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<P> THE DOMINION OF THE Seed of God Throughout <HI>all</HI> GENERATIONS: OR, The <HI>heighth,</HI> and <HI>breadth,</HI> and <HI>length,</HI> and <HI>depth</HI> of the <HI>Love</HI> of <HI>GOD,</HI> which pa&s;&s;eth knowledge, in the &s;ending of his Son CHRIST JESUS into the VVorld, that who&s;oever be|lieveth in <HI>Him</HI> &s;hould not peri&s;h, but have <HI>Life</HI> Everla&s;ting.</P>
<P>By GEO. BISHOPE.</P>
<P><Q><HI>For God &s;o loved the World, that he gave his only begotten Son, that who&s;oever believeth in him, &s;hould not peri&s;h, but have everlasting-life. For God &s;ent not his Son into the World to condemn the World, but that the World through him might be &s;aved.</HI><BIBL>Joh. 3. 16, 17.</BIBL></Q></P>
<P><HI>London,</HI> Printed in the Year, 1667.</P>
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<HEAD>The Dominion of the Seed, &amp;c.</HEAD>
<P>I Am to treat of a <HI>thing</HI> of the <HI>greate&s;t</HI> weight, therefore &s;et <HI>all</HI> fle&s;h be &s;ilent; and whil&s;t <HI>I</HI> am treating of things of <HI>this</HI> nature, let the <HI>Witne&s;s</HI> of <HI>God</HI> be heeded and ob&s;erved, which only can give to under&s;tand the <HI>things</HI> of <HI>God,</HI> which are <HI>&s;piritually</HI> di&s;|cerned.</P>
<P>There is a great ado in the World concerning <HI>Christ,</HI> and <HI>Re|demption,</HI> and <HI>Sanctification,</HI> and <HI>Salvation;</HI> and <HI>many</HI> would die the <HI>death</HI> of the <HI>Righteous,</HI> and do wi&s;h that <HI>their</HI> latter end might be like <HI>his,</HI> as it was the ca&s;e of <HI>Balaam</HI> when his eyes were opened; b<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">t <HI>few</HI> do know or under&s;tand what <HI>Chri&s;t</HI> is, or <HI>Sanctification,</HI> or <HI>Redemption,</HI> much le&s;s do live the <HI>life</HI> of the <HI>Righteous,</HI> and &s;o at|tain unto <HI>Salvation.</HI> Therefore am I moved of the <HI>Lord</HI> to open this <HI>My&s;tery,</HI> and to write of the <HI>things</HI> relating thereunto in <HI>plain</HI> and <HI>legible</HI> characters, that the <HI>Eye</HI> that &s;ees not may &s;ee, and the <HI>Ear</HI> that hears not may under&s;tand; and that tho&s;e who do neither, may be concluded and &s;hut up, now that the <HI>Gospel</HI> is opened, and be left unto the <HI>day</HI> that is near, wherein <HI>every</HI> one will be rewarded as <HI>his</HI> work &s;hall be.</P>
<P>The <HI>Gospel</HI> of <HI>Salvation</HI> is <HI>Chri&s;t Je&s;us;</HI> the <HI>Wi&s;dom</HI> of <HI>God,</HI> and the <HI>Power</HI> of <HI>God;</HI> and the <HI>Word</HI> that &s;anctifies is the <HI>&s;ame</HI> that &s;aves, and there is <HI>no</HI> Salvation, but as <HI>Chri&s;t Je&s;us,</HI> the <HI>Word,</HI> the <HI>Gospel</HI> of <HI>Salvation,</HI> redeems, and &s;anctifies. And this is <HI>Truth.</HI></P>
