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<P>WAY of deliverance from BONDAGE.</P>
<P>Set forth in love to the &s;imple, who have erred for lack of knowledge.</P>
<P>The Redemption of the holy <HI>Seed,</HI> is through Judgement on that which hath hindred its gro<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="3+ letters"> <HI>I&s;a.</HI> 1.27. and purification is by the &s;ire of <HI>Zion,</HI> <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters">d and the furnace of <HI>Jeru&s;alem,</HI> the which comes to <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 word"> known by owning and &s;ubmitting unto the power of the burning <HI>Light</HI> in its operation of Judgement again&s;t the tran&s;gre&s;&s;or, which breaks the peace of the wicke<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> that he hath in his wickedne&s;s, and hereby throu<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> &s;ubmi&s;&s;ion unto the &s;word of the Spirit of Judgement is learned to an&s;wer t<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">e requitings thereof, by which man comes to be purged, and made a ve&s;&s;el unto ho|nour, meet for the Ma&s;ters u&s;e.</P>
<Q><P><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">h! prepare to meet the Lord in the way of his Judgements, for all his wayes are Judgement,</P> <BIBL>Deut. 32.4.</BIBL></Q>
<P>By one that de&s;ires the enlargement of the righteou<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> <HI>Seed,</HI> which is impri&s;oned in the unconverted. THOMAS CHILTON.</P>
<P><GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">ondon, Printed for <HI>Thomas Simmons,</HI> at th<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> Bull and Mouth near Alder&s;gate, 1659.</P>
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<HEAD><HI>The way of deliverance from Bondage.</HI> He is in the way of life that receiveth (and keepeth) in&s;truction, but he that r<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">fu&s;eth reproof is bruti&s;h.</HEAD>
<P>ALl men by nature being obedient children unto the God of this world, and &s;ubjects to the prince of the air,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Ephe&s;.</HI> 2.2.3. <HI>P&s;.</HI> 14.<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">.3 <HI>Jer.</HI> 10.23</NOTE> are di&s;obedient unto the God of hea|ven, the everla&s;ting King of righteou&s;|ne&s;s, and have no power in them (that is of them) to turn from evil to good, being they are under the rule and Authority of their Ma&s;ter the Devil. Now if any have in them a de&s;ire to be delivered from the bondage, and &s;ervitude of &s;in, and death, they mu&s;t look un|to that light which <GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">akes the condition mani|fe&s;t,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Eph.</HI> 5.13.</NOTE> and from whenc<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> the de&s;ire to be delivered ari&s;es; for it is the light of Chri&s;t in man which wars again&s;t the King and kingdom of dark|ne&s;s, &s;triving to overturn his government, and to deliver the captives from under his power which keeps them in bondage; but the natural man when the light of the &s;pirit makes mani|fe&s;t his &s;in, and &s;hews the danger of walking therein, &amp; reproves him for it, and exhorts him to follow the light and obey its coun&s;el, which would lead him out of &s;in, then he cries out, I
<PB N="3" REF="2"> want power; Now to &s;uch I &s;ay that the power over &s;in is in the &s;pitit wch reproves for &s;in, and he that rejects this &s;pirit (which is light) rejects the power, and he that receives it receives the power; yet it may be objected by &s;ome he has not a free-will, nor power to receive that in wch the power is. <HI>An.</HI> Its true, man as he is in the power which captivates him in &s;in hath not a free-will, for its in bondage; but there is a will in man which is not of man, which doth &s;trive to beget the will of man (that is in bon|dage) into freedom;<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Ezek.</HI> 18.</NOTE> and this is that which willeth not the death of him that dieth, but that all men &s;hould come to the knowledge of the truth, and be &s;aved. And as for tho&s;e who &s;ay they have not power to receive that in which the power (over &s;in) is, I (out of ten|der love to their precious &s;ouls) have written a few words for their information.</P>
