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virtue_n	darkness_n	light_n	shine_v	1,307	5	9.6147	5	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
A47152	Immediate revelation, or, Jesus Christ the eternall Son of God revealed in man and revealing the knowledge of God and the things of his kingdom immediately : or, the Holy Ghost, the Holy Spirit of promise, the spirit of prophecy poured forth and inspiring man and induing him with power from on high ... not ceased, but remaining a standing and perpetual ordinance in the Church of Christ and being of indispensible necessity as to the whole body in general ... / writ by George Keith, prisoner of the truth in the Tolbooth of Aberdein, the 29th of the third moneth, 1665.	Keith, George, 1639?-1716.	1668 (1668)	Wing K175; ESTC R28754	117,830	152

mine Elect in whom my Soul delighteth I have put my spirit upon him he shall bring forth Iudgment to the Gentiles c. He shall not fall nor be discouraged till he have set Iudgment in the Earth and the Isles shall wait for his Law ver 4. and Isa. 49. 6. I will also give thee for a Light to the Gentiles that thou mayst be my Salvation unto the ends of the Earth And ver 8. I will preserve thee and give thee for a Covenant of the people to establish the Earth to cause to inherit the desolate heritages c. And Isa 55. 4. Behold I have given him for a witness to the People a Leader and Commander to the People And Ieremiah the Prophet saith of him Ierem. 23. 5 6. Behold the dayes come saith the Lord that I will raise unto David a righteous branch and a King shall Reign and prosper and shall execute Iudgment and Iustice in the Earth in his daies Judah shall be saved and Israel shall dwell safely And this is his Name whereby he shall be called THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS And he said of him Ierem. 20. 9. His Word was in mine heart as a burning Fire shut up in my bones and I was weary with forbearing I could not stay And this was the Word which come unto all the true Prophets and instructed them with their Messages from the Mouth of the Lord Many other Passages might be brought testifying to this Principle out of the other Prophets Ezek. D●… Hosea and the rest but I forbear And Iohn the Baptist testified of him saying That he came being sent of God for a Witness of the Light that all men there-through might believe he was not that Light but was sent to bear Witness of that Light that was the true Light which enlightens every Man that cometh into the World John 1. 6 7 8 9. And Christ himself in the dayes of his Flesh testified of himself saying I am the Light of the World he that followeth me shall not walk in Darkness but shall have the Light of Life John 8. 12. And this is the Condemnation that Light is come into the World and Men love darkness rather than light John 3. 19. and John 14. 6. I am the way the truth and the life And Iohn 11. 25. I am the Resurrection and the Life And Iohn 10. 9. I am the Door by me if any man enter in he shall be saved and go in and out and find Pasture And Iohn 15. 1. I am the Vine and my Father is the Husband-man c. And all these glorious things both he in the daies of his Flesh and the Prophets before that his appearance in that body of Flesh declared neither only nor Principally concerning his coming in the Flesh namely in that Vessel or Temple which appeared at Iesalem mainly and Principally concerning his spiritual appearance in his Saints after his being Crucified Risen and Ascended for till then the Son of Man was not glorified Phil. 7. 39. And though he was bodily present with his Disciples yet he told them they were to see greater things Phil. 1. 50 And he said the Kingdom of God was at hand and he taught them to pray for it and he said There be standing some among you which shall not taste of death till they see the Kingdom of God come with great power and glory whereby it is manifest that these things relate mainly to his coming again in spirit when it should be powred out according to these many Promisses concerning the same Recorded in the Prophets and as is said before he told them It was expedient he should go away that he might come again in a more glorious and comfortable appearance by the Revelation of his glorious Power in their hearts for his Kingdom was not of this World but an inward Kingdom and he said that it was within and pointed to this spiritual appearance by his Light in their hearts under many Parables and Figures which he calls the Kingdom of God Mat. 13. 