begotten Sor into the world that whosoever believeth on him should not perish but have everlasting life for God sent not his Son into the world to condemn the world 〈◊〉 that was not his end in sending of him but that the world through him might be saved God is in Christ reconciling the world to himself Jeh 3.16 17. 2 Cor. 5.19 So that here is free love and fâ—â—e geace and free mercy that every one that thirsteth may come freely and buy Wine and milk without money and without price without any respect of persons all may come every one that thirsteâ—â— may come he said unto the Jews ye sold your selves for â—ought but ye shall be redeemed without money tuâ—â— again turn again thou backâ—â—iding Israel but here is the sum of all he that believeth on hun is not condemned whoshaver he be but he that believeth not is condemned already because he hath not believed in the Name of the only begotten Son of God and this also is without respect of any person and oh in thing Chapter of Iohn and with the light of Christ Jesus in thee thou mayst search thy heart and see how thou stands unto the Lord God And so this is the main and only truth that we have to hold forth to the whole world as also all the Scriptures bear witness to the same wherefore as by one man sin entred into the world and death by sin and death hath passed over all men for all have sinned for until the Law sin was in the world but sin is not imputed where there is no Law while there was no Law to transgress against sin could not be so easily known among them before Moses had the Law given unto him who had directions from the Lord in Mount Sinai what they should do and how they should walk before the Lord Nevertheless death reigned over them from Adam until Moses and over them that had not sinned according to Adams transgression that is to say had not broken any express command of the Lord but was the right seed in the Figure of him that was to come Rom. 5. Wherefore the Apostle saith the Law is our Schoolmaster to bring us unto Christ for there is neither Jew nor Greek neither bond nor free there is neither male nor female for ye are all one in Christ Jesus and if ye be Christs then are ye Abrahams seed and heirs according to the promise now the heir so long as he is a child is under Tutors and Governours and differs nothing from a servant though he be Lord of all so even we who are of the precious seed while we are Children are in bondage under the Elements of the world but when the fulness of time was come God sent forth his Son made of a woman made under the Law to redeem the seed that was under the Law that we might receive the adoption of Sons and because ye are Sons God hath sent forth the spirit of his Son into your hearts crying Abba Father wherefore thou art no more a servant but a Son then an heir of God through Christ So by this Spirit of his Son which he hath sent into the Hearts of his people by this doth he gather this is the ensign that is set up for the gathering of all Nations this is the Shiloh that is come and the gathering is unto him Isa 11. to the â—nd of the Chapter and by this doth he gather his elect from the â—ourâ— winds of the Heavens and from the four corners of the earth and by this doth he redeem Sion through Judgment our of every Kindred Nation Tongue and People and by this will the Lord sift the Nations as with a sive and purge the chaff from the wheat and gather the wheat into his Garner And all they that do not obey the light and spirit which he hath sent into their hearts by this will he judge the whole world in righteousness because the whole world had received a measure of this light and spirit for as the Apostle saith What shall we say is God unrighteous who taketh vengeance I speak as a man God forbid for then how should he judge the world in righteousness but that his truth hath abounded so far and his mercy and his love hath reached to the whole world for at the times of Ignorance God winked but now he commandeth all men every where to repentâ— for this is the day wherein he judges the secrets of all men by Jesus Christ by the light of his glorious Gospel and this is the day which he hath appointed in which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained whereof he hath given assurance unto all men that he hath raised him from the dead Acts 17.31 For the love of Christ saith the Apostle constraineth us because we thus judge that if one dyed for all then were all dead and that he dyed for all that they which live should not henceforth live to themselves but unto him that dyed for them and rose again So by his Resurrection he judgeth all those that live to themselves and not unto him that dyed for them and rose again So also by his Resurrection he judgeth all those that live unto themselves This is the condemnation that light is come into the world and men love darkness rather than light because their deeds are evil If I had not come and spoken unto them they had not had sin but now they have no cloak for their sin he that hateth me hateth my Father also Joh. 5.21 for as the Father raiseth up the dead even so the Son quickeneth whomsoever he will for the Father judgeth no man but hath committed all