and then makes you Persecutors and Murderers like Cain and so not doing well ye do not rule over sin but sin gets into you and rules over you and the Lord God hath no respect to such nor their Offerings nor Sacrifices nor fair Speeches nor good Words that do not well But if ye do well then the Lord God will accept you as you may see in Gen. 4. And Christ saith Blessed is that faithful Servant whom the Lord when he comes shall find so doing to wit doing the will of God Christ said to his Disciples when ye shall have done all those things which are commanded you say we are unprofitable Servants we have done that which was but our duty to do Luke 17 So here you may see that which would beast of his doings is to be kept down and keptout for it is every Servant of Gods duty to do his will And the Jews said unto Pilate Crucifie him Crucifie him to wit Christ and Pilate said three times over What Evil hath he done Luke 23. But the Jews that did evil could not accuse him of any evil that he had done for Châ—â—â—â— to bruise the Serpents head and destroy the Devil and hiâ— Works and to finish Transgression and to make an end of Sin and to bring ever lasting Righteousness into the Hearts of his People And Peter said Of a Truth I perceive that God is no Respecter of Persons but in every Nation he that fears God and worketh Righteousness is accepted with him So here you may see it is not he that talketh of Righteousness out of the fear of God and worketh not Righteousness is accepted with the Righteous God as in Acts 10.35 For Christ saith Every one that doth evil hates the Light neither comes to the Light lest his Deeds should be reproved Now here you may see who are them that hate the Light of Christ who is the Life in him who enlightens every man that comes into the World every one that doth evil hates the saving heavenly Light of Christ which they should believe in and become Children of the Light and they that do evil and hate the Light neither come to the Light lest their Deeds should be reproved all these Doers of Evil and Haters of the Light of Christ and will not come to it lest their evil deeds should be reproved all such God nor Christ doth not accept their Offerings nor Sacrifices and such that hate the Light of Christ hate Christ though they may preach him and profess him in words yet they persecute and hate the Believers in the Light of Christ which are the Children of the Light and walk in the Light and are the Children of the day of Christ And again Christ saith He that doth Truth comes to the Light that his deeds may be made manifest that they are wrought in God So it is not he that only talks of Truth but Mark he that doth Truth comes to the heavenly and spiritual Light of Christ that with his spiritual Light he may see his deeds that they are wrought in God this is a blessed work and a blessed sight to see and a happy comfort and a satisfaction to every one and such God doth accept and respect their Offering and all the Children of the Lord are to be tender one to another for Christ saith If I then your Lord and Master have washt your feet ye also ought to wash one anothers feet for I have given you an Example that ye should do as I have done unto you as in John 13. And this is a Practice of Humility in condescending in the tender Light of Christ one to another And John in his general Epistle saith Little Children let no man deceive you he that doth Righteousness is Righteous even as he is Righteous whosoever doth not Righteousness is not of God c. So here you may see it is not the Puft-up Boasters and Talkers of Righteousness but them that do it are of God And was it not the Reason that Cain slew his Brother because his works were Evil and Abel's were Righteous And is it not the cause now of Prisoning and Persecuting both with Tongue and Hand because their Works are Evil and of them that did and doth persecute the Righteous now but let them not be weary in well-doing for in due season they shall reap if they faint not for they that do evil sow to the flesh and shall of the flesh reap corruption but he that is in the Spirit of God sows to the Spirit and shall of the Spirit reap Life Eternal And whatsoever good thing any man doth the same shall he receive of the Lord whether he be bond or free for there is no respect of Persons with God for he doth accept all that are the Servants of Christ and do the Will of God from their Hearts but he that doth wrong receives for the wrong which he hath done for God is no respecter of Persons for he doth render to every man according to his deeds but them who by patience continue in well-doing seek for Glory and Honour and Immortality eternal Life but unto them that are Contentious and do not obey the Truth but obey Unrighteousness Indignation Wrath Tribulation and