<P>The immortal wi&s;e God of love (who&s;e grace hath appeared unto all men) de&s;ireth not that any man &s;hould peri&s;h,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Tit.</HI> 2.11, 12. <HI>Mat.</HI> 1.21.</NOTE> but that all &s;hould come to know his power, his light and grace; (which is his Son) to be their Saviour,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>I&s;ai.</HI> 59.2.</NOTE> (who &s;aves his people from their &s;ins) therefore doth he &s;trive to draw all men unto the Son by the cords of his love. Now he draweth that which hath been &s;eperated, for all men by rea&s;on of tran&s;|gre&s;&s;ion hath been degenerated, and &s;eparated from God, and his work is to draw and &s;eparate the creature (by the light) from that which hath blinded the creature, and hid the face of God. Now all the &s;trength which man has is to look unto the light which makes manife&s;t
<PB N="4" REF="3"> his deeds of darkne&s;s, and reproves him for them,<NOTE PLACE="marg">I&s;a. <HI>30.7.</HI> Mans &s;trength is to &s;it &s;till.</NOTE> and &s;o to &s;it &s;till from his own willing, and runing, that the power of the light which wre&s;tles &amp; bringeth judgement on the power of darkne&s;s, may rend the cords of iniquity which ti<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> the creature to the devil, &amp; this &s;piritual light of judgement doth draw &amp; &s;trive to redeem the creature out of its bondage, by bringing judge|ment, and Mini&s;tring condemnation upon all his deeds; and all that is required of the crea|ture is to &s;tand &s;till and own the &s;pirits Mini|&s;tration of judgement on him, and quietly to lie down under them, and herein lieth his &s;trength. And as there is a patient waiting under the judgement of the power, the &s;trong man comes to be bound, and the keepers of the hou&s;e are made to tremble; and in this man|ner is the creature brought forth into victory, (through judgement) over his enemy the de|vil, but where the drawings of the Lord are re|fu&s;ed, and judgement &s;corned, the power over &s;in is not known; and before any comes to feel power over &s;in, they mu&s;t fi<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">&s;t know (&amp; open) the door at which the power enters, to wit, a &s;tanding &s;till from &s;elf-willing and acting, which darkens the heart, and to look with care un|to the light which &s;hines in the mid&s;t of dark|ne&s;s, that the blind eye may be opened, and receive &s;ight; and this light is the free gift of the Father which plentifully &s;prings from the fountain to refre&s;h the dry thir&s;ty Land: but many there be who throw up mountains and heap up great hills (out of their impenitent carnal hearts) to &s;top the pa&s;&s;age of the &s;weet
<PB N="5" REF="3"> &s;treams of the waters of <HI>Shilo</HI> which run &s;oftly, and there is none can truly ta&s;te the vertue and goodne&s;s of this water, but tho&s;e who come down from of the mountains [of their imagina|tions,] for the mountains are high, but rhe waters are below the hills, and the way to re|ceive it is to &s;tand &s;till in coolne&s;s, and not to reach after it in a &s;elf-will, for that cannot ta&s;te it, nor imbrace it; but as there is a &s;itting &s;till in a &s;ober frame of &s;pirit, it &s;prings up freely of it &s;elf in the heart, to beget a thir&s;ting de|&s;ire, and al&s;o to &s;atisfie it with that which is more precious then Rubies, he that hath an ear let him hear. So the chief thing which is fir&s;t required of people [by the light&punc;] is to &s;it &s;till, that is, when the light mini&s;treth forth judge|ment, and condemnation upon all their wic|ked words, and actions, that they do not fly back from the light which makes them mani|fe&s;t, nor revolt from the judgements thereof; but that they own the &s;miting of the Lord by the light, for their manifold tran&s;gre&s;&s;ions, and condemnation to be due unto them; and &s;o to look unto the light which makes manife&s;t &s;in in the fir&s;t motion, and &s;ubmit to [and lie down under] the judgements of the power thereof, which fir&s;t wounds, and then by de|grees cures with the healing &s;tripes of his love, and this is the &s;trength which the Lord re|quires, and who&s;oever will not make u&s;e of it;<NOTE PLACE="marg">Prov. <HI>1.24.</HI> to the end of the chapter.</NOTE> but runs on without fear in the race of wickedne&s;&s;es, ca&s;ting the Coun&s;el of Gods love behinde their backs, and will have none of his reproof, they are hardened, and their
