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A54072	To the Jews natural, and to the Jews spiritual with a few words ro [sic] England my native country, &c. : some sensible, weighty queries, concerning some things very sweet and necessary to be experienced in the truly-Christian state : whereunto is added a postscript, containing some queries on Isa. 50, 10, 11 ... / by Isaac Penington.	Penington, Isaac, 1616-1679.	1677 (1677)	Wing P1214; ESTC R36966	28,679	73

enter into Isa 26. Their outward Kings in that Land and particularly David were but Types of the spiritual King the spiritual David whom God would raise up to the spiritual People who should seek the Lord their God and David their King who shall be their spiritual shepherd and ruler whom God hath appointed to fed them in the Integrity of his Heart and to guide them by the skilfulness of his hands who is King of Righteousness tnd Peace inwardly and who ministers Righteousness and Peace to the sheep and lambs of his pastures Their outward Priests even their High-Priests were but a representation of the great High-Priest of God who was to be a Priest for ever after the order of Melchizedeck Psalm 110. Their outward Covenant made with them from the outward mount Sinai upon the giving of the Law and holy Statutes and Ordinances by which they were to live and enjoy God in their outward state was but a shadow of the inward and spiritual Covenant the new and everlasting Covenant which God makes with his inward and spiritual people in the latter dayes Their outward Law as 〈◊〉 written engrav'n in tables of stones was but a shadow of the inward Law which God puts into the Children of the new Covenant insomuch that they need not go outwardly to learn the Knowledge of God or his will or law but the inward Israel find it inwardly written within There the Isles who wait for the law of the spirit of Life for the Law of the Messiah receive the Ministration of the Law in the spirit and Power of the Messiah which they wait for Their outward Mount Zion on which the outward Temple was built by Solomon that wise King that righteous King that peaceable King was a figure of the inward Mountain whereupon the inward House is built in the dayes of the Gospel in the dayes of the Messiah And to this Mountain are the spiritual people to come up and worship And this is the Zion and Jerusalem even inward and spiritual from which the Law and Word of the Lord go forth in the dayes of the Messiah And the spiritual house of Jacob combind or agree together to walk in the Light of the Lord who sends forth his Light and Truth and leads them to his holy Hill and to his Tabernacles Their outward Tabernacle and Temple sanctified by God for him to dwell and appear in was a shadow of God's inward dwelling-place in man I will tabernacle in them God dwelleth not in Houses or Temples made with hands that is not the place of his rest as saith the Prophet Isaiah but the high and lofty One that inhabits Eternity whose Throne is in Heaven and the Earth his Footstool he dwelleth also with him that is of an humble and contrite spirit to revive the spirit of the humble and to revive the spirit of the contrite ones Their outward Sabbaths were not the lasting Sabbath or Rest of the Gospel but given them for a sign but the day of Redemption from sin the day of resting from sin the day of ceasing from the Works of the flesh the day wherein God is all doth all by his spirit power inwardly and wherein he alone is exalted this is the day of rest which the Lord hath made for the spiritual Israel and which they are glad of and rejoice in So their Incense and Sacrifices were not the lasting Incense and Sacrifices but shadows thereof The prayers of the Saints when God pours out the spirit of prayer and supplication upon them and they pray to him therein that is the Incense Let my prayer be directed before thee as Incense and the lifting up of my Hands as the evening Sacrifice And this was the Incense and a pure Offering whic● in every place was to be offered up to God's Name among the Gentiles when his Name should be great among them as Malachy foretels And what said David of old when God's spirit and the holy vision was upon him Sacrifice and Offering thou didst not desire mine Ears hast thou opened Burnt Offering and Sin-Offering hast thou not required Then said I lo I come in the volmn of the book it is written of me I delight to do thy Will O my God yea thy Law is in the midst of my Bowels The Sacrifices of God are a broken Spirit rent your hearts nd not your garments and turn to the Lord your God A broken and a contrite Heart O God thou wilt not despise The offering Praise to God from a sincere Heart and the ordering of the Conversation aright these are the Sacrifices well-pleasing to God for sacrifices were not the thing which God mainly required of outward Israel but this OBEY MY VOICE And Obedienc is more acceptable then all other sacrifices and to hearken then the Fat of the choicest Rams Besides those outward sacrifices could not remove or take away sin from the Conscience but he that came to do the will and to put and end to those sacrifices and oblations which were but outward imperfect he doth both wash and take away sins