The Sonne of God this Kingdome it passeth thorow lownesse and meannesse to excellencie and honour and therefore all the reason and parts of man in this generation are set against it that this may be fulfilled He must suffer many things and be rejected of this generation The end of the fourth Sermon THE COMMING OF THE KINGDOM of GOD. LUKE 17.22 And hee said unto the Desciples The dayes will come when ye shall desire to see one of the dayes of the Son of man and ye shall not see it QUestionings Occation this Scripture They that are least knowing are fullest of disputes They that have something to satisfy them are least in questioning To the Pharisees ther 's a rebuke ver 20. The Kingdome of God cometh not with obsevation And then a comfort ver 21. Behold the Kingdome of God is within you But now to the Disciples there is a sharp sentence The dayes will come when yee shal desire to see one of the dayes of the Son of man and ye shall not see it This is spoken to them that desire to see Christ The Disciples You that acknowledge Christ present with you your Master you that are called to an owning and confessing Christ to bee come To you that have believed and do believe and have published this This is the Messiah This is hee whom we looked for To you it is spoken for you are the Disciples What is a Disciple One that hath devoted himself and given himself to a constant and continual attendance upon Jesus or one that is seperated from the world and liveth in the family of Christ who alwayes is with the Lord. Then there is a sharp fentence to beloved Disciples In love to you I could be content to conceale it were it not love to you to declare it That the dayes will come when yee shall desire to see one of the dayes of the Sonne of man and yee shall not see it Such tribulation such darknesse such confusion within and without every where such trials and combustions that yee shal desire to see something of God something of the arme of God of the appearance of God and ye shall not see it Such flouds of darknesse wil bee let loose upon you and so drown all your understandings your senses your experiences your hopes your injoyments your comforts your confidences within and without That yee shall desire to see one of the dayes of the Sonne of man and yee shall not be able to see it yee shal desire to see and shal not see the least spark of the light of one of the dayes that ye have had The dayes will come It cannot bee avoided Heaven and Earth shall passe away but not one tittle of my word shall faile Nights wil follow dayes and the best day that ye have ever yet seen is not Eternall and therfore it will bee pursued and followed with a darke night The dayes will come Nothing can withstand them What is to come must come before the word of GOD can bee fulfilled All that ever you have known and understood is no more able to resist them then a poor straw is able to resist the greatest river or dry stubble to withstand fire These dayes are so firmly Decreed resolvedly Purposed in the Holy Conncell of God that all that ye have and know shal not be able to resist it These things I tel you before hand that when they come to passe yee may remember that I told them you It s appointed for man once to die c. It s appointed for your lives the life of all that yee have and are the life of man to die and come to judgement and in these daies yee shall desire to see one of the dayes of the Son of man c. Ye think ye see GOD ye see Christ the time wil be when ye shal desire to see and shal not when yee shal confesse yee are in the dark when yee shal confesse yee know nothing when ye shal not say ye see but yee desire to see People that now are very confident that they do see and know something it wil be manifest that they do see and know nothing YE shall desire to see Though Disciples yet YE shall desire to see An earnest hunger and thirst shall bee after the view and sight of Christ when you wil long not to hear but to see Christ You are now satisfied with the report of him that 's nothing you shal desire to see him After all your injoyments there wil come a heavie thirst a grievious parching heat and thirst and nothing wil satisfy but this I must see GOD and Christ Yee shal bee in such tribulation and desolation that nothing but the sight of Christ can cure you at such a losse that if all the gifts and comforts of men Angels should be presented to you ye would throw them at your feet and nothing wil content but This I must see the LORD all that hath comforted you now will bee nothing yee will not bee at peace unlesse ye see the Lord Jesus yee wil bee in such a streight that yee shall desire to see one of the daies of the Son of man Mary would see Christ though a Crucifi'd Christ and would see the Son of God though in the grave You wil desire to see him though in the meanest and lowest condition O that I might have but one glimse of the light of God If he would but look through the lattis through the key-hole but without sight and view of him I can never bee at rest If I may injoy himself his Own-self though in never so small a degree it is wel Now ye are full yee shal be empty yee are rich yee shal be poor ye say yee see ye shal bee made blinde ye think ye have all and are rich and have need of nothing but ye shall finde that ye are nothing and have nothing Ye are contented new with the daies of man with the works of man these things make a good man yee think ye doe well if ye doe like wise men honest men and holy men this wil not alwaies satisfy you this wil not alwaies be desirable that which ye now rest in wil be unsatisfactory and ye wil desire to see one of the dayes of the Son of man c. One of the dayes of the Sonne of Man The Son of GOD is the Son of man Christ borne of a woman Jesus Christ the Anointed of GOD descending from Man springing forth from Man This fruit of the Spirit This Holy Childe Jesus growing out of man There is first The day of man wherein man liveth and liveth upon faith and expectation of Christ and lives in looking and wayting for the Son of man the Sonne of GOD. In this state the Disciples and John were and they that bee in this state are by the knowledge that they have of Jesus Christ washed from the polutions of the world have fellowship and communion with
who had the infirmity and flesh of man to Judas That thou doest doe quickly Lasting woes are the worst woes Then commeth the third woe which shall last but half a day And as it is short so it is that which shall let us into the third state of the glory of God As there is the day of man the day of Christ and the day of God so their is the glory of Man the glory of Christ and the glory of God This Heaven into which the witnesses ascended is not the highest Heaven the highest glory There must come a third woe that will carry them thither And it comes quickly It is an happy state the witnesses are in when they are raised from the dead yet it 's not lasting though their condition be glorious yet it hath a woe stealing upon it yea though it be a very blessed state a Resurrection from a sinfull Earth yet it is such a blessed state as is subject to warre for immediately succeeds the third woe This clear bright Sun of righteousnesse is subject to an eclips The tenth part falls and 7000. are slaine yet all earth is not cleared away There were sweet enjoyments of the glory of GOD yet it was mingled with some weaknesse and this is our happinesse that our God wil never cease refining us til all Earth till all flesh bee quite removed from us til he hath perfected us into himself The Third woe is a tolerable woe though it hath its sting yet it comes quickly and goes quickly It 's such a one as we are wel able to endure And then cometh the seventh Angell Sounding and hee saith aloud The Kingdomes of this world are become The Kingdomes of our Lord and of his Christ The two Witnesses their prophesying their slaying resurrection and ascension is in the Mysterie of the Spirit Angels sounding It comes neere to perfection but yet is not absolute perfection the highest Reign and Kingdome of the Lord and of his Christ breakes forth at the sounding of the seventh Angel The seven Trumpets are all but one Trumpet The last Trump shall sound The Spirit of the LORD being able either to contract all into one or to enlarge one into seven when and as he pleaseth He can give all to one call it one make it one discover it and open it into one or enlarge it into seven Seven dayes make but one with him Seven Angels and seven Trumpets make but one Angel and one Trumpet with him Seven is a number of rest and blessedness and here is the seventh Angel or the ange licall nature in et's perfection Christ the Head of Angels or the Perfection of Angels Angels are ministring spirits sent forth from God Ministers and Trumpets sounding forth the Kingdome of glory The exellency or perfection of Angels is to trumpet out the last and greatest glory of God Yet Christ the Arch-angel the head and chiefest Angel takes pleasure to sound forth the glory of God before the breaking forth of the Highest and Last glory Trumpeting is a proclaiming or declaring of the glory of GOD. Jesus Christ the Arch-angel the head or chiefest Angel sounds and sends forth a proclaimation or declaration of the Kingdome of GOD. And when we hear the sound of this great Trump we enter into glory or the sounding of the last Trump by Jesus Christ the great Archangel goes before the approach of the highest glory of God And it s said There were great voices in heaven After the sounding of the Trumpet comes forth the voices which is a more distinct and excellent note in musick then the sound of the Trumpet No Organ or Instrument sends forth so sweet a note as the tongue of man It s said There were great voyces in heaven and as it s exprest afterwards these voyces are uttered by the four and twenty Elders that sate before the Throne worshipping God Twelve you know was the number of the Apostles who had only the first fruits of the Spirit We saith the Apostle have the first fruits of the Spirit They had as it were a single harmony of musick publishing and declaring the glory of God But here is not onely twelve but twenty and four Elders The Spirit of God appearing in a double measure twice as much as in the Apostles having the full harvest of the Spirit a greater company of Saints and the Apostolicall Spirit or the gifts and graces of the Spirit in the Apostles doubled upon the heads of the Saints or Jesus Christ appering in the Saints in a double measure of the Spirit of God And they are all Elders too al taken up into the Ancient of daies living in the eternall and everlasting Spirit He is an Elder indeed who was before the World was made he is but an Novice and of yesterday that can speak but from the begining of the World These are the great voyces in heaven by the four and twenty Elders In this dispensation you have that measure of the Spirit of God that was given to the twelve Apostles and Church in the primative time doubled raised up to the Ancient of daies And there were GREAT voyces in heaven Some times our God speaks in a low still voice and indeed His very whisperings are pleasant Here is not only one voyce or a low whispering voyce but many and Great voyces Audible and Mighty declarations Great and various discoveries of our God When the witnesses Prophesied in sack-cloth Thousands were sufficient but now here are Thousands of Thousands Now here 's Christ in the flesh and Christ in the Spirit joyned together Now they are multiplied to Thousands of Thousands in heaven Many voices tuned multitudes of hearts enlarged in heaven they are four and twenty In the former dispensations they were shut up in Earth they were cloathed in sack-cloth they were but twelve Here they are increased to twenty four All the voices crying out Now in one Great voice and that so clear so shril that it shal spread thorrow the whole Earth The Kingdomes of this world c. It may be those people that are of the earth that are of the world question and doubt what these voyces say and they cannot say after them or with them The LORD lives the LORD reignes they think it they dare not speake it or if they do speak it it is but poorly and weakly from a bare letter not from the Spirit of God But hear when Heaven is opened the glory of God manifested and the Spirit of God doubled There are great Voyces thousands of voices concenting and concentering together al speaking aloud al singing that heavenly Halelujah saying The Kingdom of the LORD The Kingdom of of the LORD The Kingdome of the LORD Now heer 's ful Language ful speech bold and loud speech in Heaven saying The Kingdome of the LORD The Kingdome of the LORD There are many and great Voyces in Heaven saying The Kingdomes of this World are become the Kingdomes of OVR Lord. When the
