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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A92133	The spirit of God in man, making manifest the hidden things of darkness to man. Being divine teachings, whereby the Lord alone is exalted, and the pride of fleshly glory discovered, / by the shining light of Christ in and through Richard Russel.	Russel, Richard, theological writer.	1654 (1654)	Wing R2347; Thomason E1488_3; ESTC R208500	16,391	40

be all in love to injoy God in time of trouble or at all times and to be with him in Spirit where he is this is an Heavenly estate to see the invisible appear in the visible and to swallow it up in it self in love as Enech that walked with God and was not but there is such a way for Saints to go before they come to injoy their Kingdome or to enter into their glory as followeth as Iesus Christ hath shewed us in that which is called the Lords Supper and Baptism that no Flesh wil indure it as wil appear First from those words of Christ in Mat. 20.19.20.21 for when he was defired by the mother of Zebedees children that her two sons might sit the one at his right hand and the other at his left in his kingdome his answer was You know not what you ask for saith he Are ye able to drink of the Cup that I shal drink of and to be Baptised with the Baptisme what Jam Baptised withall As if he should say the way that leads to my kindome is a Crucifying way even from the beginning to the end as it was with me who was persecuted from my birth to my death it is a way sprinkled with blood and burning with Fire very sharp and bitter and no sweetnesse in it for many storms and tempests wil arise and fall upon your travel to Canaan you must be crowned with thorts and you must be tempted with the Serpent buffeted with Satan and persecuted with Herod and how are you able to endure this saith they we are able then saith Christ again you stall indeed drink of the Cup that J drink of and be baptised with the baptisme that J am baptised with but to sit on my right hand and on my left is not mine to give but it shall be given to chem for whom it is prepared of my Father which is as much as to say you must suffer the losse of all things below or besides me and the way which I have gone you shall go the death which I have suffered you shall in some measure suffer and then having gon the way and suffered the death you wil say Father Glorifie thy Son that thy Son may Glorifie thee then wil he give you a crown of life which is laid up for you in the kingdom of heaven and as Paul saith J have run the race and obtained the price in Jesus Christ J have finished my cross henceforth is laid up for me a Crown of glory even the Lord and Christ himself saith that for the glory which was set before him he indured the crosse and despised the shame drunk his cup and received his Baptisme and after entred into his glory And thus he went before us as a pattern or an example for us but when we have obtained the Kingdom and received the Crown the kingdom being delivered up to the father we are not Christ is all unto God the onely one for we then are not our owne but we are Christs and Christ is Gods and so an union betwixt Christ and us and an union betwixt God and Christ into one entire and alone essence then is the Kingdome deliverd up unto God by Christ and then God the Father is as he was that is all in all and out of that all all came forth and into that all shall all be through Christ who is the strength of God be reduced into God and yet a visible appearance through the invisible and in him to appear this is one glimps of the mystery of the Divine Deity operative acting through it self in the illustration of it self which is wisdoms work and the Spirits teaching therefore let all flesh be silent before tke Lord for it is not he that heareth my words Saith Christ but he that doth my will he it is that is my disciple blessed for ever in the name of the Father Epist VII Concerning a word of exhortation to Christians to support the bruised Reed that the smoaking flax may be set on fire in these Gospel-times O How good a thing it is for Christians to walk close with God in that dispensation wherein he appeareth unto them in for no one can truly serve God out of that dispensation wherein he appeareth unto them therefore then to walk up to what they know and to judg others that are not under the same though there be several dispensations or administrations yet the same Lord though they may be severally acted yet all by one spirit if they be sincere and upright in heart and of a meek and quiet spirit who dwels in love otherwise they are but the world a Saint is known by one of the same spirit and disowned by the world for they love their own and the proof of a Saint is to show his strength in time of need that is to own all things that is of God and to bear with the weak brethren and to cherish that in them which is to be cherished and to offer up that to the fire which is to be burnt But how prone is man to be judging and condemning Man hath an eye and light in his day and he cannot forbear passing his judgment there upon things or persons the natural man wil be judging natural things and the spiritual man wil be judging spiritual things men wil be judging men Christians wil be judging Christians yea both wil be judging there is a day of man and the day of God man is judging in his day if there be not so much light as to make the day of the Lord appear in man it is but mans day and so the worthlesness of his judgment appears in Pauls account for saith he it is with me avery small thing that I should be judged of you or of mans judgment man cannot be more forward to judg me then I am to slight him in that action for mans judgment is too shallow to judg in spiritual things judg not saith Christ and he himself forbear judging I judg no man Iob 8 15. though if he had judged his judgment had been true vers 16. yet being not his time to judg though he was judg he could for bear his sentence until the proper season of it therfore saith Paul judg nothing before the time until the Lord come who wil both bring to light the hidden things of darkuess and wil make manifest the counsels of the heart therefore saith Paul With me it is a very small thing that J should be judged of you or of mans judgment yea I judg not mine own self 1 Cor. 4.3 Who art thou that indgest another mans servant to his own master he standeth or falleth or wherein thou iudgest another thou condemnest thy self it belongs to the Lord to be iudg for thou O man hast no more right to iudg thy fellow servant then he has to iudg thee therfore iudg nothing before the time in the things of God for he has kept his own light for his