from within and also bring in Everlasting Righteousness where his Light shines and his pure Life springs inwardly in the Heart And this is the substance of all the shadows even the Light eternal the Word eternal the Son of the living God who is Light as the Father is Light the Word nigh in the Mouth and Heart the Word of the New Covenant the which Moses directed your Fathers to Deut. 30. And by which the Lord speaketh and hath spoken throughout the world Psalm 50.1 and teacheth every man that hearkeneth to his voice to do justly love Mercy and walk humbly with his God as it is expressed by the Prophet Micah Now to you Jews of the outward line of Abraham whose return to the Lord my soul most earnestly desireth after and for which I have most vehemently and wrestlingly prayed to the Lord are some few weighty Queries upon my heart Query 1. How came David to pant so after the living God like the Hart or Hind after the water-brooks Was it not from the quickning Virtue of this inward word which Moses the man of God had directed the mind to Read Psalm 119. and see how he breathed for Quicknings from this word on which all depends And if ye come to experience this word and the quickning virtue of it and follow the Lord on therein ye will soon come to know the day of the Messiah and the glory of his Kingdom which is not outward transitory and of a perishing nature but inward spiritual and eerlasting as David well knew and spake sensibly of Psalm 145. and elsewhere Qu. 2. What are the waters which every thirsty soul is invited to Are they not the waters of the Messiah Are they not waters that flow out of the wells of salvation Isa 12. Do not the Spiritual Israel draw spiritual water out of the wells of the Saviour in the Dayes

they that live feed upon And though they be many yet feeding upon this Bread they become come one Bread one living Body consisting of a living Head and living Members for the same life and pure heavenly nature which is in the head is communicated by him to the members But how shall we find this may some say I will tell you how we found it and here none can miss of it that sweep the House and make a diligent and faithful search after it That in the heart of man which turns against sin discovers sin draws from sin wherein God ministers help against sin that is it That is the Pearl hid that is the Kingdom hid in that is the Righteousness of God revealed from Faith to Faith in all that receive and give up to this holy leaven This is of the Nature of God and Christ this is a measure of his Light of his pure life this is the law and commandment everlasting which God writes in the hearts of the spiritual Israel For the inward Jew hath inward tables where the inward law is w●it for the inward eye to read O how nigh is God inwardly to the inward people in this our day O the pure glory is broke forth But alas men are in their several sorts of Dreams and take no notice of it What shall the Lord do to awaken this Nation In what way shall his Power appear to bring down Unrighteousness and to bring up Righteousness in the Spirits of People Do ye not think the Lord hath been at work and is still at work How could Deceit be so wasted inwardly and Truth so grown inwardly and overspread more and more and gain ground in the Nation if the hand and Power of the Lord were not with it blessing it O take notice of the handy-work of the Lord ye children of men and wait to feel Truth near and to partake of the living Virtue and Power of it that ye may feel your Hearts creating anew and the old Heavens and Earth may inwardly pass away wherein dwells Unrighteousness and the new Heavens and the new Earth may be inwardly witnessed wherein dwells Righteousness O that this Nation might become a Paradise of God! O that every one might be sensible of his Presence and Power and Kingdom and righteous Government inwardly in the Heart from the King that sits on the Throne to the Begger on the Dunghil Surely man was not made for himself surely he was not made such a Creature as now he is but in the holy Image of God with love in his heart to God above all and to his Neighbour as to himself O what are the Religions and Professions of several sorts where this love is not found The Lord is restoring his Image and bringing forth the true pure Religion again The Pearl the Truth contains comprehends it O buy the Pearl O buy the precious Truth sel all that is contrary to it for it take up the Cross to all that is evil in thee as the Light in thee maketh it manifest and thou shalt have the free Possession of it in thy heart and feel it a root of Life a treasure of Life a well of Life out of which the living water will be daily springing up in thee unto Life everlasting Amen The 22d of the 7th Mon. 1676. Three Queries upon three verses of the 46th Psalm Verse 4. THere is a River the Streams whereof shall make glad the City of God the holy Place of the Tabernacles of the most High Query 1. Which is the River and what are the Streams thereof which make glad the City of God And which is the City of God which they make glad Which are the Tabernacles of the most high and which is the holy Place of those Tabernacles O my dear Country-men that every one in this Nation did