judgment to the Son that all men should honour the Son even as they honour the Father he that honoureth not the Son honoureth not the Father that sent him Verily I say unto you he that heareth my word and believeth in him that sent me hath everlasting life and shall not come into condemnation but is passed from death unto life Verily I say unto you that the hour is coming and now is that the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God and they that hear shall live for as the Father hath life in himself so hath he given to the Son to have life in himself and hath given him Authority to execute Judgment also because he is the Son of Man John 15. from the 15. to the 28. Here Christ Jesus hath spoken himself the very sum and substance of truth and there is not another Now this is the same Christ as was promised of the Father to Abraham and this is the same Christ whereof all the Prophets bore witness and he is the same way the truth and the life and there is none comes to the Father but by him as he himself saith Joh. 14. And there is no other way nor name under Heaven by which any man can be saved the Apostle
The Standard of the Lord REVEALED By which He hath led and guided and preserved his people since Adam to this day as is manifested through the Scriptures and is shewed forth in this following Abstract AS ALSO A clear manifestation by the Scriptures of the Recovering and Redeeming his Spiritual Seed and Body which is his Church out of thraldom and Captivity which day is begun Then he remembred the days of old Moses and his people saying where is he that brought them up out of the Sea with the Shepherds of his flock where is he that put his holy Spirit within them that led them by the right hand of Moses with his glorious arm that led them through the deep as a Horse in the Wilderness that they should not stumble Isa 63.11 12 13. Neither said they where is the Lord that brought us up out of the Land of Egypt and led us through the Wilderness c. Jer. 2.6 But fear not thou O my servant Jacob and be not dismaied O Israel for behold I will save thee from the land of their Captivity and Jacob shall return and be in rest and at ease and none shall make them afraid Jer. 46.27 Isa 41.13.14 And I will bring again the Captivity of my people Israel and they shall build the waste Cities and inhabit them and they shall plant Vinyards and they shall drink of the Wine thereof and shall make Gardens and eat of the fruit thereof Amos 9.14 The Redeemer is come to Sion Jacob doth rejoice and Israel is glad Psal 53.6 Given forth at Lancaster Castle 11. month 1665 6 By M. F. a Prisoner of the Lord. Printed in the Year MDCLXVII The Epistle to the Reader Diligent Reader IF thou seriously consider that we are fallen into the last days and ages of the World in which the Lord of Heaven and Earth will come and plead with his Enemies and to recompence them according to their works Rev. 20.12 2 Cor. 5.10 Mat. 16.27 and that the terrible day of the Lord is coming with burns as an Oven and all his Enemies are before him as stubble and he will call all men high and low rich and poor to an account for their deeds done and reward every one according to their works whether they be good or whether they be bad The serious consideration of these things should put thee to a stand to search and to see how it stands between thee and the Lord. And if thou desires the knowledge of the living God and of his eternal Truth and desires to know the dealings of the Lord with his people and his seed here upon the earth since he made man and created him and gave him a being upon the earth look into this following Extract which is taken out of the Scriptures and thou mayst thereby see how the Lord hath led his seed and people from the beginning of the World until this present day As also his tender care and love that he hath exercised unto them all along as thou thy self will judge in the reading of this Treatise through which will be for thy own advantage and the building of thee up in the knowledge of the Lord and his Truth and also in the knowledge of the Scriptures which too many are and have been ignorant of and therefore have they dyed in their sins according as Christ saith if you do not believe that I am he ye shall dye in your sins Joh. 8.24 And none do believe that Jesus is Christ but who believes in his light and in his holy Spirit for that is the unction of the holy one the anointing which is the Christ which is the truth and is no lie and which leads into all truth which Christ Jesus promised he would send when he went to his Father in John 16. It is expedient for you saith he that I go away for if I go not away the Comforter will not come unto you but if I depart I will send him unto you howbeit when the Spirit of truth is come he shall guide you into all truth for he shall not speak of himself but he shall receive of mine and shew it unto you all things that the Father hath are mine therefore I said unto you he shall take of mine and shew it unto you thou mayst read of this at large in this Chapter So this is the very life of our knowledge of the truth to mind the light of the Lord Jesus Christ which is in thy heart and his Spirit that