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Show 'lOll- 'An A 'P 'P-E N 'I) I X to iV (}.I., I. No. XVIII. their Ptiells cry our againfl inwud Senfe ;" lcfl the People lbould go alone, ~ and come ro a more acceptable W11rjhzp. . My dear l''rit·nils As you would enjoy God's Prcfence, Love and L1fe, and be acceptable with7him, wait in his holy Light and Spirit that hath vifite~ you, againft rhefe ~traragem.r.of Sr.tt171, and J11akt not yollr Beloved before bu Time. Watch agamft the w,u, that Inikument of Satan, and Enemy of God's. Glory, and your own Comfort. Let it be l!ridled, ~ubjeEted, and kept uuder Ch-rilt's Yoak, yea, fubdued, that the W1ll of God may be done in you and by you, which bringeth Glory to the ~ord, and .Eternal Peace to rhe Soul. One Sigh, rightly ~ego!ren, our-we1ghetl} a whole Volume of Je/f-ntnde Prayers: For that wh1ch 1s _born of Flefh, IS Flejb, and reach· eth not to God's Kingdom, he regardeth tt not;, and all that 1~ _not born of the Spirit is Flcfh. But a Sigh, or a Groan, an fin~ from a hvmg Senfe of God's Work in the Hearr, it pierc~th the Cl~uds, .H entere~h th~ .Heavens; yea, the Living God hcareth it, ht~ R~gard 1~ to a, and h1s Spun helpe!h the Infirmity. He loveth that whtch lS of _htmfelf, and hath Care ?Ve! It. tboul.,h as Poor, as Worm Jacob. For the Crtes of t~e Po.o1:, itnd the Stgbmgt 4 tbe Needy n'ilt I arife, Hthh the Lord: Tbe Poor Jn Spmt, that have part· ed with all, that they may win ~hrift; that need bim only, _and feek him above all: Who have no Hplper in the Earth, b~t have dented all earthly Helps that he might bring and wvrk their Salvauon for them. And as you are n~t to run in your own Wills, nor to offer up Sacrifices of your own .preparing, fo have a Care how you touch with thofe that do; how you bow ro their Wills, and join with their Sacrifices. For all thefe Things greatly help to extin~uifh the Divine Senfe begotten in your Hents by t~ Word of il..ife. And as you are faithful to the Light and Spirit of Chrift, which giveth you to difcern and relifh between that which ftandeth in your bwn Wi\1, and the Will and Motion of the Spirit of God in your fclves; fd wi11 you by the fame Light difcern and favout between that which ptoceedsfrom the Will of Man, and the Will and Motions of the Sphit of God in others; a·nd accordingly either to have, or not to have Fellowfhip with them: For what hath Light to do with Darkntft? Or what hath Spirit to do With Flefo? Or what hath Life to do with Dtptb? For the Grnve co7fnot prnift !bee, 0 Lord.; Dtarh cannot ctlebrnte tbte: They thnt go down into Ole Pit f~nnot hope /or rby Truth. Tbt Living, .rbe Living, he jha!J praifc thee, tU 4oth my Sdul this Day. Thio was the Tellimony of rhe bletTed Prophet lft~.inbJ and,it ft:1ndeth true for ever. According to the Prophet, Tbou btJjl <OrdttineJ Pt-6te {or IH, for thoH haft wrought all our fVO(ks in m. <. Wherefore 1 exhort you in the Spirit of TRuTH, and in the Couhtl:l of Jhe GOD of TRUTH, keep in the Divine Senfe and Watch, if you "ou!d endure tlJ rbe End 1n tbe Wtli uf God. And I [lljl agarn, ToUch not t!lilh ft1aR·m.nde rMinijlen, nor /Jfan·made Worjhips, let their Words be wever fo trut1: iTis bl!t Mlfn, 'tU' b11t Flejh, 'tU bur tb( T-V ill i ttnd it jhaU htJVt no Acuptnnce with God: 0 ~his is the Golden Cup of the Whore, that is gone :!rom_ the Leadin_gs ~f the Spirit. wi~b which the Nations are defiled\ have flpthtng ~o do·~.tth n. Keep to Chnft J~fus, God's great Light, follow him, as heJhmeth ~n your Hearts, and ye Wlll not walk in Darknefs, but have th'e L1g~~ a( L_tfe ;. non~f De.alh to ~ondemnation, as in rhe Wodd; but u~to Life, whLc_h 1s Ju{bficauon and Peace. _And remember that nothing 'bnngerh to Chrtft, that c~mefh nor from Chrift. Wherefore all Miniftry t)lat cometh no~ from Chnft, G?d's gre:lt Prophet and High Prieft ro all True-horn ChnPuans, C:Hl?Ot ~nng People to Chrift. Man only gathereth tO M:~n, to he~rt' and belreve tn Man, and depend on Man, And if the Church,of Ctmntb fought a Proof of ~h.rifPs Speaking in Paul, that had ftegottoo 1hom, and had wroughr the Stgns and Works of an Apoftle in them; how much more Re:tfon hate you to demand a Proof of Cbrifl'.r .}peakjng in rf.e friefts 11nd JHiniflers of rl1is World~ urho bavt nor wrtJ~tgbr t}lt S•gnr and l~.r~r of 11p•flier or,.