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A96143	The judgement set, and the bookes opened. Religion tried whether it be of God or of men. The Lord cometh to visit his own, for the time is come that judgement must begin at the house of God. To separate the sheep from the goats. and the precious from the vile. And to discover the blasphemy of those that say, they are apostles, teachers, alive, rich, Jewes, but are found lyars. Deceivers. Dead. Poore, blind, naked. The synagogue of Satan. In severall sermons at Alhallows Lumbard-street, by John Webster, a servant of Christ and his church.	Webster, John, 1610-1682.	1654 (1654)	Wing W1210; Thomason E805_13; ESTC R207390	257,953	337

his wayes past finding out For who hath known the mind of the Lord or who hath been his Counsellour Or who hath first given to him and it shall be recompensed unto him again For of him and through him and to him are all things to whom be glory for ever Amen Seeing him to be so high and so rich and so full and so perfect that He is so full of glory and Majesty and yet to stoop so low to debase and disrobe himselfe to make himself so poor so low so much nothing to redeem and recover MEE Oh how great is this Freedom which is wrought by him alone without any seeking or desire of mine nay till he descended to finde me out I never knew my own misery nay when he did appear and condescended so low to deliver me I was not willing to be delivered but opposed him and fought against him and hated him and used all the devices and shifts I could invent to avoid this deliverance and to remain still in bondage and sided with the Devil as my friend and lookt upon him as an Enemy and a Devil and a Tormentor Herein was love indeed that HE should thus far overcome himselfe to become nothing and lesse then nothing for me who am really so and that he who is so infinitly rich ful and blessed in himself should shew so much love patience long-sufferings and bear so many affronts and indignities from such a miserable forlorn creature as man is and would never leave me till he had perswaded and overcome me Oh! herein was love indeed transcendent love incomparable love My Friends you that talk so much of Jesus Christ and are very zealous for him outwardly as one would think none more And all you that keep such a stir about your Forms and Fellowships and Orders and Washings c. except you have found Jesus Christ thus acting in you in vaine do you pretend to him for you doe but draw nigh him with your lips but your hearts are removed for from him This is the word of the Lord concerning you Esa 1.10 c. Hear ye the word of the Lord ye Rulers of Sodom and give ear to the Law of our God ye people of Gomorrah Why Sodom and Gomorrah He speakes to Judah and Jerusalem in the first vers But because they were no other to him but were as prophane as Sodom and Gomorrah for all their Sacrifices Sabbaths Prayers New Moons c. Esa 1.11 12 13 14 15. To what purpose is the multitude of your Sacrifices unto me saith the Lord I am full of the burnt-offerings of Rams and the fat of fed beasts and I delight not in the blood of Bullocks or of Rams or of he-Goats When ye come to appear before me who hath required this at your hand to tread my courts Bring no more vain Oblations Incense is an abomination unto me the New Moons and Sabbaths the calling of assemblies I cannot away with it is iniquity even the solemn meeting Your New Moons and your appointed feasts my soul hateth they are a trouble unto me I am weary to bear them And when ye spread forth your hands I will hide mine eyes from you yea when ye make many prayers I wll not hear your hands are full of Blood c. Nay and I dare be bold to say if Jesus Christ should but come to you to convince you of your bondage and deliverance you would hate him spit at him crucifie him with as much Malignity as ever the Jews did For in truth the whole world in all their Religion and Forms love not Jesus Christ nor aym at him nor worship him but love and seek themselves and certainly this is THAT LIGHT which shall break forth in these latter days of the world to strip unmask and discover all the Religion OF MAN In this Sermon was that Testimony given to Dr. Everards Sermons which is placed at the end of this Book A RESPONSION To certaine pretended Arguments against my Book called The Saints Guide I Find a Book lately published called The Modern Statesman by one who subscribes his name by two letters G. W Esquire it may be the man is Armiger for I will not controvert what I know not but I am sure he is not very morigerous nor manifests much either of generosity or civility for his usual appellations are Fellow Wretch Caitiffe Jesuite and the like which I am sure are Epithites in a Gentleman as he would be thought otherwise he would not have written the word Esquire at length and not in figures that all Civil men will account to be Contra bonos more 's and yet the man ranks himselfe not only in a Moral but Christian