he hath put in thy inward parts and with that eye read this following Treatise in sobriety gentleness and meekness of Spirit without partiality or prejudice and thereby thou mayst gain knowledge and understanding into the truth of God and also into the Scriptures which it may be thou didst not know before Thou mayst also read in this following Book of the Redemption and bringing back of the Captivity of the Church of Christ whose day of redemption and deliverance comes as is shewed therein by the Scriptures and so as I said before being the time is short and the Lord cometh as a thief in the night â—nd the servant knoweth not at what hour his Lord cometh Therefore Christ saith it is good for you to be ready for in such an hour as you think not of the Son of man cometh blessed is the Servant whom the Lord when he cometh findeth watching watch therefore for you know not at what hour the Lord cometh Mat. 24. so in this time and day all people had need to be found watching lest they say peace when sudden destruction cometh upon them So in love to the Souls of all people upon the whole earth is this written and that it might be of advantage to all people is the end of the writing of this following book And the Lord that hath opened and moved by the power of his holy Spirit in writing of it make it also effectual and of use and service for the salvation of the Souls of all the Readers of it M. F. Genesis IN the beginning was the word and the word was with God and the word was God the same was in the beginning with God all things were made by him and without him was not any thing made that was made Joh. 1. This is the testimony and the record of John the beloved Disciple that leaned on Jesus breast this agreeing with the first of Genesis In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth and the earth was void and without form and darkness was upon the face of the deep and the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters and God said let there be light and there was light 1 Joh. 5.7 So here is the record which is in heaven God the Spirit and the Word that was in the beginning with God by which all things were made and created the Heavens and the Earth the Sea and the firmament and all things that are therein and every living creature
that moveth in the Sea and upon the Earth were created by the word of God and God saw every thing that he had made and behold it was very good and God said let us make man in our own likeness and let them have dominion so God created man in his own image in the image of God created he him male and female created he them To this agrees Mat. 19.4 where Christ saith have you not read he that made them in the beginning made them male and female fe added to male signifieth to encrease to multiply or bring forth So here is all the distinction that the word that was in the beginning made between them God called them male and female the same John as bears witness of the word that was in the beginning with God also bears witness that the word was made flesh Joh. 1.14 and dwelt among us and we beheld his glory as the glory of the only begotten Son of the Father which is Christ in the male and female this is the true image of God full of grace and truth according as the Apostle saith in the Ephes 4.24 Eph. 2.10 And that you put on the new man which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness and this word stood in the decree and election of God until it was made flesh his Son manifested in the flesh which makes and creates the image of God in the male and in the female in righteousness and true holiness in the male and female Gal. 3.28 The males were to be the Lords Exod. 13.13.15.16 Lev. 1.3 They were to offer a male without blemish Mal. 1.14 they were cursed that had a male in their flock and offered unto the Lord a corrupt thing and again Exod. 13.2 and Numbers 18.15 According to this Law of Moses Joseph and Mary observed the command of God and circumcised Jesus on the eight day as it is written in the Law of the Lord every male that openeth the womb shall be called holy to the Lord Luke 2.21.23 here is the true and living image which God has created in the male and female but here lies the mystery God manifested in the flesh which is yet hid to the most of men that lies in the fall but perfectly known to those that are in the resurrection and redemption Howbeit on the sixth day the Lord formed man of the dust of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life and the man became a living Soul And the Lord God planted a Garden Eastward in Eden and the Lord God took the man and put him in the Garden of Eden to dress it and to keep it ver 15. and the Lord God said it is not good for man to be alone I will make him an help meet for him and the Lord God caused a deep sleep to fall upon Adam and he slept and he took one of his ribs and closed up the flesh thereof and the rib which the Lord God had taken from man made he a woman and brought her unto the man and Adam said this is now bone of my bone and flesh of my flesh she shall be called woman because she was taken out of man So Adam gave names to all the creatures for God brought every beast of the field