<P>Therefore <HI>all ye</HI> who &s;tand in a <HI>&s;tate</HI> expecting Salvation, and are not redeemed or &s;anctified, your Expectation is <HI>vain,</HI> and <HI>you</HI> will die in <HI>your</HI> &s;ins: For, <HI>he became the Author of Eternal Salvation unto all them that obey him,</HI> Heb. 5. 9. <HI>Even to them that believe in his Name,</HI> Joh. 1. 12. And, <HI>whom he ju&s;tified, them he al&s;o glorified, Rom.</HI> 8. 30. And, <HI>If I wa&s;h thee not, thou hast no part in me,</HI> John 13. 8. And, <HI>the Soul that &s;inneth, it &s;hall die,</HI> Ezek. 8. 4. Therefore deceive not your &s;elves with any <HI>vain</HI> hope in <HI>things</HI> of <HI>this</HI> nature, which are of the <HI>highe&s;t</HI> con&s;equence; For it will be <HI>too</HI> late for <HI>you</HI> the&s;e things to con&s;ider, when you come to be rewarded as <HI>your</HI> work &s;hall be.</P>
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<P> Then there are <HI>many</HI> who receive the <HI>Truth,</HI> and hold it in <HI>un|righteou&s;ne&s;s;</HI> and though they know the <HI>Way of Peace,</HI> yet they turn from the <HI>holy Commandment,</HI> and the <HI>latter end</HI> of the&s;e men will be <HI>wor&s;e</HI> than their <HI>beginning,</HI> and <HI>they</HI> will receive according to <HI>their</HI> deeds.</P>
<P>Moreover, there be, who having turned ftom the <HI>Way of Righte|ou&s;ne&s;s,</HI> and the <HI>holy Commandment,</HI> are <HI>yet</HI> notwith&s;tanding <HI>righteous</HI> in their <HI>own</HI> eyes; who&s;e End &s;hall be as is <HI>their</HI> Work.</P>
<P>Finally there <HI>are,</HI> who having known the <HI>Lord,</HI> or rather are known of <HI>him,</HI> do follow on to know <HI>him,</HI> who&s;e goings forth are from <HI>Ever|la&s;ting;</HI> in the knowledge of whom is <HI>Everlasting Life;</HI> and the&s;e are <HI>they</HI> who are the <HI>Seed</HI> of the <HI>Lord,</HI> the <HI>Plants</HI> of his planting, that <HI>He</HI> may be glorified; and for the&s;e <HI>he</HI> will give <HI>Nations,</HI> and People for <HI>their</HI> Ran&s;ome, and <HI>they</HI> &s;hall be called, the <HI>Ble&s;&s;ed of the Lord,</HI> and <HI>his</HI> Off-&s;pring with <HI>him.</HI> And of the&s;e <HI>I</HI> am to &s;peak, and concerning <HI>the&s;e</HI> is what <HI>I</HI> have to &s;ay to be terminated, and the <HI>Revelation of God</HI> in <HI>me</HI> at <HI>this</HI> time is terminated to <HI>the&s;e,</HI> and con|cerning <HI>the&s;e</HI> this Que&s;tion comes to be determined.</P>
<P>Viz. <HI><GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">hether the Decree or Determination of God, concerning the&s;e only was lodged with him for their Eternal Salvation, before the foun|dation of the World?</HI> Or, <HI>Whether the Salvation of the&s;e only, was that which in the de&s;ign of the Lord was before him from all eternity, and none other?</HI></P>
<P>And here <HI>I</HI> have many things to &s;ay, and of <HI>very</HI> great weight, which <HI>I</HI> &s;hould not enter upon, nor undertake to determine, or treat of, but that the <HI>Revelation of God</HI> is with <HI>me</HI> as to <HI>this</HI> particular, and a <HI>Nece&s;&s;ity</HI> from <HI>him</HI> thus to &s;peak; which <HI>I</HI> thought fit to pre|mi&s;e, le&s;t <HI>any</HI> &s;hould think that <HI>I</HI> was either prying into things that are not revealed, or medling with that which &s;uch may think it were better to let alone, and kept in the <HI>Womb,</HI> and never &s;ee the <HI>Sun.</HI></P>
