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A little treatise concerning things indifferent in relation unto worship directed to the King and his council and all others who are concerned (or do think themselves so to be) in matters of religion : for them to weigh well, mind, and consider (if they please) ere any determination be had in things of that nature / by one that loves the truth and peace, George Bishope.
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Bishop, George, d. 1668.
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Word preached did not profit them not being mixed with Faith in them that heard it And without Faith it is impossible to please God This is my wel-beloved Son in whom I am well pleased hear him saith the Lord of his Son in whom he is well pleased in the measure of him and no other And therefore hath he given a measure of him a measure of the Spirit of him to every one to profit withal that every one in it might know how to do his Will so that he need not ask Who shall ascend into the Heaven c. Or who shall descend into the Deep to bring Christ down or up again as a thing without them Nor depend upon another to know the Will of God but as every man must be saved for himself or damned and as the Lord will require an Account of every man and as every man must give an Account to the Lord for himself not for another nor another for him as to the deeds done in the body whether they be good or whether they be evil So hath he put a measure of himself into every man that every man might have in him something of the Lord to Direct him and Guide him and lead him into that which he should do by which he might know what he is to do and how to worship God so as it may be acceptable in his sight For that which pleaseth God stands not in the will of man though it is fit there should be in the Creature a ready mind If there be first a willing mind it is accepted according to that a man hath and not according to that a man hath not 2 Cor. 8. 11. And thy People shall be willing in the day of thy Power in the beauties of Holiness from the Womb of the Morning thou hast the dew of thy Youth Psal 110. 3. My heart is fixed O God my heart is fixed I will sing and give praise Psal 57. 7. because of its Relation unto God and its Dependency on him to be ready when he moves whose Spirit is as the Wind which bloweth where it listeth and thou hearest the sound thereof but knowest not from whence it comes nor whither it goes So is every one saith the Son of God that is born of the Spirit Joh. 3. 8. I say that which pleaseth God in which he will be worshipped standeth not in the Will of man though it 's fit the Creature should be willing and ready when the Lord moves and in the Day of his Power it will be so as aforesaid as that which answers to God is hearkened to and obeyed by which his Power comes to be made known which makes his People willing but in the measure of him in every one which as I have said he hath placed in every one that every one may know how and in what to worship him which every one is to know and in which every one is to believe and to wait to know what is the Will and Counsel of God and how and when and after what manner and in what he will be worshipped that so it may be acceptable in his sight Let the Words of my mouth and the Meditation of my heart be acceptable in thy sight O Lord my strength and my Redeemer Psal 19. 14. prayed the holy man of God For all other Services or things done from this measure of him in the will of man Or of the spirit that is in him that lusteth unto Envy and knows not God is as Swines flesh He that killeth an Ox saith the Lord by the Prophet is as if he slew a Man He that sacrificeth a Lamb as if he cut off a Dogs neck He that offereth an Oblation as if he offered Swines blood He that burneth Incense as if he blessed an Idol Isa 66. 3. and such must come to an account for their Services and Worships as for their Transgressions and Sins and this will be hard when in that Day a man shall find that that which he thought pleased God and he therefore did it as thinking it might please God being deceived by the Enemy to offer that and from that which is not God's from the measure of him which he requires and only accepts is Iniquity For then what is left a man in which he can hope If his Righteousness if his Worships if his Services as he thinks to God be as menstrous rags be iniquity and the Lord is weary to bear them as hath been said and it is a trouble to him and his Soul abhors them and he cannot away with it and it is an Abomination in his sight What then is left a Man wherein to hope Or wherein is it that he can say I am accepted of God seeing that in him alone in the measure of him that which comes from the measure of him Christ Jesus it is that the Lord is well-pleased and that which is done out of him out of the measure of him can have no hope in Christ Nothing that is truly so but all such hope will fail a man and that which is done out of the measure of him is not in him and that which is in him is as he is for as he is so are we in this world 1 Joh. 4. 17. and he that doth righteousness is righteous as he is righteous 1 Joh. 3. 7. And if any man be in Christ Jesus he is a New-creature Old things are passed away behold all things are become new 2 Cor. 5. 17. And this will be found so in the Day wherein the Lord will judge the Secrets of all men by the Man Christ Jesus Therefore it concerneth every one to come to and to heed and to know the measure of God in him whereby to know in what and when and how to worship him and to do that which is acceptable in his sight For God is a Spirit as I have said and they that worship him must worship him in Spirit and in Truth and that which is Letter is not Spirit and therefore the manifestation of the Spirit which is given to every man to profit withal which is that which reproves that which makes manifest must of necessity be come unto heeded and believed in ere there can be a worshipping in spirit or that the Worship which is in spirit which the Father seeketh such to worship him who will be worshipped in spirit and in truth can be known For nothing is known out of its Principle and the Measure of God is the Principle of the things of God in which only God is known and the things that are of him which Principle is as aforesaid which must be come unto believed in and obeyed viz. that which reproves that which makes manifest ere that the Worship of God that which is truly so can be known or the way how to worship him who will be worshipped in spirit and in truth So hither all must come to this Principle to that which is of God in them and from
