Nature and it is able to teach them all things that pertain to Life and godliness and to reveal the great mystery of godliness God manifest in flesh and the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ And that is the first Principle of the Oracle of God which leadeth unto repentance from dead works to serve the living and true God that made Heaven and Earth the Sea and all things therein and so come to know the Word by which al things were made by which we live move and have our being even by him who is Light which is the beginning of the Creation of God both old and new And so his power comes to be witnessed and magnified over all and his glory doth arise over all the works of his hands the noble and royal Seed and off-spring of the infinite God being witnessed to be raised up by his power and that glorifies him from whence it comes and so coming to know this measure of Light which is the free gift of God in man and minding of it it will bring to wait in the silence to know his voice which calls to be cool calm quiet and still for it stills the raging waves of those tumulting thoughts and imaginations and consultings of the carnal reasoning of that part which stands in the transgression and would have audience so as to prevail over the charming of the wise charmer Now the Light gives the knowledge of that part and the ground from whence it springs the nature of the corrupt tree and plant which God never planted and seed which he never sowed but is of the Devil the cunning Serpent and this is needful for every one to know the nature of these two seeds be you wise or foolish according to the wisdom of this world which must be brought to nought be you poor or rich bond or free male or female Now the way to come to a perfect knowledge of the two Seeds which are one contrary to the other as light is to darkness and death to life and good to evil you must know that in your selves which is as a weight and burthen upon your hearts and minds and you minding of it you will know it to be God's call and knock in man that he may be heard and his voice known that so his counsel may be understood and the operation of his hand may be felt and his divine power reserved to work out all that which is contrary to him and that wrought and established in them which is of himself that he may be known to dwell and abide and walk in them by his Seed that thereby they may do his will and be subject to his power that so his power may be magnified over all Now the cause why the way word and voice of the Lord God is not known nor the workings of his divine power witnessed in men is because they mind not to turn into that which secretly knocks and calls at the door of their hearts but turn aside from it though many times the weight may be so heavy upon them that they know not how to bear it and the reason of that is the loving of their evil deeds and their hating and slighting of the Light which doth reprove them and so as much as in them lies run away from that which would do them good into the evil as into jollity and some outward vain thing or into the multitude of outward affaires of the world that so by the reason of the noise of that they may not hear the sound of the pure voice of the Lord God in the wilderness that would make streight the way of the Lord for his ransomed to pass thorow and to come out of Egypt's Land of darkness to walk in the light of the living on which their eternal welfare depends both here and for ever hereafter And the rejecting and not hearing of the knock voice and call of the Light of the Son of God which stands at the door of their hearts and knocks that he might have entrance in and be received by them into their hearts I say the rejecting of his knock drowns many in perdition and is the cause why they wallow in their blood even in their sin and iniquity and become enemies to God and his pure way in which all his dear servants walk in which is the Light of the Lord God and by it they know his knocks and calls checks and reproofs condemnation salvation and justification unto life O that men would hear fear dread and repent and not slight so great salvation not trample under foot the blood of the everlasting Covenant of Light and Life nor count it as an unholy thing but that they would turn to the calls and knocks of the Lord God and that they would understand what he saith Behold I stand at the door and knock and every one that hears and obeys and receives him in he doth come and sup with them and they come to be made partakers of his banquets and of the wine and milk that he hath mingled and prepared for them in his own house which house of God none can know nor the Laws nor Ordinances thereof that knows not his voice knock and call and that doth reject it and will not obey it when they come but in the least measure to know it as some may know it by its often following of them with Plagues and Judgements for their disobedience and to bring them into obedience to the measure of Light made manifest in their Consciences And therefore all that have desires in you to know the Lord and would walk in his pure way path and would find the rest which God hath prepared for the wearied souls and that would be delivered from your sins and lusts which war against your souls and from the Devils power which is not onely your enemy but the enemy of God and of your eternal peace and everlasting happiness And therefore I lay it upon all such and desire that it may lye as a weight upon you always and that you may bear it continually to wait to know in the secrets of your hearts the