Anguish upon every Soul of man that doth Evil of the Jew first and also of the Gentile but Glory Honour and Peace to every man that worketh good to the Jew first and also to the Gentile for there is no respect of Persons with God And as Christ saith Every good Tree bringeth forth good Fruit and a corrupt Tree bringeth forth evil Fruit. So by their fruits Trees are known for it is not every one that saith Lord Lord shall enter into the Kingdom of Heaven but he that doth the Will of my Father which is in Heaven So here you may see that it is not only the Talkers of God and Christ that enter into the Kingdom of God but every one that hears the Sayings of Christ and doth them is likened to a Wise man which built his House upon a Rock that neither the Rain Floods nor Wind shall beat it down because it is founded upon a Rock but every one that hears the sayings of Christ and doth them not is likned to a foolish man which built his House upon the Sand and the Rain and the Floods and the Winds beat upon his House and it falls and great is the fall of it These are them that do not the Will of God these are the Sayers and not Doers these are them that walk not in the Light nor Grace nor Truth nor Spirit nor Gospel of Christ these are the Hearers of the Word but not Doers of the Word which deceive their own selves and are likned to a man that beholds his natural face in a Glass and streight way forgets what manner of man he was but that man which is the doer of the Work and the Word of God is blessed in his deed to him
from him all his Armour wherein he trusted and spoils his Goods c. Is not Christ stronger than the Devil that hath kept the House of the hearts of People And doth not he disarm him and spoil his Goods And is not Christs Weapon Spiritual And the Lord saith to Zachariah Not by might nor by power to wit of men but by my Spirit saith the Lord of Hosts Zach. 4. The Lord saith Comfort ye my People spake ye comfortably to Jerusalem and Cry unto her that her warfare is accomplished that her Iniquity is pardoned c. Is not this Jerusalem Gods People whose Iniquity Christ pardons and warfare is accomplished Isa 40. And again Isaiah saith Isa 2. and Micah 4. spaking of Christ He shall judge amongst the Nations and shall rebuke many People and they shall beat their Swords into Plow-shares and their Spears into Pruning-hooks Nation shall not lift up Sword against Nation neither shall they learn War any more but they shall sit every man under his Vine and under his Fig-Tree and none shall make them affraid for the Mouth of the Lord of Hosts hath spaken it Is not this Vine Christ And are not these the days of his Gospel of Peace And David saith Come behold the Works of the Lord what desolation he makes in the Earth he makes Wars to cease unto the ends of the Earth he breaks the Bow and cuts the Spear in sunder he burns the Chariots in fire Psal 46. The Lord rebukes the company of Spear-men the Multitude of the Bulls with the Calves of the People till every one submit himself to wit to the Lord who scatters the People that delight in War And are not these the days of Christ in the New Testament who ascended on high and led Captivity captive and gave Gifts unto men that the Lord God might dwell amongst them Psal 68. and Ephes 4.8 where the Apostles shews the fulfilling of it and the Apostle James saith in his general Epistle to the Church of Christ From whence comes Wars and Fightings amongst you Come they not even of your Lusts that war in your Members Mark in your Members James 4. So here is a War in your Members the ground of it is from your Lusts before the Wars and Fightings were outwardly amongst People which Wars and Fightings without comes from the Lusts of the Members within And the Apostle saith to the Hebrews in the 11th chapter who by Faith subdued Kingdoms stopt the Mouthes of Lyons quencht the Violence of Fire escaped the edge of the Sword this was the Sheild of Faith a stronger weapon than outward Swords and is a stronger Weapon than Fire and can quench the Violence of it that stopt the Mouthes of Lyons this is beyond Carnal Weapons which Fire and Lyons may overcome And the Apostle exhorts Timothy 2 Tim. 2. Thou therefore my Son be strong in the Grace that is in Christ Jesus and endure hardship as a good souldier of Jesus Christ But Timothy did not War with Flesh and Blood with Carnal Weapons as he was as a souldier of Christ but with Christs heavenly Arms and Armour for as the Apostle Peter saith in his general Epistle to the Church For as much then as Christ hath suffered for us in the Flesh arm your selves likewise with the same mind to wit of Christ for he that hath suffered in the Flesh hath ceased from sin that he no longer should live the rest of his time in the Flesh to the Lusts of men but to the Will