18 19 c. He compareth it to seed sown in several sorts of Ground and he explaineth what he meaneth thereby calling it the word of the Kingdom That Kingdom which standeth not in Words but in the Word Eternal and this is the Word of the Kingdom which is sown in all sorts of Ground good and bad that is in every mans heart but the good only receiveth it and bringeth forth Fruit therein ver 3. He compareth it to a grain of Mustard-seed which being the least of all seeds yet groweth up unto a Tree and is the greatest among herbs hereby pointing at his appearance in Mans heart at first which is very insensible but as he is believed in becomes gradually greater and greate till the Kingdom come with power and great Glory which is also figured forth by the other Parable of Leven which a Woman took and hid in three measures of Meal and it Leaveneth the whole Again ver 44. He compareth it unto a Treasure h●…d in the Field the which when a Man hath found he hideth and for joy thereof goeth and selleth all that he hath and buyeth that Field whereby he understandeth his Light that shineth in the darkness of Mans Heart which hideth it from him and Earth in mans Heart is that Field Now though the darkness doth much to hide this noble Treasure yet this noble Pearl shineth forth through the Darkness and reaches to somewhat in Man which being touched by its Vertue and Power is made sensible and an eye opens in the sensible part which finds the Treasure and selle●…h all for it quitteth all the Light discovers to he evil that the Field may be redeemed and the Treasure possessed and this Treasure the Word of the Kingdom being full of Power worketh cut the Corruption out of the Field the fruitful Field becometh barren and then fatneth it and maketh it good ground good Earth this is the New-Earth and the Treasures or seed sown therein takes Root and becomes a branch or plant and it is the noble Plant of Renown That i●… Christ formed in the Soul Gal. 4. 19. And so the barren Wilderness becometh a fruitful Field and the fruit of the Earth becometh excellent Isa. 4. 2. For it is the fruit which springs out of the Earth and the Heavens open and poureth down Righteousness which watereth this noble Plant with its living streams Again he compareth it to a Merchant-man seeking goodly Pearls who finding one Pearl of great price went and sould all and bought it What is this Pearl but the Light Revel 21. 21. Compared with Iohn 10. 9. The twelve Gates are twelve Pearls and yet but one as the seven Spirits of God are one Spirit Again ver 47. He likeneth it unto a Net cast into the Sea which gathereth of every kind good and bad but the good are kept in the vessells and the bad cast away hereby is signified the Word of Gods Power the Light of

of man in him was life and that life is the light of man said Iohn and so the light shineth forth in the darkness to visit the seed shut up therein and the light breaths life into the seed in such a measure and degree as its capable of in that state and it draws out of the darkness out of the death out of the earth out of the evil into the light into the good into its self and a measure of power goe along with the drawings to quicken the seed and make it able to follow that which draweth and as it is obeyed cherished and followed not resisted and quenched it ministreth dayly more and more life and power and its drawings a●… felt more and more forcibly and so the eye opens which was shut in Adam to see God in the vertue and power of the light which reveals him and the ear opens to hear his voice and the tongue of the dumb is loosed to speak forth the praise of its Saviour and Redeemer and the Limb is made to leap as an heart for joy and Gods heavenly vertue and power is felt tasted and handled and the passage again into Paradise is opened by that new and living way and man gets access unto the tree of life and the river of Gods pleasure that runneth thorow the Garden of God and so man comes to live in God and God in his Son Jesus Christ lives in him and rules King and Lord in him and the law whereby he rules him is writ in his heart by the finger of his spirit and he reveals the whole counsel of his will unto him by the word of his mouth the light reveals the whole will of God unto him and as he abides in the light and waits in it it will manifest clearly in him what he should do what he should shun and he needs not go forth to seek a Law without him or a teacher without him the word is near in his heart and in his mouth and this is the word of faith to which Moses pointed the Iews and Paul the Romans thus it is manifestly demonstrated wha●… was mans blessed state before his fall what is his woful and miserable estate in the fall how he is recovered out of it by Jesus Christ his Power effectually working in him for his delivery and how he is brought by him into the blessed condition wherein Adam was created in the beginning ye and is into a state more safe and glorious then ever it was and this is generally acknowledged that it is so and the Scriptures testifie fully to the truth of it then it follows manifestly from the premisses that every true Believer and Christian gets this blessed priviledge of knowing God by the hearing of his voice and seeing of him in the Revelation of his light immediately proceeding from himself for this was Adams priviledge and his most glorious and principal if man were not restored to this he should come infinitely short of Adams blessedness and now if any should say man is to be restored through Christ to this priviledge but not in this Life that is reserved for heaven and the other Life the Scripture testifie 〈◊〉 fully that it