of your captivity and misery Hee hath kept you to his task to doe him service He hath said Be angry and then you have been full of rage He hath said Be covetous and then you have been full of covetousnesse He hath said Bee Dark and then you have beene full of blindnesse Hee hath said Be proud and then yee have been full of haughtinesse And so he hath but by Divine will tormented the world The sting of Satans whips are in your consciences I know His errors mistakes have beene in the kingdome of darknesse in you that you do not know God the holy will of God You would come into the enjoyment of God Satan will not let you you would know God hee will not suffer you You would be wise unto Salvation hee will not permit you Hee hath fettered you with his chains of darknesse hee hath captivated your judgements he hath made you to grinde at his mill and to drudge in his service and hath made you to cry-out O when will the Lord come But now his wicked Reigne is at an end what yee had yee shall want and what yee want ye shall have what hath been shall not be that which shall be must bee and cannot chuse but be ye shall have Love because the Law of God is Love and ye shall have peace because the Kingdome of God is peace and yee shall have light because this Inheritance is Marvelous light yee shal have righteousnesse because this state is true holinesse ye shall have liberty setlednesse stability and every good thing in this Kingdome of God It s alwaies ill with us while Satan reigns It s alwaies wel with us while God Reignes when our Husband is King we shall have Preferment and honour and riches and greatnesse and power and authority because our God Reignes The Lord Reignes for us the Lord takes his Kingdome and it is for us the Lord hath Reigned in himself all this while now hee Reignes by us the Lord counts himselfe not to have a Kingdome till Wee have it with him The Lord thinks himself meane and despised till We are exalted He is poore without US He is weake while absent from US Hee is not himself unlesse hee enjoyes US Thou art my Excellency my First-borne The power of God is in weaknesse till We become almighty The Kingdome of God is in darknesse till Wee shine it forth The treasures of God were of no worth to Him if We were not his richest jewels The Lord doth Reign This is not to be passed by it s in the present tense This is the Song that wee heare and see Angels sing The Elders and Saints in Heaven sing it perpetually we daily hear it Hallelujah Hallelujah The Lord Reigneth There is administered into our hearts and eares An Hallelujah The Lord Reignes indeed every creature speaks it all in Heaven and Earth All these powers and darknesses on the face of the Earth speak out this aloud The Lord Reignes Your King hath taken power to himself and from every thing else The Lord doth Reign and saith I AM UPON MY THRONE I AM GREAT NONE IS GREAT BUT MY SELFE I AM KING I HAVE THE SCEPTER IN MY HAND I AM POWERFUL NONE IS POWERFUL BUT I. All the power of men is broken All the Thrones of men are shattered into dust All the wisdome of men is turned into folly All the strength of men is melted into weaknesse and water The meltings and moulderings away of the powers and dignities of the world speaks it aloud The LORD Reigns Let the Earth rejoyce and the multitude of the Isles be glad This Reign torments none but wickednes and wicked men The devil and his children may be dismaied but let Heaven and Earth rejoyce The Heavens they doe rejoyce All Saints all Angels Christ and all his members they sing in this Kingdome But that 's not enough that Heaven shall rejoyce but Earth too Poor Adam That 's his name Earth Poor man poor earthy man low Earth The lowest of the creation the basest and meanest of the whole world Poor dark Earth Let this creation which is Earth let it rejoyce Let men and women and children relations and comforts estates all the things of this World Religion worship gifts trading dealing eating drinking let all these things rejoyce Object Why must not all these things be done away that God may Reign The evill of them shall be done away the sinfulnesse the basenesse and filthinesse of them shall be done away the corruption the vanity the infirmity of them shall be done away but this Earth must not be lost The Kingdome of God must be established in this Earth but the waies of men and men so far as they are acted by the devil so far they shall be done away and destroyed by the breath of the Lord be burnt up by the fire and Spirit of the Lord. As they are in emnity with God as they shut out God as they are below God as they doe not own and acknowledge God so they shall be done away And they shall all be taken up into fellowship with God purified and sanctified and restored Every thing shall be brought up into the holinesse of God the nature of God the being of God the Spirit of God Therefore let the Earth rejoyce It s good newes for the poorest creature that dwels in darknesse that lives below that are strangers from Heaven that dwell at a great distance from God You that live below in the world in the meanest or lowest condition rejoyce God is come to dwell amongst you God is come to restore you to make you all new A new Heaven and a new Earth and nothing shall be troubled but the Sea The confusion of the devil that shall roar be vexed and tormented but the low poor simple Earth The mean Earth whatsoever is pure Earth those whose hearts are not set against God and Christ so far as there is submission to the Lord and subjection to God If ye are not fierce violent and mad against the appearing of a holy God rejoyce though ye be never so low But if yee quarrell with God or are angry with him ye cannot rejoyce That the Lord should Reign Let the multitude of the Isles rejoyce There is a continent of Earth and there are Isles that are naturally divided from the firme land by water They are in a lower a weaker condition then firme Land And so here is a fuller discovery of the poor people of God that be as the multitude of Isles separated by the Sea from the firm land As Isles are divided from fellowship with the firm land by Sea and cannot passe to it without danger so there are people that are at a distance from God that are cut off from that firmnes and stability that others have in the Lord the Land of the living There are divisions between them and God and they are broken one from another by the Sea of darknesse that is
he that hath the least acquaintance with God though a babe and childe yet he shal be able to puff at them to despise all the glory and strength and power of the creature The children of men The new man is the LORD from Heaven children and men and the children of men all believe the great God of Heaven and Earth children with Christ the holy childe Jesus The children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings Grown men shal come into the light of thy countenance but Children shall trust under the shadow of thy wings The LORDS wings take the near unto himself but the shadow of his winds takes in the most poorest and weakest the shadow of his wings reaches very far The excellency of the loving kindnesse of God makes every one glad to gather near unto him and glad to get under shelter of the name of the LORD glad that they can in the least manner be shadowed and kept by the goodnesse of God it is that which the LORD saith How often would I have gathered you together as a hen gathereth her chicken under her wings c. It is an expression often used in Scripture covering with wings the wings of God I will carry you upon Eagles wings As birds flying so will the LORD defend Jerusalem It shewes the excellency of the goodnes of God his spirit his power is to his in the worst times soft and tender as feathered wings when God is the hardest and ruffest to the world then is he gentlest as feathered wings to his people or that great darknesse that is upon the world and upon the enemies of God is but shadowes of Gods wings to his own people and we seeing these troubles that are abroad in the world we know they are but the shadowes of Gods wings with which he doth cover his people and when God opens and spreads forth his wings and causeth that darknes and confusion to be upon the people its cause of joy and comfort to his people for they see them to be the wings of God in which they have peace and rest and therefore that which is the worlds trouble is our safety that which is the worlds grief is our joy and that which is the worlds and the men of the earths disquietnesse is our comfort and consolation When wee see these motions and commotions wars and tumults in and upon the earth then God is risen from his seat and he is flying he is upon his wings and therefore as the world the flesh the earth dreads these things and runs from them the children of God shal run to them and put their trust in them what though wee doe not see the face of God in brightnes and clearnesse yet I see this is the shadow of his wings though I doe not triumpt with him upon the Throne yet I see this is the shadow of himself Therefore the children of men put their trust under the shadow of thy wings The weakest and poorest Saints of God shall be able ney are able to put confidence and trust in God in trouble and that which darkens the joy and comfort of others is a comfort and shelter to the Saints and that which they so much complaine of That the Sunne is turned into darknesse all our ligts created comforts and peace appears to be nothing but darknesse yet this is a shadow a shelter unto them and they shall see that this is the wing of God by which he will carry us up into himself And though God doth not walke with us in the setled way of creatures as he hath done yet wee see him flying about us with the wings of his own Spirit with the wings of his own favour and love so there is a shelter and safety for us but that is not enough though this be good for children for the children of men but they shall also be aboundantly satisfied with the fatnes of thy house They shall be abundantly satisfiid with the fatnesse of thy house I shal rejoyce a little to speake of these words Protection is very sweet to lie down in the shadow of God the hollow of GODS hand is very comfortable but not onely so But they shall be abundantly satisfied with the fatnesse of thy house heer 's not onely protection and safety but food and plenty satisfaction abundance of satisfaction and that of the richest and chiefest of all Fatnesse and that in the house of God wee shal be alwaies full we shal alwaies feast we shal alwaies have our table richly furnished we shal continually have bread enough and our waters shal not faile wee shal want nothing we shal not say of any thing I would we had this or if we had this or that it would be wel with us wee shal see compleatnesse not a desire unsatisfied not a longing expression unles longing it selfe may have its satisfaction in it self not a desire but shall be satisfied and then the desire shal be satisfaction it selfe and this is the greatest happines that is satisfaction and dissatisfaction is the root of unquietnesse to look for and long for that which you dave not is restlesnesse but in this enjoyment of God wee have alwaies what wee would have the LORD wil so manifest himself that wee shal not say of any thing wee would have this wee shal never be baging and craving but alwaies enjoying never be hungering unlesse hunger sets an appetite to heavenly things and so makes them more delightful to us wee have nothing present that shall be absent there shal bee no corner of our heart unfill'd but every thing shal be compleated every thing shal have enough so we shal be satisfied And abundantly satisfied Not a little but very large satisfaction abundant of satisfaction we have enough and shal have enough and to spare we shal have overflowings of light peace joy power strength and of every good thing The LORD our GOD feeds us not in a nigerdly way but gives us abundance enough to spare we have more then wee are able to receive more then we are able to carry or makes us know such abundance that if it were not a abundance it would be a burthen to us so thronged with joy comfort peace wisdome power and strength that if it were not GOD we might complain we had too much it doth superabound all nessessaries all wants it 's even more then we desire onely we have a desire created in it if there be any difficulty it is because it 's too much too great too large if we have any reason to complain it is because it 's excessive and if any desires come from us it is that God would withhold and if any paine it 's because we cannot stand under the weight of glory But this is goodnesse to be overcome with this fulnesse drowned with mercy We are even laden with blessings and because they are blessings they are no loads else it would be a huge load indeed if
