4. The Incarnation and Birth of Jesus Christ the Son of God ; also of his Suffering, Death, and Resurrection.
5. The six Points treating of the Three W or Ids how they are in one another as one ; and yet make Three Principles, viz.. Three Births or Centres.
6 . The Mysterium Magnum , which is an Interpretation upon Genesis.
And in them he shall find all that he can ask, and that as deep as the Mind of Man is able to reach. I have written this ior the true Israelites , that is, for the Hungry and Thirsty Hearts that long after the Fountain of Christ , who are my Fellow -Members in the Spirit of Christ : But not for the Ishmaelites and Scorners , for they have a Book within them, wherewith they vex, .persecute, and Suppress the Children of Christ that are under the Cross ; and yet, though it be unwillingly and unwittingly to themselves, they must be Servants to such Children of Christ.
OF REGENERATION
Chapter L
Showing how Man should consider himself.
C HRIST said, * Except ye turn and become as ChUdren, ‘ ye shall not see the Kingdom of God.’ Again, he said to Nicodeinus ; ‘ Except a Man be born again, of ‘ Water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the ‘ Kingdom of God ; for that which is born of the Flesh * is Flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is Spirit.’
2. Also the Scripture positively declareth, that ‘ the Fleshly ‘-neural Man receiveth not the Things of the Spirit of God, for ‘ they are Foolishness unto him, neither can he know or conceive ‘ them.’ J
- 3. Now seeing that all of us have Flesh and Blood and are mortal , as we find by Experience, and yet the Scripture saith, that 'We are the Temples of the Holy Ghost, who dwelleth in ‘ us,’ and that ‘ the Kingdom of God is within us,’ and that ‘ Christ must be formed in us ;’ also that ‘ He will give us his
- * Flesh for Food, and his Blood for Drink And that, ‘ Who-
- * soever shcfll not eat of the Flesh of the Son of Man, and drink ‘ his Blood hath no Life in him.’ Therefore we should seriously consider, what kind of Man in us it is, that is capable of being thus like the Deity.
4. For it cannot be said of the mortal Flesh that turneth to Earth again, and liveth in the Vanity of this World, and continually lusteth against God, that it is the Temple of the Holy Qhost; much less can it be said that the New Birth cometh to pass in this earthly Flesh, which dieth and putrifieth, and is a continual House of Sin.
Yet seeing that it remaineth certain, that a true Christian of Christ, and that the New-Birth is the Temple of the Holy Qhost which dwelleth in us, and that the New Man only, that is born of Christ, partaketh of the Flesh and Blood of Christ; it appeareth that it is not so easy a Matter to.be a Christian.
- 6 . And that Christianity doth not consist in the mere knowing pf the History, a,yd applying the Knowledge thereof to ourselves, saying that ‘ Christ died for us, and hath destroyed Death and
- * turned it into Life in us, and that He hath paid the Ransom for ‘ us, so that we need do nothing but comfort ourselves therewith,
‘ and stedfastly believe that it is so.’
7. For we find of ourselves that Sin is living , lusting , strong,
64 The JVay to Qhrist .
and powerfully working in the Flesh , and therefore it must be somewhat else, which doth not co-operate with Sin in the Fleshy nor Willeth it, that is the New -Birth in Christ .
8. For St, Paul saith, 4 There is no Condemnation to them ‘that are in Christ Jesus/ And further, 4 Should we that are 4 Christians be yet Sinners ? God forbid, seeing we are dead to 4 Sin in Christ/
9. 'Besides, the Man of Sin cannot be the ‘Temple of the
4 Holy Ghost and yet ‘ there is no Man that sinneth not, for 4 God hath shut up all under Sin/ As the Scripture saith, 4 No 4 one living is righteous in thy Sight, if thou imputest his Sins 4 to him. The righteous Man falleth* seven Times a Day and yet it cannot be meant that the righteous falleth and Sinneth, but his mortal and sinful Man . For the righteousness of a Christian in Christ cannot Sin. , f
10. Moreover, St. Paul saith, ‘OurjConversation is in Heaven,
4. The Incarnation and Birth of Jesus Christ the Son of God ; also of his Suffering, Death, and Resurrection.
5. The six Points treating of the Three W or Ids how they are in one another as one ; and yet make Three Principles, viz.. Three Births or Centres.
