the heathenship and hath at that time his conversation or fellowship with the administration and discipline of the holy Word ministred betwixt the fore-front and the Altar of the holy offering till that his offering and gift be through Faith begun or taken in hand in the holy for a burnt offering through which burning of the offering upon the holy Altar of the Lord Jesus Christ in the holy (g) Isa 57. b Eph. 2. b the Peace betwixt the man and God the Father is prepared The ninth Chapter BUT for as much as this true God-service in the holy is not yet according to the inward man in the spirit known unto every one nor understood according to the truth and we do find many young and little ones of understanding many feeble and weak ones and many uncertain consciences all which notwithstanding do stand bent and well-minded with a good will towards the Love and towards the holy understanding So is therefore the life of righteousness evidently witnessed unto them out of the service of Love which testimonies of the truth are likewise administred unto them through Doctrines speakable words or with writing namely unto those that have turned from the heathenship and so endeavour them to the obeying of the word and his service and which do fear God with which service there is required of them the obedience to the Love of the Father (a) Gal 3. c 4. a. Heb. 7. b. to a sustaining of them whereout some better thing is yet to be hoped for 2. That same is verily the daily God-service which is well pleasing unto the Lord and the upright Ceremonies which be ministred before the Lord unto the God-fearing hearts by the Ministers of the holy word 3. Which Ministers with the same service of the gracious and holy word is the Levitical Priests office wherethrough the slain-offering is prepared before (b) Jer. 33. b the Lord among the little-ones and sinners who bear sorrow and grief for the sins cause also the burnt-offering is begun and daily used the meat offering likewise kindled and offered up 4. Which service likewise of the Levitical Priests office alwayes stands or continues before the Lord in the service of his Love as a mutual assistance and strengthening for the little or weak ones and that altogether in the Love to the serviceableness of the Congregations for the sins of the ignorant 5. Which service of the Levitical Priests office God would not have required if the man had not fallen into the sin but had still walked uprightly in the light of God 6. But forasmuch as it hath not gone so with the man therefore hath God even of necessity added the same service unto his promises for to inform therewith the unilluminated ones the infirm weak and young ones or little ones of understanding who do yet oftentimes sin and are of little growth in Faith and so to assist and serve them therewith for a certain time betwixt the fore-front and the Altar for an entrance unto them in the holy to bring unto the high or great God of heaven (d) Psa 11. d Isa 56 a Mal. 1. b Rom. 11. a such an offering as is delightful unto him 7 Even thus become they all converted or turned away from the sin and succoured or trayned up under the service of the Love to the (e) Luk. 1. g Eph. 1. a knowledge of the upright life of the Just to the end that they may all become one even as of one mind (f) Ioh. 17 c in the Love 8. Now when one doth know the same life according to such an upright service and nature of the Love and is grown believing towards the same then is there revealed and brought in the spirit unto the Believers the boldness to enter into the holy for to accomplish the service of God and his requiring in the holy like as God is requiring the same accomplishment by the Law and the Prophets and by the service of the Elders in the holy understanding which accomplishment in the holy is our offering in the offering of Christ through his (g) He. 9. b. c blood which prepareth for us a new and living way 9 Behold that is the true God-service through Christ in the holy which is now by Gods grace opened and brought unto us to the end to set up the righteousness in the same through Faith which is required by the Law and Ordinance of the Lord. For whatsoever is (h) Rom 8. a unpossible for the Law to do through works that same is accomplished in Christ through Faith whereby Christ is in that manner the accomplishment of the Law and erecteth the upright righteousness among his Believers and establisheth them in the same 10. Therefore Christ is no breaker but a fulfiller of the Law for (i) Mat. 3. b Christ came not to make void or break the Law and the Prophets but to perform them because the righteousness that is of value before God may be made manifest through his light to an everlasting establishment of the promises of God made unto the Fathers whereby to wash and cleanse the man from his spotted or (k) Heb. 9. b evil conscience that he might laud God with peace and joy 11. But this daily God-service betwixt the front and the Altar in the holy which is prepared and ministred by the service of the holy and gracious Word and by the Priests office out of Levy or by the Elders in the holy understanding is the service which God hath added to his (l) Rom. 4. b 5. c. 7. a. Promises made unto Abraham to a strengthening of the belief extending to the Promises Because the man should with a good courage in the good and godly life of righteousness among the Elders in the holy understanding (m) Eph. 1. b 1 Pet. 2. a grow up therein to an establishing of the Promises of God the Father 12. In such manner doubtless is the same service of the holy Word which is administred by the Elders in the holy understanding under the obedience of the Love very profitable and furthersome for the good-willingness the while they (n) Gal. 4. a. are yet little or young in the godly understanding And for those that like unto children stand simply submitted under the Love to the end that no man should err through any ignorance nor tye his heart to the imagination of his own spirit but only have regard unto the service of Love to the obeying his requiring until that the daily God-service in the holy be begun with him and have his full course with him Also till the true (o) 2 Pet. 2. b light come unto him and the day likewise appear from on high or as a cleerness of the morning star arise in his heart and that the everlasting (p) Ioh. 1. a life be come unto him in the spirit according to the truth and have (q) 2 Cor. 4. Gal.
openeth it self asunder when the foregoing service in the (e) Heb 9 c holy is accomplished 2. For the vail before the most holy cleerness of the Godly being of Jesus Christ and before his spiritual and heavenly goods departeth not away from before the cleerness of the most holy (d) Heb. 7 8 9.10 unless that the former God service in the holy have first his full course the which is the accomplishment of the daily God-service in the holy in the (e) Mat. 16. Luk. 9. c taking up of our Cross in the willing obedience to the belief for to continue therein obediently till (f) Mat. 10 2â— unto the end that is till unto the (g) Rom. 6. a Phil. 2. b. death of the Cross 3. Which death of the Cross of Christ and to be implanted or incorporated into Christ with the same like death and so (h) Rom. 6. a Col. 2. b. baptised or washed into his death is verily the (i) Math. 28. Mar. 16 b upright Baptism unto salvation wherein the man is rightly baptised or washed according to the truth of the holy Scriptures and so then (k) Rom. 6. a out of the same death regenerate (l) Ioh. 3. b or born again as a new Creature in Jesus Christ 4. For that the same (m) Tit. 3 b 1 Pet. 3. c baptism is the right font of regeneration serving to the washing away of the sin wherethrough the believing man who doth with Christ according to the flesh lay away mortifie and (n) Rom. 6. a Col. 2. c. 3. a bury the sin in the flesh is made alive again with Christ and also according to the spirit in upright (o) Luk 14. Eph. 1. a. 4. b righteousness and holyness and so through the second birth from the death or the resurrection of Christ he becometh holy and altogether renewed in the spirit of his inward mind and the (p) Act. 2. b. holy Ghost poured upon him in whom Christ also with the cleerness of his Godly being getteth (q) 2 Cor. 4. a Gal. 4. a a shape or form By the high priest Iesus Christ the new and liuing way is prepared for us through the â—imple that is to say his flesh Heb 10 5. And that same verily is (r) 1 Co. 13. b. 2 Cor. 3. b the cleerness of the true being and of the holy spirit of Jesus Christ where through one beholdeth and inheriteth in the spirit the Love in her vertuous nature that most holy as likewise the fulness of the riches of God the Father in the heavenly being or essential form 6. Behold and consider that is the true (s) Ioh. 11. c resurrection from the death according to the Scripture (t) Ioh. 17. a through the which the living God of heaven and his Christ is known according to the Spirit and Truth 7 It is true the (u) 1 Cor. 15. c. same is sown in the mortality and it riseth up in the immortality And God giveth it a body after his own pleasure and that of the seed of his own body 8. See that is the everlasting life against the death And the (x) Eze. 13. b 1 Cor. 15. f Heb. 2. b conquest or victory against the Hell and against all the enemies of the life whereby all those that follow after Christ have or possess that life and (y) Ioh. 10. b that in fulness 9. That is verily the (z) Heb. 3.4 a. Rest of life which God hath reserved or kept and is left in store for the children of God as a perpetual inheritance in the last time according to the Promises The fifteenth Chapter THE true most holy of the inward Tabernacle or Sanctuary of God is the Love for that (a) Rom. 13. Col. 3. b is the perfection (b) Rom. 6. a the incorporating into God in the spirit the (c) Ioh. 17. everlasting life (d) Col. 2. b and the fulness of all the riches of God 2. If one now be not (e) Ioh. 1. a born anew then can he not see the Kingdom of God Ioh. 3. 3. Therefore if there be a new (f) 1 Pet. 2. a Gal. 6. c creature in Christ then is the old (g) Isa 43. c Apo. 21. perished or worn out behold it is all become new but that altogether of God who (h) Col. 1. b hath reconciled us with himself through Jesus Christ 2 Cor. 5. 4. The Lord our Almighty God hath gotten (i) Apo 12. the Kingdom let us rejoyce and be glad and give (k) Ioh. 9. him the honour for the marriage of the Lamb is come and his bride hath made her ready and it is granted unto her to cloath her self with white glistering silk and the silk is the Justification of the Saints Apo. 19. 5. The Members or Commonalty of the body of Christ in the love which are (l) Act. 2. Rom 8. b Eph. 1.4 c sealed with Christ in the true being through the spirit of Love is (m) Apo. 21. a living Tabernacle of God wherein God liveth and worketh In the which the fore-front the holy and the most holy is revealed or made known according to the spirit 6. In which true Tabernacle of God also the (n) Deut. 32. song of Moses the servant of God and the song of the Lamb is sung and it soundeth even thus 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 EMÌ„ANVEL God and Man Loue The everlasting life the perfection in the service of the holy gratious word vnder the obedienâ— of the Love God with the man is vnited the man with the God head namely in the everlasting mind being all with God 〈◊〉 christ it is of one being with the man all what is manly be it the being will mind is then minded w th the God head so it is all one God the man one being one will one thought or spirit one hart one everlasting life Behold here the tabernacle of God is in men hee shall live in them they shal be his people hâ—e himselfe shal be with them for he is their God Apoca 21 the Kingdom of God shall not cvm with outward shew men shall not say Behold here or there it is for behold the Kingdom of God is inwardly in you Luke 17 this saith the Truth of God who loveth mee he shall keepe my words and my father shall love him and wee shall come to him and make an habitation in him John 14 7. Great and wonderful are thy Works Lord (o) Ier. 10. a thou Almighty God righteous and true are thy wayes thou King of Saints Lord who should not fear thee and praise thy name for thou only (p) Levit. 19. art holy Apo. 15. 8. Consider now how that the mans knowledge is but (q) 1 Cor. 13 a peice-work or a thing unperfect the which among those that do yet remain divided or as broken off is