there aspited up in the midst of the garden the heart of man pride and covetousness being not contnted with that estate that God had put him in by Creation but did covet another estate to exalt it self to be more knowing than God had made him which self-aspiring the creature delighted in and so eating or satisfying himself in his own fruit broke the Law and Covenant and died according to the words of his Maker and so fell from a pure estate to be rebellious and to delight in his own ways so that the root of mans fall as he is a creature sprung in his heart there lies the mystery of iniquity therefore consider what is the forbidden fruit which him that eateth thereof doth advance himself and denies God which is the creatures death loss and shame and ever since the fall of man this selfish aspiring spirit of pride leads the humane nature to disobey God and leads every man and woman captive at his will and inslaves them in the prison of bondage and darkness to walk in ways directly contrary to the God of Truth and Light and yet many times perswades them that they do God good service let a man read hear study preach pray and perform actions of justice yet if God be not merciful to the man this power of darkness will deceive him making him conceit or think he pleaseth God when the truth is he serves but himself all that time if the Spirit of God be not their counsellor and support it is so ful of secret strong delusions therefore this is called the crooked Serpent because it winds it self into every creature and into every faculty and twists it self about the Tree Mankind so that the humane nature is defiled and is a seat wherein the Beast and false Prophet sitteth and therein predominate whereby Satans Kingdom is set up and a worldlike power maintained who serves by the brain for worldlike gain Epist II. Concerning our Restitution Captivity Sanctification Ascension and Vnion BEginning with that in Eph. 1.9 10. That in the dispensation of the fulness of time he might gather together in one all things in Christ both which are in heaven and which are on earth even in him There is a time for all purposes that are decreed by the Father to be fulfilled in their times and seasons a day for to fall a day to reign as Kings one hour with the Beast in his fall a day for to be sensible of his fall a day to be senfible of the terrors and punishments by his fall and a day to be sensible of his loss of Gods presence and communion with him and a day to abide the trial of the fire which shall search the heart and try the reins of man a day for all fleshly glory to fall before the presence of the Lord a day to mourn for these changes a day for to go through the fiery trial and to be refined again and again a day to behold the manifestation of God to be like Flames of Fire to kindle every where where it cometh then shall the smoaking flax be set on fire then will the Lord say unto the Sons of men Arise and shine for your light is come then shall you arise from the dead and Christ shal give you life then am I come saith he that you may have life and that you may have it more abundantly and you who were absent from me shal return to your fathers house like the prodigal and be present with me where I am And then you that seed upon husks and were wanderers and strangers to the Land of Promise the Land of the Living thus being refined Christ wil present you unblameable and unrebukable without spot or blemish before the Throne of God and you shall bee unto him a sweet savor a saerifice which he is well pleased with then saith he Come my own delight come my own children which are neer and dear unto mee who issued out of my own bowels which my womb brought forth to the glory and praise of my own name even so shall it be by my gathering those that are afar off and those that are nigh into my glory then is the time come that the Father wil glorifie us that we may glorifie him then shal we know the time that the Lord doth gather in his sewels which shal shine most gloriously in their Cabinets then shal they who have the single eye behold and see that Christ is come the second time without sin unto salvation Heb. 9.28 Therefore Lift up your heads O ye gates even lift them up ye everlasting doors and the King of glory shal come in Psalm 24.9 Consider that Christ is the head of every Saint and to be a Saint is to be sanctified and drawn up into union with Christ for he that sanctifieth and they that are sanctified are all of one Heb. 2.11 which makes them gates to shew forth his praise and to exalt their head then shal we know that he that descended is the same also that asoended and know this that there is a descending before there is an ascending and that which doth descend must also ascend so every thing shal return into its Centre if you are spiritual you must ascend into the internal Court and the heavens shal bee bowed down at the presence of the Lord for the rising up of all Saints into union with him when the day of remptation is upon all the world for there is no approach no converse no sweet intercourse between God and the Creature but in him by him and through him and this consider if you are not risen with Christ ye are dead and your life is hid with Christ in God and these things are hid from your eyes and present enjoyment likewise therefore let every one examine his own heart and consider what an estate he is in whether it bee in darkness or in light or whether the day of the Lord hath been upon thee that thou art changed thereby from death to life and so from glory to glory and to be gathered out of all things below God whatsoever that thou canst truly say that Christ who is our life has appeared we appear with him in glory then thou art able to dwel wth consuming fire to live in dispensations a life a to appear where the Lord appears and not to smite at thy poor brethren who Christ died for This consider That all Nations are made of one blood and have all life and breath by one God Act. 7.26 yet this great lump being brought forth though they are all the same all of one blood yet they are cut out into two parcels Jews and Gentiles and they are as distinct as may be both in their ways and in their God in their Laws Ordinances desires ends and hopes the Jews must not be like the Gentiles in any thing the Gentiles will not be like the Jews in any thing Oh how diverse and distinct and

