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it in their hearts, that they shall not need to teach every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, know the Lord, and Christ Jesus the treasure of wisdom and knowledge, for all shall know me, from the least to the greatest, saith the Lord.' So this law that God writes in their hearts and puts in their minds gives them knowledge to know the Lord; so this law they receive from the Lord, and not from the college priests, and the Jews' priests in the old testament.

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And the Lord poured his spirit upon the house of Israel and the house of Judah in the old testament, but it is said in Joel ii. that God would pour his spirit upon all flesh,' &c. And after Christ was risen, the disciples and the believers were met together, and the Jews came gazing upon them, and 'others mocked and said they were full of new wine;' and Peter and the eleven told them that they were not drunk as they supposed, seeing it was but the third hour of the day; but this is that which was spoken by Joel the prophet, It shall come to pass in the last days, saith the Lord, that I will pour out of my spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your young men shall see visions, and your old men shall dream dreams, and on my servants and on my handmaids, I will pour out of my spirit in those days, and they shall prophesy.' Acts ii. 13 to the 18th.

Here you may see the spirit that God poureth upon all flesh, gives people knowledge of prophecies, and of dreams, and of visions; so the spirit of God, that God poureth upon all flesh in the new testament and new covenant gives them knowledge, that they need not the priests' lips in the old testament to preserve their knowledge, and people will not perish for lack of visions, if they mind the spirit of God that he hath poured upon them, and the spirit of truth will lead them into all truth.' But if sons, and daughters, and handmaids, and servants, and old men, do rebel against the spirit of God, that he poureth upon them in the new testament, as the Jews did in the old testament; for God gave them his good spirit, but they rebelled against it; then those go from the key of knowledge, both Jews and christians, and all flesh. And the Jews' priests when they went from the spirit of God, they neither preserved the people's knowledge nor their own, and became deaf and blind, and turned against the prophets, Christ, and the apostles, though they might make an outward painting of the sepulchres of the righteous, in an outward profession of words, and turn against the righteous.

So now all flesh, Jews and Gentiles, and all Christendom whom God hath poured out of his spirit upon, if they rebel against God's good spirit, and err from it, and quench it, and vex it, they are gone a whoreing from God and Christ, and his spirit, and have neither true visions, nor true prophecies, nor true dreams, and are as Babylon, all in heaps and confusion, and cannot worship the eternal God in his spirit, and in

his truth, and are out of the unity and the fellowship in the spirit, which is the bond of peace; and so have not fellowship with the Father and the son, nor fellowship one with another,' but are broken into sects and heaps one against another, whereas the spiritual, that walk in the spirit, are in the spirit, the bond of peace, and are in fellowship with the Father and the son, and one with another, and worship and serve the living God in his spirit and truth. G. F.

A true account of the sensible, thankful, and holy state of God's people; and of his speaking to them, both in the Old and New Covenant. By G. F.

HERE you may see that all God's people were a living and a sensible people, and did always, for all things, give thanks to God the Father, in the name of Jesus Christ.

And such as were unholy, past feeling, and insensible, having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof, were unthankful, and to be turned away from, and that such went in Cain's, Corah's and Balaam's way, who did feed themselves without the fear of God, and were like the idolatrous Jews who forgot God, and eat and drank, and rose up to play; and how God destroyed such who were unthankful and insensible of his temporal and spiritual mercies.

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The Lord said unto his people that were acquainted with him, and knew him, that when they gathered together their corn and their wine, &c. they should eat it and drink it in the court of my holiness, and praise the Lord.' Isa. lxii. 8, 9.

So here you may see, they that gathered together that which the Lord gave the increase of, they were to eat it and drink it in the court of the Lord's holiness, and praise him; and they that gather the increase of the Lord's fruits, and do eat them, they should be sensible of the holiness of his courts, who filleth heaven and earth, who is worthy of all praise and glory for all his mercies. And they that eat and drink that which the Lord, who hath made them, hath provided, are to be sensible in his spirit that he is worthy of all thanks and praises, and so are not to be like the idolatrous Jews, who forgot the Lord and his great power and mercies, who had done such great things for them, both in Egypt, and in delivering them out of Egypt, who after 'sat down to eat and drink, and rose up to play.' 1 Cor. x. 7. Numb. xxv. 9.

And there you may see what became of all those who did not eat and drink in the courts of God's holiness, and praise the Lord; and they that did, and do forsake the right way of the Lord, and do go into the

way of Cain, Corah, and Balaam, are they that do feed themselves without the fear of God. Such are as the wandering stars from the firmament of God's power, and are trees that do not bear fruit to God, and are as clouds, (for people to stare at,) without water, and raging waves of the sea foaming out their own shame, as in Jude xii. 13. And such were not, nor are not like to praise God in the court of his holiness, for his daily mercies they receive from him. Such look not after their way, whether it be the way of the Lord, or the way of Cain; and they which be in the way of Cain, Corah, and Balaam, eat the bread of idleness, and are in the destroying spirit; but they that be in the way of the Lord, praise him for his blessings, riches, and mercies, that he daily giveth to them.

And you may see how the christians, when they were converted unto Christ, 'did eat their meat with gladness and singleness of heart, praising God.' Acts ii. 46, 47.

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And the apostle saith to the church of Christ, Whatsoever ye do, do it heartily as to the Lord. And again the apostle saith, Whatsoever ye do in word or deed, do all in the name of the Lord Jesus;' (mark, in the name of the Lord Jesus! then ye must live in his grace, which giveth a sense of the Lord Jesus ;) 'giving thanks to God the Father by him.' Col. iii. 17. 23.

