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<P>_THE ground of de&s;peration is our of the light, for <HI>Cain</HI> when he de&s;paired, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Gen. 4.8.</NOTE> went from the light, that killed the ju&s;t; he that killed the ju&s;t within, killed the ju&s;t without: And <HI>E&s;an</HI> who de&s;pi&s;ed his birth-right, who was a profane per&s;on, did &s;eek to kill the ju&s;t; <NOTE PLACE="marg">Gen, 27.4<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">.</NOTE> and he that ro&s;e up again&s;t the beloved of God, <HI>David,</HI> who de&s;paired, <NOTE PLACE="marg">2 Sim. 28.15. &amp; 31.4.</NOTE> there he ro&s;e up again&s;t the ju&s;t: And the <HI>Jewes</HI> did de&s;paire, and doubted, they did not believe in the light, and were again&s;t the ju&s;t, though they profe&s;&s;ed all the Scriptures; <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat 27.5.</NOTE> and <HI>Judds</HI> which de&s;paired, turned from Chri&s;t the light, to the changeable Prie&s;ts; &s;o the cau&s;e of de&s;peration is going from the light, for that which will pre&s;ume will de&s;paire, which ri&s;eth up in that nature which acts contrary to the light, and that is it which wanders too and fro, up and down, and hunts abroad, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Gen 25 <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span">.</NOTE> and builds that which God confounds. <HI>I am the light of the world, and doth enlighten every one that comes into the world,</HI> &s;aith Chri&s;t, he by whom the world was made: Now every one being enlightned with the light that comes from him who is not of the world, who was tempted in the world to make him&s;elf away, who was tempted to lu&s;t after the Creatures, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Luke 4.9. &amp; <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">, <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">, 8.</NOTE> who was tempted to wor&s;hip the Devil who is out of the truth, but overcame all: Now every one of you that come into the world, having a light from him that is not of this world, that was thus tempted, who entred not into the temptation; it is not a &s;in to be tempted, for he was tempted, but to enter into the temptation: So if you &s;ee temptations with the light that comes from Chri&s;t, the light, the truth, and the life; look at him who was tempred, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Heb, 4.15.</NOTE> who overcame the temptations, who was not of the world; having a light from him who&s;e name is called <HI>The Word of God,</HI> who &s;aith, <HI>If thou keep my word,</HI> <NOTE PLACE="marg">Revel. 3.10.</NOTE> <HI>I will keep thee in the hour of temptation which &s;hall come upon all the world, and it &s;hall not come neer thee, which &s;hall come to try all that dwell upon the earth:</HI> For having a light from the Word by which all things was made, &amp; keeping the Word, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Revel. 3.8.</NOTE> the power is received again&s;t all temptations, and they &s;hall not come nigh. Art thou tempted to make away thy &s;elf? <NOTE PLACE="marg">Luke 4.3.</NOTE> &s;o was Chri&s;t. Look not at the temptations, but look at Chri&s;t, and there thou wilt receive power. Art thou tempted to the Creatures; doth the Devil, he that is out of the truth, who is a de&s;troyer, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Luke 4.7.</NOTE> tempt thee to the Creatures? &s;o was Chri&s;t, he by whom all things was made. <NOTE PLACE="marg">Heb. 2.10.</NOTE> Art thou tempted to wor&s;hip the Devil? Doth the Devil who is out of the truth tempt thee to wor&s;hip him? Look to Chri&s;t, <NOTE PLACE="marg">John 14.6.</NOTE> he was tempted, who overcame: Look to him who overcame, he is the Captain of our &s;alvation: So every one having a light from Chri&s;t Je&s;us, which is given to him to watch, and to pray, and to &s;eek, and to knock after Chri&s;t, who is the door, the way, the life, the Covenant of peace: So look not at the temp|tation, but at Chri&s;t, neither be troubled at them; but look to him from whom your &s;trength come, that lets you &s;ee them, and there &s;tand &s;till, for there &s;alvation is received, and your &s;trength. <NOTE PLACE="marg">I&s;a. 45.2<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">.</NOTE> Have you made a Covenant with death, who contrary to the light in your con&s;ciences, have acted? <NOTE PLACE="marg">I&s;a. 28.10, 17, 18.</NOTE> Have you made Covenants with Hell, and the Grave, and Satan, which is our of the light, our of the truth; <NOTE PLACE="marg">I&s;a. 42.6.</NOTE> and that is the Devil that is out of the truth, the de&s;troyer, the devourer. <NOTE PLACE="marg">I&s;a 49.9.