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Universal love being an epistle given forth by the Spirit of God / through his suffering servant, Will. Gibson ; and is to be sent into all nations and countries where the Lord God hath rais'd a people to worship him in spirit and in truth ; to be read in his pure fear in their publick assemblies and private families for their edification and comfort.
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Gibson, William, 1629-1684.
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Universal Love Being an EPISTLE Given forth by the Spirit of God Through his Suffering Servant Will. Gibson AND Is to be sent into all Nations and Countries where the Lord God hath rais'd a People to worship him in Spirit and in Truth to be read in his Pure Fear in their publick Assemblies and private Families for their Edification and Comfort Printed in the Year 1671. Universal Love c. ALL Friends every where who have believ'd in Christ Jesus the true Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the World that all men in him might believe and be sav'd Whose Understandings he hath open'd by his Spiritual Light shining in your hearts and thereby hath given you to know your Duty towards God and Man and thereby hath drawn you to confess him before men and to make publique Confession and Profession of the Worship of God which is in Spirit and in Truth All in the same Pure Spiritual Light stedfastly continue Waiting Walking and Abiding that so every one of you may receive Strength from the Lord God of Heaven and Earth to perform your Duty unto him in all things yea to serve him with your whole strength as he hath commanded and to do that which is Just Righteous and Equal unto all People with whom you have to do That so you may shine as Lights in the World and that your Light may so shine before men that they may see your good works and Glorifie your Father which is in Heaven Christ the true Light saith No man lights a Candle putteth it under a Beshel that is he doth not hide or cover the Light but setteth it on a Candle-stick that it may give light unto all that are in the House So see that your Light be not hid vail'd nor cover'd but that it may shine forth in its Splender and Brightness leading and guiding you into all Truth according to his Promise who said I will send you the Spirit of Truth and he shall lead you into all Truth And this the Lord God hath fulfill'd unto a little Remnant and is fulfilling it daily and will fulfil it unto many Thousands who yet â—it in Darkness under the region and shaddow of Death Glory to his Blessed Name for his tender Mercy which he hath mightily shed abroad in this our Age in and through the Light Christ Jesus who is the Way to God the Father who is made manifest in us to take away and destroy all Sin because it is of the Devil and is against God and Grieves and Dishonours him therefore will God have it taken away and destroy'd by Jesus Christ his divine Wisdom and Power that so Man and Woman may be wholly freed from that Corruptible Bondage which the Devil hath brought them into by leading them into Sin which hath seperated them from him and with-holden his Blessings from them that so again they may be a Free People as it was in the beginning before Transgression was And this is the Glorious Liberty of the Sons and Daughters of God which Christ did restore many into in the Apostles dayes which Work he is now Gloriously carrying on in these our dayes Glory yea Glory be unto the Lord our God forever for the same For now the Children of the Lord are taught by him and his Sons and Daughters are led by his Spirit into all Truth and the Peace of all such is plentiful as a River whose Streams never fail and such can sensibly say Good is the Lord and worthy is he to be Feared Loved and Served for evermore So all Friends who have taken a Profession of the Holy Name of the Lord God upon you walk worthy of that Holy Call wherewith the Lord in his tender Mercy hath called you And in all your Buying and Selling and Exchanging of God's good Creatures in Markets and Fairs and in all other places abide in the Pure Spirit of the Lord Jesus Christ that therein you may be a sweet Savour of God unto his own Witness in the hearts of all People that see you and hear you all keeping in the Doctrine of Christ who said Let your yea be yea and your nay nay in your Communication and what is more cometh of Evil So all keep in sound Speech which the Spirit of Truth doth lead into that so you may all Glorifie God in buying and selling and exchanging of his good Creatures that so he may Bless you in the use of them for his Blessing is and will be upon the Faithful So let all words be spoken in the Pure â—ear and Counsel of the Lord in buying and selling and exchanging and in all your Handicraft Trades and Labours and