<P>But to the&s;e <HI>I</HI> &s;ay as before; and further; That the <HI>Revelation of God</HI> &s;tands not in <HI>times,</HI> or <HI>per&s;ons,</HI> but where, and as <HI>he</HI> will <HI>he</HI> reveals him&s;elf, and who &s;hall &s;ay unto him, <HI>What doest Thou?</HI> And when <HI>he</HI> will &s;hew his <HI>Secret,</HI> it mu&s;t be revealed; and &s;o <HI>I</HI> come to give an <HI>An&s;wer</HI> to the <HI>Question.</HI></P>
<P><HI>An&s;.</HI> Thus then; The <HI>Docree,</HI> or <HI>Determination</HI> of <HI>God,</HI> in reference to the <HI>Salvation</HI> or <HI>Reprobation</HI> of any, re&s;ts not, nor is terminated in the <HI>Per&s;ons</HI> of any, but the <HI>Seeds; Jacob</HI> and <HI>E&s;au;</HI> the <HI>Seed</HI>
<PB N="5" REF="3"> of the <HI>Serpent,</HI> and the <HI>Seed</HI> of the <HI>Woman,</HI> of which <HI>Jacob</HI> and <HI>E&s;au</HI> were the <HI>figures;</HI> As any are found in the <HI>Seeds</HI> afore&s;aid, &s;o are <HI>they</HI> concluded with the <HI>one</HI> and with the <HI>other,</HI> either to <HI>Salvation</HI> or <HI>Death,</HI> as is the <HI>&s;tate</HI> of each. For the <HI>Lord</HI> accepts of <HI>no</HI> man for his Goodne&s;s, nor rejects he any for <HI>their</HI> Evil, <HI>quatenus,</HI> or, as <HI>they</HI> are Men, the <HI>Creatures</HI> that <HI>he</HI> hath made, but as the <HI>&s;pirit</HI> of either of the <HI>Seeds</HI> worketh, or is the <HI>root</HI> of either; &s;o <HI>he</HI> rejects, &s;o <HI>he</HI> ac|cepts.</P>
<P>And <HI>here</HI> is the mi&s;take of <HI>Men,</HI> and the <HI>great</HI> puzzle in which <HI>they</HI> are who determine of the&s;e things, without, or not knowing the <HI>Coun&s;el</HI> of the <HI>Lord.</HI> They conclude according to <HI>them&s;elves,</HI> and the <HI>Darkne&s;s</HI> in which <HI>they</HI> are, That the <HI>per&s;ons,</HI> or the <HI>bare cleaving</HI> unto that which is <HI>good,</HI> or choo&s;ing, or being guided by that which is <HI>evil,</HI> is that which is the <HI>ground</HI> or <HI>bottom</HI> of <HI>Election</HI> or <HI>Reprobation,</HI> and there place the <HI>Decree</HI> and <HI>Determination</HI> of <HI>God;</HI> as if &s;o be <HI>he</HI> had determined <HI>&s;ome</HI> to the <HI>one,</HI> and <HI>&s;ome</HI> to the <HI>other</HI> from all Eter|nity; and that <HI>they</HI> cleaving unto the <HI>one,</HI> and choo&s;ing the <HI>other,</HI> are <HI>there</HI> fore&s;een and determined. And &s;o as on the <HI>one</HI> hand they would hitch the <HI>Foundation</HI> of <HI>God,</HI> and <HI>his</HI> Purpo&s;e as to <HI>Man,</HI> on the feeble twig of <HI>Mans freewill;</HI> &s;o on the <HI>other,</HI> they would lay the <HI>ground</HI> and <HI>root</HI> of both on the <HI>Decree</HI> of <HI>God</HI> that there hath put <HI>Men,</HI> or in the <HI>&s;tate</HI> of <HI>each,</HI> which <HI>they</HI> cannot pa&s;&s;e. And &s;o have placed the&s;e things which are of <HI>unfathomable</HI> depth and certainty, upon the <HI>reeling</HI> foundation of <HI>their</HI> own mind. For, if the <HI>Lord</HI> had &s;o concluded <HI>Man</HI> from <HI>all</HI> Eternity, there could be <HI>no</HI> Alteration: but <HI>Man</HI> mu&s;t be determined according as <HI>He</HI> had concluded him: For, the <HI>Decree</HI> and <HI>Determination</HI> of the <HI>Lord</HI> who can re&s;i&s;t? for it is like him&s;elf, <HI>unchangeable</HI> and <HI>abiding</HI> for ever. And &s;o the <HI>Lord</HI> would have complained (as a <HI>man</HI> may &s;peak after the <HI>manner</HI> of <HI>men)</HI> again&s;t <HI>him&s;elf,</HI> when he found fault with <HI>man;</HI> and <HI>all</HI> that which is &s;poken of <HI>Redemption</HI> and <HI>Christ Ie&s;us</HI> had &s;ignified little; for, by an <HI>unalterable</HI> Decree, Man was (if <HI>this</HI> &s;hould be &s;o) <HI>before|hand</HI> concluded. Or, if it &s;tood upon the <HI>Acceptance</HI> of <HI>Man,</HI> or <HI>his</HI> choice or will that <HI>he</HI> is &s;aved, or a <HI>Ve&s;&s;el of Mercy,</HI> the <HI>foundation</HI> of God mu&s;t lie tottering as <HI>man</HI> is <HI>him&s;elf.</HI></P>
<P>But the&s;e things have another depth, and the <HI>man of Wi&s;dom</HI> &s;ees it, wherein the <HI>Lord</HI> is certain of <HI>his</HI> Determination, and yet not at all concluding <HI>man</HI> to the <HI>one,</HI> or the <HI>other,</HI> as afor&s;aid. Which that
<PB N="6" REF="4"> it may be <HI>plain</HI> unto the <HI>Sons</HI> of <HI>Men;</HI> and that <HI>they</HI> may &s;ee how it is, and be convinced, or left without excu&s;e; the <HI>Revelation</HI> of <HI>God</HI> hath been with <HI>me</HI> as hath been &s;aid. And &s;o <HI>I</HI> come to open the <HI>Matter</HI> a <HI>little</HI> further; and to give demon&s;tration in the <HI>thing,</HI> which may <HI>rea&s;onably</HI> convince <HI>Men</HI> that it is <HI>&s;o</HI> as I have &s;hewen, and not according to what <HI>Vain</HI> Man hath thought upon, and con|cluded.</P>
<P><HI>Fir&s;t,</HI> If the <HI>Lord</HI> by a Decree <HI>unalterable,</HI> hath fixed <HI>Man</HI> to the <HI>one,</HI> or to the <HI>other,</HI> then <HI>Man</HI> &s;tands but as a <HI>Pa&s;&s;ive</HI> Creature, &s;uffering the exerci&s;e <HI>onely</HI> of <HI>Divine</HI> Plea&s;ure upon <HI>him,</HI> as to <HI>his</HI> condition, not at all having to do in the <HI>determination</HI> upon <HI>him</HI> of the Plea&s;ure that is <HI>Divine;</HI> which is <HI>gro&s;s</HI> to imagine. For <HI>this</HI> would take away the <HI>activity</HI> of the <HI>Creature,</HI> and <HI>his</HI> choice as to <HI>either,</HI> and make <HI>him</HI> like a <HI>lump</HI> of <HI>Lead,</HI> &s;olidly determined to what place <HI>he</HI> is ca&s;t, without <HI>alteration</HI> or <HI>choice,</HI> as to <HI>his</HI> Center, from which of <HI>him&s;elf he</HI> can <HI>never</HI> remove. <HI>The&s;e</HI> things would be <HI>&s;trange</HI> to a&s;&s;ert, yet <HI>this</HI> Po&s;ition a&s;&s;erts the <HI>thing,</HI> which places <HI>Man</HI> out of <HI>his</HI> activity or <HI>choice,</HI> into a <HI>heavy, dead, lumpi&s;h</HI> condi|tion, out of which <HI>he</HI> can <HI>never</HI> be removed.</P>