the earth shall rejoyce over them and make merry and shall send gifts one to another because these two Prophets tormented them c. They that dwell on the Earth shal rejoyce All fleshly powers and parts rejoyce and are glad in these formes There is an ease a freedome a joy a rejoycing that ariseth in and amongst earthly men when these two Prophets are slain And shall send gifts one to another Those that were before counted earthly men are now in their owne Esteem Heavenly Wee are say they good Christians Religious men yea in their owne esteem and so they judge of them selves in the midest of their merriment And though wee bee in the Earth and on the Earth yet wee have Peace and Quietnesse and gladnesse wee rejoyce and are merry together Now there is nothing to vex us because they that tormented us are dead This is the manner of their boasting and glorying over the dead bodies the Carcasses of the witnesses when they are slain But after three daies and an half the Spirit of life from God entered into them After the death of the witnesses followes their resurrection there must be a death before there can be a resurrection People would fain ascend into Heaven and possesse Heaven and attain to the resurrection of the dead but this they cannot doe untill they be first slain You must die before you can rise I speak to those that are spirituall into whom these Olive trees have emptied themselves I say there must be a death before there can be a resurrection The most excellent the most glorious christians that I know must be slain After three daies and an halfe It 's a sad time this The slaying of the witnesses The prophesie is mournfull yet very effectuall When the Beast ascendes out of the bottomlesse pit killing the witnesses it 's a sad time but when they rise again it is a time of great rejoycing Though their death be grievious yet their resurrection is glorious After three daies and a half This is expressed else-where by a time times and half a time First A Time that 's one day Then times that 's two daies Then half a time or the division of time that 's half a day The meaning is this It will be but a while that the witnesses must lie in this sad and dead condition It will be but a day and two daies and half a day or a time times and half a time and then they shall rise again In this sad condition there will be an expectation of a quick and sudden deliverance Well saith the Soul after one day is past I shall be delivered and recover again This is comfortable that it is but a day O the slaying of the witnesses though a sad time will not be without a day to your spirits A day wherein ye shall see God A day wherein ye shall know 't is day A day wherein shall be an expectation of a seasonable and sweet deliverance But then alas there are yet two dries and half a day wherein it will grow more dark there will be multiplied evils there will be division of times Now saith the Soul let it be when God will I am contented to wait I am not carefull when it shall be When the heart shall lose its expectation of a quick deliverance and shall scarce have a thought of deliverance at all much lesse know when it shall be and shall ly down in a sweet submission now let it be when God pleaseth When this state daies or times is past then comes half a day or half a time And this is a short time now deliverance hasteneth He will cut his work short in righteousnesse For except these daies should be shortened no flesh should be saved but for the Elects sake they are shortend They are but half so much at last as they were at first God will cut his work short in righteousnesse And the Spirit of life from God entered into them There is not true life but by the Spirit of life which is in God When the Spirit of the holy God comes into us then we live that 's a life in deed Before it was the Spirit of God working in a poor low sad state it was a life in sack-cloth a mournfull a dying life a life next the grave But when the Spirit of life from God the Spirit of life that is life it self lives in man then he is well then he lives then he hath life indeed And I heard a great voice from Heaven saying come up hither Untill we hear this great voice Come up hither there is no life there is no motion but when we hear this Voyce then we live I see People are gaping after Heaven but they cannot come up thither see the glory of God or know any true solid joy or peace till they be dead and raised again Then shall they hear a great Voice saying COME VP HITHER And yet this is but the sixt Trumpet So much briefly for this time The end of the ninth sermon THE WITNESSES DEATH AND RESURRECTION REVEL 11.11 12. And after three daies and a halfe the Spirit of life from God entered into them and they stood upon their feet and great fear fell upon them which saw them And they heard a great voice from Heaven saying unto them Come up hither And they ascended up to Heaven in a cloud and their enemies beheld them WE have already opened part of this mystery of the two witnesses and have shewed you who they are These two Olive trees or the two golden Candlesticks that stand on the right hand and on the left before the God of the whole earth are Christ and the Spirit who do testify and witnesse concerning the Father And though other ordinary Interpretations of the two Witnesses may be taken in as that it is the Magestracy and the Ministry the old and new Testament and the Saints yet al of them in a very far and remote way and as they have some analogy and similitude with Christ and the Spirit Christ in the flesh being the Minister Priest or Prophet of the Church and Christ in the Spirit being the Magestrate King or Governour of his Church Some take them to be the old and new Testtament which is indeed a dark Figure of Christ in flesh and Christ in Spirit The Old Testament which stood in types shadowes and figures of Christ to come in the flesh may be taken to bee a dark figure of Christ in flesh and the New testament or New Covenant being the testimony and witness of God more clearly with open face may be taken in as a figure of Christ in Spirit Some say they are the Saints and these are indeed the Saints of God the Holy ones of GOD the truly Anointed ones of God These have power that if any man will hurt them fire proceeds out of their mouthes fire proceeds out of the mouth of Christ in the Sdirit and this devours their enemies and
of the Lord to owne and confesse God amongst men and with confidence to looke men in the face Hell in the face Devils in the face To out-look out-speak out-act all our adversaries To say We live and God lives in us We dare owne our selves what we are We dare go up and down and act and speak in the Name of our God And they stood upon their feet Time was that the glory of God was carried about upon the shoulders of men The Prophets did testifie and witnes in the strength and by the strength of the creature and in and by the meanes and use of some creature gifts parts Scriptures experiences and such like things wherein God stood upon the shoulders of man upon the feet of man was upheld and borne up by the strength power and authority of the creature by reason by judgement by opinion by strength of argument c. but this they are now dead unto and now there appears in them a high a more excellent way the witnesses Christ in flesh and Spirit stand now upon their own feet upon their own strength simply and immediatly upon their own strength and power not leaning upon cratckes of man the wisdome of man the strength of man the parts of man not borrowing ought from any creature but standing barely upon their strength their own power their own authority And because they are the Saints of God therefor they stand and require not helpe from creatures Now they can say This authority God gives us this power doth God administer to us and this we dare challenge and claim being the holy ones of God being the anointed ones of God We need no strength from others wee care for no crartches wee lean upon none wee stand barely and simply upon the strength and power of our God We need no arguments to confirme us no reasons to parswade us no authority of men to strengthen us wee stand upon our own feet we dare say Heer we are in the Name of our God Because we are we are because we llve wee live And because we are the anointed of God therefore we act therefore we speak therefore we live and upon no other account at all And they stood upon their feet They yet are upon the Earth and have not wholly put off their earthlines though they are able to live to act to speak in the Name of the Lord yet they goe upon the ground Though they need not cratches yet they stand upon the Earth Afterwards they ascended up into Heaven into a higher and more spirituall life then this when they hear that great voyce from Heaven Come up hither The Feet the lower and inferiour part of the body are alwaies subject to defilement by dirt and filth of the Earth for they have continually fellowship with the Earth But these two witnesses though living in the earth though standing upon the Earth yet have some fellowship with the Lord of Heaven And great fear fell upon them that saw them Earthly men and they that dwell onely on the Earth when the witnesses are slaine they looke and expect that that state of death and darknes wherein they lie should utterly swallow them up O say they what a dark what a sad condition are they in While the witnesses prophesied and testified against the flesh against the strength and wisdome of man earthly men were troubled and cast down but when the witnesses are slain and lie dead in the streets without the actings of the life of God in them presently they conclude they are wholly destroyed O say they see what a sad state they are in they are quite undone they have lost their life their strength their joy their peace their comfort they are dead they are gone there is an end of them Thus they speak thinking they shall never revive again These are the thoughts and this is the language of earthly men but when they see them stand up upon their feet revive and live again O this strikes them to the very heart to see the Lord standing upon the Earth owning himself in his People is terrible and dreadfull to earthly men the glorious appearance of God strikes man to the very heart O I shall dye I have seen the Lord. So Daniel when he saw the Lord he fell upon his face So