is attainable and attained in some measure before the laying down of this earthly tabernacle by every true believer for every true believer is a man born again born from above not of the corruptible seed but the incorruptib●…e the word of God which liveth and abideth for ever and in this birth the spiritual eye is opened so is the ear and all the other sences then what hinders this birth from seeing of God whereas it lives in the incorruptible and divine principle did not Moses see God and indured by faith seeing him who is invisible And did not Iob see God and did not Isaiah see him and do not all the pure in heart see him and it s promised to them blessed are the pure in heart for they shall see him Now it is generally granted that the Patriarehs Prophets and Apostles saw God and heard his voice immediately but say they this was a special priviledge peculiar unto them and not granted unto all believers but from what is already said this is manifestly confuted and will yet more appear from what follows for Christ is not only the Saviour of the Patriarchs Prophets and Apostles but of all that believe it is a common Salvation unto them all and they are all baptized into that same spirit and one life and Christ is head in all the Sun in all the glorious Sun of the soul whose beams open the blind eye and gives to behold in the light thereof the glory of the Lord in the face of Christ Jesus Argument 3. Herein lyeth the main and principle difference betwixt the Law and the Gospel the old Covenant and the new the ministration of the Law was an outward ministration and it had an outward Law a Law w●…it in tables of stone and this Law was ministred by the hand●… of the mediator Moses a tipe of Christ and God spoke unto Moses and Moses unto the people and so terrible the voice was that it made the people sore affrighted and Moses himself did quake tremble and the people said let God speak no more unto us least we dye but let Moses speak unto us thus ye see how the Law and old Covenant had an outward and a mediate ministration and a carnal or lit●…eral Commandement and therefore it was weak and could not give Life but was the ministration of death and therefore was to pass away for it was added because of transgression and given forth not as thereby man were to obtain li●…e or salvation but to be a School-master to lead unto Christ to point at him and shadow him the substance forth wherefore it had an outward temple tabernacle priest-hood sacrifice and stood all in outwards and according to this dispensation or Covenant God spoke not to all whoever under it immediately but mediately he spoke to to the fathers in the Prophets Heb. 1. 1. But now the Gospel ministration the ministration of the new Covenant is the ministration of the spirit which remaineth 2 Cor. from ver 6. to 12 and so is not ceased and it is God speaking to us in the last dayes in his son or by his son Heb. 1. 1. That is more immediately and this is the now Covenant Ier. 31. Heb 8. I will put my Laws into their minds and write them in their hearts and they ●…ail not each every man his neighbour and his brother saying know the Lord for all shall know me from the least to the greatest and this is a more excellent covenant whereof Christ the son and heir is mediator and he speaketh it unto the people not from Mount Sinay but Sion and his voice is a calm sweet still pleasant life giving voice and these under this ministration say let Christ the Lord of the house speak himself let God

an other of them but more especially the Teachers and Ministers and Bishops so called so stifly and furiously opposing it and the assertors and witnesses thereof to the stirring up of the Rulers and powers of the earth to persecute them with prisoning banishment and other cruel usages and spoyling of their goods and the people through the instigation of their Teachers who falsely in many things report us not only cruely mock and revile us but many of them fall a beating and buffeting of us for the truths fake and in love and compassion to their souls and in the fear and will of the Lord I am drawn to give my Testimony concerning this and to hold forth to the people the Truth and ne●…y 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 demonstrating it in so far forth as words may be serviceable thereto according to the measure of knowledge I have received from the Lord concerning this thing That our persecutors such of them who through the ignorance that is in them oppose us being informed and convinced of this truth by the light of Christ which shineth in their consciences in the darkness which will not fa●… to testifie and witness to the truth of my testimony herein may cease any further cruel using of us least they be found fighters against God and cause the innocent to suffer which the righteous judge of the world will not suffer to pa●… unrevenged and for the sake of the poor people of this Nation ●…or indeed for want of the knowledge of the unsearchable riches of Christ who are as lost sheep going astray upon the barren mountains whether their shepherds