<PB N="6" REF="4"> de&s;truction is of them&s;elves; therefore let all who feel the reproofes of the Lord by his light in them, mind what it reproveth for, and there to &s;tand &s;till, looking unto the light which coun&s;els to do &s;o no more, and as it is owned in its reproof, by degrees the power comes to be received over tho&s;e &s;ins which it reproves for, and as there is a patient waiting under the mini&s;tration of condemna|tion, and a &s;tanding in aw of the light, fearing to act tho&s;e things which is guilty of reproof; then man comes to be guided out of &s;in, and led in a way to life which he knows not. And &s;o let none refu&s;e,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>I&s;a.</HI> 42.16.</NOTE> but all mind the drawings of the Father, who with the light of his Spi|rit &s;triveth with man to turn from darkne&s;s to light;<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Gen.</HI> 6.3: <HI>P&s;al.</HI> 95.7, 8.</NOTE> for the Spirit &s;hall not alwayes &s;trive with man, but whil&s;t it doth &s;trive and call (to day) if ye will hear his voice, harden not your hearts, lea&s;t he cea&s;e &s;triving with you, and &s;eal you up in the pit of torment, out of which there is no Redemption, then it would have been better ye never had been born; Therefore when the light reproveth, and cal|leth t<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter"> depart from &s;in, let none &s;ay, I want power, nor refu&s;e to make u&s;e of their &s;trength, in &s;itting &s;till; for that is the &s;lothful &s;ervant [and not the willing] who mu&s;t be turned into utter darkne&s;s,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>Matth.</HI> 25.30.</NOTE> where there is &s;ore tribulation, and angui&s;h; but ble&s;&s;ed are tho&s;e who have learned by the light, to cea&s;e for evil, and to do well, for unto &s;uch, power is increa&s;ed to give victory over the enemy, who goeth about like a roaring Lyon, &s;eeking whom he may devour.</P>
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<P>And what though the covetous money-&s;uc|king Prie&s;ts, and ignorant, contentious, car|nal profe&s;&s;ors, have &s;et them&s;elves in battel a|gain&s;t the light [which is the good gift of God to every man,<NOTE PLACE="marg">1 <HI>Cor:</HI> 12.7. 2 <HI>Pet.</HI> 1.19.</NOTE> unto which all would do well to take heed] &s;ome calling it a natural light, &amp; others calling it darkne&s;s, giving it lying titles to fright people from believing it to be of God; y<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="2 letters"> the light &s;hall grow and flouri&s;h, and all that oppo&s;e it &s;hall fade and wither. And as the people of old had &s;everal judgements and opinions concerning the man Chri&s;t Je&s;us, &s;o the people have now concerning his light; &s;ome &s;aid, he was a good man, others &s;aid,<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>John</HI> 7.12.</NOTE> nay, but he deceives the people; &s;o tho&s;e who have ta&s;ted the vertue of the light, and know its &s;ufficiency, &s;ay, it is able to lead all rhat give up them&s;elves to be guided thereby un<GAP DESC="illegible" EXTENT="1 letter">o the knowledge of Salvation by Je&s;us Chri&s;t; but [out of ignorance] others &s;ay, nay, it is a delu&s;ion; yet the unbelief of &s;ome, makes not void the Faith of tho&s;e who feel the riches of the goodne&s;s thereof to be more worth then rubies;<NOTE PLACE="marg"><HI>John</HI> 1.4, 9.</NOTE> and this light with which every man is enlightned, is Spirit, and life, though this [corrupt wordly wi&s;e] profe&s;&s;ing age will no more acknowledge it to be &s;o, then the Jews of old would acknowledge Je&s;us to be the Chri&s;t. Oh! <HI>England, England,</HI> thou that denie&s;t the light of Chri&s;t, which appears in the inward parts of all people, thy know|ledge hath puft thee up, thy wi&s;dom hath per|verted thee, and thou art become a nur&s;e to the Babyloni&s;h whores ba&s;tards, who art en|vying
<PB N="8" REF="5"> the hone&s;t woman, and pleading for whoredom, but the wages due for thy work, thou &s;hall receive unavoidably.</P>
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<Q>The Righteou&s;ne&s;s of the Righteous &s;hall be upon him, and the wickedne&s;s of the wicked &s;hall be upon him.</Q>
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<CLOSER><SIGNED>By one that de&s;ires the relea&s;ement of the impri&s;oned &s;eed.</SIGNED></CLOSER>
<TRAILER>THE END.</TRAILER>
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