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A86947	The mystery of Christ in us, with the mystery of the Father, Word, and holy Ghost or Spirit, opened also, the parable of the rich man's flocks and herds, and the poor man's ewe-lamb, explicated. Likewise, the way that Christ takes to undo a man, and take away his life. Together with a discovery of the neerness of Christs coming, and of those glorious things which are to be fulfilled in these later days. Set forth and published by Ed. Hide jun.	Hyde, Edward, 1607-1659.	1651 (1651)	Wing H3866; Thomason E1372_4; ESTC R209351	80,214	204

know not what to do How shall we do to be saved Then flew one of the Seraphims unto me That is one of the fiery Angels at the command of God See Psal. 103. 20. It is said It flew It speaks the swiftness with which it went to Isaiah it speaks the haste that it made to him Isaiah being in an undone state Having a live coal in his hand This Seraphim did not fly empty to Isaiah but it had in his hand a live coal it came with somewhat to enliven and comfort Isaiah in this state But what is this live coal And whence had the Seraphim it This live coal is the Spirit And the Seraphim had taken it with the tongs from off the altar which Altar in the type of it was the Altar of burnt offerings where the fire never went out and upon which the fat of the Peace-offerings was burnt See Lev. 6. 12. The Antitype of which Altar is Christ so that the Seraphim had it from Christ The tongs are that with which he took the coal from off the Altar And he laid it upon the prophets mouth or caused it to touch the Prophets lips And said Lo this hath touched thy lips and thine iniquity is taken away and thy sin purged The coal touching the Prophets lips is nothing but a secret perswasion by the Spirit that his iniquity was done away God no sooner strikes a man down dead and undoes him but he sends a Seraphim with a live coal to tell him good news that his sins are pardoned and his iniquities are done away If it be thus Then this may serve to discover a true sight of the Lord from all false sights of him Friends if it be a true sight of the Lord that you have had then it hath undone you taken away your Strength Breath Understanding Knowledge Wisdom Light Life c. It hath robbed you of all yours made you a meer beggar so that you have nothing of your own to trust to feed and live upon It hath stricken you stark down dead dead to every thing of your own and of the worlds and alive to God it hath crucified you slain you that you no more live but Christ lives in you it hath forced you to cry out Wo is you wo is you for you are of unclean lips and you dwell among a people of unclean lips He that hath an ear to hear let him hear If it be so Then do not cozen and cheat your own souls do not say you have seen when you have not seen him VVhat have you seen the Lord and are not dead and are not undone VVhat have you seen the Lord and are alive Do not lye I beseech you let not a deceived heart lay hold on you do not feed on lyes in this respect If you have not seen him speak the truth and do not decieve your own souls if you have seen him he hath stricken you down dead If you say you have seen him are yet alive then I know not what seeing of him is If it be so Then this may serve to discover the goodness of God that when he hath struck a soul down dead and took away his life from him undone him forced him to cry out that he is undone and that wo wo is he for he is a man of uncircumcised lips and dwells among a people of unclean lips yet that God should not suffer that man to be swallowed up in despair but should cause to flie one of his Seraphims unto him with a live coal in his hand and to lay it upon his mouth to put life into him and say Lo this hath touched thy lips and thine iniquity is taken away and thy sin purged and should say O man greatly beloved fear not peace be unto thee be strong yea be strong As he did to Daniel Dan. 10. 19. This is admirable If it be so Be not afraid to be undone to lose your Life Light Breath Understanding Knowledge Wisdom and Strength O it is sweet sweet do not think much though God by the discoveries of himself to you rob you of all you have leave you a begger Be not afraid of the discoveries of sin do not fear that you shall be swallowed up in despair if God should discover your self and sin to you so soon as ever he hath discovered sin to you undone you taken away your life he will send a Seraphim with a live coal in his hand a coal that hath life in it and will lay it upon your mouth and say to you This hath touched thy lips and thine iniquity is taken away and thy sin purged Thou art greatly beloved fear not peace be unto thee be strong and so fetch life in thee again keep thee from sinking in spirit and being swallowed up in despair And you shall no more live your own life but for ever live the life of God And you shall no more understand and know things and see things in your own understanding knowledge and light but in the understanding knowledge and light of God you shall do nothing in and by your own strength and wisdom