A FIGURE of the True Spiritual TABERNACLE According to the inward Temple or House of God in the Spirit Whereunto is added the Eight Vertues or Godlynesses Set forth by H. N. and by him perused and more evidently declared The Temple of God was opened in heaven and the Ark of his Testament was seen in his Temple Apoca. 12. Behold the Tabernacle of God is with men and he shall dwell with them and they shall be his people And he God himself with them shall be their God Apo. 21. 1 Cor. 3. 2 Cor. 6. LONDON Printed for Giles Calvert at the Black-spread Eagle at the West end of Pauls 1655. The Preface SEeing now that God hath extended his mercy on us and through his grace (a) Exod 25. Eze. 40.41 42.43 44. Apoc 21.22 revealed and made known unto us in our Spirit his true Tabernacle or Temple wherein his Holy God-service is uprightly ministred according to the truth Therefore are we become occasioned or moved even out of Love to witness our Figure forth writingly (b) Ex. 25.31 Eze. 43. Act. 7. c. Heb. 8. a. in Letters this present Figure or Pre-figuration of the same Tabernacle or Temple of God together with his true services in the Spirit namely in the fore-front in the holy and in the most holy before all lovers of the truth and of the true God-service and to set it forth under the obedience of the Love 2. The bearing of which true being or form in the Spirit is (c) Ex. 29. c. Jer. 23. a. 30. b. 31. d. Eze. 36.37 that which God regardeth and requireth of the man For even therefore namely to the setting up of this same true God-service in the Spirit under the obedience of the Love hath God the Father through his benign or hearty Love revealed or declared in (d) Mat. 13. b Ephes 3. a. Col 1. c. heaven his true Sanctuarie or Tabernacle unto us as also the fore-front the holy and the most holy of the same And granted to discern and understand the mysterie or secretness thereof and also chosen us to the ministration of the same under the obedience of the Love to the end that now in this last time (e) Isa 2. a. 60 61 62. Jer. 31 33. Eze. 36 37. Ioel 2.3 b. Mich 4. a. Zach. 8 a. Act. 2. the truth or verity of the same Tabernacle of God should alwayes and for evermore be ministred among the children of men under the obedience of the Love to a consecrating or sanctifying of the fore-front and of the holy and to the setting up again or restoring of the (f) Dan 9. daily offering which hath ceased for a long time for which cause likewise the fore-front and the holy hath been so utterly ruined or laid wast with abominations among the children of men 3. Which consecrating or sanctifying of the fore-front and of the holy as also the setting up of the daily offering and of the true God-service among the children of men cometh to pass altogether to (g) Eph 1 a. the laud praise of the glory of God and to the salvation or blessing of the children of men namely to those men which are good of will also believe on the Love submit them humbly to the requiring of the service of Love and so have a lust to the establishing the Promises of God the Father Take it to heart To the Reader Vnto the single-minded ones whose love is agreeable with us in one spirit of the Love be health and peace ALthough yee dearly beloved that our intent and purpose was to make but a small preamble or prologue before the beginning of the Glass of righteousness yet is it now notwithstanding fallen out otherwise For the Prologue is grown to be more then we our selves meant it should But yet the labour bestowed therein hath not been tedious unto us (a) 1. Cor. 13. a. For the Love maketh all painful travel and labour easie and her service is not tedious neither doth she think any time too long wherein she may further the good 2. Therefore is our hope also that it is all come to pass for the best and shall likewise be looked into by every one for a very profitable labour unto edification in asmuch doubtless as it is all serviceable to the inducing or guiding in of men to the holy understanding of the Glass of Righteousness and to the Love 3. Also I did not purpose to let this Figure of the true and spiritual Tabernacle go forth with the Glass of righteousness but to set it forth with other writings after the publication or going forth of the same said Glass 4. But for as much as we have seen into or perceived that it was very needful profitable and serviceable to publish or set forth the same Figure to give thereby an intelligence or understanding of the inward spiritual Tabernacle and to be a furtherance of the mans salvation Therefore could we not through the inclination of the Love conceal or keep back the same any longer But have for the Loves sake unto the Righteousness placed the same to stand next after the introduction to the holy understanding of the Glass of Righteousness And next before the beginning of the book of the said Glass by which occasion the Prologue is become so much the larger 5. Yet is our hope notwithstanding that neither the good willing Reader nor any one else will stumble or take offence at the muchness or plenty of writing that is used before the beginning of the Book but rejoyce them so much the more therein and take a greater pleasure and liking therein then if we had left out the same For it is doubtless a more plain declaring or opening of that forenamed Book intituled the Glass of Righteousness 6. It is true that it doth not accord or sute very well to make large Preambles or large Prologues Howbeit we have least esteemed of the Clarkly form of congruity or artificial sutableness But have much rather had our respect bent unto that which is serviceable unto the good and to the holy understanding whereby to reveal the (b) Eph. 1. b. 1 a. 3. a. Col. 1. c. riches of the mysteries of God the Father extending to salvation and to testifie (c) 2 Pet. 1. b. 1 Ioh. 1 a. that which we have seen with our eyes and heard with our ears 7. But although now that we do not utter forth or write the same according to the artificial skill or Clarkly cunning of manly wit Nor yet with painted or flowred words or garnished speech of the renowned wise or famous Clarks But even with a plain and mother or common style or form Yet is notwithstanding our request that the Readers or Hearers of the same our writing would not take offence thereat and so in any such respect despise or make less account of our labour because it is plain and not practised or set forth according to the skill
also divided or as a thing broken off from the incorporating to the Love the very perfect being or substance In like manner is also the prophecying yet are they both namely the knowledge and the prophecying serviceable unto the man in the fore-going service before the true being and do witness unto him (r) Mat. 13. b Luk. 8. a as in a secret word the cleerness of the Love or of the true being 9. Unto which true being the knowledge and the prophecying do point in the service of the holy word as that the same is coming to the Believers in uncovered cleerness of God whereby they (s) 2 Cor. 10 3. b. may behold the same from face to face and to continue heirs therein with all the Saints of God for evermore 10. And that is the Love the true being and the perfection of all the riches of God where Christ the spiritual and heavenly high Priest is a Minister unto us in (t) Heb 8 9 b those same spiritual and heavenly goods For (u) Ro. 11. b of him through him and in him are all things to whom be praise for evermore Amen 11. Now at the end of the ministration of the former Tabernacle when as the same perfection (x) 1 Cor. 13. b cometh unto us or appeareth (y) Isa 60. 2 Pet. 1 c as a day-light from on high then doth also the peice-work or that which is in part as likewise the childish understanding touching the Godly things cease or leave off with us for the being of the man (z) 1 Cor. 15. b Eph. 4. b or the old age in the manly understanding of the new birth in Jesus Christ layeth off or putteth away the childish comprehending it is very true The sixteenth Chapter TO the end now that all understandings might be satisfied and that the Books of the mystery namely the discerning into the being of God or the holy of his Saints and the discerning into the Devils being or the abomination of desolation of his wicked members might (a) Apo. 5. a not still continue shut Therefore will we out of an inclination to the Love discover shew or witness out of that sight which we have in the truth so much as we can and perceive to be profitable the beings and properties of them both whereby we may also reveal the secret treasure of the Devil (b) Apo. 9 12 13 16 17. and the Dragon or the Beast of the bottomless Pit that false Prophet which hath seduced the whole world and made her drunken with his unchastity so to disclose or display in evident manner before the eyes of all people that false and ungodly nature And nakedly or apparently to shew wherein he hath covered or hid himself hitherto in the world with deceit and falshood And with what manner of form or property of his wicked members he hath dwelt in the hearts and minds of men 2. Wherethrough the man hath in so divers manners committed whoredom and Adultery (e) Ier. 2. d 3. a. Eze. 16. c Eze. 4.5 a against his God and so through the bewitching of his mind wit and thoughts hath served the (d) Ap. 9.13 14 16 17. beast of the bottomless pit honoured the Devil and worshipped the Dragon even in that place where he should (e) Deut. 4.6 b Mat. 4 b. serve and honour his God only by reason whereof it is grown everywhere full of abominations of desolation the which (f) Mat. 24. b 2 Thes 20. hath gotten and possesseth the holy place like as the Prophet Daniel (g) â—an 9. c hath spoken thereof with which horrible fashion or monstrous disposition of the enemies of God the whole world is governed (h) Apo. 14. a 18. a. b and therein are all heathen drowned or overwhelmed 3. Even thus hath the wicked corrupt nature who laboureth to destroy it all a long time held forth his own book or his own wisdom as a book of life or consolation before the man for a delight or pleasure unto him and hath taken him captive or bound him under the same which book are the bands of the Devil and the (i) 1 Pet. 2. a Apo. 20 a chains of darkness 4. Therefore is the Lamb killed (k) Apo. 5.13 a. b from the beginning and thrust out of his Kingdom and the strangers have possessed his (l) Psa 78 a heritage with unrighteousness laid his Kingdom wast with their abominations trodden down the living book of the Lamb with feet not willing or allowing that the man should look into read or live the same 5. See in that manner is the mans upright understanding of the truth stolen away from him and he is turned into a corrupt or false understanding and into a lying being or estate and the strangers who through their falshod have possessed the heritage of the Lamb have also comforted the man with a vain and false comfort because that the book of the Lamb might alwayes continue shut and the seals thereof never to be opened (m) Apo 5 a for when as his seals be once opened (n) Apo. 6. b 20. b then cometh forth the Judgement according to the truth 6. Now when the seals of the book of the Lamb be opened and that the same book is read then become the names of the Saints manifest which are written in the Book of the Lamb and through the Lamb and the Saints illumination or brightness there becometh likewise seen and known the great and manifold deceit of the wicked enemy that Adversary unto God 7. Through which light of the Lamb the enemy of God must lose and leave the seat of his possession even thus is then his peace taken away from the earth and he himself as a destroyer rejected on the earth for to be destroyed which hath eretimes corrupted and destroyed the earth 8. Therethrough now cometh the killing upon earth and the murthering among all ungodly ones in such sort that through their impugning or resistance against the Lamb their punishment cometh over themselves and they fall to be many dead bodies upon the earth 9. See in such manner do then the Kingdoms (o) Apo. 12 a of the world become the Lords and his Christs who shall raign for ever and ever before whom all Elders or wisdoms do fall down and worship him which liveth for ever and ever witnessing and saying unto him (p) Apo 4. b Lord thou art worthy to receive praise honour and power for thou hast created every thing and for thine own sake they have their being and were created 10. For seeing now that Gods Judgement is (q) â—oh 8. b acccording to the truth and not according to the judgement of men therefore do we find very truly according to the truth That Gods secret mind and judgement is far different from the mind and judgement of men 11. Therefore it is in no wise possible for any man to know (r) 1 Cor. 2.