Job when his eyes had seen the Lord he repented in sack-coth and ashes And know this that the reviving grace the reviving Spirit of the Lord bringing up his holy ones from the depths of temptations and troubles to a state of life and joy is terrour to the world a terrour to them that see it When any thing of the appearance of God of the clear brightnes of the Lord breaks forth and speaks thus I am the Lord the holy one of God man cannot stand he fears he trembles he fals down as dead when men live onely in the light and strength of God then great feare fals on them that see them Great fear fell upon them It fals irresistably they cannot avoid it every creature that is earthly within or without Fear fals upon them Fear surprizeth them at the reviving of the witnesses I know palenesse and sadnesse fears and astonishments and great troubles fall upon the flesh of man It hath upon me and it doth upon the flesh of man and upon al that hear any thing of the tidings of the appearing of Jesus Christ I say The reviving of the witnesses the enterance of the life of God into them the quickning the appearing of Jesus Christ in the Spirit God being in man and man being in God this life of God strikes horrour terrour and amazment into the hearts of earthly and carnall men It fals upon them like a Milstone it breaks them to peeces it grinds them to powder Men are weak things poore things base things fearfull things guilty things and therefore fearfull things full of bondage and slavish fear The least appearance of the high power and glory of God doth affright startle and confound rhe strongest the nost stout-harted amongst men No man no earthly man no fleshly man Dares Dares look upon God when he appears While man is able to say it is not God while he is able as he thinks to shut his eyes against him and not see him he may please himself at least a while in having a little peace and perswade himselfe that he shall doe well but this appearance of God is so sharpe so bright that he cannot must not shall not be able to shut his eyes possibly he may doe as a man that shuts his eyes against the Sun the man that lies in the Sun though he doth shut his eyes as fast as close as he is able yet the bright beames of the Sun doe so pierce and work into his eyes that he doth see do what he can So when men say This is not Christ this is not the Spirit yet the bright beames of the Sun of righteousnesse do so pierce
into their eyes into their hearts that I know they see and connot but see and say This is the Lord and they tremble And I heard a great voyce saying Come up hither When we are alive we hear the voyce of GOD. And though the voyce of GOD be a mighty voyce a great voyce a strong voyce yet when we hear God speak we rejoyce O pleasant voyce pleasant because from Heaven O Heavenly voyce When Heaven speakes it speakes love and life and joy and glory and kingdome and power and goodness and excellency and majesty We hear it we hear it continually an eternal word It is alwaies sounding in our hearts and eares O this great voyce this mighty voyce Every thing that is in us heares it every faculty every part every gift Every thing heares this voyce It speaks largely it speaks mightily and powerfully it speakes to the whole man It is so big and great that it makes us to become all ear or the ear to be every where and every thing the head the feet the body the soul the spirit the inward man the outward man all hear this great voyce It speaks with Authority and Power It removes and sets aside every thought that hinders obedience to it hile we hear it we obey it we receive it It is so great that there is nothing else left but it This great Voyce saith Come up hither it is so great a voice that it turnes us into Heaven it turnes us into the voyce it selfe we are the voyce it fils Heaven and Earth so mighty so powerfull so full of majesty O it 's the great answer of our praiers the great end of our hopes the great glory we look for the great reward of our sufferings the great joy of our GOD the great love of our God! O It 's the voyce of our beloved of our Father of our King of our GOD It s thy voyce O GOD A great voyce from Heaven saying unto them Come up hither To them to none else none but the Holy ones the Anointed ones of God none but they that live in the Spirit of God though it be a great voyce yet it is spoken to none but them You my Son you my Spirit you my Self Come up hither Rev. 4.1 saith John A voyce said unto mee Come up hither and immediately I was in the Spirit So here When the Witnesses heare the voyce immediately they ascend The voyce takes them up into Heaven up into it selfe The voyce saiith unto them Come up hither Come to Me live in Me live in My Power live in My Strength live in My Glory live in My Kingdome Be as I Am Be where I Am Be what I Am Do what I Do Do as I Do Come into My Glory live not below the glory of God live no longer like creatures live no longer in the world but Come up hither and live in the glory of the Creator the glory of GOD Live not amongst men live not amongst Angels but live the life of GOD Come up hither Come to Me. This is not a going from place to place in a carnal way by a bodily motion but the true ascending and coming to God is in the Spirit of God in the life of God to live in the presence of God in the Face of God in the Kingdome of God in the Glory of God Come up hither O Excellent voyce O powerfull voicel O precious voyce O pleasant voycel Transcendent love Infinite goodnesse The bosome of the LORD opened Heaven it self opened The LORD Himself opening Himself and reaching forth his hand saying Come hither Come hither Ye cannot live any longer without me I can live no longer without you Let 's live together Ye are a part of my selfe I can no longer be parted from my self my self must come to my self we can live strangers no longer ye must come and live with me in my house Here 's a Throne sit down here 's a Crown put it on thy head here 's Glory weare it here 's a Kingdome it s yours We Come wee Ascend And they ascended up to Heaven in a cloud The third degree of their rising is upon their hearing We do arise we do ascend it is our nature to ascend and seeing we are now living the life of the LORD in the Spirit of the LORD we are able to ascend While wee were only men our faces tended to the earth down-wards but now our natural course is turn'd through the divine life of God in us we do ascend to Heaven to God or thus our ascending up daily more and more to God is become our naturall course Now we can quit the earth quit the creature quit the flesh al things below the glory of God we let them all go Now we bid farewel men farewel griefs and troubles and shame the companions of men Farewel earth farewel weaknesses cares and fears companions of the earth farewell now wee ascend to Heaven in a cloud In a cloud Whil'st we ascend in a Cloud somthing yet of darknesse and weakness accompanieth us Though we are hastening to glory hastening to God yet it 's in a cloud God descends Christ descends the Spirit descends and wee ascend yet we meet in a cloud GOD comes down to us we go up to meet God yet both in a cloud We meet together we converse together yet in a cloud Here 's the glory of God in the Saints not yet breaking forth into naked and open brightnesse but covered with Clouds with some weakness with some infirmity And their enemies beheld them Satan the Nations Kinreds Tongues religious Voyces religious Opinions Flesh and World all their enemies beheld them look upon them but its little comfort to them little joy to them to see them ascend This is an increase and addition to our glory that we must ascend in the sight and view of al those that hated us and persecuted us and were enimies to us and as they rejoyced when we were down so they must be troubled when we arise Hel death devil look on us and behold us and yet cannot hinder our asent we ascend and goe up in the sight and presence of all our adversaries yet they are not able to hold us down The witnesses that were slain arise and ascend into heaven yet their enemies cannot in the least measure hinder them As we ascend in the sight and view of God so in the sight and view of al our enemies As heaven is filled with joy at our arrivall so the world is filled with affrightment and amazment at parting with us we cannot leave the earth but we carry the life of the earth with us we take al good from hence and carry all good and glory into heaven with us Hel death devil shal al look upon us and shal bee troubled and not be able to keep one ragge of us from enjoying this Glory Majesty Brightnes and Excellency of GOD. The end of the tenth Sermon THE WITNESSES DEATH AND
clouds and darknes you approach the throne Righteousnesse and judgement are there That is it you look for Righteousnesse Shall put an end to sin Dan. 9.24 Righteousnesse and holinesse shall dwell so stabilly with us as it shall blot out all iniquity and make an end of sinne That wretched thing that hath been the reason of all plagues the root of all mischief the ground of vexation in all families he shall make an end of all this of all sinne God will be revenged of it by putting an end to it Ye shall not finde a sinne out of hell nor a sinner out of hell Sin shall be in its own place ye shall see wickednesse no where but in the devil and wicked men and them ye shall see in hell for their sin shall carry hell apparently with it But the Saints shall be free The LORD reigns Not so long as sinne is amongst US and abides with US so long as sin is there is a Traitour to his Kingdome and he hath no quiet reign But the LORD will have a constant habitation of holinesse that sinne shall appear no where but in the devil and hell And where ever you shall see sin you shall be able to say There is hell sinne and its torment together Sin shall carry hell in its bowels The very face of hell and devil in every sin The light of God shall break forth so clearly that it will judge and manifest all the works of darknesse Are the Habitation of his Throne All these waies of God that he is now dispensing come from the throne of God All these Clouds and judgements against King Parliament Cavaleers Army they al flow from the throne and are all dispensed in most exact righteousnesse and judgement there 's no fear of ruine of those that are the Lords All is in judgement and righteousnesse to destroy the wicked but to save his own people and to bring them out of the powers of darkenesse unto the throne of God There is no reason to be offended at that which comes from the throne of God these dispensations are confusions to men to the reason and wisdome of men but they are the wisdome and judgement of God and God doth dispense them with an exact hand with a watchfull eye with a tender care towards his own people not a hair of their head shall fall to the ground Nothing shall suffer in any of you but unrighteousnesse and sinne so farre as you are unrighteous worldly and wicked so farre yea shall suffer and no more God is in every sparke of this Fire in every corner of this Flame in every inch of these clouds in every jot of this darknesse therefore rejoyce and be glad all ye Saints the weakest the poorest the lowest the meanest of Saints Rejoyce for the Lord Reigneth The end of the first Sermon Psalm 97. 