account but how justly let all men and Christians judge This man pretends to answer to some Objections against Learning in a Book of mine entitled The Saints Guide in his 15. chap. pag. 109. And first mark his mistakes in the contents of his Chapter For he saith it is an answer to some Objections in my book Against Learning now in my book there is The clear definition of Learning and the division also a plain position laid down and five arguments to make good the several branches thereof and afterwards two Objections answered and sure this is something more if the man understand his own terms then some Objections barely and no more yet the man is so wise that he dare not meddle with the Position nor any one of the single Arguments but only snatcheth at one of my Queries and fixeth on a hint in my first solution A bold Adversary that bites behinde but dares not grapple face to face Secondly there is nothing at all in my Book spoken or argued against Learning under a general term or acceptation but with limitation and yet this man makes his Arguments against me as though I had opposed learning simpliciter when all that I say is but secundum quid But doubtlesse the man will prove A great Logician he begins so learnedly Thirdly there is nothing in my Book spoken against Humane learning neither in any general way but under a precise respect and punctual restriction as it cannot per se ex propriâ naturâ understand nor apprehend the Mystery of the Gospel nor any way of its own nature be advantagious unto it and this it holdeth out not in an abstract notion but in a concrete Consideration yet the man as Lucian saith of fortune and folly like a mad blind person laies about him not caring nor seeing where he smites or wounds and answers as though I had argued against Learning in general which how false is evidently manifest thus the man hath made a Giant of straw and will now Combat with him when he hath done doubtlesse here will be good game ecce Don Quixot and his Wind-Mils The man seems a great Zealot for that which he imaginarily accounts Learning and I could wish he were a fit Champion but alas impar congressus Achilli

Mat. 5.15 He is the light set upon the Candlestick giving light to all that are in the House and Hee is the Hidden Manna to nourish us to eternal life Col. 1.19 2.9 and it pleased the Father that in him should all fulness dwell even the fulness of the Godhead bodily Oh Beloved He is that true Tabernacle which the Lord hath pitched and not man From this Tabernacle must the soul expect all its leadings all its teachings and not from the wisdom of man or the ordinances of man for here they are all taught of God and they shall no more teach every one his Brother Heb. 8.10 11. saying know the Lord for they shall all know me from the least to the greatest And whosoever is not led by this light and by this Star onely to behold the Lord Jesus Christ as his only and true Guide if he look any other way he does the same thing that the Prophet said of old to them that followed the Tabernacle of Moloch and the Star of their god Remphan and followeth after lyes and the inventions of their own evil Adulterous hearts Acts 7 42 Amos. 5.25.26 figures which they have made to worship saith the Holy Ghost in the fifth Chapter of Amos and the twenty fifth and twenty sixth verses Now then you may hence see and take notice that until the cloud be removed by the Lord himself there must be no journying no going forward by any of the sons of men and t is the Lord and not man can remove it the children of Israel must wait the Lords time when he pleaseth man he is alwayes furnished and ready your time is alwayes ready saith our Saviour Joh. 7.6 but my time is not yet There are certain days and times while the Cloud is upon the glory of this Tabernacle and till the Lord remove it man can do nothing but wait he must sit still in his Tent And that is when all things are in darknesse in man both within him and without him and he sees himself lost as to all his own wisdom power endeavours in this case t is in vain for man to arise and think to create a light and a wisdome and a power to himselfe for then he goes on in his own power and light and not in the light and power of God Ye know the fire in the Tabernacle never went out there was alwayes light there Lev. 6.13 but if there be a Cloud upon it and thou canst not see it and yet wilt be journying and doing and acting this will be thy fall and stumbling and a curse will be upon thee and not a blessing and thou shalt not prosper When that fire kindled the word in the mouth of Jeremiah the Prophet then that word was a light to them a command to depart out of their Captivity and to return to their own land till then the cloud was upon their way and they were as in a waylesse wilderness where no man passed a land of desarts and of pits a land of drought and shadows of death where no man dwelt Jer. 2.6 as in that second chapter of Jeremiah While man is