have driven them in this cloudy dark day or rather night of thick Aegyptian darkness wherewith they are so blinded in their minds that they are past feeling of God his heavenly power and vertue the only true food of their souls the only true pasture and fold of rest their resting place which the most of them never knew and such who at any time have known any thing of it have forgotten it Oh what a let●…argie has overtaken them who have so long and so much professed the name of Jesus Christ among whom there have been some who in some measure sometime a day could feelingly and experimentally speak of what God had done in their souls what Christ had wrought in them could ●…ell of sweet hours of fellowship and communion with him his coming into their souls and supping with them and they with him his revealing the bid invisible in comprehensible inconceivable to the natural understanding glory of his love and shedding it abroad in their souls speaking in them words o●… l●…e words of power living words spirit and life inutterable impossible to be expressed speaking as never 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 spoke or could speak could they have any satisfaction but in his presence his life giving countenance but in the voice of their beloved could it content them to hear man speak when their beloved spoke not was it not a burden unto them to hear or read what God had wrought in them but as the living voice of the beloved of their souls did accompany and witness afresh these things in them causing their hearts to burn and earn with in them he opening in them the Scriptures opening their understandings how did their hearts burn with coals of Love kindled at the fountain God who is love how did their hearts leap for joy at the sound of his voice how were there bowels moved in them when he spoke how did the handles of the lock drop with sweet smelling myrrhe when they rose up to open to their beloved how could they discern when he spoke It is the voice of my beloved could they say that speaketh unto me arise my beloved my fair one and come away Such and the like experiences as we read that the people of the Lord witnessed in the Scriptures so could some who have lived in this Nation and perhaps some yet living witness the same also and could have said A men to the truth of all these things but alas alas into what a dead sleep and let●…argie are they fallen which has so stupified and benummed them that they are become past feeling of these sweet experiences how has the thick darkness whereinto they are fallen and are sunk so choaked them and quite wiped out the true remembrance of these things they have so forgot them as if they had never known them and now they are turned with the sons of Belial to mock at these things calling them fancy delusion imagination melancholly some hypochondriack humor a spirit of witcherie and delusion and to persecute them who witness this blessed dispensation of life and glory though in a more steddy and fuller manner and measure and to 〈◊〉 the servants and Ministers thereof with the ●…me of deceivers and false Prophets oh oh how have ye fallen from heaven to earth how are ye sunk into the pit wherein there is no ●…ater how have ye lost your glory turned your glory into shame and followed after lying vanities how have ye suffered your selves to be ●…ulled a sleep in the whores lap with her bewitching v●… who hath cut your Locks wherein your strength lay 〈◊〉 〈◊〉 it is departed from you and the Philistines mock you having put out your eyes and you are become a hissing and reproach to day and yet ye will not cease to reproach you are spoiled your selves and yet ye will not cease to spoil the enemy is getting his will of you to the causing of you shrink from your cause ye have lost your ground ye have thought shame of your cause that which by you was called the cause of God the Covenant and oath of God the work and interest and concernment of Jesus Christ ye have left it at your heels and the most of you trampled on it and now ye fret and rage because ye are provoked to jealousie by a people that are no people poor and despiseable in this world but rich and honourable with God unto whom the Kingdom is given it is taken from you for that ye have not brought forth the fruits worthy of it and it is given unto them a Kingdom which is righteousness peace and joy in the holy Ghost and heavenly Kingdom that cannot be shaken wherein these despiseable ones stand in the Lambs power and reign in victory and dominion in the midst of their sufferings as Kings and Princes unto God over all the cruelty and persecution of their opposers and now ye are joyning issue with them against us whom ye looked upon and dealt with them as your enemies and called them the enemies of God limbs of Antichrist Antichristian ye have associated with them become one body and Church with them plead for their Ministry and Worship that at least if it be not so good as ye would desire yet its lawful and better then to want all and ye go and hear such men up and down the Land whom ye know to have dealt