b or understand the truth except that he should first of all be or stand grounded therein according to the spirit and that the truth as a light of life repugning or striving against his lyes were risen up unto him in his obeying of the requiring of the service of Love For in that sort do we attain to know the truth from the lye the life from the death and the sin from the righteousness Because that we should rightly or according to the truth hate or reject that which is worthy to be hated or rejected and according to the truth in like manner love that which is worthy to be loved And so then might with a good understanding come to (s) Eph. 4 b the knowledge of the right commonalty of Saints whose names are written in the (t) Apo. 5.20 21. b living Book of the Lamb. 12. Which Book of the Lamb the mysticalness of God shall not alwayes remain shut but his seals shall be opened and the book being full of writing both without and within shall likewise be read to a comfort of life and to a perpetual Godlyness unto all those whose names are written in the Book of the Lamb whose bodies are killed even like unto the Lamb and (u) Apo. 6. b their blood cryeth vengeance in the height upon those that dwell upon the earth unto whom the recompence thereof shall be made by God and the Lamb. 13. For although the Lamb be killed yet shall he notwithstanding condemn the living ungodly ones and raise up those that are his (x) Eze 37. b Dan. 12 b Ioh 5. c 1 Cor. 15. f from the death out of the grave and make them Lordly and glorious with himself over all his enemies namely through his righteous judgement to the (y) Mat. 25. c 2 Pet. 3 b condemnation of all ungodly ones to the end that they may be rooted out and (z) Apo. 18 a that it may be recompenced again even as they have done unto the Saints of God 14. Even thus now from henceforth be reputed for a praise or an advancement unto all that are his whereby to keep the judgement against every one which hath brought forth ungodlyness judged Gods truth falsly and shewed no repentance and to exhalt and garnish his Saints above all what is upon the earth for (a) Apo 5 b 1 Pet 1. b the Lamb hath bought them with his blood out of all generations people and nations He hath made them Kings and Priests unto God and they shall raign upon the earth and triumph in joy everlastingly with the Lamb for they shall live for ever and not dye any more 15. And that same is the everlasting life which was preached in the world in times past to the end that men should believe on the same And which also cometh unto us in the last time in the resurrection of the righteous dead ones The seventeenth Chap. THerefore give ear O all ye that live upon the earth consider of the words of wisdom ye children of men For the life to the end that ye may live is now published unto you likewise as well as unto the people (a) Gen. 6.18 19. Exo. 3 4. Deut. 3. in times past because that ye may shew repentance assemble you with us to the mercy seat of the love of Jesus Christ and enter (b) Heb. 3.4 a. into the rest which is reserved for the children of God inasmuch as the entrance into the rest of the Lord and of his children or Saints of Jesus Christ cometh to pass and is to be enjoyed now in the last time according to the Promises 2. Therefore give ear attentively that ye may once understand whereunto ye are created and turn you to the same if ye will remain preserved and not bide lost for ever 3. Apply your hearts unto the good that ye may live and not be buried in hell everlastlngly (c) Psa 55. Apo. 21 22. with the ungodly 4. Shew upright fruits of repentance that ye may serve the (d) Deut. 6. b Lord your God only and walk in all love like children of peace And halt no longer neither (e) 3 Kin. 18. on the one side nor on the other 5. For although that ye which covet after knowledge do daily read many Scriptures or writings whereout ye do also gather some sentences or get a certain kind of knowledge therethrough wherein ye think to rejoyce your selves Yet is not the same the life for all that for it is neither the Scripture nor yet the knowledge thereof (f) 1 Cor. 8. that maketh us righteous but the life of Jesus Christ wrought through the belief or faith 6. For that same life is (g) Deut. 30. Rom. 10. the word of God the Father and the very true light wherein we stand grounded or whereon we are set for to believe the same because that we should live and not (h) Deut. 5. Prov. 4 c turn or shrink therefrom with our mind wits memory or thoughts neither to the right side nor to the left 7. If so be now that ye stand not minded hereunto as in tending to live in the Love and to stand upright therein to what end then do ye assemble together and to what end do ye read the Scriptures For if ye read the Scripture only for the knowledge sake and rest unbelieving unto the life whereof the (i) 1 Ioh. 5. Scripture witnesseth then do ye (k) 3 Kl. 18. halt on both sides and break the bond of wedlock and go a whoring with that which is not the life namely that ye cleave unto that which ye neither are grounded in nor created unto by God neither yet called through Jesus Christ nor also through his service of Love ministred now in the last time 8. But if ye will perform the Scriptures counsel then follow the Scriptures counsel Turn you to the life and to his service of Love And in the obedience of the requiring of the life of Jesus Christ and of his service of Love behold in the spirit your own being or estate And consider there inwardly in your selves whether that your memory wits senses and thoughts do in all their course or proceedings stand minded to the true life of Jesus Christ and not run out after this or after that for to go a whoring after that which is not the life it self and also whether that they being without the life are bound or tyed unto any other thing that is not the life And likewise whether they have or gather all their knowledge wisdom and understanding only out of the l fe of Jesus Christ and out of his love and so do neither know discern or understand any thing without the Life and without his upright Love For behold to such a concord hath God joyned together the thoughts and the life 9. This doubtless was the life of the man in (l) Gen. 1. b Joh. 1. a the beginning for that
in misery and in unrestfulness O ye children of men turn you to the (e) Deu. 30. c life with humble hearts and in like manner to the Love that ye may live 3. Awake up I pray thee O thou precious man for behold death and life (d) Deut 3. b Eccles 15. c Ier. 21. a evil and good destruction and preservation damnation and salvation the old wicked world in the which all wickedness dwelleth and the (e) Isa 61. b 1 Pet. 3. b Apo. 21. a new good world in the which all love peace and righteousness dwelleth is held forth or presented unto thee and figured out before thine eyes therefore choose or incline thou now unto that which thou seest or knowst to be Gods righteousness extending to the laud and praise of his glory and apply thy self to live only the same that (f) Deut. 6. a o. b Math. 4. thou mayest serve and live unto the Lord thy God only 4. If so be now therefore that any one do look into or esteem the being of the Devil the treasury of iniquity (g) Sap. 2 4.14 b Rom. 1. c 2. a. and the form or fashion of the wicked world to be an upright life tending to the praise and glory of God and if it be the same whereunto God hath created the man to have that raign over him then let him incline and stick unto it and serve the same only and let him separate himself from all what is contrary thereunto and accompany him with those that are of one mind with the iniquity or with the wicked world that he may beare or receive either his salvation or condemnation with those that are his own members which are agreeably-minded with each other and let him (h) 2 King 18. c halt no longer on both sides nor feign nor dissemble before the upright Love which is held forth and proffered unto him 5. But if now any man do look into or esteem the Being of God or Treasure of vertue to be the salvation of men tending to the land and praise of the godly glory and so understandeth or perceiveth that (i) Gen. 2. c Sap. 2. c Eccles 17. a God hath created the man to that end that the same should raign over him So let him then likewise submit himself obediently under the Love and incline or cleave wholly to the same good being even with a fervent good will that he may serve the same only (k) Deut. 6. a 10. b. 30. a and live only unto the eternal God 6. For to that purpose is the service of the word both by writing and by speech under the obedience of the Love administred unto men to assist them to the life of God and to the eternal truth because they should live in the same truth and life as in a Treasure of vertue and that altogether in a lively meek minded being or nature but not to the end to catch to snare nor to bring any one into bondage therewith or to (l) 2 Cor. 1. c 1 Pet. 1. a raign over his faith O no but in him free or at liberty to yield to the obedience of the Love and to the (m) Luk. 1. g Eph. 1. a righteousness of Faith because the righteousness of Faith which God esteemeth of might by that means be set up in the belief under the obedience of the Love And that the peace might appear upon the earth according to the Promises 7. For that cause to the end that the life of the eternal truth might be manifest and that the mans understanding might be planted into the same life therefore do we through our service of the holy word as by an inclination of the Love take (n) 2 Cor. 10. a captive all understandings under the obedience of the Love 8. To that end namely for the Love and the good lifes sake shall men also hear and believe the service of the holy and gracious word administred under the Love But with their spirits they (o) Isa 53. 2 Cor. 6. b shall depart out of the evil or that which is perditionable and enter into the vertue of the life 9. For the outward writings or speakable words which be testified or ministred unto the man out of the inclination of the Love to do him service and stretch to the incorporating of him into the vertuous nature are all figurings forth of the upright righteousness and godly word who in their service do go before the man and guide him to the living book of the Lamb which lieth hidden in (p) Apo. 12. a the Ark of witness namely within our hearts and consciences for there inwardly in the spirit is the life of God formed or written according to the truth 10. And that same life of God is the (r) Apo. 5. a book which John saw in his Revelation which was full of writing both without and within and which also was shut or made fast with seven seals for which books sake John wept because there was none found worthy neither in heaven nor upon the earth to open to read nor to look into the same book 11. Howbeit in the midst among the Elders or wise there stood a Lamb in manner as though it was killed and he took the book unto him and all prophesies testified of him with triumph and joy saying Thou (s) Apo. 5. d art worthy to receive the book and to open his seals for thou being killed hast bought us with thy blood 12. John hath also heard a voice of many Angels (t) Dan. 7. b Apo. 5. b whose number is many thousands of thousands saying with a mighty great voice the the Lamb that was killed is worthy to receive power riches wisdom strength honour praise and blessing 13. Behold this living book of the Lamb is a book of spirit and life and (u) 2 Cor. 3. a not a book of the sinful flesh and death for it is the (x) Eph. 5. c Apo. 14. commonalty of the Lamb in the spirit 14. Which Lamb is the living being of God it self the which was driven to (y) Isa 53. b 1 Pet. 2. a suffer and the book of life occasioned to be shut (z) Apo. 5. a with seven seals because of the great Dragon which is the (a) Apo. 12. murderly beast namely the self wisdom of the flesh unto (b) Dan. 7. Apo 11.13 a whom power hath been permitted to kill the Saints of God but the same power is now even in the uttermost or last time (c) Apo. 17.19 20. b taken away from her for God showeth his power and dominion against the same in the restoring or setting up again of his Saints (d) Eze. 37. Dan. 12. Apo. 2. whom he raiseth from the death 15. Verily now it shall no longer prevail with the Dragon how murderly soever the beast be neither shall her Kingdom which is full of abominations prosper any longer for her (e) Apo. 18.
of Art But that they would become all of one minde with us in the Love to the end that every one might likewise through the Love be partaker with us of the Grace and mercy which God is now extending on us little and poor ones through his Love 8. For unto us doth God reveal the health and life of our salvation out of his heavenly being and hath called and chosen us thereunto because that we should be his ministers in his Love to the eâ—d to reveal even so through us under the service of obedience in the Love his secret mysteries according to the Law according to the Prophesying of the Prophets and according to the Godly Word of the Gospel of Jesus Christ 9. (d) Act. 2. b. All which former services have to a unity under the Love Prophesied on this time and service of Love for that the glory of God might be great in the last time through the Love And so the Peace become prepared on earth according to the Promises 10. Therefore let no man have his regard bent either to the method or artificial skilfulness or yet to the unskilfulness of Art But unto that whereunto our service of the gratious Word extendeth namely to the Love and to let every one become assembled with us into one Spirit of the lovely being under the obedience of the Love that the service of Love may to an unity of peace be spread abroad over all the world 11. For that cause O yee single-minded good willing ones to the righteousness apply you all with a good will and an humble heart to the Love and her service And (f) Act. 2 d. permit your selves to be baptized or washed in the name of the Love to the forgiveness of your sins that ye may even so be renewed refreshed and reformed through the Love and her service Suffer not in any wise (g) Math. 18. a. Io. 3. a. the deceitful slights nor the wicked thoughts to have any dwelling place in you But through the service of Love and of the gracious Word become you turned about to the obedient and little children that the Love may be planted in you with meekness 12. Unto this same service of Love see that ye become all agreeably minded For it shall all perish and consume away to nothing namely all manner of knowledge and God-services which are come or risen up before this day or light of the Love (i) 1 Cor. 13 b. But the Love shall not perish nor yet cease but their service shall continue for ever 13. Whosoever likewise do not assemble them under the love they shall be scattered abroad For the Love is the Light of the world (k) Ioh. 8. b. whoso follows after her walketh not in darkness 14. The Love is the gracious word of the Lord or (l) Ioh. 6. f. bread of Life which is come unto us out of heaven For the Love is essentially the very true good (m) 1 Tim. 1. a. the head-sum