keep out of that which is superfluous and needless and so your Words and Actions will be Few Sound and Savory without any Deceit and this will minister Grace unto the Hearers And Blessed are all those that so do their Substance is and will be Blessed And all Friends that Travel up and down in the World about your Occasions and come to lie or be at Inns Victualling-houses or Taverns where Beat Wine Ale or other strong Liquors are sold keep in the Pure Spirit of the Lord God that thereby you may be preserved Pure and clean unto God in the use of eating and drinking of God's good Creatures that so whether you Eat or Drink or whatsoever you do you may do it in the Pure Wisdom of the Lord God to his Glory And not to drink in excess to spend God's good Creatures upon unclean Lusts but to be true Witnesses for God against all such things where ever you 〈◊〉 that so God's Blessing you may all feel in your Business Be not Drunk with Wine said the Apostle but be sia'd with the Spirit And all Friends in your particular 〈◊〉 in your daily Labour and Business all watch in the Hâ—ly â—pirit of God that the Enemy of your Soul may not 〈…〉 your Minds into Lightness Vain-words nor Laughteâ— nor Idle-jesting nor Anger Wrath Strife nor Business one against another but that you may live in unfeigned Lâ—ve together and serving one an other in the same 〈…〉 being subject unto their own Masters serving 〈…〉 with Eye-service but with an Upright Heart as unto Gods For whatsoever 〈◊〉 any man doth he shall receive a 〈◊〉 of the â—â—rd whether he be Bond or Free And Masters giving unto their Servants that which is right in the sight of God and 〈◊〉 as they would be done unto And Children obeying their Parents in the Lord which is just and right in the sight or the Lord. The Eye of the Lord is over the Righteous and his Ear iâ— open unto their Cries but the Face of the Lord is against every one that doth Evil. And all Friends that 〈◊〉 Parents of Children walk ye before them in 〈…〉 Wisdom of the Lord God and be good Examples unto them in all things directing their Minds unto the Principle of God when they are capable to receive
and Weak in the Faith God hath put something into my Heart to write unto you for your Establishment in the perfect Way of the Lord. And this is God's Counsel unto you all Let your Faith remain firm and stedfast in Christ Jesus the true Light and Life of men and all wait upon God in that Measure of his Blessed Light and Spirit which he in his tender Mercy hath given unto you to profit withal that therein you may all grow into a living Sence and Knowledge of God which hath been lost by Transgression that you may all come to be renew'd up into the Pure Spiritual Heavenly and Divine Image of God in which man was made in the Beginning A Noble Vine wholy of a Right Seed So all wait to know your Birth of the Immortal Incorruptible Seed which is the Word of God which Lives and Abides forever which Word Seed Light and Life is to be found receiv'd and enjoy'd within People And Blessed are they who do believe in it and continue stedfast unto the End in them it doth take root and bring forth Fruit aboundantly unto the Praise and Glory of God and unto their aboundant Joy and endless Comfort So all you that have been bound down in sin by the great Enemy of your immortal Souls and who have known great Distresses Anguish and Sorrow because thereof Wait you all diligently upon God in the Light which doth shew unto you your present condition and therein you will receive Power from God who is Light over Sin and the Devil who is the Author of it and so will come to feel and know Christ the true Seed in you to bruise the Old Serpent's Head yea his whole strength and power in you to waste and destroy and he will bring you out of the Bondage of Corruption into the Glorious Liberty of the Sons and Daughters of God and so you will come to know that God and Christ is greater in you then the Wicked-spirit call'd the Devil who will certainly bind him and cast him out and take from him all his Armor wherein he trusted But for the Accomplishment of these great and weighty Matters You must all wait upon God with much Diligence and Patience and let the Pure Judgments of God freely take hold of all that is Unrighteous and contrary to God in you that so the Pure Powerful Quickning Word of Eternal Life may freely operate and work mightily in you as a Fire Hammer and Sword that so by it you may be perfectly set free For there is not any thing else that can make free from sin And this is an Eternal Record and True Living Testimony which the Eternal and Engrafted Word of Life which doth Reign in my Heart and in the Hearts of my Faithful Friends doth bear unto you and unto all People upon the face of the whole Earth And whosoever doth Write Print or Speak against the Word Spirit Light and Life of God and Christ within Man and Woman and do say That it is not able to destroy all sin nor able to lead into all Truth nor able to uphold Man and Woman in it They are all Lyars Deceivers and False-witnesses and their Words Writings and Testimonies herein are not of God nor for him but are absolutely of the Devil and for him whose Kingdom stands in Sin which Christ is come to throw down and wholy to destroy So let none believe them in those things for if they do they will be undone by it And so all keep out of all the Shadows and Figures which do not make the Heart and Conscience perfect in the Sight of God And all keep to Christ the Immortal and Eternal Husband and know him to Baptize you with his Spirit and Life which doth burn up the Corruptions And this is the one standing Baptism of which the Apostle did testifie and the one Faith of which he did testifie is to believe in Christ the Light and Life and Word and Power of God who said There is one Lord one Faith one Baptism one God over all through all and in you all So who are come to witness this have no need of outward Shaddows and Elements which are but beggarly in comparison of the Life and Substance So in Christ the Substance Life and Light all are to come to sit down in the Heavenly Places knowing his Flesh and Blood which comes down from Heaven feeding upon it which gives Life and this is the Lord's Supper with which he feeds his Faithful Followers by which they are made strong to resist the Devil and to overcome him So in and with this the Lord God preserve you all and by it strengthen you in your Inward Man that you may follow the Lord God with Chearfulness that you may walk in the Way of the Lord valiantly and never be weary of it nor faint in the hour of Temptation which is suffered to come upon you for the tryal of that precious Faith which the Lord God hath in a measure given unto you but all look unto him who is the Giver of Faith by which the Just lives in Dominion over the Tempter So let none look down at the Temptations of the Devil for that will weaken and do hurt But all when you are tempted look up unto Christ Jesus the great Power and Wisdom of God who is given unto us by the Father to take away all Sin and to lead into all Truth who in the dayes of his Flesh as the Apostle said was tempted in all points like as we are but he did not sin And so it is no sin to be tempted by the Devil unto any wickedness whatsoever but the sin is to consent with the Mind unto him and so to joyn to him and so by him to be led to think or speak or act that which is evil in the sight of the Lord God but out of all this Christ Jesus doth redeem and he is able to preserve and uphold you in Purity and Holiness in all things For he is able to save to the uttermost all that come to the Father by him and that is to free from all sin and of this the Apostle was a true Witness who writ thus of him And though the Devil may go about you like a Roaring Lyon ever seeking which of you he may devour whom the Lord hath redeemed from him yet be ye not hereby Affrighted Discouraged nor cast down in your Minds nor despair of overcoming him you tender and contrite hearted Ones but resist him in the Faith and be stedfast and Christ will succour and uphold you So all look unto him from whom your help comes Given forth by the Spirit of God in the sixth Moneth 1671. through a Try'd and True Witness of those things which he hath here written for the Edification and Comfort of all who are turn'd from Darkness unto Light from the power of Satan unto God And what is here written may be of some service unto those who are yet Strangers from God and his Way and Worship which is Pure I am a Sufferer for Righteousness sake a Prisoner for the Testimony of Jesus Christ the Light and Life of men at Maidston in Kent in England And my Heart's Desire is that all People might come to believe in Christ Jesus the true Light and so be redeem'd by him from Sin and so from the Curse which is due unto it and from the Devil who is the Author of it that so they might be blessed Eternally And as the Holy Apostle said I do say God would have all men to come to the Knowledge of the Truth and be sav'd But Christ said unto the Wise-men of the World great Professors Search the Scriptures for in them ye think ye have Eternal Life but ye will not come unto me that you might have Life And as it was then so it is now People will not come unto Christ the Great Power and Wisdom of God to be redeem'd from Sin by him and so to have Eternal Life in him and so many die in their Sins And he said If ye believe not that I am he you shall die in your Sins and whither I go ye cannot come No Unclean thing can enter the Kingdom of God and there is no Repentance in the Grave and all who die and perish in their Sins their Destruction is of Themselves and the Lord God is clear William Gibson THE END