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Show 1!6 No. XX. ~ .ATtt~ier Vifl· uritmi•t~ l.JiveafGod. Life p.t09· }ohn4.23,24 John 1. 13• and 3.6. J.PetJ. 23. Rev.21.4. [, Heb.1.2. ![. 1 John 3• 8. Mat.1.21. John 1. 29. 'An .A p p E N 'l> i X to VoL. t ' '{j . ·11 tbe Love of God, that overcometb .A. Tender VI Jtatlon, 1 I. H' • J Low Dutch Nations who 'h' w. /J a p ople tn ,,. •gu an• - ' .n.· • • or 'in. ,fl. :fier Righteotlfoijs, dnd aefire to /mow and WOTJutp Hunger an 11;r . S. . . containing a platn Tejlsmo11)-..fo the G.Ao d . in Truth, ,';;'d1m 1 u'tn'er!Z.:, and Woin·ip that God is Revi'l!ing t .,d .Aeo;,o t<a e, YY "J . J" h anNaJ ''Jf:,.."O_Jo a1 t m· g t·n th"• ~o - rt ' in His Spim and Trut • F'u ENDs, h . h G d the father of all Mercy, and our Lord Je- ! N that Love w erewJt 0 . d m Soul 1 JikeWife Love :1nd Vifit fus Sh!ift ~ath 7:oved L~md i~~e you y with ':111 the Saints might c~me u; w1fhmg m the .arne ave d e F;ith Hope Worfhip and Service, to E~perience, fwhat 1(/~c Kn~~~i~ 'alone i~ truly ~cccptahle unr.o Him: that IS of, and ~om 0 • an t ou rna obtain: And that you betng arm~ And that you t!l!ght fo tun, tha Y foy fi bt as you may gain the Prize, ed with the SptncuJ~ We~pons, m~y G gG~d the Lord of Heaven and ~~t~~~~·~;o ~~Ju~~i t~~:~~~k k:~~h;0~:}~1~1:~o~~ h~; ~~f1~~.~~ you, to be ;our ' an f the Will of the Fiefo, nor of the Will of Man, bornbnot o ~lop~, h ~~Jt!y and Incorruptible Sud; by the Word of God, . but orn _ag:n~ -? 1 d . 0 d 0 Him in an Everbfiing Covenant; That; !:·] of P1s f!.:;ie~1 i;J~a;~~t live co your.felves, hut to the Glory of I e you n u' have finifhed your Courfe here below, you may lay G~ ~ And r ~~d/\n PeJce, an'd enter in co Everlalting Reft with the. Faith· ~.fr."h~~eual\ TeaTs {hall be'wipcd away from yo~u Eyes, and evcrlafhng Joy ::~nd' GlJdnefs' lh3ll be the Pdrd~~~{ f~~i In~~dtb~c~pen-hearted unto you, , J Let me therefbre, WFntnd s! ph F yf God for I am preffed in Spirit and confider f9~ f!lY or S 10 t e ear o , to.. write to you. J I d ' our felves to God who was the Teacher of ~:i;'1~~ft~e~~4i!\n~u;!~cl; who was t~e.feacher of t~e 5Jfrae/~u~ ' ' h' p h s and of the True Ohrl/ftans through his on _Tbus, t~Yo,lighh ts h rf~ea~•'his Will in the Hearts of all true Chriftians: If nor, !h~ :Ce ~~u ;et erring from , his Spirit, and going aftray from the Lord, ~r:sa· iS ~/e T~~~~ry~ ~~~eNJnd ;~;~~{r;~ of the Com~ng of Chrift ? Are ·~u'~~l'to an Inward Experience o£ wh~t the f:~m~ 1S? He:ukcn to th.~ {vdlds of his Beloved Difciple, who has fa.d, For rh~ Purpof,Dhjl' Son? GcJ. wtu 11111ni{cjled, rhat be 11,-ilht (put an End to Stn, a~d) / ro{ De fi(tiJk · if' tbt bivil. Do you know thli by your own Expenence. Ah. eo cdv/ :or your felves; Where, pray, does-Sin Dwell? And where are ;t~c Works of the Devil> Are the_y not in the Hearts o~ tvt~n and Women . s not th:ir the Sear of WickedntfS, the Tabern~cl~ ~f. Sm, the Temple of the .t!ivil ~ Have not Men there wor{hipped h1s Spatt LHaye O?t .Men there .boW a down before him? And are not all fuch born of h1s evtl Seed) Mu~ ot Chrift who is the SeeJ of God, bruife his Htacl,. there deftror his Work, and' take his KingGom from him? .The Soul, _whtch .by ~a tan ts defiled, and kept In Captivity, .muftnot C'hnft r~deem a, ~u~1fic .u. and fa~e it I That it may be changed, and feafoned wah the D1vme Seed,_ and o cOftle to hear the holy Image of the fame; to. that ~nd, that. Chn~ ma.Y come to dwell in a P11re Hedl't, and tha~ .G?d may be worfh1pped m h1S own Evangelical Temple, in his own Spmt m Man-3nd Woman) What of thl!fe'T..hings :1re you truly come to know? And what have you yet felt hereof? Chrift is therefore come into the World, ~\'en, for that very ~n~ is he called J ESU S, vi.=. That he !hould Jove hu Ptople from tbttr Sms . 'A.nd to that Fnd has J ohn dire8:ed all. to him, by thefe Words, Beboid rbe t:amb of God, U'bicb tak"b awoy th' Sm of the World. Look VoL; I. The A iTT ito R's L' I FE. Look no\'1 to your felves; 0 Inhabitants of O,riftmdom! Wheth~r he N o. XX. has taken :1way your Sins, and what thofe Sins are: Examine and try your ~ felves by his Holy Lighr, from what evil Things fou are now redeemed, which you were before fubjea unto; for Chri£1: fa \'es nO Man from the Wrath of God, whom he hath not firft redeemed from Sin : For,. Tbe Wa-. Rom. 6. 