of the commandment (n) Col. 3. b. and the bond of perfection 15. Through which Love the secret Treasures of God the Father (o) Eph. 1. b. 2. a. b. and the abundant Riches of his spiritual and heavenly goods be revealed 16. Whosoever then doth not apply himself to the Love but refuseth her or despiseth her service and is grown self-wise or self-minded against the same by means of his aspiring or loftie knowledge such a one remaineth a Bastard or a Stranger from the inheritance of God and cannot also inherit the Riches of Christ 17. But the children of Love are the upright heirs of God For they are of a good nature and disposition namely (p) Col. 3. a. meek-minded loving and peaceable 18. Even such be all those likewise which do with humble hearts submit them under the Love and are obedient to the requiring of her service 19. And though they be laden with many sins (q) 1 Ioh. 1. yet are their sins forgiven them and blotted out through the Love and in their repentance for their sins they walk with a good conscience both before God and men 20. Behold such is the service or office of the Love The Almighty God vouchsafe to enable and strengthen us thereunto through his Love Amen THE FIGURE Of the true and Spiritual Tabernacle of God Witnessed and Figured forth by H. N. according to the true being or form of the inward Temple or House of God and that in every respect according to thar form even as the very essence or being thereof was by the holy Spirit of the Lord revealed and declared unto him out of the heavenly Truth The first Chapter FOrasmuch as my inclination had a long time stood bent towards the service of Love And that I had longed even with a fervent desire that the true God-service might once flourish out of the Love namely to the peace and salvation of all people and to a true declaring of the spiritual Tabernacle of God in the holy of his holy ones Therfore became the true Tabernacle or (a) Lev. 26.26 b 2 Cor. 6 b. Apoc 21. a. habitation of God by grace out of the Love of God the Father revealed unto me in the Spirit through Gods heavenly revelation to the end that I should consider of or note therein the true God-service which serveth to the blessing of the earth and to the peace salvation of all people 2. In the which I at the first thought not upon the noting or marking of any thing else but only of the most holy and most pure being (b) Ex 26 d. 40. a b. c. Heb. 9. a the mercy seat and the Ark of the Covenant together with the manifold glorious riches and sumptuous garnishing All which I beheld in their pure and perfect beauty 3. Through which Revelation proceeding out of the heavenly being I rejoyced me far beyond measure But there came not into my remembrance so presently at the first to consider or note the holy and his daily offering or God service and the fore front nor yet the service of the Levites and Priests 4. But when I once remembred the holy of the same Tabernacle and his service of the holy offering extending to the forgiveness of sins then turned I my self to the same for to behold the daily offering for God-service ministred therein because I might see and also understand the daily offering in the holy and the Altar whereon the debt-offering sin-offering death-offering is offered burnt to a forgivness of sins 5. I also noted the fore-front the which is a difference (c) Eze. 44. a. b. betwixt the holy of the Tabernacle of God and the unholy of the uncircumcised heathen-ship 6. In which forefront the Levites and Priests in their service and in their requiring of the righteousness are to (d) Ex. 27 c Lev. â— b Num. 16. b Eze. 43 44 prepare the daily offering betwixt the holy and the unholy
coming over them for their sins cause 2. But that which did most of all grieve my heart was this that I perceived that all those that were born upon earth out of blood are out of their earthly birth inclined to (b) Gen. 6.8 d. Psal 51 a. nothing else but iniquity and with their unrighteousness are minded to destruction That their last is bent to nothing else but unto error that they also are utterly ignorant in all Godly things and that they therefore if they become not in their understanding recovered through the Love and her service or renewed (c) Ioh. 3. a Rom. 12. c Eph. 4. c. or born again in their Spirit cannot escape the severe Judgement of God 3. When I thus beheld the same according to the truth that it was so utterly unknown unto all people of the earth and that they did every one follow after the self wisdom of the flesh to their condemnation then was I much more grieved in my mind and I bowed down my self before the Majestie of God who is in heaven and said 4. O Lord God of heaven Thou that art a God of the living full of Grace and all goodness and hast (d) Sapi. 1. b. created all whatsoever is any thing because it should be and that it might go well with the same Seeing now thou hast made up thy self for to judge the (e) Act. 17 d circuit of the earth with righteousness so be therefore gracious I beseech thee to (f) Iob 14. b. Psal 138. a. the work of thine own hands to the end there may now in the last time some souls remain over upon the earth and that (g) Isa 10. c. Rom 9. c. the remnant O God might be saved 5. Shew O God thy mercie upon us through thy bountiful Love Remember also that we all of us out of our earthly births are (h) Psa 14. a. Rom. 3. b. an ignorant people void of understanding and by nature are clean contrary-minded unto thy wisdom and declining therefrom And have no lust or affection towards thy information nor any pleasure in the word of thy servants which present or hold forth thy salvation unto us under the obedience of thy Love but we do all out of our earthly birth stand affected towards our selves and do most gladly give ear to our selves and our own wisdom of the flesh which floweth of our self minded and fleshly heart 6. That is verily the sin and the rebelliousness or resistance committed against thee O God by all spirits of unregenerated men and the contraryness against thee of all self-wise and good-thinking Scripture-learned ones 7. Therefore O God rebuke and nurture us with thy Law or Ordinance and with the Doctrine of thy Commandments and humble our hearts to the obeying of thy holy gracious Word and service of Love that we may be reformed of our wicked or contrary nature and become understanding accoâ—ding to the Law or Doctrine of thy Commandments whereby we may O God accomplish thy will 8. Rebuke (i) Psal 6.38 a. Ier. 10. c. us not in thy wrath and chasten us not in thy displeasure but shake out the same over the ungodly which are alwayes O God against thee and like or allow not of thee 9. Destroy us not so utterly all alike that the the great horror of desolation come not over us all to our destruction but that there may yet a remnant find Grace before thee And that they even like as in the former time (k) Gen. 6 7 8. of Noah may now also in these last perilous times remain preserved The fourth Chapter BEhold the whilest I still lamented on this fashion the Angel Gabriel appeared unto me again whom I had in my sight before and he strengthened my mind For I was grown almost past recoverie by reason of my feebleness and faintheartedness 2. Then when my heart was a little refreshed then was it said unto me Arise and be of good chear for thou hast found grace before God the most highst to declare his salvation to the children of men and also for to witness under the obedience of the Love (a) 4 Glas 33. unto the people upon the earth the true God-service which God regardeth to the end that all those which believe on the Love and submit themselves thereunder may be saved and that those likewise which refuse the same also withstand the Love and allow not of her service may justly receive their judgement unto condemnation 3. Therefore turn now thy face again to the true remnant namely to the Love which is the most holy which is kept and remained over in heaven for an everlasting reconcilement touching the sins of those people which convert and submit them under the Love The true most holy through which most holy of the living Tabernacle of God namely in his service ministred under the obedience of Love the holy and the fore-front shall (b) Dan. 8. b be consecrated and cleansed again the daily offering in the holy erected (c) Isa 44.60 61 62 65 66. Ier. 33.30 31 33. Bar. 5. Eze. 36.37 Jerusalem builded and Sion comforted 4. The whole Israel shall likewise find Grace before the Lord and obtain the salvation also come again to his Land of inheritance and rest and the salvation shall be made manifest unto all people To the end that the whole world might not be accursed like as Sodom and Gomorah (d) Is 1.10 c Rom. 9. c. but that there might yet a remnant be saved and remain preserved even as the Lord hath spoken in times past 5. When as now I had understood these things I rejoyced me greatly and my heart became glad through the bountiful and entire love of God the Father touching his great grace and mercie to be shewed in the last time Because his rebuke and chastisement endureth (e) Psal 30. a Isa 54. a. 4 Mic. 7. b but for a season which cometh to an end And for that his love grace and mercy continueth for ever And in that (f) Deut. 4. d he forgetteth not his Covenant which (g) Ge. 12.13 17.22 26. he hath made with Abraham Isaac and Iacob for to gather and to set up through his Love his chosen people Israel like as in times past he hath promised and assured unto their Fathers by (h) Luk. 1. g the mouth of his holy Prophets 6. With that I turned my face again to the most holy and behold that same remained undefiled and was not (i) Ier. 17. b Lam. 5. b brought in desolation For Israels God who is a God of life had hidden the same in heaven And the heathen or uncircumcised which are captivated with manifold ignorances and errors have not been therein at all for (k) Isa 52. a Eze. 44. a no uncircumcised one can come or enter into the same sanctuary nor behold his beauty but it is reserved and kept in store for the Lords people Israel
the sin whereby (p) 1 Pe. 4. a to draw and arm us to the same mind and so we to offer up our sins through the daily offering in the holy and to burn the same upon his holy Altar The which is his cross or patience in the holy 10. So even thus doth Christ through himself namely through (q) Rom. 9. a Eph. 2. a. Col. 1 c. 2. b. the incorporating us into his death of the Cross prepare the life and peace for us making us free and washing (r) Heb. 10. c. us from the evil conscience And so we obtain through him in that manner a free entrance into the holy for to accomplish the God-service in the holy to inherit the abundant riches of God the Father and the everlasting life The which cometh unto us plentifully and appeareth in cleerness if that we for our parts do (t) Mat. 16. c Luk. 9.14 c daily take up our Cross with Christ follow after him in the holy and so become (u) Rom. 6 a baptized in his death Rom. 4.5.8 a. to be an offering for the sin whereby to be (x) Col. 2. b. justified from the sin through Faith that meerly by Grace not by Works 11. Behold such a manner of offering and daily God-service in the holy is no doubt very convenient for us to use and perform For so then namely in the performance of the daily offering or God-service in the holy there appeareth or cometh to us in the spirit the spiritual high Priest or Christ according to the Spirit who is not of this earth neither of flesh and blood but of the heavenly God-head the same high (y) Heb. 7 8 9 10. Priest is also very needful for us because he is faithful and remaineth for ever 12. Whose service or high Priests office is not outward according to the manner of the foregoing service of the Elders administred among the unregenerate or unrenwed men as in the letter and with the letter or with speakable words but his service cometh to pass in the new birth of the inward spiritual and heavenly man (z) Heb. 7 8 9 10. with the ministration of the spiritual and heavenly goods according to the spiritual and heavenly Priest-office 13. And to that end namely to bring men to the new birth of the inward spiritual heavenly man have the outward ministrations of the Elders the foregoing with the man (a) Gal 3. c. 4 5 a under the which he to the training up of him in all good nurture and order is kept and taught even unto the new birth in Jesus Christ through the which he doth then likewise live and walk in (b) Luk. 1. g. all upright righteousness both inwardly before God and outwardly among men and to such an upright (c) Ioh. 3. a. Titus 3. b. birth or the outward services or administrations of the Godly testimonies of the holy Spirit of Love a foregoing office or (d) 2 Co. 3. a light unto the man which witnesseth declareth and holdeth forth the godliness unto him as in a Glass And so then the man if he believe the requiring of the fore-going service and desire to stand obedient thereunto becometh prepared thereby to the same godliness and taught to the Kingdom of heaven And that is the same ministration which (e) Gal 3 c 4. a. Heb. 7. b. reacheth to the spiritual and true being in Jesus Christ And it is the upright Priests office of the Elders of the holy understanding which in its office or service hath the foregoing to the (f) Ioh. 3. a. 1 Cor. 4. b. Gal. 4. b. new birth in Jesus Christ as is already said which services are all witnesses and directions unto the very true and spiritual office in the Spirit And although the same services being ministred in the letter and through the letter or serviceable word do bring (g) 2 Co. 3. b a great illumination and clearness unto the unilluminated ones yet are those same for all that no more but a serviceable shaddow proceeding from the spiritual and heavenly service of the great glory and cleerness of Christ in the inward being and form 14. For Christ according to the Spirit hath (h) Heb. 3.8.9 a. an higher function or office or a more excellent service and a greater lighâ— or clearness then hath all flesh and blood writing letters or speakable words For he is a Minister or an high Priest in the Spirit (i) Heb. 8 a. 9. a. b. c. as a Minister of the spiritual and heavenly goods as is before said For he himself is the (k) Heb 1. a. right heir in all the riches of God his eternal and Almighty Father 15. Behold this high Priest is spirit and life the true (l) Isa 9. a King and a faithful Lord a peaceable prince And not this or that without us But he (m) Act. 17. c is in us all which believe on him according to the truth And we all which abide stedfast in the faith have the life through him who is neither unfaithful nor falling away like unto a man For he doth not shrink nor fall away either from us or from his Father but through the Love (n) Mat. 28. c Ioh. 14 b. continueth with us and with his Father for ever 16. Also he is not changeable in his office or ministration like as are the children of men who do one while setup one thing for an obedience or for a God-service and that altogether without the service of Christ and his Love and then again some other thing which directeth not to the true life of Christ nor unto the upright being of his Love 17. But his service will and commandement is both now presently and at all times like as it was in the beginning and it shall so remain unchangeable for evermore For his Commandment Will and Precept is (o) Da. 6.10 Math 22. d Ioh 15 b. 1 Tim. 1. a nothing else but the love and the life of godliness And that is the old commandment from the beginning (p) Ioh. 2. a And it is the new commandment as being for to come or for to be made manifest in this same last time in the obedience of the requiring of the service of Love 18. Therefore seeing now that this high Priest which is invisible but yet is known in the spirit hath such an unchangeable commandment or service among us in the ministration of the service of his Love So standeth he likewise firm and immovable towards us in the same service to an everlasting reconcilement for our sins as a true (q) 1 Tim. 2 a Heb. 9. b mediator betwixt God and us 19. He himself also is partaker with us in suffering touching (r) Heb. 2. b 5. a. our griefs and purgeth us in his service of Love through himself and through none other or any other services 20. Therefore hath God likewise sworn unto