understand and enjoy these thing For the Lord is ready to beget a Will to beget a Thirst in the hearts of the Children of Men And whosoever thirsteth whosoever will is called to the Waters and may come to the Waters and take of the Water of Life freely Isa 55.1 Rev. 22.17 yea to the full satisfaction of their Souls For indeed this is the Day of God's Power wherein he doth make his people willing to come to him and to abide with him the Fountain of living Waters And those that do come to him and abide with him he abundantly satisfieth with the Fatness of his House and giveth them to drink of the River of his Pleasures Psal 36.8 9. Mark God is the Fountain of living Waters with him is the Fountain of life a River of Pleasures a River whose Streams make glad the whole City even the holy Place of all the Tabernacles of the most high And he giveth his Citizens to drink of it and whoever drinketh of it it maketh them glad it refresheth their life O that more knew what this means Ver. 5. God is in the midst of her she shall not be moved God shall help her and that right early or when the Morning appeareth or from the Morning appearing Qu. 2. How is God in the midst of this City Is it not more gloriously in an inward way then ever he was in the Temple in the outward Jerusalem in an outward way How is she built How is she founded and scituated How comes it about that she shall not be moved How is God her Refuge and Strength and present help in time of Trouble After what manner doth God arise inwardly and scatter his Enemies How doth the Morning Light help her after what manner when the Enemy cometh in like a Flood doth the Spirit of the Lord lift up a standard against him Ah blessed are they that know and experience and live in the Enjoyment of these things O that this whole Nation did so Were it not worth the suffering of much the denying of much and the bearing of much Judgment to come to this Ver. 10. Be still and know that I am God I will be exalted among or in the Heathen I will be exalted in the Earth Qu. 3. What is that Stilness wherein God is known to be God not outwardly in notion but inwardly in the heart VVhat is that Silence of Mind wherein God teacheth his Israel in the new Covenant to know him as he is even all of them from the greatest to the least How will God come to be exalted in the Heathen and in the Earth Is it not by the Light of his Day breaking forth and shining in them VVhere this Day breaks forth in any heart doth it not bteak down and destroy the Kingdom of Darkness inwardly And doth not the King of glory consume the man of sin the wicked one that was exalted in the Temple before which Temple belonged of right to God with the spirit of his mouth and destroy him with the Brightness of his coming or appearing Isa 11.4 2 Thes 2.8 Then is the Day known vvherein the Lord

Dominion shall not pass away or the Scepter and law-giving Power shall not pass away from him as it did from Judah nor shall his Kingdom ever be destroyed Dan. 7.14 but God will give to him the Throre of his Father David and he shall reign over the House of Jacob forever and of his Kingdom there shall be no end Qu. But who are the People that shall be gathered to him Answ The People that shall he●r his voice and come at his call that shall receive the instruction of Wisdom and feel the drawing Power and Virtue of the Father in the Day of his Power It is written in the Prophets All thy Children shall be taught of the Lord. And every one that is taught and learneth of the Father cometh to the Son cometh to the Messiah cometh to the Shiloh to the word eternal to the word of Life in the Heart Qu. Was not the Messiah promised to the Jews to come of them and to be appropriated to them Answ He was promised to them and to come of them but not to be appropriated to them But he was to be the Universal Saviour to all that should come under his Ensign and Banner He shall set up an Ensign for the Nations and he shall sprinkle many Nations c. And God promised that he would give his Son his elect choice Servant for a Light to the Gentiles Qu. Were the Jews then excluded Answ No They were to be gathered to Shiloh as well as others Nay the Lord had a special regard to them The Gospel was first preached to them They had the first Offer or the first Call to the spiritual Glory They were the Children of the Prophets and of the Covenant God made with their Fathers unto whom God having raised up his Son Jesus sent him to bless them in turning away every one of them from their Iniquities And the whole Nation turning from their Iniquities should have been gathered by him and should have enjoyed the Blessing of his Day and Kingdom Yea the first gathering was from among them and the first glorious Gospel-church was at Jerusalem where the Spirit and Power of the Lord Jesus did most eminently and wonderfully break forth and great Grace was upon them all But the Nation was not gathered to Shiloh nor did come under his Scepter and Government but only a remnant of the Nation So these being gathered the rest were cast off and the Ensign was carried among the Gentiles and the great gathering was there among them Qu. How is it manifest that the great Gathering to Shiloh was to be from