and every fowl of the air unto Adam that he might give names unto them and so he brought the woman unto Adam and he called her woman because she was taken out of man Now the Serpent being more subtle than any beast of the field which God had made he began to exercise his subtlety and to lay his temptations and snares unto the innocent and weak and so began with the woman which was but a part of man and in the first place told her a lie to entice her to break the command of the Lord God which the Lord God strictly commanded the man that he should not eat of it for in the day that thou eats thou shalt surely die saith the Lord saith the Serpent hath the Lord God said that ye may not eat of every tree in the Garden the woman said unto the Serpent we may eat of the trees of the Garden but of the fruit of the tree that is in the midst of the Garden God hath said ye shall not eat neither shall ye touch it lest ye die the Serpent said ye shall not surely die Here was the lyar and so Christ saith of him Joh. 8.44 ye are of the Father the Devil and the lust of your Father ye will do he was a Murtherer from the beginning and abode not in the truth because there is no truth in him when he speaketh a lie he speaketh of his own for he is a lyar and the Father of it 1 Joh. 3.8 he that committeth sin is of the Devil for the Devil sinned from the beginning so this was he that did encounter with weak and innocent woman and when he led out her eyes to look upon the tree she saw it was good and pleasant to the eye and a tree to be desired to make one wise and she took of the fruit thereof to eat and gave also unto her Husband and he did eat with her And so here they both came into the disobedience and fell from the command of God lending their ears their minds and their eyes to the temptation of the Devil fell from righteousness fell from innocency and holiness and so became transgressors against God and breakers of his commands And so the Devil was the Original and beginning of this sin and transgression and they hearkening unto his temptation and answering unto his desires and joining with him in it came under the curse and so was driven out from the presence of God and so dread and fear took hold on them that when they heard the voice of God they hid themselves from his presence among the trees of the Garden and when the Lord called unto Adam he heard his voice and was afraid because he was naked the Lord said who told thee thou wast naked hast thou eaten of the tree whereof I told thee thou shouldst not eat the man said the woman thou gavest to be with me she gave me of the tree and I did eat And the Lord said unto the woman what is this that thou hast done and the woman said the Serpent beguiled me and I did eat and the Lord said unto the Serpent because thou hast done this thou art cursed above all cattel and above every beast of the field upon thy belly shalt thou go and dust shalt thou eat all the days of thy life Gen. 3.14 This is the Serpents portion and the decree of God upon him for evermore and all that are of his Spirit that hearken to his temptations who disobey the command of the living God and transgress against him he that commits sin is of the Devil 1 Joh. 3. And the Lord said I will put enmity between thee and the woman and between thy
unto Rachel his Daughter Billah to be her Handmaid and he gave unto Leah Zilpah to be her Handmaid and Iacob went in unto Rachel and he loved Rachel more than Leah and when the Lord saw that Leah was hated he opened her Womb but Rachel was barren and Leah conceived and bare a Son and she called his name Reuben for she said the Lord surely hath looked upon mine affliction now therefore my Husband will love me And she conceived again and bare a Son and said because the Lord hath heard that I was hated he hath therefore given me this Son also and she called his name Simeon And she conceived again and bare a Son and said now this time my Husband will be joined unto me because I have born him three Sons therefore was his name called Levi. And she conceived again and bare a Son and she said now will I praise the Lord therefore she called his name Iudah And when Rachel saw that she bare Iacob no Children she envied her Sister and said unto Iacob give me Children or else I die and Iacob's anger was kindled against Rachel and said am Iâ—in Gods stead who hath with-holden from thee the fruit of the Womb and she gave him Billah her Handmaid to Wife and Iacob went in unto her and Billah conceived and bare Iacob a Son and Rachel said God hath judged me and heard my voice and hath given me a Son and she called his name Dan. And Billah Rachels Handmaid conceived again and bare Iacob a second Son and Rachel said with great wrestlings I have wrestled with my Sister and have prevailed and she called his name Naphtali When Leah saw she had left bearing she took Zilpah her Handmaid and gave her Iacob to Wife and Zilpah Leah's maid bare Iacob a Son and Leah said a Troop cometh and she called his name Gad. And Zilpah Leah's maid bare Iacob a second Son and Leah said happy am I for the Daughters will call me blessed and she called his name Asher And in the time of Wheat-Harvest Reuben found