6 . The Mysterium Magnum , which is an Interpretation upon Genesis.
And in them he shall find all that he can ask, and that as deep as the Mind of Man is able to reach. I have written this ior the true Israelites , that is, for the Hungry and Thirsty Hearts that long after the Fountain of Christ , who are my Fellow -Members in the Spirit of Christ : But not for the Ishmaelites and Scorners , for they have a Book within them, wherewith they vex, .persecute, and Suppress the Children of Christ that are under the Cross ; and yet, though it be unwillingly and unwittingly to themselves, they must be Servants to such Children of Christ.
OF REGENERATION
Chapter L
Showing how Man should consider himself.
C HRIST said, * Except you turn and become as ChUdren, ‘ you shall not see the Kingdom of God.’ Again, he said to Nicodeinus ; ‘ Except a Man be born again, of ‘ Water and of the Spirit, he cannot enter into the ‘ Kingdom of God ; for that which is born of the Flesh * is Flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is Spirit.’
2. Also the Scripture positively declares, that ‘ the Fleshly ‘-neural Man receives not the Things of the Spirit of God, for ‘ they are Foolishness unto him, neither can he know or conceive ‘ them.’ J
- 3. Now seeing that all of us have Flesh and Blood and are mortal , as we find by Experience, and yet the Scripture says, that 'We are the Temples of the Holy Ghost, who dwells in ‘ us,’ and that ‘ the Kingdom of God is within us,’ and that ‘ Christ must be formed in us ;’ also that ‘ He will give us his
- * Flesh for Food, and his Blood for Drink And that, ‘ Who-
- * soever shcfll not eat of the Flesh of the Son of Man, and drink ‘ his Blood has no Life in him.’ Therefore we should seriously consider, what kind of Man in us it is, that is capable of being thus like the Deity.
4. For it cannot be said of the mortal Flesh that turns to Earth again, and lives in the Vanity of this World, and continually lusts against God, that it is the Temple of the Holy Qhost; much less can it be said that the New Birth comes to pass in this earthly Flesh, which dies and putrifies, and is a continual House of Sin.
Yet seeing that it remains certain, that a true Christian of Christ, and that the New-Birth is the Temple of the Holy Qhost which dwells in us, and that the New Man only, that is born of Christ, partaks of the Flesh and Blood of Christ; it appears that it is not so easy a Matter to.be a Christian.
- 6 . And that Christianity does not consist in the mere knowing pf the History, a,yd applying the Knowledge thereof to ourselves, saying that ‘ Christ died for us, and has destroyed Death and
- * turned it into Life in us, and that He has paid the Ransom for ‘ us, so that we need do nothing but comfort ourselves therewith,
‘ and stedfastly believe that it is so.’
7. For we find of ourselves that Sin is living , lusting , strong,
64 The JVay to Qhrist .
and powerfully working in the Flesh , and therefore it must be somewhat else, which does not co-operate with Sin in the Fleshy nor Wills it, that is the New -Birth in Christ .
8. For St, Paul says, 4 There is no Condemnation to them ‘that are in Christ Jesus/ And further, 4 Should we that are 4 Christians be yet Sinners ? God forbid, seeing we are dead to 4 Sin in Christ/
9. 'Besides, the Man of Sin cannot be the ‘Temple of the
4 Holy Ghost and yet ‘ there is no Man that sinns not, for 4 God has shut up all under Sin/ As the Scripture says, 4 No 4 one living is righteous in your Sight, if you imputest his Sins 4 to him. The righteous Man falls* seven Times a Day and yet it cannot be meant that the righteous falls and Sinns, but his mortal and sinful Man . For the righteousness of a Christian in Christ cannot Sin. , f
10. Moreover, St. Paul says, ‘OurjConversation is in Heaven,
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