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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A52171	Mentis humanæ metamorphosis, sive conversio, The history of the young converted gallant, or, Directions to the readers of that divine poem written by Benjamin Keach, intituled Warre with the devil here shewing the readers thereof how to read the same poem aright in these four respects, viz. I. in reference to the substance or history thereof, II. in reference to the intent or mystery thereof, III. in reference to the consequent doctrine thereof, IV. in reference to practical application thereof / compiled in a poem by J. Mason, Gent. ...; Mentis humanae metamorphosis	Mason, John, fl. 1676-1683.	1676 (1676)	Wing M916; ESTC R7190	51,417	169

intended And O that Rome and we were both as one In life and faith pleasing to God alone And ever strive each other to excell In Grace and Peace where e're we live or dwell I unto Rome do bear that free respect That 's due to her and every Church or Sect And keep the Peace what in me lyes with all Provided that by none I stand in thrall And let them all give thanks to God and me His Servant bold for this discovery Thus from the left hand turning to the right From the Black House I 'le lead you to the White And having shewn you both not to deceive you Unto your own Election I will leave you Thus much of the Unconverted Parties Principle and Property in Reference to the Gallant Youth in his Natural State The Converted State and Party followeth The Exception or Excepted Party under a True Conversion Shewing what is meant by this Youth in his Converted State namely the Church Elect out of the World though in the World As also the Mind of Men in its New Birth and in its new essential Property or Principle of Divine Light and Grace THus having pass'd through Babylon the Great We now are come to Syons Holy Seat Where the true Church of Christ doth firm abide The Church Select that 's call'd his faithful Bride Whom he hath chose and mark't out for his own With his two Seals of Truth and Love well known And by those Marks as Sacred Scriptures tell You well may know them all where ere they dwell Not who they be but what they be I show How many or how few no man doth know And having told the Mystery of sin The Mystery of Grace I here begin The First Mystery of Grace and Godlyness opened Namely Purity of Life The First Mark. THough I in general terms have spoken much Of the Worlds way I mean not all are such All are not caught with snares of Lust and Pride Some few there are who have themselves deny'd There are some thousands never bow'd to Baal And a few names in Sardis righteous all Those Virgins chast and pure those few I mean Who like true Nazarites keep their Garments clean Such as are said to walk with Christ in White And are accounted worthy in his sight Who from the World do keep themselves unspotted And now no more are with her Wine besotted And whom no Romish Gentry can defile Nor whom the Baits of Mammon can beguile Nor yet the Gloryes of the Scarlet Whore This Church Elect is not her Paramour Having their senses exercis'd to know What 's good what 's ill and what they should forego Who keep the faith and true belief in God Ever depending on his Staff and Rod For they are taught of him and dayly learn 'Twixt right and wrong the difference to discern The Second Mystery of Grace opened being the Second Mark of the Church or Mind Elect Called Lowliness of Spirit A Gallant 's one who never knew the smart Of a Converted new created heart Nor ever felt the pangs and sharp affliction Of the souls inward work and true Conviction Nor ever found what a Desertion meant What 's right contrition what t is to repent His Tongue 's his own without controle he talks His Sword 's his own without a check he walks But with these Virgin Saints it fares not so All walk in life and spirit wonderous low For oft they pass the sharp and fiery tryal And so remain in humble self-denyal Yea they are Mourners all in meek behaviour Longing for him they rightly call their Saviour O 't is a comely and a glorious sight To see Saints walk lowly in the light A signal mark like to the Red Cross sayle Of the true Church when all the rest do fail The Third Mystery of Grace opened Or the Third Mark of the Church Elect Namely Soundness in Conversion LEt now some Gallant tell me if he can When from a Beast he turned to a man Or when from darkness he was brought to Light Or when with sin and Satan he did fight When he from Babel travelled to Sion When to a Lamb he turned from a Lyon When he began to be a Christian first Or for Christs bloud did find himself a thirst When first from greatness he to goodness changed Though he long time in his wild course had ranged And so transformed in his inward mind Became thereby a creature new in kind For this the Holy new-born Church can do Throughout the world here and beyond seas too They can declare their several alterations From ill to good and several operations Of Gods good spirit working by its grace Their total change they know both Time and Place And in their hearts an Altar do erect Of Thanks Remembrance and sincere respect On which they offer dayly Sacrifice As Abel did accepted in Gods eyes This is a Mystery of Grace I tell Which all that have found Grace do know full well The Fourth Mystery of Grace or Fourth Mark of the Church Elect Namely True Wisdom or the knowledge of the saving Truth THe World is full of knowledge in its kind And yet remains dark ignorant and blind But sure one beam of true and heavenly light More clears the soul then all that wits can write A mark infallible of this Church Elect Keeping it safe from errour and defect For the false light dares all Gods laws withstand And all the Ten Commandements command But the true light doth keep obedient still To all his laws and to his written will False light can turn the truth into a lye But the true light doth all its shifts descry Such is this Church Elect where all agree In saving truth and truth doth make them free Blest are those souls in whom the truth resides And as a living Principle abides A pure informing and reforming Spirit Working by Faith and Mercy not by Merit For Truth 's no notion but a substance bright A Heavenly real and essential light A firm Eternal and Immortal Being Which gives to all that have it life and seeing O with what freedom will the earth be blest When Truth shall spread its Wings from East to West When Wars and jars laws and Religions all On bended knees before the truth shall fall When no false Leaders reign in any Sect Or Church or State to bind blind or infect For sure the Badge of the true Church is truth By whom is meant this New-converted Youth The Fifth Mistery of Grace opened being the Fifth mark of the Church Elect Namely Love Divine or oneness of Spirit A Farther secret Readers here I tell They all are one though far remote they dwell All one in faith in life and spirit pure And Doctrine sound infallible and sure An Homogeneous body of one breed Descended from one Father and one Seed And as a thousand Needles far asunder Point to the North in their Magnetick Wonder All with the Loadstone toucht and set betwixt