him (s) Psa 100. Heb. 7. c. and it shall not repent him that he shall continue a Priest for ever They (t) Psa 102. Isa 51. a. Heb. 1. b shall all become old and become changed like a garment But (u) Psal 45 Heb. 1. a. his seat as is aforesaid endureth and continueth from everlasting to everlasting it is very true The sixth Chapter FOrasmuch now as that that God which dwelleth in the heavens is through his bountiful Love a revealing of the holy things unto us out of an heavenly revelation in his service of Love therefore have we the more assured confidence on the same service of Love which very true service is now in the last time come unto us for to minister to a blessing and salvation of those men which are good of will to the end that they should all assemble them thereto For the love in her service is the (a) Mat. 24. Luk. 17. d. bait or prey whereunto the Eagles shall resort and assemble and that to a unity in one band of the Love 2. For it shall now whatsoever in the Love loveth the peace and the righteousness assemble or come to the service of the Love and concordably incline them unto the same for it is unpossible that it should bide back but that in those dayes it shall all namely all whatsoever loveth righteousness and hath intended peace and love joyn it self to one and not refuse to have or use the unity in the Love with us 3. Seeing that all my longing standeth towards the same therefore hath my heart seldom any rest by reason of my longing towards the same and for that the godly Baite namely the right and true service of Love might have his ministration and declaring everywhere whereby all Eagles which hunger and thirist thereafter might assemble them thereto For thereunto doubtless shall all those which love or stand affected unto righteousness become assembled and comprehended or knit in one Band of the Love with us 4. They shall also give themselves thereunto good-willingly if they do but hear of such an assembling and unity in the Love and that see into know and Credit the same let them be wheresoever they are or whosoever they be whether the Jews Christians or Mahometans heathen or of what generations nations sects factions or religions soever they be they shall all mutually for the righteousness and peaces cause submit themselves with us under the Love Because that they might every one be incorporated to the upright (b) Ro. 11. b stock of life to the laud and (c) Eph. 1. b. praise of the glory of the living God 5 Which glory of God God hath prepared for himself now in the last time in the service of his love to the spreading abroad of his great name (d) Mal. 1. b for that his holy name may be known and magnified universally 6. Before or in the presence of which service of Love (e) Psal 31. b all blasphemous tongues must become dumb all wickedness grow ashamed and all pride submit it self to the end that all that feareth God loveth his Promises and hopeth thereon may allow of or consent unto the office or service of Love and assemble them to the Concord of our commonalty 7. For the service of love only shall flourish under the which likewise all understanding shall to an obeying of the requiring of the said service of Love give it self (f) 2 Cor. 10. a. captive to an unity of peace and to an incorporating unto the vertues in all Love 8. Through which discerning of the upright and true se vice and of the assembling of the upright hearts to the same I have figured forth or witnessed with these present writings and testimonies the true Tabernacle of God and his services ministred under the obedience of the Love of Jesus Christ according to the life even as the same is by Gods grace revealed unto me because that we might all of us according to the spirit come to that (g) Rom. 12. a one manner of God-service of (h) Luk. 1. g. upright righteousness which God â—egardeth also that all people which according to the spirit are (i) Eph. 2 4. strangers and ignorant touching the true God and his service might look into the same also come to (k) 1 Tim. 2 a. the knowledge of the truth and be converted to the Love and her service whereby to walk in all love (l) Eph. 4. a. as children of peace and as peaceable brethren 9. But not in misnurter and disorderliness according to the manner of the uncircumcised heathen nor in contention through self-wisdom or Scripture-learnedness nor yet in disputing concerning the circumcision or baptism but in all discreetness and orderlyness of the upright life according to the true circumcision (n) Ier. 4 a Rom. 2. c Phil 3. a Col. 2. b. which cometh to pass in the heart the which is in laying away of the sin in the flesh and according to the true baptism of the (o) Math. 3. b Rom. 6. a Col. 2. b. holy Ghost which cometh to pass in the spirit in a new life of the true minde full of all Love 10. Therefore respect now well the upright Judgement in your hearts For all hearts shall now in this last time (p) Luk. 2. d become manifest 11. There shall also be found but one manner of heathen-ship foreskin or uncircumcision And all hearts of the heathen or uncircumcised being without Jerusalem and Gods sanctuary and without the commonalty of Israel or of Christ let them then hold what God-services they will shall through the foreskin of the sinful flesh appear manifestly to be uncircumcised and to stand captivated with the disobedient knowledge (q) Isa 52. a Eze. 44 b Of such uncircumcised ones there shall not one come into the sanctuary 12. In like manner there shall also be found but one manner of circumcision Baptism (r) Isa 56. a Eze. 37. c. Ioh. 10. b and house of Israel or Christ and all the Saints or holy ones of God that are of the house of Israel or Christ shall walk under the obedience of the Love and have their fellowship with us within Jerusalem the (s) Apo. 21. a holy City of God from heaven 13. And the same likewise shall be one manner of Tabernacle of God or house of the Lord wherein Gods light (t) Apo. 21. c Isa 60. yea he himself shineth as a light and cleerness unto his people Israel because that they all may even free without anguish and without fear walk peaceably in his light 14. From whose hearts (u) Isa 25 a 2 Cor. 3 b the foreskin of the sinful flesh and of the disobedient darknesses shall be put away for the light that ariseth over Jerusalem according to the promises (x) Is 60 a. c shall shine about them all Whereunto likewise all people that have a lust to Israels God
and to his Law statutes and rights (y) Isa 2. a 11. b. 13. c. Mich. 4. a Zach. 8 c. shall be assembled and offer or bring unto the glorious God in his holy Tabernacle oblations and gifts (z) Is 5 6. a Ier. 33. c Eze. 20 a Mal. 1 b. 3. c. Rom 12. a which are acceptable unto him according to the same manner like as in times past God hath shewed and commanded the same unto Moses his servant 15. Which holy Tabernacle of God with his fore-front holy and most holy together with his God-services of the Levitical Priests and sacrifices and the service of the high Priests office God hath in times past set forth figuratively unto the people of Israel by (a) Ex. 25 26 27 35 40. the service of Moses and Aaron or figured forth the same as shadows of the true being or substance of the spiritual or heavenly goods which were revealed or shewed unto Moses to the end (b) Exo. 19 20 a. Deut. 4 5 6 7 8 9 10. Psal 50. b. Jer. 7. c. Zach. 7. a. b. that they should never more forget the being of the same but continually remember it and in the obedience of the commandments and ordinances of the Lord should wax zealous and proceed on after the same The seventh Chapter BUT when the people of Israel did cleave or incline with their hearts wholly to the Figures Images or shadows and accepted and used the same for the upright God-service it self in such sort as though God required the Images or shadows and that they were not chiefly and above all inclined to the upright being of Christ it self which yet notwithstanding God requireth thereby wherein also the Figures Images and Shadows do point therefore hath God liked or allowed of none of their services (a) Psal 50 51. b. Isa 1. b. 59. c. 66. a. Ier. 6.7 c. Mic. 6. a Zach. 7. a Mal. 1. a neither have they likewise pleased him but have rather been unto him a loathsomness and an utter misliking 2. Therefore hath God also had no lust or pleasure unto such people because they served the Images and Figures and not their Lord their God only according to the truth like as it standeth commanded in the Law of the Lord and is required by the Figures 3. Which abuse towards the Images and Shadows God hath oftentimes rebuked and witnessed unto them by the mouth of his holy Prophets (b) Eze. 14. a Zac. 14. a that they should turn them unto the Lord their God from those same Images and those their abominations whom they served with the delight of their hearts against the requiring of the Law 4. Even thus hath God many times by his servants the Prophets required the fruits of the Law and the outward form and observation thereof which many could not distinct or divide asunder 5. But seeing they were bewitched with the Images and Figures and blinded by them through their ignorance which blindness was the uncircumcision of the heart so have they by that occasion looked into or esteemed the services of the Images or Figures to be Gods requiring or to be the true God-service it self and have accounted Gods Prophets that pointed upon the very truth or verity it self which was required to (c) 3 Ki. 22. c Ier. 8. a. 20 a 26. b. 32. a be false and many times have put them (d) 2 Par. 29. c. Math. 23. d to death 6. Although they supposed themselves now to be Gods servants or to use and maintain the true God-service yet were they notwithstanding in that their false use the very right Idol-services observing the God-services falsly 7. Even so goeth it likewise with all those which look into or esteem the outward God-services or the outward obedience for the true being or real substance it self also do adminster the same in that manner and so go on therewith and do not through those same or by their means turn them in the Spirit unto Almighty God 8. Seeing now that the God of life doth not require the Images Shadows or Figures by the Law but that which is the living being or substance it self therefore hath he also at the last out of the grace of his Love which continueth for ever revealed (e) Act 2. a the true being through his Christ unto his people Israel like as the same was required by the Law and by the Images Figures and Shadows shewing cleerly and plainly thereby what is his will even as he had in times past through the services and his Prophets both required it and also as being to come promised the same In which time of the heavenly Revelation and of the spiritual birth or generation of God according to the Spirit many in Israel rejoyced them 9. Seeing now that the resurrection of the dead was come to the house of Israel as that God raised up unto them his Christ (f) Act. 2 d. 3. b 10. c. 13. d 1 Cor. 15. as the firstling risen from death therefore did many in those dayes hope upon the comfort of Israel or (g) Act. 1. their restoring and setting up even as God had fore-spoken the same by his Prophet (h) Ezek. 37. Ezekiel 10. But the God of their Fathers who forsaketh not his people Israel neither forgetteth the same Covenant that (i) Deut. 4. Luk. 1. g. he made with their Fathers hath preserved or kept in his own secretness the time of his wonderful Works and the mercy towards the dead of the house of Israel 11. For in those dayes many in Israel understood not the wonderful Works of God nor yet the Grace towards salvation that was opened or come unto them But they became blinded or estranged from the same and knew or understood not in what manner the restoring or setting up of Israel was to come to pass For God had stayed or reserved the same restoring because he would in the last time through the same make (k) Mal. 1. a his holy name known glorious and renowned among all the heathen or people according to the Promises and so to (l) Isa 11. b Luk. 2. d reveal to his people Israel his Love the Banner of true Righteousness The eighth Chapter FOR which cause sake the grace of salvation which was opened or come unto them from out of God and the (a) Ioh. 1. a 1 Ioh. 1. a light and life which was the Father and which was revealed in Israel for a Christ of God was published or preached unto all people for a witness of the resurrection of the dead and for a Gospel or a joyful Message of the Kingdom And moreover the Kingdom of the God of heaven became manifest in Israel and was witnessed both among them and at Ierusalem as namely that that which they heard and saw whenas the fiftieth day was fulfilled were the wonderful Works of God whereof Ioel the Prophet had spoken before (b) Ioel 2. c Act. 2. and it