the husbandmen think that by this husbandry the wheat wil be pulled up with the tares nay they think the wheat wil be destroyed and the tares nourished because they are unskilful of the work but the Lord is now resolved that the wheat shal spread and flourish and he wil come and sever the tares from the wheat and throw out those husbandmen with them into the Fire which beat his Servants and would have killed the Heir therefore their vineyard shal be taken away and given to another people therefore let all Flesh be silent before the Lord for he is raised up to make known his power for the proclaiming of Israels return and the captivity of his people Zach. 2.13 for the Lord wil build her again that hath been trodden down and plant her in the magnificents beauty of beauties in royal and adorative glory O my beloved my soul is ravished with the delightful delight defiring you may be gathered into union in the celestial centre in the bosom of the Father Epist V. Concerning a further discovery of Antichrist in man and of the Spirit of God in man discovering that Antichrist what he is and where he rules ANd every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God and this is that spirit of Antichrist whereof you have heard that it should come and even now already is in the world 1 Ioh. 4.3 Who hath known the minde of God the spiritual man that cannot but confess that Christ is come in the Flesh by his union that he hath with him in the spirit and is enlightened by the Resurrection from the dead whereby his works declare him that they are of the Father not onely in word but in power and demonstration of the Spirit whereby they abound in all goodness for so are the fruits of the Spirit as love joy peace long-suffering gentleness goodness faith meekness temperance against such there is no Law Gal. 5.23 Now who are they that confesseth not that Christ is come in the Flesh even they in whom the Spirit of Antichrft rules and is predominate in them whereby they bring forth the fruits of wickednesse by their own Beastial reason now who is an Antichrist even he that denieth the Father and the Son 1. John 2 22. and all that obey not the command of Christ which doth bring us unto God then Antichrist must be the unbeleeving Spirit that cannot confesse Christ by the fruits of the Spirit of God and by his mercies held forth in lesus Christ unto him in his creaturely estate this know whilest thou art in this dark ignorant polluted defild estate thou hast an Antichrist Devil false Prophet within thee as it doth appear by Peter when Christ said unto him Got the dehinde mee Satan for thou savorest not the things of God but of man then look no more for Anti-Christ abroad or at Rome but at home and do not thrust it off from one unto another and one country unto another Nation when indeed it is Antichrist his trade to keep our eyes without lest we should see his deceit within Antichrist is also the whore that holds forth ber Golden Cup ful of abomination and filthinesse of her fornication Rev. 17.4 which deceives the nations and wipes her mouth and said I have done no wrong when shee hath acted what shee can therefore tremble tremble tremble for the day of the Lord wil renounce the hidden things of dishonesty and the secrets of your hearts shal be laid open and you shal be as stubble for the Fire in that day then shal he shake every strong hold and your fortified places and your high towers yea he wil shake both heaven and earth both inwardly and outwardly so that there wil be no safety no where but in the Lord for he shal bee the hiding place until the indignation of the Lord be overpast that those things which cannot be shaken being himself may remain when he shal turn upside down and overturn all things that are not according to truth and strength and knowledg wisdom and power of Christ Jesus therefore weight diligently upon the Lord that hou maist be found in him not having thine own righteousnes but the righteousnes of Christ even the Lord our righteousnes therfore behold there is a wild Figtree that was a show of a goodly good tree afar off to dark eys but to com close to the Fig-tree you my brethren after the flesh wch vaunt your selvs in human learning brainwit then like the Fgtree are ye and are ful of beautious leaves without of expressions but to come to the fruit ye are carnal and devillish in action by the fruit ye shal know them if you are able to distinguish of fruits by the Spirit of God which shal try the spirits and the works of man of what sort they are Now there is but light and darkness in which man worketh in either light or darkness and this is the definition God is light and that light is love now Man in that love is in light and that onely light is Christ now as God is light the Devil is but darkness to that light now in darkness is hatred malice envy covetousness and the root of all bitterness which is the Devil therefore you that would be holy depart from these evils for it is the highway of the righteous to depart from iniquity Epist VI. Of an heavenly estate of things in the new Ierusalem in man and of the death of the Creature in an estate below God TO come close to the matter In a word it is this hel is called death or a conditon below life and this is twofold either a death far below the nature of God or a death of sorrows which is a condition far below the comforts and enjoyments of God now every man and woman as they are branches of Adam in the fall they have no purity in themselves and therefore in a hel far below the life and nature of God and likewise they are unavoydably subject to the sorrows of that death and have no power to deliver themselves out of that bondage for God is only our Redeemer and Deliverer therefore he sent his Son not to condemn the world but that the world through him might be saved Joh. 3.17 Therefore it followeth clear that if men were capable of so much mercy being Gods creatures as to be delivered from the guilt of Sin and of Death which is one part of Hel or a condition below life eternal then wil they be capable to be delivered through the mercy of the same God from the sorrowes and pains that followeth sin both which God in his time wil deliver his Creation from Secondly the heavenly estate is to live unto God with the life of Christ in the knowledg thereof of his power and to know God to be his all in all to love his Enemies to do good to them that hate you and persecute you to