nor breathe after God in your own breath but you shall do all things in the strength and wisdom of God breathe after himself in the breath of God Selah If it be so Beg of God a discovery of Christ upon the throne of a risen Christ that it may undo you take away your Life VVisdom Strength Understanding Knowledge Light Strength It is a sweet thing to be undone to be stript of all a man hath to lie naked before God and we to have nothing and be nothing of our own but to have all and be all in God it is the greatest work God can do for a soul and it is the greatest mercy God can shew to a soul If it be so Then O that I had a discovery of a risen Christ of Christ upon the throne saith the soul Do you know what you desire what you ask for Are you contented to be undone to lose all that you have and are Are you willing to have all burnt up in you by that fiery flame that issueth out of Christs mouth Then he will manifest himself to you and you shall know the Lord indeed and in truth in your souls CHAP. VI Some sweet Discoveries of what shall be in the later days out of Zech. 14. 20 21. Vers 20. In that day shall there be upon the bells of the horses HOLINES VNTO THE LORD and the pots in the Lords house shall be like the bowls before the altar 21. Yea every pot in Jerusalem and in Judah shall be holiness unto the Lord of hosts and all those that sacrifice shall come and take of them and seethe therein And in that day there shall be no more the Canaanite in the house of the Lord of hosts THe words are a Prophecie of what shall be in the later days and of the time in which shall be that which is prophesied

manifested in the flesh 1 Tim. 3. 16. Who verily was fore-ordained before the foundation of the world but was manifested in these last times for you 1 Pet. 1. 20. But we have not followed cunningly-devised fables when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Iesus Christ but were eye-witnesses of his majestie See this in 2 Pet. 1. 16. Now this coming of Christ was to finish transgression and to make an end of sin and to make reconciliation for iniquity and to bring in everlasting righteousness Dan. 9. 24. Secondly There is a coming of Christ in Spirit See Ioel 2. 28 29. And it shall come to pass in the last days saith God I will pour out of my Spirit upon all flesh and your sons and daughters shall prophesie and your young men shall see visions and your old men shall dream dreams See that likewise in Zech. 12. 10. And I will pour out upon the house of David and upon the inhabitants of Ierusalem the spirit of grace and of supplication and they shall look upon me whom they have pierced and they shall mourn for him as one mourneth for his onely son and shall be in bitterness for him as one that is in bitterness for his first-born Now all this was fulfilled in part in Act. 2. 2 3. and is yet to be fulfilled And the end of his coming thus was to convince the world of sin of righteousness and of judgement See Ioh. 6. 9 10 11. and to teach his disciples all things and to bring all things to their remembrance See Ioh. 16. 26. and to testifie of Christ to them and to guide them into all truth and many other things Thirdly There is a third appearance of Christ which is his appearance the second time without sin unto salvation unto them that wait for him Heb. 9. 28. Which coming of Christ is the last coming of Christ of which I do intend now to speak My God shall come I can say boldly as well as the Prophet My God shall come blessed be his holy Name I can command him and he will be commanded by me And not onely My God shall come but Your God shall come He is not onely the Prophet's God that shall come but My God Our God Thy God and Your God which shall come What my God Yes see Isai. 35. 3 4. Strengthen ye the weak hands and confirm the feeble knees say to them that are of a fearful heart that is of an unbelieving heart or hastie heart Be strong fear not behold your God will come your God that you seek for and wait for will come and he shall come What to me Yea to a hastie heart But he will appear to my shame No to your joy and comfort See Isa. 40. 10. Behold the Lord God will come Behold as if he saw him coming Isa. 66. 11. Behold the Lord will come will indeed come The vision is for an appointed time wait for it it will come it will surely come it will not tarry Habb 2. 3. Sing and rejoyce O daughters of Zion for lo I come and will dwell in the midst of you Zech. 2. 10. Say unto the cities of Jerusalem Behold your God Isa. 40. 9. Let the fields be joyful and all that is therein then shall all the trees of the wood rejoyce before the Lord for he cometh for he cometh to judge the earth he shall judge the world with righteousness and the people with his truth Psal. 96. 12 13. Quest But how shall he come Answ. See that in Psal. 50. 3. Our Lord shall come and shall not keep silence I have a long time saith God holden my peace I have been silent I refrained my self now will I cry like a travelling woman I will destroy and devour at once The Lord shall go forth like a mighty man he shall stir up jealousie like a man of war he shall cry yearoar he shall prevail against his enemies Isa. 42. 