the vpright virtue 〈◊〉 â—atient in the â—â—pâ— to the godlyness â—â—â—k minded faythfull and cometh also with the feare peace â— joy to God to â—â—â—vâ—nly 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 everlasting The forth goâ—ng in the heathenisâ— impurity bringeth the man to the six of Death The forth goâ—ng in the feare of God the Obediâ— to the ordinance of the lord 〈◊〉 bringeth the man to the Righteousness of the Life The sin of death bringeth the man into all Ignorance hipocrisy 〈◊〉 falsehood into all chosen holyness according to the pleasure of the 〈◊〉 and is therein â—ratefull bitter and cruel and also dispaireth and so â—o maâ—â— to the destructionable calamity and to the divel hell and Condemnation (c) Psal 4 a 2. If the man now have by Gods grace gotten a good will to enter into the upright way directing to the everlasting life then must he with his heart (d) Isa 51 b 2 Cor 6 b Apo. 18 a depart out of the heathenship or uncircumcision and out of the straying being or nature yea from all what is not any being of God also separate himself from the darkness and turn him (e) Isa 55. a Ier 18.25 a 35. b Ezek 18 d. Ioel 2. b to the Lord his God namely to the God of life the (f) Ioh 1. true light full of light and life who hath created both him and all what is an thing (g) Luk. 1.2 b. c. likewise fear the same living God and circumcise his heart from (h) Deu. 10. b. 30 a all manner of darkness namely from all abominations of desolation which do separate the man from the living God 3. See or annoint your eyes with eye-salve that ye may see (k) Deu 1â— b. Ier. 4. a circumcise your selves or put away the foreskin of your hearts and continue not stiff-necked for that ye may rightly understand and know the true life which is a life unto you and may live therein 4. For even therefore because that the life might now in the same day through our (l) Deu 30. b Eccles 25. a most holy servlce of the Love be understood from the death and the light known from the darkness So have we out of the Love to the righteousness described and figuratively set forth even in the most evident manner here in the same Circle both these wayes both of death and of the life and all the ends whereunto each one hath his passage or course The which the inward man entreth into or liveth there whether it (m) Exo. 18. Rom. 6.8 a be then the deadly sins extending to the eternal death or else the righteousness to the everlasting life 5. Hereunto next adjoyning followeth the Figurative description or declaration of the inward Tabernacle of God according to the spirit after the which we do treat at length in large manner of both these natures which do bring in either the death or the life and we have likewise signified or marked out by writing the names both of the confused and of the Godly being or nature Take it to heart for it yieldeth to every one of us either the death or the life The twelfth Chapter THE true fore-front of the house of God or of the true Tabernacle (a) Deu. 10. c Eccles 1.26 is the fear of the living God serving to a turning away from the sin and from all heathenish foolishness Through whose service and through the obedience of the requiring thereof the man becometh circumcised in his heart in (b) Heb. 12. a 1 Pet. 24. a the laying away of the sin in the flesh and to the obtaining of the knowledge of the truth of God entreth into the way of peace Feare God The Way to the Truth In this same service of the holy and gratious word vnder the Obedience of the Love in the feare of God cometh to pass in the hart and minde the vpright repentance of the man to the living God and so walking in the fears of God he is circumcized of hart and is turned away from all the bewiching of the heathenish being that he may not be bewitched or taken with any destruction but be prepared to the entrance into the Sanctuary of God Jer 4. Eezek 4.4 wherefore repent you with all your hart in the spirit and feare the Everlasting invisible God which is the bgining to come to the Wisdome or the first entrance of the true Tabernacle or house of God in the spirit Whereof God himselfe is the Workman Turne ye not therefore from the lord in your hart nether trust in men nor take flesh for your Arme or Strength and so inherit the Cursing 2. For the same circumcision of the (c) Phi. 3. a Col. 2 b heart is the true circumcision which cometh to pass in the spirit and not in the letter whose praise is not of man but of God Rom. 2. c. 3. Therefore (d) Ier. 4 a circumcise the foreskin of your hearts and be not hence forth stiffnecked any longer Deut. 10.8 4. Plough (e) Eze. 10. b upon the new and sow not among the thorns circumcise you unto the Lord and put away the foreskin of your hearts ye men of Judah and ye people at Jerusalem Jer. 4. a. 5. There shall none (f) Isa 52. Ioel. 3. come into the Lords sanctuary that hath an uncircumcised heart and an uncircumcised flesh Eze. 44. b. 6. Therefore shall the Lord thy God circumcise thy heart and the heart of thy seed (g) Deu. 10. c Math. 22. that thou maist love the Lord thy God with all thy heart and with all thy soul that thou mayest live Deut. 30. 7. If thou (h) Deu. 10 c Isa 19 b wilt turn thee O Israel then turn uno me saith the Lord and if thou wilt put away (i) Jer. 15. b Zach 1. a Mal. 3. a thine abominations from before my face then shalt thou not be driven out but then shalt thou without hypocrisie swear rightly and holily as true as the Lord liveth and the heathen shall be blessed in him and make their boast of him Ier. 4. a. 8. Thou shalt fear the Lord thy God (k) Mat. 4 b Luk. 4. a him shalt thou serve him shalt thou cleave unto or depend upon and swear by his name he is thy praise and thy God Deut. 6. a. 10. b 9. Behold the Heaven and the Heaven of all Heavens and the earth and all what is therein that (l) Psal 24. a Ier. 27 a is the Lords your God O Israel and Iudah (m) Deut. 4. d yet hath he had notwithstanding a lust only to your Fathers and loved them and chosen their seed after them namely you above all people Deut. 10 b. 10. O all ye people fear the same God for he is that God which hath created (n) Gen. 1. a Ioh. 1. a all whatsoever is any thing for truly all heathenish bewitching is nothing but foolishness Their wisdom and Laws are
meer error (o) Isa 44. a Ier. 10. a their Gods and God-services are vain and unprofitable 11. Therefore there is no God but Israels God whose God-services Wisdom Ordinances Statutes and Rights are alone upright holy and true Deut. 4. a. 12. Happy is he that hath the same God to be (p) Psa 33. b 144. b his God or which seeketh him with all his heart Deut. 4. c. 30. a. Ier. 29. b. Sap. 1. a. The thirteenth Chapter THE true holy of the house of God or of the true Tabernacle is (a) Rom. 5. a the belief of Christ unto Justification through whose service and the obedience unto the requiring thereof the man if he have a lust with all his heart (b) Psa 40. a Heb. 10. a to do the Lords will becometh Justified from the sin Also the way of his course of walking prepared (c) Isa 40 a 57. b. to be an even path before the Lord. And the truth of God extending to the everlasting life revealed unto him in the spirit Beleefe The Truth to the Evâ—rlasting Life In the service of the holy and gratious word Vnder the Obedience of the true beleefe is the man in the spirit of his hart in Jesus Christ justified from the Sin and brought to the everlasting life Therefore beare patience and vpright fruites of repentance The Kingdom of heaven is nigh Mat 3 a Luke 3 a Behold so crieth the Voice in the Wilderness of the Mans harte The which crieth prepare the way of the lord make straite his pathes Esay 40. Behold the word that thou shouldest beleeue is nigh thee even in thy mouth and in thine hart that thou mightest doe it Deutri 30 and that is the word of beleefe which formerly hath beene preached in the World through Christ to Salvation and Obedience of the Beleefe Rom. 10. And is now preached under the Obedience of the Love 2. Behold the Lord sendeth forth his (d) Mal. 3. a Math. 11. b Angel or Messenger who in his service prepareth the way (e) Math. 4 a Luk 1. b before him and he goeth before in the spirit or power of Elias that he may turn the hearts of the Fathers to the children and the heart of the children to their Fathers and the unbelievers to the prudence of the just whereby to prepare an upright people for the Lord. 3. How delightful are the feet of the (f) â—o 10 b messengers that publish the peace from the mountains preach a good Message and reveal the salvation Isa 51. Nahum 2. 4. Leave off from the evil and learn to do good labour after that which is right and help the oppressed Isa 1. b. 5. Let the ungodly leave off from his waies (g) Eze. 18 33. b. and the evil doer from his imaginations and turn him to the Lord so shall he be merciful unto him Isa 55. a. 6. Let every one turn him away from his wicked wayes and amend his being or life and so do that which is right Ier. 7. a. 7. If the ungodly will turn him from all the sins that he hath done c. Then shall he live and not dye for the Lord desireth not the (h) Eze. 33. b Sap. 1. b death of a sinner but much rather that he should turn him and live Eze. 18. d. 8. Repent now and amend you that your sins may be put out Act. 3. b. 9. Lay away from you now (i) 1 Pet. 1. b 4. a. according to the former walking the old man which destroyeth through the lust of error (k) Ro. 12. a and renew you in the spirit of your mind and put ye on the new man which is formed like unto God in upright righteousness and holyness Ephes 4. c. 10. But before all things take hold of the Shield of Faith with the which we may quench out all the fiery darts of the wicked enemy Eph. 6. b. 11. Hold fast what thou hast that no man bereave or take away thy Crown from thee Apo. 3. b. 12. Whosoever continueth steadfast unto the end he shall be saved Math. 24. b. 13. The Messenger or voice of the Angel which crieth in the heart Prepare (l) sa 40. a the way of the Lord is the serviceable ministration of the gracious word of the Lord which the Lord willeth to be ministred unto the man before (m) Act. 3.17 c. his revealing of his great day By which means in the grace and mercy of the Lord. (n) Rom. 10. the belief that very true holy and the (o) Heb. 10 b boldness to enter into the same is prepared to serve the man to an accomplishing of the service in the said holy whereby the true fore-going service might likewise be ministred unto the Believers in their conversion unto God and in their doing (p) Math. 3. upright fruits of repentance Also to kill (q) Rom 6. a Col. 2. b and bury the same under the obedience of the belief And through the baptising or washing (r) Rom. 6. a Col. 1 b in the death of Christ to justifie the believing man from the sin 14. And so then after that in fulfilling or accomplishing the same fore-going service cometh the (s) Mat. 19. c Ioh. 3. b new birth from the death through the annointing by our Saviour who doth quite and clean take away or blot out the (t) Heb 9. sins of his people and so in his spiritual office or heavenly ministration serveth them (u) Heb. 8. with the spiritual and heavenly goods and leadeth them into the everlasting life and so bringeth the perfection unto them or setteth up the same in them and as (x) Heb. 7 8 9. a chief Priest declareth his (y) Isa 27. a Math. 27. highest salvation unto them in the most holy namely in the Love which is the holy-Ghost where through the vail betwixt the holy and the most holy and (z) Isa 59. a Eph. 2. b Col. 2. a the portion betwixt God and the man departeth away and of two (a) Eph. 2. b. is made one to wit the man and God 15. That verily is the everlasting (b) Rom. 3. a 2 Cor. 5. c Col. 1. b Ioh. 2. a 4. b reconcilement of the man before his God and so he cometh again to the seat of grace and into the true light of the (c) 2 Cor. 3. b. 4. a clear shining of God and into the everlasting life with thanksgiving and joâ— the which is the (d) Isa 60. a Apo. 21. a true rising of the light and life out of the high heaven in the spirit The fourteenth Chapter THE true vale before the most holy of the true Sanctuary of the Tabernacle of God (a) Heb 10. c is the flesh of Christ the which is before the cleerness of his uncovered naked being or substance and before his spiritual and heavenly goods and (b) Mat. 27. 2 Cor 3. b it departeth away therefrom or
the man should live in peace and joy and in all upright Love and should not know nor take on any thing without the same but live only therein and not dye 10. If so be now that the man knew nothing without the same forementioned life nor took on any thing besides the same whereon to tye his heart wits and thoughts or understanding Then should he know taste and feel nothing else but all good Also walk in all Love Concord and Peace and so have (m) Gen. 1.2 b the whole earth in subjection under him and govern uprightly to the life all whatsoever is upon the earth according to the commandment or word of the Lord. 11. For that same is the life and the freedom of the manly generation for the which many creatures do sigh and long there-after which upright freedom of the children of God doth now come unto us according to the Promises because that all manly creatures might assemble them with us to the same rejoyce them with Godly joy in the same and live in all truth and upright righteousness 12. Behold the same was unto the man in the beginning (o) Gen 2. a Phil. 3. b 4 Esd 8. f Apoc. 2. a a Tree of life in the middst of the Paradise of the Lord for that he should live and that (p) Sapl 1. b it should go well with all that which God had created 13. But now when the man would know the good and the evil and had eaten of the same tree then (q) Gen. 3 a tasted he both the life and the death the which God had forbidden him because he should not eat nor tast of any other thing but of the good that is of the life and not feel any evil or death but should live unto his God in the life for that (r) Sap. 1. b it might go well both with himself and also with all what God had created 14. Whatsoever now therefore is taken on besides the same good or life whereon we do witness that is the evil the death or the destruction the which God hath not willed that it should be upon the earth for that the man might stand perfected from all evil and destruction 15. But now hath the man through that same prepared to himself the driving forth out of the Paradise of God and caused the peace to cease upon the earth also brought himself and all what is upon the earth into (s) Gen. 3. b much calamity and misery and is utterly estranged from the way directing to the Tree of life and so is taken captive in all kind of deadly and damnable fruits 16. That verily is the knowledge of the good and evil which he himself hath taken on and (t) Dan. 9. Math. 24. 2 Thes 2. it is the confused abomination which standeth in the holy place whereout all violence calamity and grief is come upon the earth 17. If the man now will (u) Ezek 14. a turn himself away from all the abominations of the wicked world and humble him rightly under the Love and her service then shall he likewise through the administration of the holy word of the Lord and his requiring have his regard unto the inward upright life whereon the word pointeth for that is Gods living being or substance it self and he shall also according to the requiring of the word try or examine himself diligently in his inwardness whether he can perceive yet still remaining there any ungodly or deadly being which is not the life or that serveth not the life unto the life but which (x) Eph. 4. b is minded to destruction through the lusts of error 18. So long then as the destruction besides th preservation of the life is looked neto or esteemed of by the man and that likewise the death besides the life the evil besides the good and the bondage besides the freedom is known tasted and felt so shall the man in his obedience to the requiring of the word of the Lord daily (y) Mat. 10. d 16. c Mark. 8. Luk 9 14. take up his Cross on him with the life die the death or the evil and bury the same according to the word of the Lord and so shall he by means of following the life in his like behaviour or (z) Ro. 6. a Phil 3. b death of the Cross become planted into the same good life who suffereth the death of the Cross by the evil 19. Out of which dying of the death or of the evil which death hath brought the death unto the life and hath had the dominion over the same the life riseth up again and cometh gloriously in Lordly manner against all his enemies 20. Even thus now through the rising up or resurrection of the upright life out of the second birth from the death the man also is raised up (a) Ro. 6. a from the death or born again out of the death for that he might live and not dye any more 21. Upon which resurrection of the dead according to the Scripture all Believers of the life do likewise hope and long thereafter for the life shall swallow up (b) Eze. 13. 