</NOTE> Therefore being turned to the light which comes from Chri&s;t, the Covenant of God, Gods Covenant of light, there waiting, the Co|venant of death is broken, and in it believe, for there Gods mercy is received, again&s;t which Covenant Hells gates cannot prevaile, let her open her mouth never &s;o wide; and all the bonds of iniquity, pro|mi&s;es which you have made with the fle&s;hly mind, and the lu&s;ts being turned to the light, the Covenant of life breaks all the bonds and the promi&s;es of the fle&s;hly mind: Therefore in patience wait in the light which comes from Chri&s;t, the Covenant of peace which yee may receive, to have peace with God; <NOTE PLACE="marg">Lam. 3.26.</NOTE> and never look at the temptations, but at the light which &s;hewes them, and there &s;tand &s;till to receive power from him from whom all power is received; for that which is out of the truth, that tempts to draw from the light, and from the truth, and out of it; therefore every one having the light from Chri&s;t, who is not of the world, which is come into the world, that will let you &s;ee the temptations. <NOTE PLACE="marg">John 17.18.</NOTE> <HI>Thou that keeps my word, they &s;hall not come nigh thee, but power &s;hall be received to trample upon all.</HI><NOTE PLACE="marg">Revel 5.10.</NOTE> And the wor&s;hip in the Spirit and truth will be known, <NOTE PLACE="marg">John 8.14.</NOTE> and the wi&s;edome by which all the Creatures were cre|ated, will be received, with it to u&s;e them to the glory of God, to which end they were created; <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 14. 29.</NOTE> and that which is out of the truth, which tempts to murther, for that is the murtherer which is out of the truth, and out of the light will with the light be &s;een, judged, and condemned; but before he will lift up, and exalt, and the &s;ame will bring to de&s;paire: But learne of Chri&s;t the light, who is meek and lowly, and he is kept out and downe who is out of the light: But before this he will tempt into the creatures, to get into the creatures, he who is from the light, and from the life, and &s;o a devourer of them, and &s;o out of the wi&s;dome by which they were created; therefore as I &s;aid before, wait in the light which comes from Chri&s;t the life, that with it ye may come to receive refre&s;hing from the Lord, and to know the wi&s;edome of the Creation, with which it mu&s;t be u&s;ed to the glory of the Creator. So having a light from him by whom the world was made, to whom all power in heaven and earth is gi|ven; wait in the light, from him to receive power, which brings out of the worlds lu&s;ts and defile|ments, which the light which cometh from him will &s;hew you all the temptations to the creatures, <NOTE PLACE="marg">John 9. 51.</NOTE> or obeying the will of him that is out of the truth, but you will come to know the right u&s;e of the crea|tures, waiting in the light; &s;o wait for power from the Lord in the light (which &s;hewes you all temp|tations) which comes from the Lord, for power to &s;tand again&s;t all temptations; and &s;o that all may be condemned with the light, that is contrary to it; <NOTE PLACE="marg">Mat. 13.33.</NOTE> and &s;o you may come to witne&s;&s;e the leaven that leavens into the new lump, and &s;ee him that makes interce&s;&s;ion, who is able to &s;ave to the utmo&s;t; <NOTE PLACE="marg">Heb, 7.25.</NOTE> and &s;o with the light you will &s;ee there is no temptation you are taken with, but which is common to man. <NOTE PLACE="marg">1 Cor. 10.13.</NOTE> So if you mind the light, and in it &s;tand, you will &s;ee the Lord giving i&s;&s;ue, whereby you will find delive|rance &s;tanding in the light, which comes from the word, which is as a fire, &amp; a hammer, and a &s;word, <NOTE PLACE="marg">Jer. 23.29.</NOTE> which beats down that which is contrary to the truth, divides and burns up, which keeping the word the temptations will not come nigh, but the word of reconciliation be witne&s;&s;ed, and the word of fai<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">h whi<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">h m<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">kes clean and purifies, <NOTE PLACE="marg"><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Cor. 5.19.</NOTE> and &s;ancti|fies: Where the old Garment is put off, and the knowledge in the fl<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;h denyed, and the knowing in the life in the Spi|rit where nothing comes to raigne but life and power, where all is overturned, and with the power of the <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 span"> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="6 letters">+hended the dread and life of the living God, to whom be all honour and glory for ever.</P>
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