14. 13. A fire shall devour before him which is himself See Deut 4. 24. For the Lord thy God is a consuming fire even a jealous God understand therefore this day that the Lord thy God is he which goeth over before thee as a consuming fire he shall destroy them and he shall bring them down before thy face so shalt thou drive them out and destroy them quickly as the Lord hath said unto thee Deut. 9. 3. And it shall be very tempestuous round about him Who shall stand when he appeareth for he is like the refiners fire and he shall sit as a refiner and purifier of gold Mal. 3. 2 3. Consider that in Isa. 35. 4. Your God will come with vengeance even God with a recompence will come and save you This Scripture holds forth the coming of Christ two manner of ways First He will come with a vengeance against all our sins and temptations and divel and save us from them all Secondly He will come with a recompence he will come with a reward for all those sufferings that we have endured from sin men and Satan he will reward us for all our sufferings Or it may be taken thus He will come with a recompence he will reward with destruction all our enemies for the Lord is our Judge the Lord is our Lawgiver the Lord is our King he will save us Isa. 33. 22. And then that in Isa. 41. 10. The Lord will come with a strong hand or against the strong with a mighty hand or mighty power against his enemies against our corruptions and his arm shall rule for him The strength of a man is in his Armes so Gods strength is in his Armes Gods Armes shall rule for him Behold his reward is with him and his work or recompence before him Consider that in Isa. 66. 15. Behold the Lord will come with fire and with his Chariots like a whirlwind that is he will come swiftly and fiercely to render his anger with fury upon his enemies and his rebuke with flames of fire that is with the scorching burnings of himself We shall further illustrate the coming of Christ by these things First He shall come in a cloud Secondly He shall come in the clouds Thirdly He shall come with clouds Fourthly He shall come with his Saints and Angels First He shall come in a cloud See Luke 21. 27. And then shall they see the Son of man coming in a cloud What cloud In a cloud of darkness As he went up in a cloud so he shall come down in a cloud in the same manner that he went up in the same manner he shall come down See Act. 1. 11. Which also said Ye men of Galilee why stand ye gazing up into heaven This same Jesus which is taken up from you into heaven shall so come in like manner as ye have seen him go into heaven For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout with the voice of the Archangel and with the trump of God and the

THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST in Us With the Mystery of the Father Word and holy Ghost or Spirit OPENED Also the Parable of the rich man's flocks and herds and the poor man's ewe-lamb Explicated Likewise the way that Christ takes to undo a man and take away his life Together with a discovery of the neerness of Christs coming and of those glorious things which are to be fulfilled in these later days Set forth and published by Ed. Hide jun. Rom. 10. 6 7 8 9. 2 Sam. 12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. 1 Joh. 5. 7 8. Psal. 87. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7. Isa. 6. 6 7. Zech. 14. 20 21. Zech. 5. 6 7 8 9. London Printed by Ja. Cottrel for Giles Calvert at the black Spread-Eagle at the West-end of Pauls 1651. To the Reader Christian Reader BEfore I was stirred up to set pen to paper in this following Treatise I found in my spirit such a contrariety to it that I resolved within my self I would write no more But within a little while after I found the Spirit of God to have such violent strong and powerful influence upon me that I could not withstand it but write And besides I had no peace and quietness in my spirit till I had unloadened my spirit and finished this Work for I had this dashed into my spirit Write But no sooner was it dashed in but I went and consulted with flesh and blood and so questioned it whether it was from the Lord or no And after some further clearings of it up by the Lord to my spirit I was forced to lie down under the truth power and authority of it Within a while after there were divers places of Scripture given in unto me with the minde interpretation and meaning thereof which I was to write and which I have in this Discourse inserted Two things therefore I do desire of you in the reading of this Discourse First That you would not pass censure upon it till you have thorowly examined and tried what is written lest you pass sentence upon the Truth and so be found an opposer of it The second is this That you would not judge nor take that for Error that doth not sute with your judgements or apprehensions this is the weakness of many Professors in our age if their judgments and lights cannot comprehend a thing they look upon that thing to be erroneous they measure Truth according to their