among the Gentiles Answ By many expess Prophecies of Scripture and Promises to the Messiah that he should have the Gentiles for his Inheritance and Possession VVhen God establisheth his King the Messiah upon the holy Hill of spiritual Zion notwithstanding all the Heathens rage against him and the People of the Jews imagining a vain thing thinking to keep the Body of him in the grave who was the Resurrection and the Life what saith the Lord to him Ask of me and I will give thee the Heathen thine Inheritance and the uttermost Parts of the Earth thy Possession Psalm 2. The Lord said in another place It is a light thing that thou shouldst be my Servant to raise up the Tribes of Jacob and to restore the preserved of Israel I will also give thee for a Light to the Gentiles that thou mayest be my Salvation unto the Ends of the Earth Isa 49.6 Again the Lord saith further From the rising of the Sun even unto the going down of the same my Name shall be great among the Gentiles and in every place Incense shall be offered unto my Name and a pure Offering For my Name shall be great among the Heathen saith the Lord of Hosts Mal. 1.11 Sing O barren thou that didst not bear break forth into singing and cry aloud thou that didst not travel with Child for more are the Children of the Desolate th●n the Children of the married Wife saith the Lord Isa 54.1 Who was the married Wife who was the Mother in the Dayes of the first Covenant was it not the Jerusalem below Who was then Desolate and Barren was it not another Jerusalem which is free and the Mother of all the spiritual Children Why was she now to rejoyce and sing But because she was to break forth on the right hand and on the left and her Seed was to inherit the Gentiles and make the desolate Cities to be inhabited ver 3. The Covenant on Mount Sinai did bring forth a great People whereof Jerusulem that was below was the Mother The Covenant afterwards made besides that in Horeb whereof the Word nigh in the heart and mouth is the Foundation by which Word God circumcifeth was as yet Barren and did not bring forth a People to the Lord. But this Covenant was to have a time the Jerusalem above was to have a time wherein her Seed should inherit the Gentiles and the Maker the Husband should be called the God of the whole Earth ver 5. Read Gal. 4. and see how the Apostle of the Gentiles expounds this Mystery shewing which is the free woman and her free Children and which is the bond woman and which the bond Children who are cast out in the Day of God and in the shining of his Heavenly Light inwardly and cannot inherit the glorious Kingdom of the Gospel with the Children of the free woman And consider who were the People in the time of the first Covenant VVho obtained Mercy then VVere they not the Jews And who were not a People and who did not ob●ain mercy but were left out of the love and mercy of the first Covenant VVere they not the Gentiles And did not the Lord promise that he would have mercy on them that had not obtained mercy and that he would say to them that were not his People THOV ART MY PEOPLE and they shall say MY GOD Hos 2.23 compared vvith Rom. 9.26 VVas not this once gloriously fulfilled in the first Visitation of the Gentiles And is it not again gloriously fulfilled in his novv visiting them again vvith the fresh Sound of the everlasting Gospel as vvas promised Rev. 14.7 O vvhat a Promise is that concerning the Day of God that In that day there shall be a Root of Jesse which shall stand for an Ensign of the People to it shall the Gentiles seek and his Rest shall be glorious Isa 11.10 Is not This the Day wherein the holy Mountain is known and that nothing can hurt or destroy there And doth not the Knowledge of the Lord cover his Land his Earth as the VVaters do the Sea And doth not the Root of Jesse the Rock of Life and Salvation stand for an Ensign placed so by God and who can displace it or shake them that are built on the inward Mount Zion Yea is not the Rest of the weary Soul when 〈◊〉 comes hither found to be very glorious

and they that are the true Ministers of the Gospel minister in this and are to wait for it daily from God that they may minister in it Qu. 3. What is the Maintenance of the Ministers of Christ or what is to be the Maintenance of the true Ministers under the Gospel Answ Christ who hath sent them forth to minister in his Name hath provided for them they that are his true Ministers are satisfied with what he hath provided for them Mat. 10.10 being careful not to make the Gospel which is to be an inward Blessing outwardly chargeable to any The Mind of the true Ministers is about the Service of Christ how they may be faithful to him gather souls to him feed them with the Bread of life from him not what they shall have from men for so doing for such covet no man's Gold or Silver c. Some Question answered concerning the Lambs War Question 1 WHO is the Lamb Answ H● that takes away the sins of the world The Word which was in the Beginning Behold the Lamb of God said John John 1.1 ver 29. He ●hat was born of the Virgin Mary after the Flesh and was also the Man-child born of ●he travelling-church after the Spirit Rev. 12.5 Qu. 2. Who makes War with the Lamb Answ All that are in