1 Cor. 15. the death in victory in all his Believers which be incorporated or planted into him and so bring his enemy under him according to the Promises 22. For all what is not the true life that is against the true life and whatsoever is against the true life that is the death and the enmity unto the true life is also an enimy unto God and to the Lamb which enmity is minded neither according to the true being or nature of God nor of the Lamb nor yet according to the upright righteousness of the true life which true being of God and of the Lamb together with the upright righteousness of the true life ye may behold in the endless (c) Apo. 5.20 b book of the Lamb which is full of writing both without and within written with the finger of God and it is the everlasting life whereon we do witness The eighteenth Chapter THen when as thou O thou precious man hast looked into both these Natures Books and writings inwardly according to the spirit namely the straying being of the wicked world and the good being of God from eternity which good being is the (a) Apo. 20 21. b book of the Lamb written by the God of life besides the which the straying being which destroyeth through the lusts of error is come in place and written by the Devil the Father of death So judge then with the truth which of them it is that ought to have the superiority or preheminence in us for the od of life vouchsafeth unto us nothing else but all God life love and peace 2. Therefore let us be agreeably minded with the same good being of God and Love the good being for wherefore do ye receive and take unto you the destruction and why will ye in perditional manner perish
them will be their God and (x) Apo. 21. a wipe away all tears from their eyes and will put away (y) Isa 61. a their contempt from them they shall also serve the strange nations no more but only the Lord their God 14. They have doubtless been constrained a long time to suffer with the Lamb for the wickedness and ignorances cause of the people but now (z) Baruch 5. b doth the Lord bring them again with joy that they may rejoyce them in the holy Israel even as it beseemeth the children of light to do who do rejoyce them only in their God 15. This verily is the blessing which was published and affirmed unto all generations of the earth according to the Promises for that they might be all saved through the Love of God the Father which blessing and salvation they do all now obtain if they do believe the word of truth and stand good of will and humble them under the Love and her service The one and twentieth Chapter BEhold and consider ye dearly beloved both these forms natures or beings which are here figured or set forth unto you before your eyes even according to the life namely the (a) Isa 1 a Apo. 9.12.13 a. murderly seed of the high-minded beast or the names of the people that are her members which do raign in the perditionable world which is full of blood-guiltyness of the innocents and also the names of the people of Israel or house of Love the high commendable seed of the (b) Apo. 7. a. b 14 15 19. a benignity or loving kindness of the Lamb the which hath even hitherto (c) Apo. 6 b. kept and born the patience with the Lamb because of the wicked 2. Verily the house of Israel or the commonalty of the Love the elected Saints of God do follow after Christ their King even (d) Ro. 6. a. c unto their death and also to the life for they do in like manner bear the cross of the Lamb and therein keep the word of his patience They likewise even according to the obedience of the Lamb do shew a faithful obedience (e) Phil. 2 a till unto the death namely unto the death of the Cross whereby to obtain the dominion with the Lamb over the sin death hell condemnation and the world to the end they might in like manner through the Lamb and the death of his cross keep the victory against (f) 1 Cor. 15. f all their enemies 3. With which Saints of the lovely and upright being the (g) Isa 60 61 62. 2 Pet. 3. b now coming or new world shall also be inhabited in a perfect delight of God in all Love in (h) Eph. 4 a unity of peace and in upright righteousness and holyness which God esteemeth of But the ungodly shall perish or weare away out of the Land of the living for that the Land may be inhabited in rest and peace and with triumph and joy for evermore to the laud and praise of the glory of God according to the Promises 4. Therefore O all ye people look now into both these forms natures and beings and choose either the one or the other of them whom ye will incline unto whether it be (i) Deut. 30. Ier. 21. a Eccles 15. the death or the life the Devil or God the old wicked world or the new upright world and then cleave only to the same to the end that ye may sever your selves accordingly and so express thereby with whom ye do hold or stand agreeably minded or what ye do love (k) 3 Kin. 18. and halt no longer on both sides 5. If therefore you will incline or cleave to the Lamb or that ye look into or esteem his being to become a godly being then love the same with a single and humble heart standing submitted to rhe Love and so depart out of the death into the life put your trust in God in your proceeding on to the same life (l) Ioh. 5. c Rom. 6.8 b and stand firm in the hope of your salvation 6. But if ye be yet young or weak and unable for to live in the good or if ye be yet over-mastered by the evil against your will for God is both reasonable and courteous and if the man be of a good will then doth God require no more but that the man will still remain stedfast in the same good will for unto such a good willing man doth he (m) Phil. 1.2 b bring his power and strength for that the man should with the same obtain through Faith and that in a suffering manner the righteousness against the sin 7. Therefore possess your souls with (n) Luk. 21. c patience rest believing and continue in the hope and ye shall assuredly in the patience evidently perceive that the evil waxeth weak and that your soul shall be sound or whole 8. Shew or let it alwayes appear what ye love namely the good or the evil for look what one hunteth after that he catcheth and whatsoever one loveth of that he is willing to hear some speech or tydings and he is desirous also to be with the same for no man would willingly be separated from his best beloved therefore judge your own selves now and look rightly into your selves according to the truth to note what ye love and with what ye would willingly be and have your fellowship namely (o) Psal 8. b with the good being of God or with the pernitious and naughty Being of the wicked and deceitful world 9. If now therefore ye love and stand inclined unto the good being (p) Psa 34.13 d Amos 5 b then forsake the evil or ungodly being and separate your selves quite and clean with all your will (q) Isa 52. 2 Cor. 6. Apo. 18. from the evil or iniquity departing out of the same from day to day and be patient in the hope till that all the ungodly being do go under and perish or consume to nothing in you 10. This is our Cross which (s) Math. 10. d. 16. c Luk 9.14 we ought daily to take up in the belief And so in that manner to follow after the vertue of the godlyness Also to love the wisdom and the Information and not reject the chastisement (t) Prov. 3 b Heb. 12. a or correction of the Lord that meeteth with us the whilest our hearts are yet captivated with the sin and (u) Eph. 4. b blindness 11. Behold even such according as of meer Love we have testified herein is the right way to the God of life and to his righteousness from the which (x) Psal 14. Sap. 5. Rom. 2. b the man is departed and estranged In which way the man being in his estranging from his God is by (y) Eph. 2. a Gods grace called and bidden to come again unto his God through the belief or confidence in God touching the salvation to the end he should according
whereon they boast so highly and that they knew their misery then would they also out of meer necessity cry (y) Psa 130. a unto God for his grace that they might come again to the life of Godlyness 41. Now O Lord and God be mindful of us extend thy mercy over us (z) Tob. 3. a and revenge thee not on us for our sins cause 42. Remember not (a) Psa 79. a O God our offences and ignorance but remember (b) Ps 103 b we are dust and remaining without thy being are nothing (c) Gen. 3. Eccl. 10. b 17. d but earth and ashes for all our beauty or self-chosen wisdom or righteousness (d) Isa 40 a. 1 Pet. 1. c must wither away like unto the flowers or grass of the field And all whatsoever is not of thy being must be consumed and brought to nothing in (e) Eccl. 1. a the Furnace of humiliation or abasing wherein our tryal cometh to pass but thy righteousness word will and (f) Psa 33. a 119. 2. Isa 40.4 b wisdom continueth for ever 43. O Lord thou Almighty God which art the Father procreator or begetter of all generations shew thy mercy upon thine own handy-work namely on those that labour daily to do thy will 44. Open unto us with thy light (g) Psa 13. a the eyes of our spirit and shew thy grace on us we blind people who yet notwithstanding have eyes unstop unto us with thy understanding the ears of our inwardness even of us deaf people who yet notwithstanding have ears to (h) Isa 6. Math. 13. Acts 28. the end that we may rightly hear thy word believe the same and understand and obey it according to thy truth and turn about or (i) 4 Kin. 22 Eze. 11.18.36 mollifie the hardness of our hearts with thy meekness that we may humbly and obediently with all good-willingness turn us rightly unto thee and to the Love of Christ and be saved And may (k) Ioh. 17. c also become one with thy holy word like as thou thy self O God art one with the same wheteby the (l) Num. 14. c world may become full of thy glory and that thy Christ may appear and bear sway over all in all and with all and that we all may be one in thee and may (m) Ioh. 17. b know in the truth that thou only art a very true God for to that end because the world should know and understand the same hast thou sent thy Christ 45. Now O God strengthen thereunto the office of thy Love for that all those which hope on thee and love thy righteousness may be drawn into one (n) Col. 3. b band of Love and that thou mightest be the head over us all as a God and King over all power and Lordship and that we all from (o) Ier. 31. Heb. 8. b the least even unto the greatest may know and acknowledge thee according to the Promises 46. Therefore is likewise our flight for refuge O God only unto thee and unto the requiring of thy service of Love whereby to find grace at thy hands that thou mayest raign over us and for (p) Par. 36. that cause do we daily bow the knees of our hearts before thee and pray and make supplication unto thee in the spirit O God be thou gracious and merciful unto us 47. Be thou our Shepheard King and Prince and remember Lord thy Covenant and (q) Isa 64. a b Sanctuary that hath a long time lain waft and been spoiled 48. Awake O Lord (r) Psa 35. c with thy spirit over us for all the comfort of man is vain (s) Psal 62.118.146 a Ier. 17. a all confidence and stay on Princes is nothing in it self (t) Isa 4. b the Prophets seduce and deceive (u) Ier. 5.8.23 27 29. the Seers do fail in the right the worldly wise and Scripture-learned do preach lyes The Priests do deal with false God-services the Judges give Sentence even as the Princes do require it (x) Isa 1. c Ier. 5. Eze. 22. Ioh. 3. the world is replenished with traytorie the common people do deal with crafty deceipts unto the poor and miserable people there happeneth wrong and violence everywhere and the Lands are full of innocent blood-guiltyness 49. Therefore look down O God look down and sanctifie thy great name and teach us thy Law Statutes and Rights that they may all know that they be but men and that thou O Lord art God only unto whom also (y) 1 Tim 1. b all honour praise and laud doth only belong and appertain 50. Wherefore should the (z) Psal 50.47 heathen still blaspheme thy Sanctuary and why should our enemies with the Arrogancy of their minds and vain perswasions say that thou O God art with them and minded according to their will boasting themselves in arrogancy that their ingenious wit and prudence shall keep the upper hand or prevail 51. O God hast not thou from the beginning foreseen thy Christ to be a head (a) Eph 1.3 b and Father over all and in all and elected him thereunto before the foundation of the world was laid yea to that end also thou (b) Ioh. 3. d hast loved him (c) Mat. 11. c Luk. 10. c and given him all what is thine for that (d) Isa 9. a Luk. 1. d he might possess the seat of his Father David and be a King over the house of Jacob for evermore 52. Is not he also ordained to be a restoring to the house of Israel (e) Ro. 15. a whereby to establish the Promises made to their Fathers hath not he likewise called and bidden the heathen thereunto (f) Isa 57. Luk. 2. Eph. 2. b Is not the peace published through Christ Hath not he in holyness of heart loved faithfulness (g) Psa 81. Hos 2. c and truth hath not he also taught (h) Mat. 11.18 a humility and meekness of heart Have not his Messengers preached and published the Love to (i) 1 Co. 13. a Col. 3. b be a bond of perfection But oh where is all this where shall men find the same 53. O God prepare the hearts of the people unto lowlyness that they may stand submitted to the Love in all humility and may love the coming (k) Matth. 24.25 d 1 Cor. 1 a of thy Christ in his glory by whom the (l) Tit. 2. b Acts 17. d universal earth shall be judged with righteousness who likewise shall disturb or trouble all authority and power and bring it under his obedience and then resign or yield up the (m) 1 Cor. 12. c Kingdom all power and dominion unto thee O Almighty God that thou mayest be all in all 54. O God put this into the hearts of all Governors or Magistrates to look into and consider of and illuminate all Kings Princes Lords and Potentates or Rulers with thy godly wisdom that they may fear