you see and read I have ●lso finished the whole matter throughout the four ●arts thereof hoping that you have perused it ●ith a right Mind in a right understanding for ●se it will signifie little and edifie less but remain dark letter to you all For without a right un●erstanding of the Truth there can be no true and ●●ght real Conversion in any one And here are many positive Fundamental Truths couched and many doubts and controversies briefly resolved and if you diligently and with serious eye do observe them they will be very helpful to you all and so likewise very acceptable without offence but if any be offended they will turn to his damage The careless scornful slight Reader will profit nothing by this Book who reads here a little and there a little like some News Book and so flings it aside in him the Fire is quite gone out and all his fuel is turn'd to ashes there is no spark of conversion left in him in vain it is to add the breath of the Bellows where there is not a spark of fire left to begin withal But whereever there is a spark of goodness left or lyes hid in any heart verily it will receive life and light from this truth and will revive and grow up into a holy flame and desire after the Truth more and more I say this writing will certainly have an influence and a good effect upon every one that reads it night and morning with serious meditation Therefore let none be offended at the Truth here written either high or low Gentry or Commonalty learn'd or unlearn'd Roman Catholick or Protestant the sound reacheth you all and you hear it that Pride and Lust may have a fall and many high and low will repent thereof and become the Converts there described but many will not till destruction overwhelm them in their sensuality sin and ignorance as it is written Many in the last Times shall be purified whitened and tryed but the wicked shall do wickedly and none of the wicked shall understand but the wise shall understand Therefore so read as you may understand what you read distinctly even to a Conversion visible to all that all who see your new carriage new Life new looks new habit and conversation may reod a right Conversion in you and glorifie God through your example And be not ashamed of Jesus Christ and his Cross into which you say you were baptized and vowed to fight under his Banner against the vanities and pomps of this world be not found lyars before him but make your vow and promise good in laying down the Pride of your Gentility and the lust of your sensuality the two Temptations here set before you in this book for a warning to you all in this last age And for this end observe yet more punctually what I have set down in the 66 page hereof for your better Intelligence concerning the three Ranks of Christians in reference to the title of our Authors Book on which I here write call'd War with the Devil craving his acceptance and yours of these my labours seconding his though he and you are altogether unknown to me and I to him and you The three Ranks of Christians as to Christs Cross. 1. The first Rank I call Cowards or Runagadoes in Christianity and are as yet no Soldiers of Christ under his Cross and Banner 2. The second are the Beginners or new Soldiers of Christ who have begun to fight under his Banner Listed Soldiers 3. The third are called the old Souldiers of Christ Veterani old standers in the Army that have fought the good fight under the Cross of Christ nigh or even to the end And in these three Looking-glasses every man and woman may easily discern in which of the 3 Ranks they are found ☞ 1. By the first therefore understand loose Christendome in general the formal and verbal Professours of Christianity of Christ and his dayly Cross living still in their sensuality and Pride of Gallantry Unconverted turning the back in the Battle against the World the Flesh and the Depil meer Hypocrites as yet that are ashamed to own the Cross of Christ in self denyall least they should want a livelyhood or be laugh'd at for their Conversion These are call'd Christians secundum dici not secundum esse ☞ By the second understand that Church of Christ and those Christians who are as it were come out of Babylon Travellers toward Jerusalem and their Heavenly rest but are not yet fully come thither Notwithstanding they have given up their names to Christ their Captain and are sworn listed and inrolled Soldiers Converted to the real Profession of the truth and pure life as it is in the Leader Jesus the Saviour Guide and Governour of them by his word and spirit in the renewing of their Faith and Conscience and these are Christians Secundum esse ☞ By the third Rank understand that small Church of Christ few and rare and hard to be seen who not only are come out of Babylon in this world but have travelled quite through from Babylon to Jerusalem even to Mount Sion the place of rest and Peace in their Faith and Conscience and this is the persevering party even to the end in this Holy War or Spiritual War-fare having put on the whole Armour of God and not put it off till they be Conquerours over themselves and all their spiritual enemies These follow the Lamb whereever he goeth cloathed in white The World knows them not for they are not of this World though in it for their Conversation is in Heaven and their love in Heavenly things And thus they rest from their sins from Avarice Pride Lust Ambition Extortion Oppression Drunkenness Wantonness and every iniquity and at their death they rest also from their labours troubles persecutions and afflictions And these I have typed forth by a similitude of the Magnetick Needle in the Marriners Compass ever Pointing to the North Star where it Resteth and no place else through a secret instinct in the inward hidden attractive love point The Portraicture of the Marriners Compass by Sea and Land in the 32 Points thereof wherein the Needle first touched with the Mag●es or Loadstone never resteth till it come to the North-point and there standeth fixed And here are only 12 Figured instead of many thousands pointing all to the same place though thousands of miles asunder and so make a full Communion Behold in these 12 Figures a lively Type or Similitude of the True Church or Communion of Saints throughout the world at this day Whose Hearts all pant and point one way and so are already in Heaven where their Conversation is looking to the true North Star there Jesus Christ their hearts all touched with one and the same spirit though far distant in place from each other yet there they fix and rest as one full body all of one mind and one kind An Explanation of