<P><HI>Secondly,</HI> In the <HI>next</HI> place, if the <HI>determination</HI> of <HI>God</HI> &s;tands upon the <HI>choice</HI> of <HI>Man,</HI> and the <HI>Ve&s;&s;els</HI> of <HI>Wrath,</HI> and the <HI>Ve&s;&s;els</HI> of <HI>Mercy</HI> depend upon the <HI>mutability</HI> of <HI>Man,</HI> then hath the <HI>Determina|tion</HI> of <HI>God</HI> no foundation; for <HI>Man</HI> being the <HI>Bottom</HI> or <HI>Center,</HI> and <HI>his</HI> turning and winding the <HI>Achme,</HI> or <HI>determination</HI> of <HI>his</HI> &s;tate, <HI>Another</HI> thing cannot be &s;aid to be the <HI>determination</HI> of <HI>Man;</HI> For|a&s;much as <HI>two</HI> Determinations or Centers, in <HI>one</HI> and the <HI>&s;ame</HI> be|ing, cannot &s;ub&s;i&s;t.</P>
<P><HI>Thirdly,</HI> If the <HI>determination</HI> of <HI>Mans</HI> eternal State &s;tands in a <HI>re&s;olution</HI> which was had from <HI>all</HI> Eternity, then <HI>Man</HI> was before <HI>he</HI> was made; which is <HI>ab&s;urd</HI> to imagine. For <HI>Re&s;olution</HI> and things relative as to <HI>Con&s;i&s;tances</HI> are <HI>conterminate</HI> in the <HI>&s;ame</HI> being, that is to &s;ay, <HI>God,</HI> and <HI>his</HI> re&s;ol<GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 letter">tion concerning <HI>Man,</HI> and the <HI>being</HI> of <HI>Man,</HI> are contemporate; <HI>viz.</HI> When <HI>he</HI> made Man, <HI>he</HI> determined concerning <HI>Man,</HI> and not before. For, the <HI>determination</HI> of <HI>God,</HI> and the <HI>being</HI> of <HI>things,</HI> are Relatives, that is, as to <HI>their</HI> beings, <HI>they</HI> have relation one to another. <HI>God &s;aid, Let there be Light, and there was Light.</HI> So that to affirm that the <HI>determination</HI> of <HI>God</HI> from <HI>all</HI> Eternity concerning <HI>Man</HI> was <HI>&s;o</HI> and <HI>&s;o</HI> as afore&s;aid; is to
<PB N="7" REF="4"> affirm that <HI>Man</HI> was from <HI>all</HI> eternity; and <HI>&s;o,</HI> that <HI>Man</HI> was be|fore <HI>his</HI> being; which (as <HI>I</HI> have &s;aid) is <HI>ab&s;urd</HI> to think.</P>
<P><HI>Fourthly, Man</HI> and <HI>his</HI> being are Correlatives, that is to &s;ay, <HI>Man</HI> was not before <HI>his</HI> being; and &s;o, to &s;ay that the <HI>purpo&s;e</HI> of <HI>God</HI> was before <HI>Man</HI> was, concerning <HI>Man,</HI> is to &s;ay, That the <HI>Being</HI> of <HI>Man,</HI> and <HI>Man,</HI> is di&s;tinct. For (as I have &s;aid) <HI>Man,</HI> and the <HI>purpo&s;e</HI> of <HI>God</HI> concerning <HI>Man,</HI> or <HI>his</HI> Being, are contempo|rary; though the <HI>one</HI> hath the priority before the <HI>other,</HI> that is to &s;ay, the <HI>purpo&s;e</HI> of making, or putting a Creature <HI>&s;o</HI> and <HI>&s;o,</HI> before the Creature's <HI>being</HI> made <HI>&s;o</HI> and <HI>&s;o,</HI> and <HI>&s;o</HI> put; which is <HI>incongru|ous</HI> to rea&s;on.</P>
<P><HI>Fifthly,</HI> The <HI>Gifts,</HI> and <HI>Calling of God are without Repentance,</HI> as the <HI>Apo&s;tle</HI> te&s;tifies, <HI>Rom.</HI> 11. 29. Now if <HI>God</HI> called <HI>Man</HI> to <HI>Damnation;</HI> and if <HI>he</HI> called him to <HI>Life,</HI> and gave <HI>him</HI> Gifts ac|cordingly; For, <HI>what hath Man that he hath not received?</HI> Then <HI>Man</HI> is determined to a <HI>&s;tate</HI> of <HI>De&s;truction</HI> or <HI>Life;</HI> and <HI>he</HI> mu&s;t needs be &s;ubject to <HI>either,</HI> as <HI>he</HI> is unto <HI>Life</HI> or <HI>De&s;truction</HI> deter|mined; which is <HI>Bla&s;phemy</HI> to &s;peak.</P>