that day shall not come except there come a falling away first 2 Thes 2. 1 2 3. And I know this that after my departure shall grievous Wolves enter in among you not sparing the flock Also of your own selves shall men arise speaking perverse things to draw away disciples after them Therefore watch and remember that by the space of three years I ceased not to warn every one night and day with tears Act. 20. 29 30 31. And Jude saith But beloved remember ye the words which were spoken before of the Apostles of our Lord Jesus Christ how that they told you there should be mockers in the last time who should walk after their own ungodly lusts these be they c. Jude Epist ver 17 18 19. I say John speaking of the times which should be after the Apostacy which was then entring saith And I saw no Temple therein that is in the Holy City which had been long trod under foot by the Gentiles of which he speaks he saw no Temple therein Nothing made with hands No Institutions No Ordinations No Appointments of Men Nothing that is made with Men's hands or ordered by Men for the Lord God Almighty saith he and the Lamb are the Temple of it which the outward Temple signified as aforesaid and the City had no need of the Sun saith he neither of the Moon nothing that is made to shine in it for the Glory of God saith he did lighten it and the Lamb is the light thereof Read this in the Light within that which reproves that which makes manifest and there see the Mystery And the Nations saith he of them that are saved shall walk in the Light of it And the Kings of the Earth do bring their Glory and Honour unto it Rev. 21. 22 23 24. And this he spake of the New Jerusalem the Holy City as aforesaid which he saith he saw coming down from God out of Heaven prepared as a Bride adorned for her Husband And I saw saith he a New Heaven and a New Earth for the first Heaven and the first Earth were passed away and there was no more Sea And I heard a gréat Voice out of Heaven saying The Tabernacle of God is with Men and he will dwell with them and they shall be his People and God himself will be with them and be their God And God shall wipe away all tears from their eyes and there shall be no more Death neither Sorrow nor Crying neither shall there be any more Pain for the former things are passed away And he that sate upon the Throne said Behold I make all things new Then saith he he said unto me Write for these things are true and faithfull Then he describes the City and the Gates and the Wall and the Foundation and the Light thereof the Glory of God like unto a stone most precious and its form and breadth and height and building and the stones thereof and who should and who should not enter therein and what was in it as the Angel which carried him away in the Spirit to a great and high Mountain shewed to him And this as I said was what should be after the Apostacy and the Overthrow of Babylon and the Casting of Satan the old Deceiver into the Pit and Death and Hell into the Lake and the Destruction of Gog and Magog and the taking of the Beast and of the false Prophet alive and the casting them alive into the Lake of fire burning with brimstone which had brought in and ruled the Apostacy and the Great Supper of the Lord God Almighty wherein was eaten the flesh of Kings and of Captains and of Mighty Men and of Horses and of them that sate of them and the flesh of all men both free and bond both small and great And when the time of the Lamb's Marriage was come and his Wife had made her self ready Rev. 18 19 20 21 chapters Then he saith chap. 22. He said unto me These Sayings are faithful and true and the Lord God of the Holy Prophets sent his Angel to shew unto his Servant the things which must shortly be done Behold I come quickly Blessed is he that keepeth the Sayings of the Prophecy of this Book And he saith he saith unto me Seal not the Sayings of the Prophecy of this Book for the time is at hand He that is Unjust let him be Unjust still and he which is filthy let him be filthy still and he that is righteous let him be righteous still and he that is holy let him be holy still And behold I come quickly and my Reward is with me to give every man according as his work shall be And he closeth up all and saith I Jesus have sent mine Angel to testifie to you these things in the Churches I am the Root and Off-spring of David and the bright and Morning-Star And the Spirit and the Bride say Come and let him that heareth say Come and whosoever will let him take the Water of Life freely For I testifie unto every one that heareth the words of the Prophecy of this Book If any man shall add unto these things God shall add unto him the Plagues that are written in this Book And if any man shall take away from the words of the Book of this Prophecy God shall take away his Part out of the Book of Life and out of the Holy City and from the things that are written in this Book He that testifies these things saith Surely I come quickly Amen Even so come Lord Jesus Chap. 22. 6. to the end Lastly As to the things conversant thereabouts They must stand in the same that the Worship it self and the manner of it doth For it is wholly his own that the Lord accepts For he is a Spirit and he that worships him must worship him in Spirit and Truth throughout and such Worshippers the Father seeketh And he that cometh to God must believe that he is and that he is a Rewarder of them that diligently seek him And Faith is the gift of God and is the evidence of things not seen which cannot be said of any outward thing for that can be seen the substance of things hoped for And whatsoever is not of Faith is sin for it stands not in the Root which is holy Nor proceeds from it in which stands Faith And therefore the Word preached did not profit the Word nigh in the mouth and in the heart which witnesseth to God Christ Jesus Say not in thine heart who shall ascend into Heaven that is to bring Christ down from above Or who shall descend into the Deep that is to bring up Christ again from the Dead but what faith it The Word is nigh thee in thy mouth and in thy heart that is the Word of Faith which we preach said the Apostle Rom. 10. 6 7 8. And the Righteousness which is of Faith saith he speaketh on this wise c. as aforesaid I say the Word this