capacity it is not Truth no further then they can reach it this very thing hath made many to withstand Truth As for example our Priests and others how often have they withstood Truth meerly upon this ground Weigh what is written ponder it in your heart and spirit if you cannot comprehend what is written be silent do not resist it it may be you may have a discoverie of that you never had before haply what is written may meet with some of your hearts and spirits Here are waters to the Ancles to the Knees to the Loyns a River that cannot be passed over a Fountain that will never be dry waters to wade in to swim in living waters waters of life healing waters pure waters waters to drown man in to bury man in do not despise these waters wait on them you know not but that an Angel from heaven may come down and put you into them and involve you in them there is one in this Discourse it may be may meet with you if he doth he will rob you of all your goods wit parts gifts understanding knowledge wisdom power he will quite undo you yea take away your life If you meet with one that doth this do not forget to return praises to him wait it may be you may have that great doubt resolved Christ in you whom you have so much expected from heaven from the deep if you have exalt the Lord not me It may be you may meet with some discoveries of the Father Word and Spirit or Water Blood and Holy Ghost and of their several testimonies if you do praise him that lives for ever and ever not me It may be God may meet with you in a parabolical way and manner as he did David and make you pass sentence upon your self in passing sentence upon another and condemn you out of your own mouth that you have sinned if he doth magnifie the Lord not me It may be Jesus Christ may steal like a theef into your hearts by this Discourse with greater power and glory then ever he hath done heretofore if he doth be sure to return praises unto him not to me It may be God may make mention of Rahab and Babylon to you in this Discourse it may be he may call you to behold Philistia and Tyre with Ethiopia tell you that this man was born there if he doth admire the Lord not me It may be you may have a discoverie of that glory that is to be revealed in these latter days and is in this Discourse set down Who would resist and withstand therefore who would not wait seeing there is no safety in resisting but in patiently waiting Then resist rather say Ah Lord there may be Truth in this Discourse though I cannot comprehend it and it is madness in men to withstand and speak evil of that they know not nor are able to comprehend reveal it discover it that I may praise thee then he will discover it to thee Here is no need of the Sun Moon Stars Candle and Temple for the Lord God Almighty and the Lamb are the Temple thereof and the glory of God did lighten them and the Lamb is the light thereof and there shall be no night there and they need no Candle neither light of the Sun for the Lord God giveth them light I look for some to scoff laugh and jeer at me and that which I have written to slight and scorn me and what is written As I am sure the Priests and others will Do slight scorn laugh and jeer at me and what I have written see what you will get by it in the end see what will be the issue of it And I look for others to finde fault with me and speak evil and reproach me and be angry with me for what I have written Others I look should say that I go backward and forward in what I write and contradict my self I look that others haply should say that I write scatteringly meanly and not learnedly but poorly I care not what they say I weigh it not I desire to speak not in the eloquence of mans wisdom but in the plainness of the Spirit and as for their scoffs jeers laughters evil speakings and reproaches I weigh them not likewise they are my portion I rejoyce in them all if there were as many more of them I shall and do count them my Crown and shall and do not think my self worthy of them I know whom I have believed whose I am not Mens not Sins not Satans but the Lords In the

Christ a being in every place but not in our hearts The cause of Unbelief is Ignorance we are ignorant of this truth Christ in us and therefore cannot believe it If it be so that there is a readiness in those who feel not the Lord Jesus in them to enquire who shall ascend into heaven and who shall descend into the deep to fetch Christ from thence into their hearts Then say not in your hearts Who shall ascend and who shall descend to fetch Christ from heaven and the deep into your hearts it is the voice of the righteousness of Faith Why do you say so what is the reason of it Because saith the soul I do not injoy him nor possess him within me How do you know that you do not injoy him Because I feel him not I should feel him within me if he were there Poor soul he may be within thee though thou feelest him not and it is thy being carryed out after more Feeling then Faith that blindes thine eyes 2. If it be so This may serve to discover what manner of spirit we are of it discovers the baseness of our spirits that though the righteousness of faith saith Say not in your hearts Who shall go up into heaven and who shall go down into the deep to fetch Christ from thence into our hearts yet we will say so and do say so often in our hearts though we have no ground to say so seeing Christ is within us A second Corollary from the words is this That that Christ which we take care for who shall ascend into the heavens and who shall descend into the deep to bring him into our hearts is within us even in our hearts This is cleer from the words They enquired who shall ascend and who shall descend to bring Christ into their hearts whenas he was within them To prove this truth further we shall bring divers places of Scripture See that in Joh. 15. 