of God for the time past of our Life may suffice to have wrought the will of the Gentiles or Nations And the Apostle saith to the Romans chap. 6. Yeild not your Members as Instruments of Vnrighteousness unto Sin but yield your Members unto God as those that are alive from the dead and your Members as Instruments of Righteousness unto God So its clear they that yeild their Members as Instruments of Unrighteousness unto sin are not alive unto God and the two Witnesses that had power to smite the Earth as often as they would do you think that they did it with carnal Weapons And there was War in Heaven Michael and his Angels fought against the Dragon and the Dragon fought against his Angels and the Dragon prevailed not neither was there any more place found in Heaven for him but he and his Angels were cast out into the Earth Rev. 12. Now the holy Angels of God are Spirits so then they had Spiritual Weapons and not carral Swords Muskets Pikes and Pistols c. to sight with the Dragon And John said I saw Heaven open and behold a white Horse and he that sate upon him was called Faithful and true and in Righteousness he doth Judge and make War c. and he was clothed with a Vesture dipt in Blood and his Name was called the Word of God and the Armies which were in Heaven followed him upon White Horses cloathed in fine Linnen white and clean and out of his Mouth goes a sharp Sword that with it he should smite the Nations and he shall Rule them with a Rod of Iron c. And the Beast and the Kings of the Earth and their Armies gathered together to make War against him that sate on the Horse and his Army who is King of Kings and Lord of Lords but the Beast was taken and the false Prophet c. and them that had received the Mark of the Beast and had worshipped his Image these both were cast alive into the Lake of fire burning with brimstone and the Remnant were slain with the Sword of him that sate upon the White Horse which Sword proceeded out of his Mouth Rev. 19. And were these think you carnal Weapons that Christ and his Followers made War with against the Beast and the false Prophet and they that worshipped the Beast and his Image and received his Mark and took them and overcame them and cast the Beast and the false Prophet in the Lake that burns with Brimstone And was that an outward carnal Sword that went out of his Mouth by which he slew the Beasts worshippers that had his Marks and Image Do you think that Christ or his Army that sate on White Horses and followed him which were in Heaven that they had outward Swords and Pistels and Pikes and Muskets and Guns and Cannons by which they overcome the Beast and the false Prophet No it is said that Christs Army was cloathed with fine Linnen and Christs Vesture was dipt in Blood which Army followed him in Heaven Nebuchadnezar lift up his Eyes to Heaven and blest the most High and said all the Inhabitants of the Earth are reputed as nothing and the Lord doth according to his will in the Armies of Heaven and amongst the Inhabitants of Earth and none can stay his hand nor say unto him What dost thou Here you may see Nebuchadnezar was made to confess the great God who saw his Armies in Heaven who abased his Pride
which who do so conform are in the heavenly unity and conformity and Christ who tasted Death for every man for all dyed in Adam he enlightens every man that comes into the world with his heavenly Light which is the Life in him the Word by whom all things were made Now every man and woman being turned to the Light which is the Life in Christ and believing in it and walking in it is the means by which they may be made conformable to the Image of the Son of God and so come into Unity and Conformity and Fellowship one with another and with the Father and the Son And the Grace of God which brings salvation hath appeared unto all men which Grace taught the Church of Christ which Grace and Truth came by Jesus now I say this Grace taught the Church of Christ to live Godly Righteously and to deny Ungodliness and Unrighteousness and to live soberly in this World Now if all People will be conformed to the Image of the Son of God it must be through this grace that comes from the Son of God and this grace is in their hearts to settle them and stablish them which teaches them to deny that which is ungodly and unrighteous and to receive and cleave to that which is godly and righteous And so here is Gods Love and favour to all men who dyed in Adam that his grace and favour should appear unto all men to teach them and bring their Salvation that they may be made conformable to Christs death who hath tasted death for them all and dye and live with him and suffer and reign with him and so be conformable to the Image of the son of God and here is a heavenly divine and spiritual Conformity and