Mandrakes and brought them to his Mother Leah then Rachel desired them but Leah said unto her is it a small thing that thou takes away my Husband and wouldest thou take away my Sons Mandrakes also and Rachel said therefore he shall lie with thee this night for them And Iacob came out of the field in the evening and Leah met him and said thou must lie with me for surely I have hired thee with my Sons Mandrakes and he lay with her that night and God hearkened unto Leah and she conceived and bare Iacob a fifth Son and Leah said God hath given me mine hire because I have given my maiden to my Husband and she called his name Issachar And Leah conceived again and bare Iacob the sixth Son and Leah said God hath endowed me with a good Dowry now will my Husband dwell with me because I have born him six Sons and she called his name Zebulun And afterward she bare a Daughter and called her name Dinah And God remembred Rachel and hearkened unto her and opened her Womb and she conceived and bare a Son and said God hath taken away my reproach and she called his name Joseph and said the Lord shall add to me another Son And it came to pass when Rachel had born Joseph Jacob said unto Laban send me away that I may go unto my own place and to my Country give me my Wives and my Children for whom I have served thee and let me go for thou knowest my service which I have done thee And Laban said I pray thee carry for I have learned by experience that the Lord hath blessed me for thy sake and Jacob said thou knowest the Lord hath blessed thee and encreased thee and now when shall I provide for mine house also but Laban not being willing to part with Iacob they agreed that he should stay with him again and feed his flocks and he desired but the spotted and speckled Cattel and the spotted and speckled among the Sheep and Goats and the Flocks encreased of that sort of Cattel so fast that he heard the words of Laban's Sons saying Jacob hath taken away all that was our Fathers and he hath gotten all this glory and Jacob beheld the countenance of Laban and it was not towards him as it was before And the Lord said unto Jacob return unto the Land of thy Fathers and to thy Kindred and I will be with thee And Iacob called Rachel and Leah and said unto them I see your Father's countenance that it is not towards me as it was before but the God of my Fathers hath-been with me and ye know that with all my power I have served your Father and your Father hath deceived me and changed my wages ten times but God suffered him not to hurt me so Iacob rose up and set his Sons and his Wives upon Camels and he carryed away all his Cattel and all his goods which he had gotten in Padan-Aram to go to Isaac his Father in the Land of Canaan so he went with all that he had and rose up â—nd passed over the River and passed towards mount Gilead and Iacob went on his way and the Angels of God met him and when Iacob saw them he said this is God's Host and he called the name of that place Mahanaim And he was to pass through the Country of Edom and through the Land of Seir which was his Brother Esau's Country and Iacob sent messengers before him to his Brother Esau he had been twenty years that he had not seen him so he did not know whether he would forget his old intention and purpose to kill him therefore he commanded the Messengers that he sent saying thus shall ye speak to my Lord Esau thy servant Iacob saith thus I have so journed with Laban and stayed there until now and I have Oxen Asses Flocks Men-servants and Women servants and I have sent to tell my Lord Esau that I may find grace in thy sight and the Messengers returned unto Iacob saying we came to thy Brother Esau and he cometh to meet thee and four hundred men with him Then Iacob was greatly afraid and distressed and he divided the people that was with him and the Flocks and the Herds and the Camels into two Bands and said if Esau come to the one company and smite it the other may escape And Jacob said O God of my Father Abraham and God of my Father Isaac the Lord which said unto me return into thy Country and to thy Kindred and I will deal well with thee I am not worthy of the least of all thy mercies and of all the truth which thou hast shewed unto thy servant for with my Staff I passed over this Jondan and now I am become two Bands deliver me I pray thee from the hand of my Brother Esau for I fear him lest he should come and smite me and the Mother with the Children