are well exercised in the same first Vertue or Godlyness so shall ye then proceed in the next Vertue or Godlyness 7. Which next Vertue or Godlyness is the holy Law or requisite Ordinance of the Lord because that ye might love the Lord your God in his Law or Ordinance with all your hearts and thoughts and your neighbour as your self 8. For which Laws cause or Ordinance of the Lord Ioh. 10.50 Math. 22.37 because the same might obtain a being-like shape in you ye shall altogether forsake Mark 12.30 Rom. 13.8 hate and leave your own selves and your own Law or Ordinance and all your Love to the same and to your own selves Iam. 2.8 Deut. 10. Deut. 4. and even so altogether give over your selves to the Law or Ordinance of the Lord as to his Love and to the Law of your neighbour and to the Elders or dayed-ones in the same Law or Ordinance of the Lord for to live and walk obediently only in the Law or Ordinance of the Lord in his Love as also the Love of your neighbour in the ordinance of the Elders or dayed-ones in the same 9. When ye now are well exercised in this same second Vertue or Godlyness so shall ye then proceed in the third Vertue or Godlyness 10. Which Vertue or Godlyness is then Righteousnes of God Col. 2. or the members of the body of our Lord Jesus Christ 11. For which righteousness sake of God or body of our Lord Jesus Christ Col. 2. because that ye might be incorporated as fellow members of the same righteousness of God or body of our Lord Jesus Christ Amos might obtain even to a being-like shape in you Ephes 1.4 5. ye shall altogether forsake your selves and all your own or chosen righteousness or holyness Ioh. 6. which ye have without the righteousness and co-defied holyness of God or without the body of Jesus Christ and hate and leave the same Rom. 14. and even so altogether give over your selves to the righteousness of God or body of our Lord Jesus Christ Col. 2. and to the Elders or dayed-ones in the same body of Jesus Christ or righteousness of God Isa 45. for to live and walk obediently only in the Equity and upright righteousness and holyness of the righteousness of God Eph. 4. or body of Jesus Christ and in the Ordinances of the Elders or dayed-ones in the same 12. When ye now are incorporated to this same 3. Vertue or Godlyness and well exercised in the same Isa 45. then shall ye proceed in the fourth Vertue r Godlyness 13. Which fourth Vertue or Godlyness is the Lordlyness or Dominion of God or essentially to Lord with God 14. For the which Lordlyness cause of God for that the same might obtain a being-like shape in you Gen. 32. and ye to Lord with God and his righteousness essentially or being-like ye shall altogether forsake hate and leave your own Lordlyness or to Lord alone without God Isa 45. Pro. 25. with your selves or with the ungodly and corrupt world and even so altogether give over your selves to Gods Lordlyness and to the Elders and dayed-ones in the same or to those which Lord with God for to live and walk obediently only in the Lordlyness with God Isa 25. according to the Ordinance of the Elders or dayed-ones in the same to all preservation or safe-walking and to all peace on the earth 15. When ye now are well exercised in this same fourth Vertue or Godlyness then shall ye proceed to the fifth Vertue or Godlyness 16. Which fifth Vertue or Godlyness is the stool of Gods Majesty Heb. 1.4 or the possessing of the high soveraign God head 17. For the Stools cause of Gods Majestie for that ye might be assembled to the same Apo. 21. Ioh. 14. Luk. 14. and that likewise the high worthy God-head might essentially obtain his possessing everlasting dwelling in you ye shall altogether forsake hate and leave all your own possessing Math. 19. Heb. 2.4 Psal 10.3 and all your own regarding of your Majestie or high worthyness and so altogether give over your selves to the Stool of Gods Majesty and to the Elders or dayed-ones in the same for to live and walk obediently and in all submission only in the possessing or inhabiting of the living and high worthy God-head the Stool of Gods Majesty and in the Ordinance of the Elders or dayed-ones in the same Eph. 4. to all concord of peaceable life of Gods peaceable Kingdom on the Earth because that the same peace with the peaceable Kingdom of God Col. 3. and the Stool of the same Majesty might be enlarged on the Earth Heb. 2. and be observed to all peace and Love and even so to remain everlastingly upon the earth and keep the preheminence or over-hand Isa 9.59 under the obedience of the Love 18. When ye now are well exercised in this fame fifth Vertue or Godlyness Dan. 2.7 then shall ye proceed in the sixth Vertue or Godlyness 19. Which sixth Vertue or Godlyness is Gods Vision of the peace of the Perfection 20. For which Visions cause of God of the Peace and of the Perfection for that ye might be comprehended in the same cleerness rightly and according to truth and become consubstantiated therewith Apo. 21. and that the same Vision of God might likewise obtain a being-like shape in you ye shall altogether forsake hate Luk. 14. and leave all your own Vision of peace or all your Visions wherewith ye out of the flesh and out of the earthly and natural Ioh. 9. or bloody being have perceived or looked into your own peace and perfection according to the flesh or after the creaturely manner and shall in the same Vision become altogether blind and even so give over your selves altogether to Gods Vision of the Peace and of the Perfection and to the Elders or dayed-ones in the same for to live and walk obediently only in Gods Vision of the Peace and Perfection and in the Ordinance of the Elders to dress maintain and govern all things that are on the Earth in his right being estate or Ordinance to an universal peace and upright Righteousness upon the earth Gen. 2. 21. When ye now are well exercised in this same sixth Vertue or Godlyness then shall ye proceed in the seventh Vertue or Godlyness Psal 44. 22. Which seventh Vertue or Godlyness is the Anointed of God which proceedeth from the Living God with the anointing of the joyful Oyl or comforting of the holy-Ghost Heb. 2. and with all peaceableness of the heart and mind 23. For which anointed ones cause of God for that ye to an upright peaceableness of your hearts minds might become consubstantiated Psal 44. Heb. 1. or of one being with the same and with his anointing of the joyful Oyl or of the holy-Ghost and that he himself with his holy and godly anointing might obtain a shape in you ye shall altogether forsake and leave your selves and all your own annointing or opinionated peaceableness and your Joy or Comforting of your heart and mind wherein ye do live to a peaceableness of your selves and to your own rest according to the flesh Isa 61 and become in all the same altogether dead Apo. 21. and even to give over your selves altogether to the annointed ones of God and to the Elders or dayed-ones in the same Luk. 14. for to live and walk obediently only in the annointed ones of God and in the Ordinance of the Elders or dayed ones in the same Rom. 6. to all fruitfulness in the upright righteousness and Godlyness upon the earth Psal 83. 24. When ye now are well exercised in this same seventh Vertue or Godlyness then shall ye proceed in the eighth Vertue or Godlyness the Perfection of all Vertues or Godlyness and so go forth in the same Acts 17. 25. Which eighth Vertue or Godlyness is the new Life of the true life of God the Father of the Son and of the holy-Ghost Ioh. 5. which is full of all Vertues or Godlyness full of all Love Grace and Wisdom full of all power of God all spiritual goods and full of all heavenly fairness 1 Cor. 15. and that same wherewith God keepeth his righteous Judgement over the whole world Apo. 14 21 22. for to Judge the same with righteousness and wherein all mortified righteousness or godly believers of Iesus Christ rise up with their bodies gloriously and with everlasting Joy and Christian-like triumph live and dwell everlastingly in the same with minds and understandings of pure hearts Math. 7.13 15 16. 26. For which lives cause of the true mind of the everlasting and perfect God-head because that the same might obtain a being-like shape in you Ioh. 12. and ye become of one being with the same and be preserved in the righteous Judgement of God ye shall altogether forsake Ioh. 3. hate and leave all your own life with all that same which is engendred or brought forth in you to a life according to the flesh Rom. 6. or is appeared or risen up unto you in your knowledge or that which you your selves have procured and adopted or taken on before the Regeneration or before the renewing of your spirits and minds in the new life of the true mind of God to a life Luk. 14. Ioh. 12. until that the same be altogether dead mortified and buried with you and even so altogether give over your selves to the new life of the true mind of the everlasting and perfect God-head and to the eldest or manlyest Elder in the same for to live and walk even so obediently in all Love Rom. 6. only in the new life of the true minde of the everlasting and perfect God-head and in the Ordinance of the Eldest or dayedstones in the same and even so to inherit in the perfection of all Vertues or Godlyness with everlasting joy and Christian-like Triumph in the heavenly being as also the everlasting life O that it might thus come to pass even so Every one Ponder it deeply in his heart FINIS
to the truth know his God in the life and so might worship (z) Deut. 4. a 10. b Math. 4. c and serve him only which (a) Psa 14 b Acts 14. Apo. 14. hath made heaven and earth the Sea and the water Fountains through whose power the elements be moved and out of whom the upright wisdom of the wise the true light of the illuminated ones and the resurrection of the righteous life springeth which God is also the perfection the Love (b) Ioh. 17. c 1 Ioh. 4. b or the true being or essential power it self unto whom only appertaineth all praise laud honour for evermore Amen Take it to heart A PRAYER OF H. N. Even as he hath prayed the same unto Almighty God through the holy spirit of love according to the estate and representation of the fallen man corrupt and earthly weak man O God who livest for ever thou which in times past wast a comfort to the sorrowful in their affliction laid on them through the dominion of the violent power of Pharaoh and didst (a) Exo. 3. 12 13 14. Psa 78. b. f lead thy people out of the power of his afflictions delivering them from the hand of those that cruelly raigned over them and didst shew how that thou wert a Judge over thy flock which thou hadst chosen to thy self making known unto them (b) Ex. 20.34 Deut. 5.10.30 what thy will was and didst set up among them the banner of righteousness namely (c) Ex 35.40 the Tabernacle of thy Sanctuary and madest thy holy habitation amongst them and didst not suffer them to want any thing according as thou hadst said unto their Fathers and promised unto them by the mouth of thy holy Prophets 2. And unto the heathen which knew not thy holy name thou (d) Isa 11 13. Ro. 9 11.15 hast also in times past shewed thy mercy according to the Covenant of thy holy Promises which thou hadst made with Abraham Isaac and Jacob. 3. Now therefore O God comfort comfort us likewise in our miseries for thy (e) Isa 38. b holy names sake for when thou makest up thy self to raign over thine enemies then must they all be affraid and bow down themselves before the Authority and power of thy Almightyness 4. But we O God are well worthy of thy chastisement (f) Deu. 27.28 Dan. 9. for our sins cause for in all these thy former works proceeded out of the entire or hearty mercifulness of thy love borne towards us we have shewed our selves to be an unthankful people declining from thy word of life and like an ungodly people have estranged our selves from thy truth walking in error (g) Rom. 1. c according to the mind of our own delight and been ignorant in that thing thy will requireth 5. But now O Lord which art the God of all the world (h) Psal 106. Ier. 14. Lam 3. Dan. 9. we acknowledge and confess our own offences and also the falling away of our Fathers and seeking daily for thy wayes we do enquire what thy will is 6. Wherefore O God remember now thy mercy like as in times past and thy Covenant which thou hast made with thy people in times past and turn thee again unto us that thou mayest be known among all people as an eternal true God of life and of righteousness 7. O how often is my heart grieved because that there is neither (i) Hos 4. faithfulness nor love or at least wise very little anywhere to be found and for that the righteousness is so utterly turned back (k) Isa 59. b or refused in all places 8. Oh what a number of diseased (l) Isa 1. a and wounded ones are there and how many are there that do now mourn yea suffer grief and wofulness or anguish because (m 4 Esd 5.14 15. Math 24. b. the iniquity raigneth so exceedingly and for that the number of the upright and faithful ones are so few 9. Oh how long shall my soul rest in longing after that whereunto my heart hath a lust and whereunto it is drawn or inflamed with fervent affection 10. Oh where abideth now the (n) Is 60 61. Mal. 4. a rising up of thy glory O thou pure love of God the Father wherein all peace truth faithfulness and righteousness standeth comprehended 11. I have seen thee afar off and also neer by (o) Cant. 4.5 thou hast peirced me through with the bright beams of thy upright righteousness and amiable delightfulness but my soul suffereth so much the more grief for my spirit cannot be satisfied so long as thou only hast not the upper hand or dominion over us and that we do not with our mind approach or draw neer unto thee essentially nor become incorporated wholly or in every part unto thy being and substance 12. For we find by experience that without thee O pure Love there is no bread of satisfying (p) Isa 41.45 Ier. 14. a nor any water of refreshing because all delectable sweetness is contained in thee 13. In thee is milk and hony wine and (q) Hos 2. Ioel 2. oyl also riches joy and life 14. In thee are likewise (r) Isa 33. Ephes 3. Col. 2. all treasures of wisdom the holy knowledge of the secretness of God and the mysterie of the Christ of God for Christ is at thy right hand as a living salvation for all those that come unto thee 15. Whosoever also seeketh Christ without thee (s) Joh. 7. d he shall not find him and whosoever hath not thee he hath neither Law of righteousness nor yet Christ 16. Therefore art thou likewise O Love the (t) Ioh. 13 14 15. 1 Tim. 1. 1 Ioh. 4. band of perfection wherein all salvation consisteth and the last sign or token of the true righteousness wherein all Gods Prophets have witnessed 17. Also no man cometh (u) Ioh. 6.9 unto Christ except thou draw him for thou O Love art the fountain of all vertue 18. But who are those that love thee thou allurest all men doubtless but who yieldeth himself to be drawn by thee thou (x) Apo 3. c knockest daily but who letteth thee in (y) Prov 1. c Isa 65 66. a thou callest indeed but who heareth thee thou sayest 19. Come hither to this (z) Isa 55. water all ye that are thirsty ye which have no mony come buy both wine and milk Come buy that ye may have to eat of free-cost and not for money nor ware Wherefore bestow ye your money for that which feedeth not and your labour for that which any way satisfies not Hearken unto me so shall ye eat of the best and your soul shall have a delight in the fatness or plenty incline your ears hitherward and come unto me hearken so shall your soul be healed 20. O God who thinketh upon this that thy Promises are that we should be assembled unto thee in the Love (a) Ioh. 17.