<P><HI>Sixthly,</HI> And to add no more, <HI>No</HI> Man is concluded to <HI>Life,</HI> or <HI>Death,</HI> but as <HI>he</HI> hath to doing in the <HI>things</HI> that appertain to <HI>Death</HI> or <HI>Life.</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" RESP="MURP" EXTENT="1 word"> <HI>Principles,</HI> and <HI>their</HI> ends are <HI>connatural;</HI> A <HI>Man</HI> cannot come to the <HI>end</HI> of a <HI>thing,</HI> but <HI>he</HI> mu&s;t <HI>fir&s;t</HI> be in the <HI>be|ginning. He</HI> that is Damned mu&s;t come in the <HI>way</HI> of <HI>De&s;truction,</HI> and <HI>he</HI> that is Saved, into the <HI>Path</HI> of <HI>Life;</HI> for the <HI>things</HI> are <HI>con|&s;i&s;tent. I</HI> am in the <HI>Way</HI> if <HI>I</HI> come to <HI>Life,</HI> and <HI>I</HI> am in the <HI>Path</HI> if <HI>I</HI> arrive at <HI>Death; the&s;e</HI> things are obvious. But if <HI>I</HI> am deter|mined to <HI>Death,</HI> or <HI>Life,</HI> before <HI>I</HI> am made, (and if from <HI>all</HI> Eter|nity <HI>I</HI> am <HI>&s;o</HI> determined, <HI>I</HI> am determined <HI>&s;o</HI> before <HI>I</HI> am made) then <HI>I</HI> am determined to the <HI>End,</HI> before <HI>I</HI> am come to the <HI>Begin|ning,</HI> and &s;o <HI>I</HI> am that in <HI>Decree,</HI> which <HI>I</HI> am not in <HI>Being;</HI> nor <HI>po&s;&s;ibly</HI> can be according to the <HI>nature</HI> of <HI>things</HI> that are made, which have their <HI>Order, Relations, Con&s;istencies, Duration, End,</HI> and <HI>Be|ginning,</HI> according to the <HI>Law</HI> and <HI>Order</HI> of <HI>him</HI> who hath given its being to <HI>every</HI> thing; who ob&s;erves <HI>his</HI> own Order, and requires not the Creature again&s;t <HI>his own</HI> Law and Order.</P>
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<P> The&s;e things <HI>I</HI> write to draw off people from <HI>their</HI> unrea&s;onable apprehen&s;ions of <HI>God</HI> and <HI>them&s;elves,</HI> and to put things into <HI>their</HI> due Place and Order, and there to under&s;tand <HI>them,</HI> where the <HI>Lord</HI> hath placed <HI>them;</HI> and not to rove in <HI>their</HI> Fancies and Ima|ginations in <HI>things</HI> of <HI>this</HI> weight and depth. And <HI>I</HI> have the ra|ther entred upon <HI>this,</HI> for <HI>this</HI> cau&s;e, that <HI>Man</HI> may come into an <HI>even</HI> and <HI>due</HI> poize, in things of <HI>this</HI> nature, which concern <HI>their</HI> everla&s;ting happine&s;s.</P>
<P>And &s;o <HI>I</HI> have opened this <HI>My&s;tery</HI> &s;o far as the <HI>Spirit</HI> of the <HI>Lord</HI> hath ordered <HI>me</HI> to &s;peak.</P>
<CLOSER><DATELINE><HI>Bri&s;tol</HI> <DATE>the 13th, of the 11th. month, 1666.</DATE></DATELINE>
<SIGNED>Geo. Bi&s;hope.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>THE END.</TRAILER>
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