David his Father and his Kingdom was established greatly ver 12. the Lord appeared unto Solomon in a Dream by night and God said ask what I shall give thee Solomon said thou hast shewed to David my Father great mercies according as he walked before thee in truth and in righteousness and uprightness of heart with thee and thou hast kept for him this great kindness that thou hast given him a Son to sit on his Throne as it is this day and now O Lord my God thou hast made thy servant King instead of David my Father and I am but a little Child I know not how to go out and come in thy servant is in the midst of thy people which thou hast chosen a great people it cannot be numbred nor counted for multitude give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people that I may discern between good and bad for who is able to judge this so great a people And the speech pleased the Lord that Solomon asked this thing and God said because thou hast asked this thing and hast not asked long life neither hast asked riches to thy self nor hast asked the life of thine Enemies but hast asked for thy self understanding to discern Judgment behold I have done according to thy words I have given thee a wise and understanding heart so that there was none like thee before thee neither shall any arise after thee like unto thee Chap. 3. So King Solomon reigned over all Israel as you may read in the fourth and fifth Chapters And it came to pass in four hundred and fourscore years after the Children of Israel were come out of the Land of Egypt in the fourth year of Solomons reign over Israel in the month Zif which is the second month that he began to build the House of the Lord of which building and the magnificency of it you may read from the sixth Chapter to the ninth Chapter of 2 Chron. 5.2 Then Solomon assembled the Elders of Israel and all the heads of the Tribes of Israel unto Ierusalem that they might bring up the Ark of the Covenant of God out of the City of David which is Sion and the Priests brought in the Ark of the Lord into the Oracle of the House of the Lord even to under the wings of the Cherubims He built also his own House which he was 13 years in building Chap. 7. And it came to pass when Solomon had furnished the building of the House of the Lord and the Kings House that the Lord appeared unto Solomon the second time and the Lord said unto him I have heard thy prayer and thy supplication that thou hast made before me I have hallowed this house which thou hast built to put my name there for ever and if thou walk before me as David thy Father walked in integrity of heart and in uprightness to do according to all that I command thee and keep my Statutes and Judgments then will I establish the Throne of thy Kingdom upon Israel So King Solomon excelled all the Kings of the earth for riches and for wisdom and the Queen of Sheba heard of the same of Solomon concerning the name of the Lord she came to prove him with hard questions Chap. 10. After this King Solomon loved many strange women together with the Daughters of Pharaoh the Moabites and Ammonites and Edomites and Zidonians and Hittites all which the Lord had commanded the Children of Israel that they should not go into them So Solomon was drawn away with his Wives and worshipped their Gods and made Idols and the Lord was angry with Solomon because his heart was turned from the Lord God of Israel which had appeared to him twice wherefore the Lord said unto Solomon for as much as this is done of thee and thou hast not kept my Covenant and my Statutes which I commanded thee I will surely rent the Kingdom from thee and give it to thy servant notwithstanding in thy days I will not do it for David my servants sake but I will rend it out of the hand of thy Son howbeit I will not rend away all the Kingdom but will give one Tribe to thy Son for David my servants sake and for Ierusalems sake which I have chosen And it came to pass when Ieroboam went out of Ierusalem that Ahijah the Shilonite found him in the way and he clad himself with a new garment and Ahijah caught the new Garment and rent it in twelve pieces and he said to Ierobeam take thee ten for thus saith the Lord God of Israel behold I will rend the Kingdom out of the hand of Solomon and I will give ten Tribes to thee but he shall have one for my servant Davids sake and for Jerusalems sake the City which I have chosen out of all the Tribes of Israel Solomon sought therefore to kill Jeroboam and Jeroboam arose and fled into Egypt until the death of Solomon and the rest of the Acts of Solomon and all that he did are written in the Book of the Acts of Solomon and the time that Solomon reigned in Jerusalem over all Israel was 40 years and Solomon slept with his Fathers and Rehoboam his Son reigned in his stead Chap. 11. And when Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem he gathered of the House of Judah and Benjamin an hundred and fourscore thousand chosen men which were Warriours to fight against Israel that so he might bring the ten Tribes to him again which Jeroboam the Son of Nebat went about to take from him for they were given to him but the word of the Lord came to Shemaiah the man of God saying speak unto Rehoboam the Son of Solomon King of Judah and to all Israel in Judah and Benjamin saying thus saith the Lord ye shall not go up to sight against your Brethren return every man to his house for this thing is done of me and they obeyed the word of the Lord and returned from going against Jeroboam And it came to pass in the fifth year of Rehoboam that Shishak the King of Egypt came up against Jerusalem and took the senced Cities thereabouts and the Lord sent his Prophet Shemaiah to Rehoboam and the Princes of Judah and they humbled themselves before the Lord and the Lord was entreated of them and heard them and said that he would not destroy them 2 Chron. 12. 1 Kings 14.31 and Rehoboam slept with his Fathers and Ahijah his Son reigned in his stead In the 18 year of Jeroboams reign began Ahijah to reign over Judah and there was War between Ahijah and Jeroboam and Abijah set the Battel in array with an Army of valiant men of War even four hundred thousand chosen men and Jeroboam set the Battel in array against them with eight hundred thousand chosen men being mighty men of valour Abijah stood upon Mount Semaraim which is in Mount Ephraim and said hear thou me Jeroboam and all Israel ought ye not to know the Lord God of