in this condition and in this night of blindnesse and darknesse and land of death and drought he knowes not his way until the Lord shew him a light till He remove the cloud there is no finding the place of rest nor any feeding on the Hidden Manna nor drinking at the Wells of Salvation Esa 12.3 When man is in this dark night how can he arise but if he sit still as to all his own powers really seeing his own weaknesse and utter inability then this light in due time will shine forth and if he ever stir before this day he arises and works and walks unto his own ruin and destruction It may be this Doctrin may seem harsh and very unwelcome to most men That they shall not be doing and going on and journying Phil. 2.12 and working out their own Salvation many are hereat much offended at which I do not wonder for they not being able to see the Mystery of the Scripture onely rest in the Letter and know not the teachings of the spirit and think they must do something by way of condition or else all is nothing And herein is the great mistake of most men who though never so highly esteemed by themselves and others Luk. 6.39 yet herein are no other but blind leaders of the blind and both fall into the ditch But those who are acquainted with these things in their own experience know and feel this mysticall interpretation to be the truth and all other in the Letter to be but resemblances and shadows under which the truth is hid and covered from all save onely such to whom it is given to know the mystery of the Kingdome Mat. 13.11 but to others in parables that seeing they may see and not perceive and hearing they may bear and not understand As in that seventh and eighth Chapter to the Hebrews where the Apostle speaking of the Law and of many particulars appertaining to that Priesthood he shews that the Law made nothing perfect but the bringing in of a better hope did by which we draw nigh unto God and so there by several arguments he proves that Jesus Christ alone was the true Priest and the true ORDINANCE Now in the first verse of the eighth chapter Heb. ch 7. 8. he applyes all that he had before spoken to Jesus Christ alone that perfect high Priest Ch. 7.19 Now of the things which we have spoken this is the summe And so he goes on and applyes it to Jesus Christ that true high Priest who is set on the right hand of the throne of the Majesty on high a Minister of the Sanctuary and of the true Tabernacle which the Lord pitched and not man which things serve but unto the example and shadow of Heavenly things Ch. 8.1 c. he having obtained a far more excellent ministry by how much he is made the mediatour of a better covenant and established upon better promises he is not a high Priest of a Temple or contained in any Temple made with hands 2 Chron 6.18 but he is such a one whom the Heaven of Heavens cannot contain And he offers not sacrifices but himself his own body And He and all his members are the true Tabernacle wherein the Lord is served and well pleased for the Law made High Priests which have infirmitie Heb. 7.28 saith the Apostle but the word of the Oath which was since the Law maketh the Son who only is consecrated for evermore But what shall we say then of all those things wherein Moses was commanded to be so exact and to make all things according to the pattern and here he calls Christ the true Tabernacle what was theirs a false one I Ibid. 8.2 it was in regard of Christ who is the

God by those names chiefly intends to discover and set out the Prince of Darknesse in man and the Man of sin and Antichrist in man and the working of Satan in man 2 Thes 2.3 Joh. 16.11 this the Scripture chiefly and ultimately intends all along but men will not see it nor acknowledge it because they are under the power thereof and cannot endure the light neither will thy come to the light lest their deeds should be made manifest Joh. 3.19 20. Adde to this another Scripture Exod. 7.11 Then Pharaoh also called the wise men and the Sorcerers Exod. 7.11 Now the Magicians of Egypt they also did in like manner with their Inchantments These were Jannes and Jambres which withstood Moses which were the names of some of the Magicians which wrought against Moses which are in all the Sons of men and cited by the Apostle 2 Tim. 3.8 9. 