~, illinij/m? And by what {buUld you try rb~rn, but by the Light and Spmr of CH us T \n you ? Yea, 'ti; tCbrHt }dfus m you, that giveth you to favour, if others fpeak from Chrift in them. VoL.(. The Atrl'Hdn's LiFE · . them. 'And this the Apo!lle referreth the Corinth· ' . !1o5 thrill's fpeaking in him: For nothing leadeth to God"l:~,'~h for ~.Proof of No. XVIII. from God, :ven Chrift Jefus the Son of God. 0 l~t him abe w ICb came ~ and know htm to be your Fit.·tru · Sir under h' h 1 T your v;,e, DoUrine (hall drop as Myrrh upon yo~r s01111 • He ts ·11 YJi ~achings, whofe Bre4J of God, tbJt cometh from Heaven th~t fee:'' h eed 1ou with the rhirhenhat fe~d.upon it: And He is tbJt'Bread. et an eadeth them Therefore r1 tutand W4tch unro his DaHy and H 1 V'fi · SoiiiJ, :md ag~inft all the Approaches of the Ene~ur ~ha~ l~tlons to your take you at Unawares; but thar you may be pre£/' d 11 ° he may not his Darts, and the Force of his Tern tations b herve rom the PMJ~er of the Defence of the Faithful Ancient/ If yo~ h! 1 ~1foly Ad.mour of Lit.br, fhJll eat the Gocd tJf t he L and. Now is D WI 10~ an ob~1ent, yo~~. while the Light is with you; for the Nig1~11;omay,h n?w 1~ )'~111' Tmte ; work Not only the Night of Eternal D:uknefs ro r~! \Jrckedtc b'tone canWf~rk: of De:nh unto all: For in rhe Grave there is n ~ Ut t.he N1ght any Man there, work the 11"orks of God Yo ~ Rep~nt~ce, ne.tther can E/e8? Is he Precious to you? Have ye chofcn bimn~wyt e {undott~n: Is he have: See whar you build upon him. Have a Ca_ ea,f nrn fausfied yott Stubble! Ha\•e a Care of your own lflU.t d S .. r; o ay, Straw, and Bread that pen.fhetb, as all the Bread of ahJ ,Ptntk: Labour not for the you ~n the Light and-Strength of the Lord an s 'lltn rng doth: But labour rifheth, that Bread that cometh from Hea ' for the Br.ead that never pe· that Life that is Heavenly that is bid witbvC~· itj/h~t GJ1lheth the Soul ilt ther of Life; that of this' Fountain ou .,rz . m 0 ' ~he Root and Fa~ har cometh from rhe Throne of G!J ar::J~trJhk,1that IS clear and pure, mudd] Puddle of Man's Invention The . t e amb, and not of the there is a Drink that perifherh. ~na wre IS a Bread that perifheth, and tP,eir Souls fhallperi(h alfo, if they Repe~t to the~ tha~ fee.d thereon, for never peri01eth, :wd there is a FountGin nor. .ut t ere IS a Bread that Life, and Blelfed are they that reed and d t~at.{pnnfeti up unto Etetnal Eternal Life with God. This is that wh'nn ere~; or they !hall have G.d, it will feed an n•·otbtr Bread, nor 0<h kny fausgett;v, what is Born of but W9<tn you all that are come to rbe Lord." Do 110 h1 er ater. I cannot otber Food, [rom Man and .blan'.r Wili d sl ay, ~ _at laou ceafe /rom all Divine Senfe; that overlayeth and kille~~ h !'UfitiOn ;l or _that fiifteth the no Grapes to be gathered of Thorns nor Fit 1~1' ea.ven Y Btrth. t'here ate Vinqnd Fig· tree, CHRIs r JEsus . r,cs OJ Thif!/er, Keep "your Ollln of hi~ Fruit, which is the Fruit of Lif; tb ub~:J hnif that yo_u may eat }\Jature and Spirit of this World aM ,fl e h en anT; htd from the fider ;_ Firft, you mu~ wait till the M;;,n:"{o~!~hunto.d h~o Things con .. to be tdle; you are to work . and . . ; :Jn t en you are not dllily gathered and fed u on'. F next, as It dafiy cometh, fo it muft be will not he Food for 10 Da:; it.wi}{ nt~t\~ttn£111 tiat ~fis ~ther'~ yefterday.,. wardly, fo 'tis inwardly. Time paft is no~e ~£ tt~.t , e~'I'· nd as tt was out· waft, but what thou art God ·n be d U me . .IS nor what thoU' ~e~;rd1ay ? Tb" J.udetb tiee not~: Day, h~/:f'f~ jnf!.S ~dft thhouH~t t Clp es, and us m them to pray fo d ., B d taug t IS tenance, and to look no f.1rcher bu rour at1 rea ; for thePrejentSuf· Faith in Him, that raifed ~p J is uS ~epend h upon te L ord, and Live by come is no more ours, than the Time paft.om the ea ti fo that the Time to Wherefore, Bleffed are rh h F can e reca ed. they fhall never he confounded~'~ at ear the Lbrd, and confide in Him. loverh /jrutl, he Is GoDd unto lfra~~y fh~11 Jfc~ no go•d Thing 1 for the Lord whofe Hearts look up 10 Heaven 3 ' an a t at are of an upright Heart; nor Live in the vain Lutts of t'he nd not ?own to the E~rt~.; neither Love bernack, {ucb .flulll dweU in His Hoi W c;>rld · S11ch /haU nbrdt 111 Jf_H Huly TafW! Tk Ri&_bteotlfne.f3, and fpeak tb8 ~ ~d~, ~ven t~ey that wal~ upnght!J, that vt!t Ptr]On is conll'mned b l -u Ul 1 tn thftr Htarll; 111 who{e fight 4 ' utwJo llOnourtbemtbnt Fearthe Lorl. Omy |