1 2 3 4 5 6. verses The Lord reigneth let the earth rejoyce let the multitude of Isles be glad thereof Clouds and darknesse are round about him righteousnesse and judgement are the habitation of his throne A fire goeth before him and burneth up his enemies round about His lightnings enlightned the world the earth saw and trembled The hils melted like waxe at the presence of the Lord at the presence of the Lord of the whole earth The heavens declare his righteousnesse and all the people see his glory THe great point wee have in hand is The Reign of God Which is first asserted The Lord doth Reign And then made good In the Second verse Clouds and darknesse are round about him testifying that hee is come and hee doth Reign Wee have a Cloud of witnesses testifying this truth The Lord doth Reign And darknesse it self speaks him That which is farthest from him that declares him and if wee come within him and come nearer to him we shall finde a consent of righteousnesse and judgement as the habitation of his Throne Righteousnes The righteousnesse of God the Father in whom all things are righteous and to whom all things in righteousnesse doth belong all things in righteousnesse are in him all things in righteousnesse are due to him here 's judgment too that is the excellency of Christ Psalm 94.15 Judgement shall returne to righteousnesse the Son returnes to the Father All things are in the Father in righteousnesse all things are in the Son in wisdome in judgement all things are in the Father as in their proper center all things are brought forth in Christ in their right order in Judgement Righteousnesse and judgment are the habitation of his Throne These two are the Foundation of his Throne The Spirit of God or God exalted and lifted up in these two Righteousnesse and Judgement is a Throne or the Righteousness of the Father and the Judgement of the Son exalted and triumphing in the Spirit is the Throne The Righteousness of the Father and the Wisdome of the Son Reignes in the Spirit is in-thron'd in the Spirit is exalted and lifted up and establisht eternally in truth in the Spirit And wee are made saith the Apostle Eph. 2.22 ver through the Spirit the habitation of God the words are In whom yee also are builded an habitation of God through the Spirit The Spirit building up man in its owne holy forme and enlarging of him into himself is this habitation of God Righteousnesse and Judgement In-thron'd in US In man this is the inward and spirituall view and sight of God if you stand without in the world there is darknesse if yee come higher into the clouds there is no cleare view sight and injoyment of him If yee are in any thing that is about him there is nothing but darknesse round about him but come within him into his Throne into his presence and there you will see righteousnesse and judgement set up exalted In-throu'd Righteousnesse in the Reigne of God is In-thron'd Iniquity and transgression is done away in the holinesse of God and he makes us by his own Reign in us holy as he is holy Hee doth wholly blot out Iniquity and makes US the seate and habitation of Righteousnesse and gives us righteous judgements righteous understandings a cleare and sound judgement in all things These two righteousnesse and judgement raised and exalted are the greatest glory and purity of the Kingdome of God in the holy Spirit But here are yet further testimonies that it may bee will bee more effectuall to most Christians most men being without those proofs of the Reigne of God that are without are foonest and easiest accepted fleshly signes much take fleshly Christians A Fire goeth before him and burneth up his enemies round about him The forerunner of God Now is fire not John the Baptist that went before the flesh of Christ and ushered him in but an Elias in a Fierie Chariot The messengers that goe before God now are all fierie he makes his Angels spirits and his ministers flames of fire And therefore it s said hee comes in flames of
the primitive times a childe of it a daughter of it amongst the Saints of God now Ye have not Zion but a daughter of it and ye are not Zion but a daughter a generation descended from Zion or Zion descended a daughter of a Church in weaknes and in infirmity in captivity and this message unto you is Rejoyce greatly To the poor low weak infirme Saints of God in bondage and captivity they are the daughter of Zion the beloved of God owned to be the seed of Zion the children of Zion and when yee shall be nourished and fed with the bread of life and the milke of the Word ye will grow up to be Zion but as yet ye are tender weake feeble weak vessels subject to be spoild tempted carried away by the deceits of Satan by the vanities of the world yet tenderly beloved and much affected by God owned and acknowledged by Him to be His owne seed His own children bearing the Image of the heavenly Zion and having the nature of the mountaine of God in You and are indeed though in extream weaknesse and infirmity the seat and habitation and the rest of God Therefore Rejoyce greatly O daughter of Zion and ye are not only called to rejoycing but also to shouting Shout Your language you know is poor weak broken feeble the most that is heard amongst you is vaine disputes Genealogies boastings and gloryings in the spirit of Antichrist humane and fleshly wisdome exalting and glorying in it selfe but a savoury sound and spiritual voice is much in fears doubts demands in asking questions by people in the wildernesse Which is the way to Zion How shall we doe to know God Just like one that 's blinde asks which is my friend which is God How shall I know God from Satan Christ from Antichrist How shall wee doe to understand the voice of the LORD Here 's a low poor mean voice How is it What shall we doe How shall we live And what shall we doe to get this and that And what 's the matter These and such kinde of questions demands complaints are the voice that is here amongst you but yee are called to shouting shout shout let 's hear the voice of God amongst you the voice of a King Israel shouted Balaam prophesied That the shout of a King was in the midst of them The King is in you the King is with you and in you in victory triumphing in the meanest and lowest state and condition Ye may see by the Spirit of the LORD and faith the mighty power of God there is with us and in us the fulnesse of God all wisdome all righteousnesse all certainty all good conquering all evil all joy removing all sadnesse all sinne taken away therefore shout Turn your complaints into triumphs turn your demands and questions into liftings up the heart and spirit rejoyce in such acclamations as these I have found I am I enjoy Kingdome glory life Christ and every thing that is good Shout speak out speak aloud in the name of the LORD and say Yee are the children of the living God say God lives in you Let 's hear it aloud speak boldly confidently open your hearts largely and say Christ is in you I have Him I am with Him He is in me I am in Him here He is He dwels in me I am His Temple I see Him now I see the LORD my Saviour I have heard of Him with the hearing of the ear but now mine eyes see Him I have Him I enjoy Him Shout O daughter of Jerusalem Though the daughter of Zion and in weaknes and lownes yet the mountain of God begotten by God and though as yet in infirmity descended from heaven yet the daughter of Jerusalem and the City of God though very poor and very weak yet this is the state and condition of the daughter of Jerusalem that is the Jerusalem that is descended from above Come downe from heaven The glorious state of the Church in which are twelve foundations of the twelve Apostles twelve gates and twelve Angels all of precious stones all of pearls all of pure gold transparent as glasse all righteousnesse beauty glory all this is in us and We are the daughter of it all the glory and all the excellency of Jesus Christ and all his Apostles and Prophets are borne and brought forth in us all the beauty glory and excellency of Jesus Christ of all the Saints Prophets Apostles and Angels are brought forth in us thou art the daughter of it the daughter of Jerusalem a little Epitome of the heavenly Jerusalem a low and little childe and a babe of the heavenly Jerusalem and when thou growest up to know thy self and what thou art thou shalt be the mother of us all and the mother of all the riches of God thou art as I may say Christened and in this day of the LORD called by this name the habitation and riches of all the fulnes of the LORD the place where the infinite Deity the divine excellency delights to fix to settle to live this is thy state thou art that building that is not made with hands that is eternall in the heavens the daughter of it and when thou shalt grow up in the name and strength of the LORD then wilt thou appeare to be the Zion and Jerusalem of God O what need thou hast now of great joy How should thy heart be inlarged when thou art the seat and habitation of all the glory and excellency of God that ever shin'd forth in all the Saints Prophets and Apostles and Angels All this joy glory and excellencies must come forth from thee must be Produced from thee must be inlarg'd in thee O then what cause hast thou to rejoyce and to shout greatly Behold thy King cometh unto thee This Scripture hath been fulfilled once in the first appearing of the Lord Christ when there was great joy in Jerusalem at his triumphant riding through Jerusalem upon an Asse the multitude of people spread their garments in the way and others cut downe branches of trees and strewed in the way crying and saying Hosannah to the Sonne of David Blessed is hee that commeth in the Name of the LORD Hosannah in the Highest And it s now fullfiling the Second time by the Second appearing of the Lord by the Second and GREAT appearing of our Jesus by the coming of the Son of God not in infirmity and weaknesse but in the Majestie and Power of the Father in the Kingdome and Power of God and therefore Behold it Look out for it Look out of your bondage and captivity Looke forth of your feares and darke and troubled thoughts See who is here Open your Everlasting doores stand open yee Everlasting gates Open your everlasting eyes Open your spirituall eyes Look up Look up O yee lights of God Behold the KING of eternal glory Arise Awake and stand up out of your carnal humane and fleshly state into your heavenly and spiritual light
and see here What 's here Behold thy King cometh unto thee Behold thy King Thou poor afflicted Zion Thy Lord is a KING Thy light is a KING Thou shalt see this Behold and see the KING in his glory Jesus Christ glorified thou shalt see Jesus Christ upon his Throne Come see the Majesty of your Saviour see him made KING He that a long time hath bin subject to the emnity of Satan and the world in you Now He is setting His feet upon Satan see Him whom men hated and despised exalted upon the Throne Come and be acquainted with a glorious Christ Come and see the Reign of your Saviour see Him in His Highest Kinglinesse Lordlinesse see Him taking His great Reign Hee wil now take His great Reign He hath Reigned in infirmity and weaknesse He wil Reign now in power He Reign 's Greatly Mightily I know this wil make your hearts rejoyce and nothing but this I know you will never see good dayes until yee see the KING upon His Throne till you see Christ upon THE Throne and you will never see shouting and rejoyceing til you see your KING your Owne KING KING Jesus KING Christ upon the Throne til yee see Him whom yee love til ye come to see Jesus Christ Your LORD Your Saviour that died for You that hath bin dead in you living in you quickning you and doing whatsoeve Hee will in Heaven and Earth Hee hath been called a King but now He will be a KING indeed you have said He hath bin a King at a distance but He wil be a KING come Reigning here Come see A KING cometh to Thee Reigning in Thee manifesting Power and Glory and Majestie in us with us What joy can it be to us if our KING reign elswhere and be Inslav'd in us Captiv'd in us No but He comes to Reign in Thee poore man Hee cometh unto Thee poore Daughter of Zion Hee cometh Hee cometh saith the Psalmist Psal 96. last ver to judge the earth He shall judge the world with righteousnesse and the People with His truth He comes Hee comes Hee makes haste Hee is already mounted into His Chariot He hath got up already He is not here hee is Risen He is free from the grave Hee is ascended He Rides upon the wings of the winde Hee is in the Clouds hasting Mightily to US and you shal see Him and injoy Him and He comes to bee with thee Hee shal reign and thou shalt reign with Him and sit upon His Throne You shall injoy His great power and Reign with Him He