25. God receiveth no Sinner into His Poiver and Virtue , unless the Shiner go forth from his Sins , and enter with the Desire into God. And then, 1 He will not cast out those that so 'come unto him/ He hath given to the Will an open Qate in Christ , saying, ‘ Come unto me all ye that are heavy laden with ‘ Sins/ and ‘ I will refresh you ; take my Yoke upon you/ that is, the Cross of the Enmity in the Flesh . This was the Yoke of Christ , which he had to bear for the Sins of all Men. This Cross or Yoke the resigned Will must also take upon- itself in the evil earthly sinful Flesh , and bear it after Christ in Patience and Hope of Deliverance. It must also continually break the Head of the Serpent , in and through Christ's Will and Spirit \ and kill . and destroy the earthly Will in God’s Anger \ not letting it rest
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on a soft Bed when Sin is committed, and thinking to repait one Time or other.
26. No, no, the earthly Will groweth strong, fat, and zvanton upon this soft Bed. .But as soon as the Light of God shineth in thee, and showeth Sin to thee, the Will of thy Soul must sink itself down into the Passion and Death of Christ , and wrap itself up close therein. It must take the Passion of Christ into its Possession, and be a Lord over the Death of Sin by the Death of Christ , and kill and destroy it in the Death of Christ.
27. The Will of S in must die, though it be never so unwilling. Be at Enmity therefore with the voluptuous earthly Flesh ; give it not what it would have ;• let it fast and suffer Hunger. until its ticklmg ceases. Account the Will of the Flesh thine Enemy, and do not what the Desire in the Flesh Willeth, and then thou shalf bring » Death upon the Deathfiil Property in the Flesh .
28. Regard not any Scorn of the World \ as considering that it doth hut scorn thine Enemy , and that is become a Fool to it. Nay, do thou thyself account it thy Fool \ which Adam caused the£ to possess, and made to be thy false Heir. Cast out of the House the Son of the Bond - Woman , that strange Child which God did not give to be in the House of Life in Adam at the Beginning ; for the Son of the Bond - Woman must not inherit with the Son of the free- Woman.
29. The earthly Will is but the Son of the Bond - Woman . For the four Elements should have been Man’s Servants, but Adam hath brought them into the Sonship , or adopted them into himself. Therefore God said to Abraham , when He had opened the Covenaiit of the Promise in him; ‘ Cast out the Son of the ‘Bond-Woman, for he shall not inherit with the Son of the Free/ This Son of the Free is Christ , which God of his Qrace hath brought again into the Flesh for us, namely, a new or renewed Mind. Wherein the Will , viz., the eternal Will of the Soul, may draw and drink the Water of Life, of which Christ speaketh, saying, * Whosoever shall drink of this Water that I will give
^ him, it shall spring up in him, and be a Fountain of eternal ‘ Life/ This Fomitain is the Renovatio?i of the M hid or Will of the Soul.
30. Therefore I say, that all Fictions and Devices to come to Qodby, let them have what Name soever they will, which Men
.contrive and invent for Ways to Cjod, are but lost Labour and vain Endeavours, without a new Mind . There is no other Way to (jod, but a new Mind, which turneth from Wickedness and fcntereth into Repentance for the Sins it hath committed. Which goeth forth from its Iniquity and Willeth it no more; but wrappetli its Will up in the Death of Christ , and with all Earnestness
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dieth from the Sin of the Soul in the Death of Christ , so that it Willeth Sin no more.
25. God receives no Sinner into His Poiver and Virtue , unless the Shiner go forth from his Sins , and enter with the Desire into God. And then, 1 He will not cast out those that so 'come unto him/ He has given to the Will an open Qate in Christ , saying, ‘ Come unto me all you that are heavy laden with ‘ Sins/ and ‘ I will refresh you ; take my Yoke upon you/ that is, the Cross of the Enmity in the Flesh . This was the Yoke of Christ , which he had to bear for the Sins of all Men. This Cross or Yoke the resigned Will must also take upon- itself in the evil earthly sinful Flesh , and bear it after Christ in Patience and Hope of Deliverance. It must also continually break the Head of the Serpent , in and through Christ's Will and Spirit \ and kill . and destroy the earthly Will in God’s Anger \ not letting it rest
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on a soft Bed when Sin is committed, and thinking to repait one Time or other.
26. No, no, the earthly Will grows strong, fat, and zvanton upon this soft Bed. .But as soon as the Light of God shines in you, and shows Sin to you, the Will of your Soul must sink itself down into the Passion and Death of Christ , and wrap itself up close therein. It must take the Passion of Christ into its Possession, and be a Lord over the Death of Sin by the Death of Christ , and kill and destroy it in the Death of Christ.
27. The Will of S in must die, though it be never so unwilling. Be at Enmity therefore with the voluptuous earthly Flesh ; give it not what it would have ;• let it fast and suffer Hunger. until its ticklmg ceases. Account the Will of the Flesh your Enemy, and do not what the Desire in the Flesh Wills, and then you shalf bring » Death upon the Deathfiil Property in the Flesh .
28. Regard not any Scorn of the World \ as considering that it does hut scorn your Enemy , and that is become a Fool to it. Nay, do you yourself account it your Fool \ which Adam caused the£ to possess, and made to be your false Heir. Cast out of the House the Son of the Bond - Woman , that strange Child which God did not give to be in the House of Life in Adam at the Beginning ; for the Son of the Bond - Woman must not inherit with the Son of the free- Woman.
29. The earthly Will is but the Son of the Bond - Woman . For the four Elements should have been Man’s Servants, but Adam has brought them into the Sonship , or adopted them into himself. Therefore God said to Abraham , when He had opened the Covenaiit of the Promise in him; ‘ Cast out the Son of the ‘Bond-Woman, for he shall not inherit with the Son of the Free/ This Son of the Free is Christ , which God of his Qrace has brought again into the Flesh for us, namely, a new or renewed Mind. Wherein the Will , viz., the eternal Will of the Soul, may draw and drink the Water of Life, of which Christ speaks, saying, * Whosoever shall drink of this Water that I will give
^ him, it shall spring up in him, and be a Fountain of eternal ‘ Life/ This Fomitain is the Renovatio?i of the M hid or Will of the Soul.
30. Therefore I say, that all Fictions and Devices to come to Qodby, let them have what Name soever they will, which Men
.contrive and invent for Ways to Cjod, are but lost Labour and vain Endeavours, without a new Mind . There is no other Way to (jod, but a new Mind, which turns from Wickedness and fcnters into Repentance for the Sins it has committed. Which goes forth from its Iniquity and Wills it no more; but wrappetli its Will up in the Death of Christ , and with all Earnestness
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dies from the Sin of the Soul in the Death of Christ , so that it Wills Sin no more.
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