4. Abide in me and I in you he speaks to his Disciples that were offended at his fleshly departure from them and that in Joh. 17. 23. I in them and thou in me and then that in 2 Cor. 13. 5. Examine your selves whether ye be in the Faith prove your own selves know ye not your own selves how that Jesus Christ is in you except ye be reprobates That is unapproved or rejected As if the Apostle should say You are reprobates if Christ be not in you and therefore he puts them upon trying proving whether he be in them or no And that in Eph. 4. 6. One God and Father of all who is above all and through all and in you all And that in 1 Joh. 4. Ye are of God little children and have overcome them because greater is he that is in you then he that is in the world speaking of Christ that he is in us and is stronger then he that is in the world which is the devil It is very sweet to consider this well and the right consideration of it will take away the fear that is many times in our spirits of the devil and of Christ not being in us And that in Gal. 2. 20. I am crucified with Christ nevertheless I live yet not I but Christ lives in me I am crucified and yet I live This is a paradox a strange thing how can a man be crucified and yet live The meaning of it is he was crucified to the world and lived to God And in Psal. 46. 5. God is in the midst of her she shall not be moved Friends God will not suffer us to be moved away from the hope of the Gospel but will help and that early when a temptation seizeth upon us because he is in the midst of us And that in Jerem. 14. 9. Why shouldst thou seem to be as a man amazed with us and as a mighty man that cannot save us They ask God this question Yet that is Though it be so thou art in the midst of us thou art neer to us we are called by thy Name that is We are thine and therefore leave us not Just so poor souls many times say to God when he seems to their souls as a man amazed and as one that cannot save them Why art thou so Lord tell us the reason of it notwithstanding this thou art in the midst of us thou art ours and we are thine we are called by thy Name do not forsake us And that in Zeph. 3. 5. The just Lord is in the midst thereof speaking of his Sanctuary he will not do iniquity that is sin Friends the holy Lord is within us see the fifteenth verse The Lord is in the midst of thee thou shalt not see evil any more Therefore in the fourteenth verse he calls upon his people to sing Sing O daughter of Zion shout O Israel be glad and rejoyce with all the heart O daughter of Jerusalem Is not this good news Friends why do ye not sing and shout for joy seeing the Lord is within you And in the seventeenth verse he speaks of the same thing The Lord thy God in the midst of thee or he that is thy God is in the midst of thee he is mighty that is he is strong he will save thee nothing shall hinder him neither sin nor devils he will rejoyce over thee with joy that is he will spend his joy upon thee thou shalt have his joy he will love thee and he will rest in that love he will lie down and take his ease in that love wherewith he hath loved thee He will not onely rejoyce over thee with joy but he will joy over thee with singing he will sing and joy over thee thou shalt be the subject of his joy and rejoycing Now in the sixteenth verse it is said In that day it shall be said to Jerusalem Fear thou not I am in the midst of thee and to Zion Let not thy hands be slack that is be not unbelieving The reason why I mentioned all these places of Scripture was that so the Objections might be fully satisfied concerning this truth Christ in them If it be so that that Christ which we take care for who shall ascend into the heavens and who shall descend into the deep to bring him into our hearts is within us that is in our hearts Then Friends be peswaded of this truth that Christ is within you But who is it that saith that Christ is within us The righteousness of faith and the Scriptures say so that he is in us in the midst of us nigh to us even in our hearts O glorious truth O excellent truth This is sweet sweet But you seem to make no difference between Christ's being in all the world and his being in the Saints Yes but I do there is a great deal of difference He is in all the world more generally he is in his Saints more particularly If it be so then this may serve to discover this truth to us O