comes to man poor man and makeâ— man a King Hee comes to Thee to glorify Thee to fill thee with Royalty to make Thee a KING Hee doth not speake righteousnesse and comfort to thee if he do not speak this He comes to thee Thou shalt live the life of a KING and thou shalt have the power of God and Christ All power in Heaven and Earth He is just having Salvation lowly and riding upon an Asse The first thing is that we shall see him in his Justice He will slay all his enemies He is just holy and righteous a holy God He hath the very extremity of Justice He will not spare one there shall not a wicked one stand before him He wil severely punish his enemies fear it not the sword of justice is in his hand and its extream sharp He will take away all filthinesse and filthy things all iniquity and wickednesse Justice is the habitation of his Throne Nothing but pure justice shall dwell with our LORD He will give to every man according to his workes so shall they receive at the hands of our KING the hypocrite shall have a hipocrites portion and the unbeliever an unbelievers portion the proud shall be brought down the poor shall be lifted up the low exalted the high laid in the dust men evill men wicked men shall be slain shall be plagued with the vengeance of the Lord. The holy men heavenly men shal bee raised and restored Who are righteous shall bee known Who are wicked shall bee discovered there shall be a just and righteous administration of all things all the Goats shall be cul'd out from the Sheep and the Sheep from the Goats and though the Saints are with wicked men dwell together yet they shal bee set at a wide difference Come ye blessed Goe ye cursed and the Righteous and Holy-ones shal bee Highly Exalted to the Highest Heavens and the evill and good that so cleaves to you shall be perfectly drawn forth the Gold from the Dross and bee refined with the exact Justice of Jesus Christ so that nothing that 's holy and good shal be lost and nothing that 's evill and wicked shal be saved Every thing that 's holy shal bee saved just just to a hair None of the elect shal be lost and none of the wicked saved No evill shall remaine to trouble our good any longer the righteous shal be rewarded the wicked punished by exact Justice we shal be Just in Christ He shal make US Just and He shal do Justice to all the flesh and all the power of the flesh and the strength of the flesh and the wisdome of the flesh He shal likewise do Justice to God God shal have all the honour that is due to Him Just honour Just praise Just wisdome and His Enemies shall bee Justly plagued And having Salvation Yee shal bee saved by Justice yee shal bee saved with Vengeance If the Lord Jesus be not Just He cannot be a Saviour but He is perfectly Just therefore a perfect Saviour If He were not Violent against iniquity He could not save If he were not an implacaple enemy to flesh sin Satan if flesh sin and wickednesse could possibly deceive the eyes of Justice we could not be saved by Him If any iniquity could hide it self from his eyes wee should never be saved If hee were not Just for to pull down all wickednesse all antichristianisme there could bee no Salvation but this is your KING this is your Saviour one who is free from Iniquity and Sin one who is just and having Salvation And having salvation People now a-daies talk much of a King and much is spoken every day of a King but yet ye are not saved here 's no salvation appears but here 's a King that hath salvation ye shall be saved Salvation is heaven glory redemption deliverance to be in a state and condition where we are safe from sinne safe from trouble safe from enemies within and without ye shall have justice done too yea Justice done against your enemies and ye shall be advanced up into salvation made safe all saved in Justice His name is a Saviour He saves Israel from their sins from all our enemies from all that hate us having Christ we have salvation and our Lord hath salvation the height of salvation glory the height of glory so also He is very lowly And that particularly take notice of
of the man so the man is by the woman but all things of God The Woman is of the Man Christ saith I am of the Father The Church saith I am of Christ I have nothing saith Christ but what I have of the Father I have nothing saith the Soul but what I have in Christ I doe nothing of my self but what I see the Father doe saith Christ I doe nothing of my self nothing of my own but as I see Christ doe what I have or am I am of him saith Man I am all of him and in him This is more easily confest But then Even so is man by the woman As I am of Christ saith the Soul even so is Christ by me As the woman saith I am of man I confesse so is man by me and he hath his being from me Question How comes this to be so Answ First Thus Man is by the Woman in the stubstance in Jesus Christ As Wisdome borne of a woman He is therefore called the Sonne of Man descended from Man As Christ descends from God in a way of descending the Father begets the Sonne the Son begets us so the Sonne ariseth out of us The Father out of him As Christ receives substance from the Father and we from him so Christ ariseth out of us The Father out of him And as we borrow our selves of him so he is borrowed out of us As by his travel we are brought forth he labours six daies and brings forth us so by our labor he is brought forth by us And he doth as freely confesse us to be his Mother as he is willing to be our Father He hath his originall from us and doth confesse that it is his glory that he hath his birth rice and growth out of such a poore mean stock and root as Man Jesus Christ is by us he is of man he is called the Son of man First Nan is in the World then Christ then God as God is first in Heaven then Christ then Man And so if ye will take the point of the lowest from the Earth Then first Man is begotten Man is Man lives and after man is then comes Christ borne of Man an age after Man the second unto unto Man when Christ hath lived heer a time then is God As we are of him so he is of us Even so is the man by the woman God doth so empty Himself of all that he hath into the Son that he doth as it were receive a new being from the Sonne God doth so love Jesus Christ that he doth deny himselfe for his sake I doe even spoyle my self of my glory my Son to empty it into thee I doe divest my self of my glory to put it upon and in thee Christ comes and empties himselfe by his humiliation into us I will powre out my Kingdome into you I will suffer my Kingdome to be wholly emptied into flesh into man And the next Kingdome that I have shall be in Man in you And if I am not emptied enough into you by my incarnation then I le come forth on the crosse and be slain that I might be more in you And the glory that I had distinct from you I have lost it And ever I be raised again it shall be by you and in you or in you and with you Even so is Man also by the Woman That seeing it hath pleased me to humble my self so low or it hath pleased thee for my sake in obedience to me to be abased therefore in reward to this righteousnesse and subjection of thine I le have my glory out of thee by thee And then when our Lord Jesus hath brought us into subjection and slain us Now Mark That out of an empty and dying state I will arise into glory and I will come to my greatnesse and majesty by this meanes that you are in Though Man be the head of the Woman yet Man is by the woman and though this be the greatnesse of Man yet he must have his being by the Woman A woman shall compasse a man And he is swollowed up and lost even in this weaknesse that he might receive another glory out of us by us and in us But all things of God Now if ye meet with this mystery in any peece of it if you meet with this truth in in any percel of it or if you meet with this in a side-look it will have no comlinesse at all in it or nothing to be desired but if you see this in open face as in God if you see God below and God above God in you and GOD without you God in Christ GOD in his People If you see God fill all in all how he is the highest in the lowest the lowest in the highest how he is gift in taking and taking in giving that what he gives he hath and what he hath he gives O this is order and harmony there 's no striffe or jarre in this tune every string speaks to one another and imbrace each other all points are good in their place and every period if you take them in God as all things are in God O now 't is excellent here 't is precious Heavenly mysteries are pleasant reconciled sweet no where but in God of GOD but out of him they are full of weaknesse obsurdity and meer vanity And any of these enjoyments outward beings inward speculations outward actions c. if they are not all as of God in GOD they are all nothing In being broken off from the whole they are kil'd and slain but in the head ye see them joyntly imbrace one another as many and yet one being two and yet one being two and yet the same being one and yet devided devided yet whole This is sweet The end of the eight sermon THE WITNESSES DEATH AND RESURRECTION REVEL 11.11 12. And after three daies and a halfe the Spirit of life from God entered into them and they stood upon-their feet and great fear fell upon them which saw them And they heard a great voice from Heaven saying unto them Come up hither And they ascended up to Heaven in a cloud and their enemies beheld them THere is much talk and discourse of the two witnesses and of the slaying of the witnesses which hath occasions the opening of this Scripture at this time I shall briefly passe through the former part of the Chapter which shews the mystery of these two witnesses in a lower and sadder state Prophesâ—ing in sack-cloth together with their death and the lying of their dead bodies in the streets of the great City And shall hasten to that which to me is the most pleasant and delightfull Their Resurrection and Ascension which are exprest in the verses now read It s said in the first verse of the chap. There was given to me a Reed like unto a Rod and the Angel stood saying Rise and measure the Temple of God and the Alter and they that worship therein We know concerning the
in the anointed ones or the anointing of the Spirit in the flesh of the Saints are the two Olive trees and the two golden candlesticks standing by the Lord of the whole Earth Emanuel God with us God with man God in flesh And they have mighty power If any man hurt them fire proceeds out of their mouths to devoure their enemies If any thing within or without riseth up against Christ and the Spirit against these two Olive trees against these two witnesses prophesying fire proceeds out of their mouths and devoureth it If any man hurt them he must in this manner be killed They have great power though but prophesying and in sackcloth Fire proceeds out of their mouths c. Not materiall fire but spirituall fire The fire of God in the Iowest â—state of the two witnesses though but prophesying in sackcloth is very firce and terrible If any man rise up against the Test mony of Christ in Spirit against these two Olive trees they have power to destroy it fire proceeds from the Spirit torments consumes and destroyes it whatsoever riseth up against these two witnesses in this our age this fire it hath it doth constantly destroy and devour it up And I am sure of it the cause of all the devouring plagues that are upon the world in this age at this time the distractions and confusions that are upon all powers ecclesiasticall and civell is for the hurting and opposing the low poor and mean beginnings and appearances of the Lord in his witnesses And this be ye assured of if any man will hurt or oppose them be he never so great be he never so wise be he never so strong and powerfull be he never so rich wealthy be he never so devout and religious if he or they shall oppose the Spirit of the LORD Christ in his People in their prophesying either as they leave out the outward Court and holy City or as they are measuring the inward