23. gu of Sin U Dtnrh, and whatJoever A1en fou·, t bat tbeyjha!J reap, in rbe Grw and Laj/ Day of ]Hdgmem. . , To whom then do you Li\•e; My Friends, and in what Life? Do you live in the Life of God and Chrift, Wherein the Saints of Old did live, whole Livts were bid with G1Jrijl in God; and who did live, becaufe Cl~rijl !tvtd Co!, 3· ~ in tbutt? Is the Old Wine, and alfo the Old Bottles put JWJY? Is the Old Man, with all his Deeds put ofF? The old E\'il and Corrupt Ground, which briugs forth all Evil and Corrupt Fruits; ls that burnt up by the fire of God? For his Word is like a Fire; The Old Heavens, the Old Service of Jer. :a3. zg. God, Peace, Gladnefs, and the Old Worfhip, which al together are as dead in the Fallen N:Hu're, are the_y rolled up m a ScrlJw/, onJ, Vejl11re, and mrlt-ed tbrougb the jlrong Htat oj the Burning and ]11dging Spirit of God? Are you become as New Botttu, which receh·e the New Wine of the Kingdom of God, which endures for ever? Have you, my Friends, p11t on the 1\'"ew Eph. 4· 24; .Man, whicb t~/tet God i.t created in Rigbteoufncfi, and in tr11e liolinefl? GJn you feel that there is brought forth in you the lfnv Henueo, and the lVew Earth, wherein Righteoufnefs dwelleth? .Confider, you, who truly and fin-cerely feek to know the Lord, and his Works in you ana Spend notyo.llr Ifa. ~~.2. .Money [Or tbnt whiCh is not Bread, nor )our Labour for tbnr which .{lu.isfi~ etb not, nor will profit any Thing in the Day of Account; that your Souls he not deceive~, but that you may be faved in the Day of the Lord. Come you that are wtary and heavy Laden, and you that Hu11ger and Thirfl after Rilhteou}jtefJ, and defire to walk in the Purity and Righteouf.. nefs of the Saints: Be ir known unto you, that Jefus Chrilt, who can Dif. charge, Eafe, Help, and Save you all, he is near you, and fbnds at the Door of your Hearts, and that he waits to be Gracior1s to you; he Knocks, Rev, 3• zO.: that you may open unto Him: It is he who has vi fi red you with his Saving Ifa. 30. JS. Light, whereby he has manifefted your Sr:~te and Condition to you, and be ... gotten an Holy Feeling in you ; whereby you are become weary of your E-vil Doings, and raifes up a Holy Thirft in you after better Things. Now then, if you defire •. and ~xpea ev_er to be fi11ed, :1nd _fatisfied f!o'!l him, then molt you recetve H1m as he IS Revealed, and as hts Holy WtllJs made known in your Hearrs; and keep your fehes under his Holy Judgments and Reproofs: Fot t he Reproofs of ln}JrrtElion nre rbe Way of Eternal Life. Love Prov. 6. 21; therefore, that which Reproves you for Evil, and turn from thofe Evils, for which you are Reproved~ For Zionjhall bt redeemtd through Judgment, and Ifa. 1.-27. and her ConvtrtJ with Rigbteoufntfi. Love, I fay, the Judgments of Chrifi, :Ji1d 4· 4· fubmit thereunto, and wair for him, to feel him yet more and more, thar: ·~ you thus may fa;r, with one of Old, In the Wt~ of tby J/{dgmentr, 0 If.l. 26. 8, p; i;orJ, have we watted f or Thee: And, with Our Soulr bave we Jrjired Tbet Ill the Nigbr Scafon; and with our Spiritr,. witbin tll will we fuR. Thu ~rly: For f!Jhtn rby Jutlgment.t nre in the Earth, tht lnbabitnnts of tbe WorlJ • tJJ/0 /tarn Rtgbreoufnefl; For ].11dgmtm, faid Chrift, am I co111e into rbH John 9; 39; World: That is, as an Holy Light, ro make Manifefi; and JS a Righteous Judge, to Condemn all Unrighteoufnefs of Men: And all thofe rhar Love his Reproofs, and wilJingly fuffer his Chafiizings, and Fatherly Rebukes, th~y fha1l fee ]11dgmtnt hrol((ht forth unto Vitlory, and that the Prince of Mat. 12. 2.0.· tbu World, the corrupt Root, the corrupt Narure, Ground. or Origin, in you, as well as the Evil Fruits, and Ungodly Works thereof, (hall be jNdf.- !J· And when this is done, and is fulfilled, then you (hall know what if lS to ling his High Praifes in Truth and Righteoufnefs : Then you fhall come d~~~dt~:dsg~~ed~ the Lamb; and know, rhat you, by that Lamb are Re. ReY. S· 9• But h may be fome will afk:, Who is able to perform fo gteat and blelfed • Work? Fear nor, you that feek the Kingdom of OcJ, and his Righteouf· F f nefs, |