him and he is before all things and by him all things consist and he is the Head of the Body the Church who is the beginning the first begotten from the dead that in all things he might have the preheminency and so this is he and this is his Body and his Image which he is restoring and creating after God in Righteousness and true Holiness Eph. 2.10.4.24 Abraham by his saith saw him who is invisible Heb. 11. who was the Father of the sai hful and so all the faithful who continue and abide in the faith of Gods Elect will see the resurrection and restauration of this invisible body which is the Church of Christ the second man the Lord from Heaven this is he who builds the second house who is a greater then Solomon and whose house far exceeds the glory of Solomons Temple whom the Apostle exhorts his holy Brethren to consider the High Priest of our profession Christ Jesus who was faithful to him that appointed him as also Moses was faithful in all his house for this man was counted worthy of more glory then Moses in as much as he who hath builded the house hath more honour then the house for every house is builded by some man but he that buildeth all things is God for Moses was faithful in all his house as a servant but Christ as a Son over his own house whose house are we if we hold fast the considence of the hope firm unto the end Rom. 3. and also 1 Tim. 3.15 where the Apostle exhorts Timothy how to behave himself in the house of God which is the Church of the living God the ground and pillar of truth so having therefore boldness to enter into the holiest by the blood of Jesus Christ by a new and living way and having an High-Priest over the House of God let us draw near with a true heart saith the Apostle Heb. 10. So in this new and living way Christ Jesus the light of his glorious Gospel every one that abideth and walketh in this light may enter by his blood into the holiest of all for he reigns over the house of Jacob according to the Angels words to Mary Luke 1.32 33. So the glory of this house of Jacob is the Lord bringing forth and manifesting and will manifest every day more and more and blessed and happy are all they that come into the brightness of the rising of this glory and as every one comes to the light of the Lord Jesus who is the image of the invisible God that shines in their hearts will come more and more to see the glory of this day and the glory and beauty of this body of Christ which is his Church and the glory and beauty of this image of the second man the Lord from Heaven who is the brightness of his Fathers glory and unto this King Eternal and Immortal Invisible and the only wise God be Honour and Glory for ever and ever Margaret Fell. FINIS A Chronology of the Judges and Kings of the JEWS 1. Moses 2. Joshua 3. Othniel 4. Ethud 5. Deborah and Barak 6. Gideon 7. Abimelech 8. Tolah 9. Jair 10. Jephthah 11. Ibzan 12. Elon 13. Abdon 14. Sampson 15. Eli. 16. Samuel At which time the people desired to have a King like to other Nations Kings of the Jews Saul David Solomon Kings of Judah 1. Rehoboam in whose time the ten Tribes were rent away 2. Abijam 3. Asa 4. Jehoshaphat 5. Jehoram 6. Ahaziah 7. Athaliah 8. Jehoash 9. Amaziah 10. Azaziah or Uzziah 11. Jotham 12. Ahaz 13. Hezekiah 14. Manasseh 15. Amon. 16. Josiah 17. Jehoahaz 18. Jehojakim 19. Jehojachin 20. Zedekiah in whose time Nebuchadnezzar destroy'd Jerusalem Kings of Israel 1. Jeroboam 2. Nadab 3. Baasha 4. Elah 5. Zimri 6. Omri 7. Ahab 8. Ahaziah 9. Joram 10. Jehu 11. Jehoahaz 12. Joash 13. Jeroboam Menahem Pekahiah Pekah Hoshea who was vanquished by Salmaneser and the Israelites carryed Captive into Assyria The Dukes and Governours of the Jews 1. Zerobabel 2. Resa Mosollam 3. Johannes Ben Resa 4. Judas Hircanas 5. Joseph 6. Abner Simei 7. Eli Matthia 8. Aser Mahat 9. Naged Artoxad 10. Haggai 11. Maslat Mahum 12. Amos Syrach 13. Mattathiah Siloack 14. Joseph 2. 15. Johannes Hircanus who was the last Governour of Iudea who descended from the Stock of David The Macchabaean Princes of Jewry 1. Judas Macchabaeus 2. Jonathan 3. Simon 4. Iohannes Hircanus The Macchabaean Kings of Iudah 1. Aristobulus 2. Alexander 3. Alexandra or Solome Wife to Alexander 4. Hircanus eldest Son to Alexander The Heathen Kings of Jewry 1. Herod the Ascolonite at which time the Kingdom departed from Iudah and Christ was born 2. Archelaus 2. Herod Antipas and 3. Lysinias Luke 3.1 3. Herod Antipas Tetrarch of Galilee who beheaded Iohn the Baptist and in whose time Christ suffered 4. Agrippa Herod who imprisoned Peter and Iames and being stricken by an Angel was eaten with Worms 5. Agrippa Minor before whom Paul pleaded and in whose time Ierusalem was overthrown by the Romans FINIS