Temple and Alier as they are worshipping God in the Temple sacrificing and offering up their flesh and fleshlinesse I say whosoever shall make opposition against the Spirit and spirituall actings of the Lord Christ and his People must in this manner be killed Fire puoceedeth out of their mouths c. Fire shall destroy the whole world and all that which is of the world I have found that whatsoever in me hath risen up in opposition against these two witnesses the fire of the LORD hath fallen upon it and destroyed it and I have found that the two witnesses have power to shut heaven that it raine not These have power to shut heaven that it rain not in the daies of their Prophesie When these two witnesses testify against any thing any man any creature any way any ordinances any judgement saying This is hethenisme this is gentileisme this is carnall this is fleshly this is the creature this is man and not God or of God presently it is destroyed consumed blasted and brought to nothing And in this they shall shut Heaven through men have formerly been sweetly affected by the power of grace yet when any thing in them hath risen up against these witnesses they have power to shut Heaven against them As they have power to open Heaven upon some so they hove power to shut Heaven upon others that is effectually to exclude all carnal fleshly earthly man from the showers and dewes of the grace of God Though they have made never so great a shew of holines religiousnes and godlines though they have been able to say much and execute what they say yet when the two witnesses have declared that it is not God it is not Christ it is not the holy one of God but it 's man it 's the flesh it 's the outward Court that is excluded not the inward Temple Therefore measure it not leave it out meddle not with it exclude it from having the dewes and showers of Heaven fall upon it let not the sweet distilling strerms of God fall upon it for it is not God nor off God Presently Heaven hath been shut and they have had no rain This we have experience of in their ministration This me have found with a bundance of justnesse When any man or any thing hath risen up against these witnesses these Prophets and so it hath been frequently seen though they have been never so glorious in the Word and under never so glorious professions of Gospel Christ free-grace the light of the knowledge of God Church felowships and such like notions as these yet When ever they have risen up against the Spirit of Christ so soon as the same Spirit hath declared and witnessed what they are presently they have deen blasted withered scattered and broken They have had no more Raine from Heaven and have withered as a plant that God hath not planted as a branch that hath had no showers And have power to turne water into Bloud This we have seen to for we speak nothing else but what wee have seen that whereas professors have formerly had many pleasant streames many sweet waters many refreshing comforts and joyes Immediately upon the Witnesses Prophesying all their sweet waters have been turned into bloud ordinances duties gifts when they are not spirituall and spiritually exercised the Witnesses Prophesying have turned them into-bloud into contention strife debate distraction and confusion And to smite the earth with all Plagues The Earth is Thy creation the subject on which these Plagues are inflicted Whenfoever the Spirit of the Lord appeares either on the right hand or on the left that is as Christ in flesh and Christ in Spirit whensoever these Two witnesses these two Anointed ones that stand by the LORD of the whole Earth shall testify and beare witnesse of flesh to be crucified killed and slain presently their testimony smite the Earth and all earthly things with Plagues These Prophets have the Power of God and all the Power of GOD and can smite the Earth with what Plagues they will I have found them Smiting the Earth with sicknesses spirituall sicknesses weaknesses consumptions leprosies plague-sores running-sores famine death warres feares frightings amazments wild-beasts with all these Plagues The Earth is now full of Plagues sent forth from the mouthes of these two witnesses And when they shall have finished their testimony the beast that ascendeth out of the bottomlesse pit shall make warre against them and shall oversome them and kill them There is a time to Witnesse and a time to Finish their work and you have it here Prophesied that they must first Finish their Testimony and that they shall bee overcome and killed but not before they have finished their Testimony But How must they be killed The beast that ascends out of the bottomlesse pit shall made warre against them and kill them This Beast which ascends out of the bottomlesse pit is Antichrist Many speake of the slaying of the Witnesses and it is in many peoples mouthes now which
RESURRECTION REVEL 11.13 And the same houre was there a great earthquake and the tenth part of the City fell and in this earth-quake were slain of men seven thousand and the remnant were affrighted and gave glory to the God of Heaven WE are unfolding the mystery of the two witnesses which are the witnesses of God in which and by which every word of God is confirmed they are two in their prophesie in sackcloth but their is a third conjoyned with them in their resurrection as they are in Heaven Ascended and Risen There are thee that bear witnes in heaven and by these three is every word establisht The Father the Son and the Spirit each of them having a sufficiency to confirm each other and together to put an end to all controversies You heard in the morning that there were severall degrees of the reviving of the witnesses the first degree is the entering of the Spirit of life from God into them which caused them to stand upon their feet Secondly They heard a great Voyce from Heaven calling them up Come up hither And thirdly There is their Ascention into Heaven They were taken up in a cloud and their enemies beheld them And in the 13 verse there is the effect of al this In the same hour there was a great earthquake and the tenth part of the City fell These works of God are not yet pure though they are very excellent Though there be a Resurrestion and Ascention into heaven yet it is in a cloud covered with some infirmity and darknesse and yet in this there is the greatest glory And the same hour was an Earthquake Or to speak the language of God elsewhere A rejoycing with trembling In the greatest appearance and manifestation of God so long as there is any Earth it Trembleth and indeed the more glorious the discoveries of God are the greater the Earthquake No Earth can be without moving and trouble that bears the weight of the glory of God upon it In this hour of ascention there is a mixture of some secret rejoycing and some trouble occasioned by the Earthquake or else take the Earth heer as distinct from the witnesses and then their ascending up from the Earth makes the Earth to shake Christ and the Spirit of God those two witnesses are the streneth and stability of the Earth yea the strength of the Pillars of the Earth I uphold the Pillars of the Earth saith the Lord He it is that strengthens the very foundations of the Earth And therefore when these witnesses the strength and Pillars of the Earth ascend and remove from it the Earth must needs quake and tremble The witnesses are the corner stone of the World It was by the word of the Lord that Eternall word that the Worlds were made that the Worlds are supported therefore when this Word of the Lord Ascends out of the World the World must needs shake The whole World hath lived and leaned upon Christ and the Spirit of Christ and now his arising and removall out of the World must needs prove the ruine and downfall of the World All your strength peace and comfort hath been borrowed of Christ and now his leaving the World and carrying the Pillars of the World with him as Sampson the Gates of the City makes all the World fall to confusion A great Earthquake The naturall cause of an Earthquake is the wind pent up in the bowels of the Earth which seeking vent breakes forth and so shakes the Earth So the Spirit or breath or wind of the Lord pent up in the bowels of the Earth shut up amongst earthly men as the Son a Man was three daies and three nights in the heart or bowels of of the Earth when it breaks forth it shakes and rends the World And this is the cause of the Earthquake and commotions that are now abroad in the World The breaking forth or ascending of the Spirit of God out of the World An Earthquake is one of the greatest perplexities and evils that can befall the world the Earth being the Center and stay of man The very bottome and foundation upon which all the camfort and good of the life of man stands When this center this rest or stay this foundation shakes nothing more affrightens and astonishes man These Witnesses ascending out of the world the Bottom and Foundation of peoples strength and comfort trembles and quakes the root of al humane life is cut insunder at once the bottom of al humane joy is taken away The foundation of Ecclesiastical and Civil power is shaken the ground-worke of all earthly stability and comfort of Church and Comon-wealth quakes and trembles I say the world is losing the foundation and ground-work upon which Religion and Civil-government stands and this makes the Earth to shake And the tenth part of the City fell This City is Babylon called the holy City This holy City is trampled under foot as you may read in the second verse of this Chapter This holy City or the outward Court is left to bee possessed by the men of the world by the Gentiles by men uncircumcised in heart and spirit by fleshly and carnal men This is the fate of this City The tenth part The tenth part you know was the Levits part which was holy to the LORD or dedicated to the LORD it was offered up to the Priests under the Law it was the chiefe maintenance of the legal priesthood And here the tenth part of the City the chiefest part the devoted part as you say Gods inheritance the lot and portion of the Priest-hood this part of the City fell in summe the holyest the chiefest the excellentest part of the City fell The waies of worldly Prophessors and Christians are somthing that is holy somthing that is offered up to God but in the hands of the world trampled under foot by the world There is an excellency in this this is that that 's called the tenth part that part wherein men have thought themselves most sacred and holy that which they have offered up to God that which they have seperated from the world and their owne proper use and given to God some of their wisdome some of their estates some of their time some of their strength c. the tenth part This tenth part of the City fell this chiefest and most excellent part This tenth part when they have reserved nine parts to themselves and dedicated the tenth to God That which hath bin mens Religion and that wherein they have placed their confidence and comfort and by which they have thought to be saved this excellent part this tenth part of the City fell in this earth-quake I tel you againe When these two Witnesses ascend and leave the earth then the highest formes of religion the most excellent seperated things of men those holy things wherein they have most devoted themselves to GOD and the Temple of God their hours of Praier their Sabbaths their Fastings their Engagements and Covenants