2 Tim 3.9 where he applys it to the working of Satan in man Now as Jannes and Jambres withstood Moses so do these also resist the truth men of corrupt minds reprobate concerning the faith But they shall proceed no farther for their folly shall be made manifest to all men as theirs also was They would undertake to do the same things by their power which Moses did by the finger and power of God They would be Apes and Imitators to make the world beleeve they did the same thing and by the same power but it was made manifest that they were no other but Deceivers Inchanters Magicians and wrought by the Devil and such shall all those be discovered to be who pretend to obey Christ and work by the power of Christ but are no other then Dreamers Inchanters and Charmers And who these were that we may know them he plainly layes them forth there They were men that had the form of Godlinesse Ibid. vers 5. but denied the power thereof For they were lovers of themselves boasters proud blasphemers unthankful unholy Truce-breakers Ibid. vers 3 4 6. false accusers feirce despisers of those that were truly good lovers of pleasure more then lovers of God Of this sort are they which creep into Widows houses and lead captive silly women Vers 1 and these men make the last daies perillous times And as Jannes and Jambres resisted and affronted and laboured to weaken the credit of him who came with true miracles and with the power of God So these resist and oppose and counterfeit the Spiritual Moses as if their works were wrought in God and done by the power of Christ all which is no other but Magick Sorcery Delusion Charming and Inchantment Also take one place more that in Esa 8.19 And when they shall say unto you Esa 8.19 seek unto them that have familiar spirits and unto wizzards that peep and mutter should not a people seek unto their God for the living to the dead To the Law and to the Testimonies If they speak not according to this word it is because there is no light in them Now according to the Letter there are none in words will openly counsel to to Wizzards as such and to such as Peep and Mutter and that they know deal with the Devil but of necessity these words are spoken secretly in the hearts of men and there they hearken and obey the Counsel and Wisdome of the flesh There is the chief Magick wrought which Satan useth in deluding and drawing away the soule of man to hearken to these Inchanters who can Counterfeit the Graces and things of Christ that so they may be taken for Members and Ministers of Jesus Christ And that those who truely have his Life and Power may be counted Deceivers this is one of Satans greatest-depths as we may see in the Prophet Jer. 27.9 when he had told the people of Moab and Ammon and Tyrus and word of the Lord Jer. 27.9 that they should go into Captivity and therefore should submit and put their necks under the yoak of the King of Babylon Now there were others that pretended that they were Prophets also and brought the word of the Lord and told them they should not consent to serve him Sayes the Lord in that ninth verse Hearken ye not unto your Prophets nor to your Diviners Vers 9 nor to your Dreamers nor to your Inchanters nor to your Sorcerers which speak unto you saying ye shall not servs the King of Babylon For whatever they prophesied was but the devices of their own heart and therefore they should not hearken to them but that which he threatned because it was the word of the Lord that should and must come to passe And the Apostle useth the same word in Gal. 3.1 Gal. 3.1 which includes all those words of Sorcery Inchanting Witchcraft c. O foolish Galatians who hath bewitched you that you should not obey the truth before whose eyes Jesus Christ hath been evidently set forth crucified among you Which word Bewitched is the same word in the Greek which signifieth witchcraft Sorcerie Charming or the like thereby signifying that what ever it was that was set up in man to cause him to mistake Jesus Christ or is set up in the room of him was Inchantments Witchcrafts Sorceries though they were never so like him if they were not Him and turned us away from the true Jesus Christ they are Foolish and Worldly rudiments and are ye so foolish sayes he in the third vers Ibid. v. 3. that having begun in the spirit ye should think to be made perfect by the flesh Ibid. ve 3. If any fleshly or carnal or external thing be set up in the room of Christ this is no lesse then Witchcraft Sorcery and Delusion And whatever name the Scripture gives to any External Witchcraft or Sorcery it is to hold out unto us that spiritual deep hidden and wonderful Charming that Satan useth to cause us to mistake Jesus Christ and that his power may be taken for the power of Jesus Christ and his wisdom and seeming holiness for the wisdom and holinesse of Jesus Christ Beloved these things as our Saviour saith I have spoken unto you and have often pressed them upon you That when ye find them true and come to passe Joh. 14.29 ye may beleeve for except ye find these things in experience ye cannot beleeve them But whoever shall teach no more but that these things are only Litterally fulfilled they do Delude Deceive Inchant and Charm you but the same things which have been done externally must be fulfilled in us for what is it to us what they did and what they saw what dost thou meddle with or talk of Christ his Miracles and Sufferings and Resurrection if these things be not done in thee art thou ever the better for all that was then done Without controversie great is the Mystery of Godliness for as he was manifested in the flesh so he was justified in the spirit What is it to thee what enjoyments Paul