Uniformity And Joel saith by Prophecy It shall come to pass in the last days I will pour out my Spirit upon all flesh Now these last days are the days of the New Covenant and New Testament and the days of the Gospel of Salvation preacht to every Creature man and woman that all might be obedient and conformable to the Power of God the Gospel of Salvation and so as all are conformable to this glorious Gospel of Christ they will be conformed to the Image of the Son of God and so into a glorious peaceable uniformity and conformity fellowship and unity in the Gospel the Power of God which brings Life and Immortality to light and in this Power of God they will see over the Power of the Devil and before he was that hath darkned them And likewise God who poureth out of his Spirit upon all flesh both men and women that all with the spirit of God might mortifie the deeds of the flesh and in the spirit of God live and that all with the spirit of God might be circumcised and put off the body of Death and fins of the flesh that 's come into them by transgression and disobeying of God so that all in the spirit may be conformable to the Image of the Son of God and be in unity and a spiritual fellowship and uniformity through the spiritual conformity for all the Sons and Daughters of God are led by the spirit of God and here is a spiritual conformity and a heavenly uniformity amongst the Sons and Daughters of God and God having poured out of his spirit upon all flesh that is all men and women that all men and women might be conformable to this holy pure spirit of God which spirit of God will baptize them if they do not quench vex grieve and rebel against it or err from it I say it will baptize them all into one body which Christ the Lord from Heaven is the head of and so with this holy spirit that baptizes into one body are all made to drink into one spirit Here is a spiritual conformity and a heavenly uniformity and concord where there is no discord for the Apostle saith There is is one Lord one Baptism one Faith c. and the work of the Ministry was to bring People into the unity of this Faith and the knowledge of the Son of God who was the Author and Finisher of this precious holy and divine Faith in which Faith they had victory over that which is unholy and access to God in which Faith they pleased him having victory over that which displeased him and this is called the Faith of Gods Elect in which they had all unity and they were called The Houshold of Faith and through this Faith did receive the Righteousness of Christ through which Faith they were made conformable to Christs death and conformable to the Image of the son of God through the Righteousness of Faith which was before and beyond and above the Righteousness of Man and the Righteousness of the Law and in the Righteousness of Christ and the Image of the son of God here is the Saints holy and righteous Uniformity and spiritual and heavenly Unity and Fellowship And David saith Behold how good and how pleasant it is for Brethren to dwell together in unity Now the unity and fellowship is in the Light Grace and Truth and Spirit and the Gospel the Power of God and the Faith which Jesus Christ is the Author and Finisher of and therefore all must be conformable to the Light Grace and Truth that comes by Jesus Christ and to the Spirit of God that God pours upon them and to the Gospel of salvation and to the Faith that Jesus Christ is the Author and Finisher of if ever ye do come into Vniformity Vnity and Fellowship in the Light in the Truth in the Gospel in the Faith in the Image of the Son of God one with another and with the Father and the Son that the Saints are and were in in the Apostles days glory and honour to the Lord over all sorever who is teaching his People by his Son who bruises the Serpents head that false Teacher and now God is the Teacher of his People by his Son and I say was the Teacher of Adam and Eve in Paradise before they fell who is God all-sufficient and a sufficient Teacher G. F. The Authority of the Church of Christ THe Apostle saith to the Corinthians I told you before and fore-tell you as if I were present now I write to them which heretofore have sinned and to all others if I come I will not spare 2 Cor. 13.2 Here the Apostle used his Authority in the Power and Spirit of Christ who would not spare Sin and Sinners And John said That I wrote unto the Church but Diotrâ—phes who loveth to have the preheminence amongst them received us not wherefore if I come I will remember his Deeds which he doth prate against us with malicious Words And so John thought of this Diotrephes in the Power of God and had Authority in his Power to judge such Prating puft-up Diotrephes's and their malicious Words and so hath the Church of Christ in his Power to judge such now