consum'd to nothing yet that that nothing should be able to adde and give to God this is worth your observation So long as we are any thing we are still attributing and giving to our selves and when we are wholly revelled out into nothing and lost then we are contented to give all to God It is much that we that are nothing should give to him that is al things and it is very much that we should give him glory that which is most dear to him and that he should accept of it from a poor affrighted Remnant Though I say the glory of God be that which is exceeding deare to him and that of which he is most Jelous yet it is not dear to him until we give it him and then it 's double glory even then when it comes from a poor affrighted Remnant When God can come and speak out of the mouth of a poor creature wasted and consumed to nothing that is his glory It is not his glory that he hath it from Mighty Angels No he laies aside that nature and is pleased to accept of it from poor flesh poor man poor wasted consumed man I say Our God hath his glory from wasted consumed man God hath glory in wasting and consuming flesh in man He takes away the glory from the creature into himself Gods greatest glory is to repair wasted man When man is carried out of himself into the lowest estate that can be when the glory of man is laid flat upon the Earth then GOD is gathering it up into his garner And this is certain til this poor remnant gives glory to God God hath visibly and manifestively no glory at all It must be this poor man this wasted man this poor flesh this poor creature walking through the fire and passing through many tribulations that must set this Crown of glory upon the head of God that must make God glorious a glorious blessed God The root and foundation of the glory of God is lost and undone man And gave glory to the God of heaven Before as I said they gave glory to themselves or if they gave glory to any God it was to that God that is the God of this world All that men contend for in the strength or power of man is to give glory to the Gods of this world the Gods of the earth Ther 's is indeed a seed of sincerity in the Saints that gives glory to the God of Heaven but it is in a poor low dark way Prophesying in sack-cloth These stand before the God of the Earth as the Olive tree on the left hand of God offering Sacrifice to the God of Heaven though it is as yet but in an Earthly manner unto God it is though in weaknesse or unto the God of Heaven in an Earthly way That which most men in this world doe is to give glory to themselves or to the God of this world the devill as Rev. 9.20 And the rest of the men which were not killed by these plagues yet repented not of the works of their hands that they should not worship devils and Idols of gold silver and brasse and stone and wood which can neither see nor hear nor walk The greatest care and industry of most men is onely to maintaine an outward earthly power an outward government an outward worldly Kingdom a State Religion which is nothing else but secretly to provide for their owne carnall peace carnal ease fleshly and diabolical State and so they worship the divel and give glory to the god of this World Now when a man is wasted and consumed and affrighted and brought to a Remnant he is contented to give glory to God to the true God and to him in Heaven in a heavenly way and the matching of these two together is an exceeding wonderfull and glorious thing that the lower end of man cut down by the Ax of the Spirit to a stump and left a poor remnant That this retched creature this poor Remnant should be able to give glory to the God of Heaven That is should so speak act and live as to be alwaies giving glory to the God of Heaven or rather that it should speak act and live the glory of the God of Heaven and enjoy continuall communion and fellowship with the God of Heaven that it should be able to set forth adorne and beautify the God of Heaven in a heavenly way to hold forth God in his brightnes excellency and majesty This is the work we are called unto through death through slaying through Earth-quakes through commotions through temptations to ascribe and give glory to the God of Heaven to give up our selves to the glory of the God of Heaven to give up that little that nothing that remaines of us that Remnant to be to the glory or to be the glory of the God of Heaven or to suffer the God of Heaven to render himself glorious upon us I say This is wonderful Why have we heads bearts hands tongues to be kill'd and slain wasted and consumed to nothing but to be raised again What is it for but that the God of Heaven should enjoy them So long as we kept and enjoyed them to our selves we used them to the glory of the god of the Earth but now having been wasted and consumed to nothing and raised again they are to be imployed in the service for the use and to the glory of the God of Heaven And now in this condition we are in Heaven now we are in the Kingdome of God in the presence of GOD in the Majesty and glory of the GOD of Heaven The second Wo is past behold the third Wo commeth quickly We are not yet at the higth of our glory nor past through all our woe It pleased God to devide these woes into three parts a first a second and a third The first is not the greatest the second is as I may call it the wofulest it is the middle woe it is as it were the heart of the woe it 's such a one as is like that tribulation Mat. 24.21 such as never was before nor ever shall be like come after T is that which is the very Center of the woes and this at the Resurrection of the witnesses is past then the heart of the woe is broken and we are fully delivered from the middle woe then wee are broken out of the bowels of the Earth out of the bitterrest woe As Christ lay three daies in the grave and rose again the third day so the witnesses having laine dead in the streets of the great City three daies and an halfe at the end they are raised up again And behold the third woe commeth quickly The great woe of all is the lying of the dead bodies of the witnesses three daies and an half in the streets of the great City but it is some mittigation of the evil that it is quick short full of dispatch but three daies and an half Therefore saith Christ
seventh Angel sounds when there is freedome and liberty in the hearts of the Saints they all now say The Kingdomes of the LORD There were great voyces in Heaven They talk aloud of God in Heaven Below in the Earth people whisper and speak as it were in a corner of God they speak low and in private therefore saith Christ What you speak in a cornes shall be published on the house top Al the appearances of God have been but as in a corner Though the sending out of the Apostles into the World did typify that universal free abundant declaration of GOD this Name of God in the World Yet al that which hath been made known of God hitherto hath been but a speaking in a corner in comparison of that which is now breaking forth God hath been spoken of in a corner heer a little and there a little But now there comes a great Voyce that throwes downe State Kings Kingdomes and al the powers of the Earth to make way for the glory of God God wil whisper it no longer nor speak with a faint Voyce with a cold language but wil speak so and come so That every Eye shall see him every Eare shall heare him every Tongue shal speak him and every heart shal acknowledge and confesse him This is the LORD Now doth GOD REIGNE Now is Christ exalted This Voyce may be heard in Hel and spoken in wrath but when ever it is spoken freely and aloud with joy then it is in Heaven to the Saints And this is the close of the great Voyce The Kingdomes of this world are become the Kingdomes of our Lord and of his Christ The Kingdomes of this world are become c. God heretofore hath had the meanest of this World A sort of poor low mean People only have testified a little for God and Christ heer a little and there an handful but doe you think it or can it be thought That God wil alwaies be contented with this Or doe you thinke the GREAT things of the World were made eternally for the Devil and wicked men Or can it be imagined that God should fil a World with men and furnish them with parts and abilities Greatnesse Wisdome Riches Majesty Authority c. that wicked men should alwaies abuse them and devils alwaies have the command of them and God forever be excluded and shut out No no such matter No the Kingdomes of this World al the Riches al the Strength al the Authority al the Power al the Righteousnesse Justice Judgement and Excellency of this World both in respect of Civel and Ecclesiastical Government Al the Kingdomes of this World shall become the Kingdomes of our Lord and of his Christ We dare in the power of the Lord speak it The Voyce wil be No man hath to doe with any Power Authority Wisdome Riches or any thing in the World No creature hath any power or priviledge to dispose of any thing on the Earth Al Power Strength Riches c. are taken from men or if any thing be left that which remaines is consuming and blasting and shal wast away til al greatnes and excellency whatsoever resolves it selfe into the Kingdome of OUR Lord and of his Christ The Kingdome of Our Lord they are become OUR Lord now must Reign Al things now are become his They were Our Lords from the beginning and of right al did belong to him If he did intrust them to other Kings Nobles Great ones c. it was but onely as they were his Servants they were but intrusted and committed to them as Talents they are but his Stewards and woe be his Stewards when he turnes them out of their Sewardship they must be Stewards no longer but must give an account of their Stewardship of their Talents And these Kingdomes of the World must immediately become the Kingdomes of Our Lord and of his Christ Wee have a Lord that is a Lord indeed The great Lord of Heaven and Earth The Lord af Lords and King of Kings others are but Images and Pictures of this OVR LORD they are but his Substitutes and now OVR Lord comes and throwes out al other Lords He casts these Stewards out of their places and the Kingdomes of the World return again to Him whose they are They were of old thine only they were let out to use for a while The original right is in OVR Lord he hath it and wil maintain it and he himself wil Reigne The Spirit of God hath prophesied of this in al Ages and now he is performing it The next Age nay at this time this dominion is Our Lords Now for Our LORD now for the great GOD. Now for Our King Now all the Kingdomes of the World are become the Kingdomes of OVR Lord. OUR Lord wil take al and leave nothing un-possessed He must have al and we must have all in him He must Reign and we must Reign with him He that upholds us and comforts us He that is in us and with us He that speakes this language in us and puts forth this expression by us is OUR Lord God with us or Emanuel This LORD shall have all the Kingdomes of the Earth and he will put us in possesson of al that is good excellent rich beautiful all that is Kingly and Noble all that excels al the Kingdomes of the World And out of the Lord and from the Lord shal be nothing but desolation and confusion yea desolation and confusion it selfe is our Lords prison into which our Lord wil cast his enemies They are al become Our Lords and his Christs OUR Lords and his Anointeds It is Christ in the glory of the Father that is Our happinesse and Our life The Son in the glory and power of the Father God exalting the Son into himselfe The Kingdomes of the World are the LORDS yet so the LORDS as that Christ is King epual with the Father Christ laies down his Kingdome that he might ascend into the Kingdome of the Father And we lay down our Kingdomes of the World and creatures that we might live in the Kingdome of Christ that so the Father Christ and Wee might Reigne together The Kingdomes of our Lord and of his Christ or his Anointed There are many Anointed that pretend to be THE Anointed of God And many there be that have some Anointing But none shal Reign but His Anointed The holy one of God the Anointed of God Hee that is filled with the Spirit of God Hee that is Anointed with the Oyle the Oyle of GGD He shal Reign for ever no other None but the ANOINTED of GOD. OUR God Anoints US and We are the Anointed of GOD the Christ of GOD the holy one of God all gathered up into one Anointing one Anointed one God and in this unity all in one we shal Reign with him for ever and ever And so it s said Revelations 5. He hath made us Kings and Priests to our God and we shall reign on the earth The