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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A88620	The true gospel-faith witnessed by the prophets and apostles, and collected into thirty articles, presented to the world as the present faith and practice of the Church of Christ. By Tho: Lover. With A voice from the word of the Lord to those grand imposters called Quakers. By John Griffith a servant of Christ, and one that bears witness against those wandring stars.	Lover, Thomas.; Griffith, John, 1622?-1700. Voice from the word of the Lord to those grand imposters called Quakers.	1654 (1654)	Wing L3248; Wing G2009; Thomason E1492_1; Thomason E1492_2; ESTC R208516	8,221	21

thing no but a precious thing the bloud of Christ is that which will cleanse thee from all sin if thou walk and continue in the true light Again Christ is Gods treasurie Col. 1.20 In him are hid the treasures of wisdom and knowledg It hath pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell Where then shall we go for wisdom and knowledg but to Christ Say then to him Wnether shall we go Thou hast the words of eternal life Yea 1 Iohn 5.11 Life is in the Son he is the life of Saints if thou forsake Christ thou dost forsake thy life Col. 3.4 2. Labour to see an excellency in the Word of Christ I mean the Scriptures make them the rule of thy faith and conversation and not the vain notions of men for the Scriptures are so they are able to make thee wise to salvation then they must be thy rule in point of faith yea and they will furnish thee throughly unto every good work then a rule in point of conversation also undervalue not the Scriptures for what is written is written for learning that we through patience and comfort of the Scriptures we might have hope Christ made use of the Scriptures so did his Apostles saying Thus it is written yea Christ commanded the Iews to seach the Scriptures Iohn 5.39 they were they that testified of him Yea and the Bereans searched the Scriptures daily Acts 17.11 to see whether those things Paul spake were so or no and for that cause were counted more noble than they of Thessalonica Yea the mysterie that was kept secret since the world began was made manifest by the Scriptures of the Prophets by the commandment of the everlasting God made known to all Nations for the obedience of faith There is a blessedness to them that reade and hear the words of the Prophecie of the Scriptures Rev. 1.3 Blessed is he that teadeth and they that hear the words of this Prophecy and keep those things that are written therein for the time is at hand Col. 3.16 Let the word of God dwell in you richly teaching one another c. 1 Iohn 4.6 They that are of God hear us saith the Apostle Iohn If you are of God you will hear Iohn Peter Paul and the rest that were the servants of Christ not the fleshly conceits of these or any other men My Sheep saith Christ hear my voice and a strangers they will not hear O prize the Word of Christ Ephes 6.17 it s the Sword of the Spirit and if you deliver your Sword to your Enemie he may easily overcome you Consider the sweet frame of that gracious soul the Lords servant David See Psalm 119. What a high estimation he set upon the Word of the Lord saith he O how I love thy Law its my meditation all the day mine eyes prevent the night-watches because I meditate on thy Word Reade that 119. Psalm and make it thy meditation there are many heavenly and soul-establishing sentences therein 3. Labour to see an excellencie in the Church and Ordinances of Christ. Consider Psalm 87.2 that God loves the gates of Sion more than all the dwellings of Iacob the Church of Christ is the habitation of God through the Spirit Ephes 2.19 20 21 22. God dwels there Christ walks there Psalm 26.8 It 's the place where Gods honour dwelleth yea Psalm 87.7 All Gods pleasant springs are in thee O Sion The Church of God is the pillar and ground of truth 1 Tim. 3.15 therefore Psalm 84.4 7. Blessed are they that dwell in thy house O God they will be still praising thee yea they go from strength to strength every one in Sion appeareth before God O therefore with David Psalm 27.4 desire this one thing of the Lord and that seek after that thou maist dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of thy life to behold the beautie of the Lord and to inquire in his Temple Psalm 84.10 for a day in his courts is better han a thousand I had rather saith he be a door-keeper in the house of my God than to dwell in the tents of wickedness Lastly as thou seest an excellencie in Christ his Word and Church so labour to see Christ in his Ordinances as Baptism breaking Bread and Prayer 2 Iohn 9. Continue in this Doctrine for they that do so have both the Father and the Son