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Show ~to No. XIX. ~ 'An A 'P 'P B N 'lJ I X to VoL. I, times like an .Angel of Light too? .For t~is Ma~ of Sin, and ofu~~~d~i~~' has alfo his Vifions, K(lowledge, F~z~tbG, :rgn.rd ltf'rj:j}i;eJe:~f!Alluafed bY yet not like .t~ofc that are Born o, o • on are ' His Holy Spmt. fb far that you feel that all Fle!h is Silent be- But Ah! Are you corn~ '. when God !hould fpeak, and Men fote the Lord? Fo~ ~hat 1\ tRe Tim~dam Silent in you ? Is the Spirit of !bould hear .what hi a6'·s I •t; J-1an I Pa!five and ituier, retired from all Man S1lem m you? s t Y su.'J. .A h rfi n that thou rnay'ft hear and J~q.ages, lJeas, Figure.r, DT' h 6~~ ~pFe ~ii {p~ak unto thee? He who is the difcern what God, throug h LS.Ad 00•. Paradife the Good Jews under the Bleffed T~acher, that d tpug ~ .am ~does yet' teach all True Chriftians Law by hlsGA~ge}s a~ rhp H.~s B~FatJed Son who is rbe Glorious SMn and nnder the 01~ ' t rou~ .g .r all Di)j &Jt'[arions ro Mankind. Licht of •be World, and uln•Js a, ~ a. F. . d judge walk up to I fa~ OO(e more, in the Fear of t~e 01 ' r~:r ~~ n "E-x' erience~ nei· wh~~ yoq have attained, and.tea'h not 'bYT J. Do ~ot hoi~ t/JC Truth (n t1er .Glory~ ~~~'i·k~T{a~(~lf.€t~~f:~~~~n ~~0 :au~ not after the S~ir~t, nor ar:n!a~:fe~~bl~, \hrough the Work'of it; and who make not ro~~ffi~~ thereof. And therefore hear me once more£ I r~ee8h J~du :Pe~~~ !hro;gh ~e~~ftdi/~u:r ~:~ J!f~fe~~~? HD~ey~~kceO:~lle H~l_y Watch :1ainft th: Enemy i/an his Appearances, whether Selfifhnefs, oi Smfulnepfs. or~aw neft or Backwardnefs in Duty? Have you conquered t~at art,, or a Y Birth which afcends like an Eagle, and hQvers ID the tt~ b~tluc1:l~ do whet; that is uuty profitable to the Soul? Is the ~yeo t e u !11'~ m • ed that would peep and f~y into the Path of the Rtghteous, whtch ts k~pt cl~fe from aU the Birds of Prey, but open to the Dov~? ~h l I? that whtch delights to comprehend and know more, than that whtchL!iobtamed through.. daily Obedience? Is that afpiri.ng Serpent feen? 1 fJy, 1S that E~emy fee11 and judged> And that through Chrift, 'the Great Prcpbet of Go.d ITl you, to whom all Judgment is committed? I.£ fo, yo~ are fa,fe :f Butt n~t, ~e~ fball your Work fl,dfer Gre11t Dam11gc 10 the F~ery Day o the or · n) befides 1 fily have you received your Knowledge by the Death of the <j.{ofs. And h~ve y~u feen your felves loft without Chrift, and rifen wit~ l':n ~ Then have you caft away your brave Clothes, and are cl_oarhed ~poo. wtth Immortality, with the Fine Linnen, and Raiment of Samts, whtc~ IS tbe !'onion of all the Redeemed oftbe Lord through J~dgment, and J.lLS Bleff fed Converts through Righreoufncfs,. as t~ was wah the Holy Fathers o. Old: Can you fay in Truth, and m Righteoufnefs, that you ar.e Re deemed wirh the fume Judgments, and Converted thro_u~h the fameRtgbte· oufnefs as they were, and tb,at the fame Pure and .Spmtual Judgment ~~s ~ the Beginning of your Knowledge and Expenence? If not, then ns all wrong, and you muft begin agaip : ~or one Stone muft not {bnd upon another in that Building, which ftands .m. the Oldnefs ?f the Letter, and not in Newnefs of the Spitir; : ConvtEI:.ton, Redemptton, and from :m Earthly Senfual, a Superfenfuat ~ife, ate ~he great Bufinefs, and muft be wrought by Fire, called the Bt~ptifm. of Fire and the Holy Gboil. Wh~refore deceive not your felves, Go.d w1ll noJ:. be mock.ed: Come to t.he Fu~, and try your Works. Ar~ they wrought in Go~, by and after Hlm, H1s Mind, and Will, or of Self-Imitations and lmagtnauons that cannot p~ofit the poor Soul? If after God's Mind and Will_, there is an End of the Fmtbs, Worjhips, L1ljl1, Glo(v, and Cufto~s of thlS World~ and. the Root they; fpring from, is cut down, with all ltS Branches, Frutts, and Leaves, that have fbown tbemfelves, more or lefS, under the ~rear Apoftacy that has fpread over the World, and Cbrifien~om more c~pect~lly. Examine my Friends, and try th1s Holy Gmde tn your Hearts, by ~h.e )Vord of rhe Lord, which is di':iding ~funder, between the Soul and Sp;rt{, and the Joint .r and Marrow, and ts a Dijcerner ?f the Thoughts and ~ll1tpofes ~~ lhc Heart : For the lieart is defpcrt~tely WtcA:ed, wbo can hzow II · Yd~. Vo:t. I. The A t1 T H 0 R's LIFE·. :!1 t the Secrets and Tre3fures of Unrighteoufnefs live in it. Examine therefore ·No. XIXJ thy felf over and over, by the Light of the Lord, and let his True Judg- ~ rnent take Place, that which comes from him, to Whom the Father has com· mitted all Judgmcnr, as well as all Power. . I have a Godly Jealoufie about many of you, whether your Knowledge does not exceed your Experience, at leaft, your Obedience, and whether you feed not your felves with that Bread that perifhes. Beware therefore of that Tree whofe Knowledge Jidmn purchafed with rhe Lofs of Pt1radije; Gen, 2. 