Wickedness in Darkness in Sin and Corruption and under the Power thereof who strive to defend and maintain this Kingdom against the appearance of his light spirit and power in them Qu. 3. What strength have they on their side that make War against the Lamb Answ The strength of the great red Dragon who hath seven Heads and ten Horns and in every one of his Heads is Wisdom and in every one of his Horns there is Power So that dreadful is the Battel that is fought between them either inwardly in the Heart or outwardly in the VVorld when Christ appears in his light spirit and power to assault and break down the Kingdom of Darkness and to set up his own Kingdom which must be set up even in the VVorld Dan. 7.14.27 Rev. 11 15. Qu. 4 Did the great red Dragon and his Army never in no respect prevail in this Battel Answ Yes for even while the Lamb and his pure life and holy Testimony have prevailed so that the Dragon and his Army could get no ground over them inwardly but salvation the wall and bulwark of God's Heritage and strength and the Kindom of God and the Power of his Christ did prevail inwardly yet the Dragon even then hath prevailed over their goods liberties and lives outwardly and he drove the VVoman the true Church out of her Place as I may say that she was forced to fly into the VVilderness he so sorely assaulting her Yea after that also he made VVar with the Remnant of her seed and cast some of them into Prison and drunk the Blood of those that would not drink his false Church's Cup but keep the Commandments of God and have the Testimony of Jesus Rev. 12. chap. 2.10 yea the Beast to which he gave his Power which had seven Heads and ten Horns like him chap. 13.1 made VVar with the saints and over came them outwardly though he could not overcome them inwardly for he could not make them to worship him ver 7 8. Nay nor the second Beast neither though he had Horns like a Lamb and spake like a Dragon and exercised all the power of the first Beast and did great wonders and had power to give Life unto the Image of the former Beast and would kill all that would not worship the Image of the Beast and would suffer none to buy or sell but such as had the Mark or Name of the Beast Yet neither could this Beast overcome the Followers of the Lamb as to their inward Life and Testimony though it had power to kill and suppress them outwardly ver 11. to the end chap. 14.9 to ver 13. which plainly shews the saints had patience and kept the Commandments of God and the Faith of Jesus and would not worship the Beast and his Image nor receive his Mark either in Forehead or Hand Qu. 5. What was the Cry up and down Nations when the Dragon and the Beast thus prevailed and when the false Church carried her Cup of Fornications up and down through Kingdoms and Nations and made the Kings and Inhabitants of the Earth drink thereof and who would not drink thereof she would not let them buy nor sel but impoverish imprison them and drink their Blood Rev. 17.2 6. Answ The Cry every where was Who is like unto the Beast Who is able to make War with the Beast Indeed there appeared no Power any where able to withstand or resist this power which the Dragon had who gave it both to the Beast which arose out of the Sea and to the Beast which arose out of the Earth both which joyned together to persecute all that would not drink of the false Church its Cup which was Golden without but full of Abomination and Filthiness of Fornication fornicating from the holy Life Spirit and Power of the Lamb inwardly who is the Head of the true Church and true Worshippers Rev. 13.4 chap. 17.4 5. Qu. 6. What is the time of the Dragon 's the Beast's and false Church thus Prevailing against the true Church in reference to the outward though they cannot prevail against its inward Life and Testimony but that through Patience and Suffering● prevails over and reigns inwardly in the midst of all their Cruelty and oppressing of the outward Man Answ It is the time of Antichrist's reign and sitting in the Temple as if he were God and exalting himself over all that is called God and which ought to be worshipped It is the time of the true Church its being in the VVilderness and of the Man-child's which the true Church brought forth being caught up to God which things were to last according to Scripture account 1260. dayes or a Time Times and half a Time 2 Thes 2.3.4 Rev. 12.6.14 Qu. 7. What will the Lamb do when this time is out Answ He will come and make VVar again he will come with his heavenly Armies armed with spiritual Armour and fight an heavenly Battel yea he will judge and make VVar in Righteousness against the Unrighteousness of the Dragon and the Beast and the false prophet and his heavenly Armies shall follow him their Captain and Leader on white Horses clothed in fine linnen white and clean who shall fight in his spirit and power against all that he fighteth against And out of his Mouth goeth a sharp sword that with it he should smite the Nations and he shall rule them with a Rod of Iron and make the spirits of all his Opposers bow under him and fly to shelter themselves from that VVrath which they cannot escape O who would not kiss the Son that he might not provoke the Lamb to VVrath against him