and the more perverse speakers do arise saying In vain have we kept his Ordinances the more do you love them and contend for them meeting often together the Lord-will take notice of it there shall be a Book of Remembrance written yea and you be his in the day the Lord shall make up his Jewels and although they pretend never so much to holiness and the like yet let not your hearts be drawn away after their delusions but Ephes 6.7 as you have received Jesus Christ the Lord so walk in him rooted and built up in him and stablished in the faith abounding therein with thanksgiving 2 Cor. 11.13 14 15. For such are false Apostles deceitfull workers transforming themselves into the Apostles of Christ and no marvel for Satan himself is transformed into an Angel of Light therefore it is no great thing if his Ministers be transformed as the Ministers of righteousnes whose end shall be according to their works Therefore beware of them such as bring not the Dectrine of Christ bid them not to house neither bid them God speed for he that biddeth them God speed is partaker of their evil deeds The Apostle Paul saith Gal. 1.8 But though we or an Angel from Heaven preach any other Gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you let him be accursed 1 John 4.1 Believe not then every spirit 2 Tim. 3.14 but continue in the things you have heard and 1 Cor. 15.58 be ye stedfast unmoveable always abounding in the work of the Lord for as much as you know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord 2 Iohn 8. Look to your selves that you lose not the things that you have wrought but that you receive a full reward Blessed are you if you endure temptation Satan will be stirring up instruments against you but if you resist him he will flie from you though he go about as a roaring Lion seeking whom he may devour yet resist him stedfast in the faith the Lord will stand by you if you so do for he will keep you in the hour of temptation if you keep the word of his patience And again many are the troubles of the righteous but the Lord will deliver them out of them all O let us watch then against Satan and his instruments and remember that God will render to every man according to his works to them who by patient continuance in well-doing seek for glorie and honour eternal life but to them that are contentious indignation and wrath And again we must all appear before the Judgment-seat of Christ that every one of us may receive the things done in his bodie whether they be good or bad be not deceived God is not mocked for what a man soweth that shall he reap he that soweth to the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap life everlasting but he that soweth to the flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption but in due time you shall reap if you faint not this is the Saints sowing-time the time of Harvest will come nay it is not far off for he that shall come will come and will not tarry be patient therefore unto the coming of the Lord for it draweth nigh You have need of patience that when you have done the will of God you may receive the Promise the Crown the Kingdom even that Kingdom that it 's the good pleasure of your heavenly Father to give to you his little flock O therefore if you will have right to the Tree of Life that stands in the midst of the Paradise of God and a part in the holy Citie you must keep the Commandments of God and the faith of Iesus for blessed are they that keep his Commandments that they may have right to the Tree of Life and may enter in through the gates into the Citie Sad would it be if the gates should be shut against you as they shall be against some at that day even some that shall say in that day Lord Lord open to us Nay though they shall say We have prophesied in thy Name yea and done many wondrous works in thy Name yet shall he say unto them Depart from me ye that work iniquitie I know ye not be not like the foolish Virgins but have Oyl in your Lamps let your loins be girt and your Lights burning keep your selves in the love of God let Christ be precious to you Behold the beautie of the Lord in his house Say the Word of the Lord is precious in these days Have respect with David to all the Commandments of God and walk in them lest you fall into the errour of the wicked and so fall from your stedfastness 2 Thess 2.15 16 17. Therefore brethren stand fast and hold the traditions which ye have been taught whether by word or our Epistle Now our Lord Iesus Christ himself and God even our Father which hath loved us and hath given us everlasting consolation and good hope through grace comfort your hearts and stablish you in every good word and work Your Remembrancer at the Throne of Grace JOHN GRIFFITH FINIS