9• for that is the Way never to come into the PJradifical State again. I feel I mufi fay to fOrne of you, Come Jovm, Zt~uhe11s, come down. You that find Luke J9• S• your felves to be of low Statures, and therefore miftfult left the Multitude fhould hinder, or hide the Lord from you, whofe All-feeing Eye and Pr~ fence beholds all Things; and therefore refon to the Hlgh-Trec; that is, to high Notions, that you may fee, or behold him as he is. I fay· ro you, Come down, for Salvation is not to be found there: No! No! For it is nearer to you, it is even come to your own Houfes : Yea, to your Hearts ; Rev. l· 2o. there ft:mds Chrift your Salvation at your Doors, knocking; lt:t him in, ~~n 1• 79· for be comes to take away the Sins of the World. and reftore poor Mallt to 5 'l· 47t God again. He whom God has fet to be a Light to the Gentiles, and a Leader to the People, and to be his Salvation to the Ends of the Earth: Therefore 1 recommend unto you, that you be not ofFended at the Mean"' Zech. 4.1ot nefs of his Appeuance; for his Day is a Day of !inall Things, even as the fmoking Flax, and the bruifed Reed. . And this therefore arifeth powerfully in my Soul, to fpeak unto you; that he appears not in the Form ofBeauty, which is pleating to the Flefh; and that his W:1y and Worfhip is feparated from fuch in the greatefr Mea· fure. F1efh and Blood have no Pan in his Service, and the ForwJrdnefs, Runnings and Willings of Men, have no Place there: For it is neither upon this Mountain, whither one Sort runs, nor yet ar Jerufalem, nor in the Frivy·Chamber! where :J.n~rher Son are feeking; but in the S~irit of God, the True Worfhtp of God, ts known ;~nd performed. Every }urm id more acceptable than his: No Man's Face or Vif:tge, being more marr'd or ditfigur'd than his: All vOluntary Humilities and Worfhips of Men, and every lfuman Tradition or Invention of Men, has J fairer Show, and a more grateful Appearance than His, of whom it is faid, lle luu not a Plnu whereon to lay His He(td. Thir is a bitter Cu'p for the Creature, and there are bur few who will drinl( it ; for it is a hard Marter to bring Men thcreun .. to, viz. To fit ftil1, and with Patience wait for the Salvation of God, and deny all Self·Atlivities, and Conrrivings, and fO let him Will and Work, all theu Works in and for them. They know not what tt is to put their .iU6utbs in the Dujl, and 11/J F!tjh to be Silent and abafed before the Lord: Lam. 3• 2~-; that he alone may be exalted, and his Voice heard, that he may prepare them to do his Will in their Earth, as it is done in Heaven. Ah l How hJs this Myftery of Unrighteoufnefs wrought, and how does it work yet? Boaf.tirtg that the Living Child belongs ro her; but it is feigned, becaufe it is the Wor_nb of Death, and dnnot bring forth any Living Fruit unto God. All Nanons have drank too much of this Cup; but the Hour of this Falfe Spirit's Judgments is now come, and it isfecn, reve11led and judged, througft the Living Spirit of God, which is felt, received, and obeyed, by a poor People, whom God has delivered out of the Mouths of the Idolatrous and Superfti· ous She~herds, and Falfe Prophets, who have no Vifion themfelves, but who Wrne, Preach, and Pray againft it, and pcrfecute thofe that A!fent to and Profefs ir, as the Gofpel Priviledge and Dignity, whu are come co the Lo~d •. and know his Law written in their Hearts, and his Fear placet! iA. thea mward PlrtS, and that are caugttt and guided by Him. Thefe follow t!e Lamb, and hear his Vo~ce, and are the Hoft of the Lord, in this our Day, who Fight through their Holy Teftimony under his Banner, againft the Myfti~al Harlot, the Falfe Propber, and the &af!. And, behold, they fball obtatn the Vi8:ory} For He that is in them, is Jlronger than he that is m the World, that Fights againft them. E e : An~ |