So here you may see there is nothing to be done in word or deed, but all is to be done in the name of the Lord Jesus, and to give thanks to God the Father by him.

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And again the apostle saith to the church of Christ, Whether ye do eat or drink, or whatsoever ye do, do all to the glory of God.' 1 Cor. x. 31.

Now, all that profess themselves christians and members of the church of Christ, consider this, whether ye eat or drink, or whatsoever else ye do, that ye do all to the glory of God. So you are neither to eat nor drink, nor do any other thing, but to the glory of God, so that he may have the thanks, glory, and praise through Jesus Christ, who created all things for his glory by Jesus Christ.

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For the apostle saith, the unthankful, unholy, without natural affections, truce breakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of them that are good, having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof:' from such the apostle commands the church of Christ to turn away. 2 Tim. iii. So the members of Christ have no unity with such unthankful, unholy, and truce breakers.

And the apostle saith, 'Give thanks always for all things unto God the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ.' Ephes. v. 20.

So always, in all things, to give thanks to God the Father, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, showing forth, that you are a feeling VOL. VI.

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and a sensible people of the mercies of the Lord, through Christ Jesus, who is worthy of all thanks, glory, honour, and praise, for ever. Amen. G. F.

How the Lord spake unto Moses in the outward Tabernacle in the Old Testament, and God speaks now by his Son in the New Tes tament, in the Tabernacle and hearts of his people.

THE Lord said unto Moses, when he and the Jews were to make the tabernacle, Thou shalt put the mercy-seat above the ark, and in the ark thou shall put the testimony that I shall give thee, and there I will meet with thee, and I will commune with thee from the mercyseat, from between the two cherubims which are upon the ark of the testimony, of all things which I shall give thee in commandment unto the children of Israel.' Exod. xxv. 21, 22.

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And when Moses was gone into the tabernacle, &c. to speak with the Lord, then he heard the voice of God speaking unto him from the mercy-seat, which was upon the ark of the testimony.' And here the Lord spake to Moses in the tabernacle, as in Numb. vii. 89.

And when the cloud did abide upon the tabernacle, the children of Israel abode in their tents; and when the cloud was taken off the tabernacle, then the children of Israel journeyed; so at the commandment of the Lord they journeyed, and kept their tents.' Numb. ix. 20And the glory of the Lord filled the tabernacle.' Exod. xl. 34, 35.

Here you may see the Lord spake to Moses in the tabernacle, and communed with him there, and what the Lord did speak to him in the tabernacle, he was to speak it to the children of Israel, and the testimony which the Lord gave to Moses was in the tabernacle; and was not the candlestick put in the tabernacle which Moses was to make in the old testament? And the Jews were not to go on their journey into the land of Canaan, but at the commandment of God; and the Lord said to Moses, I will meet with you in the tabernacle.' Numb. xvii. 4. And the stranger that cometh nigh the tabernacle shall be put to death.'

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And the Lord bid Nathan go tell David, that since the time that I brought the children out of Egypt, even unto this day, that he had walked in a tent, and in a tabernacle.' 2 Sam. vii. 6. And Solomon built an outward temple. 2 Chron. iii. In which temple the Lord appeared unto the Jews, in all those outward things which the Lord did command Moses and his servants to make; the Lord did appear in them in the old covenant and old testament, (which were figures and shadows

th of Christ the substance, and of his spiritual house and church in the new testament,) and were commanded in the law, and served till Christ the great prophet came in the new covenant and new testament, who is to be heard in all things; and he the substance putteth an end to all those figures and shadows in the law and old testament, as namely, the outward tabernacle, ark, sanctuary, and temple, which were outward, and made with hands, where the Lord had formerly spoke to the Jews in the old testament and old covenant; and in the new testament God speaketh to his believers by his son, as in Heb. i. And Christ Jesus enlighteneth every man and woman that cometh into the world, that is, he enlighteneth the spirit of man and woman, which is the candle of the Lord in every man's and woman's tabernacle, that there they might hear God speaking to them by his son, by his light, grace, and spirit from heaven, at his mercy-seat; and whatever any man or woman receiveth from God through Christ, they receive it in their tabernacle, and there is a witness and a sense of it in their tabernacle or temple, where the glory of the Lord appeareth. And Christ Jesus doth rule in their hearts, in their tabernacle, and the Lord pouring out of his spirit upon all flesh, men and women, all that have received the spirit of God, they are sensible of it, and its motions in their tabernacle. And they that are led by the spirit of God, they are sensible of God's spirit leading to the land of the living, and in this every one knows the voice and command of God, from the stranger and his voice, that must not come into the tabernacle, but that must be mortified and killed by the spirit of God. And every one that receiveth the grace of God which bringeth salvation, and hath appeared unto all men, they are sensible of this grace and favour of God in their tabernacle, and of their growing in grace, and receiving more grace from the throne of grace. And Christ being the author and finisher of the holy, divine, precious faith in man and woman, every one that receiveth it are sensible of it in their tabernacle, and of Christ the author and finisher of that faith, and every one that believeth in the light which Christ enlightens their spirits withal, which is the candle of the Lord in their tabernacle, and so become children of the light, and in Christ's light they see more light, and it shineth more and more until the perfect day. And of this every child of light is sensible, and hath a testimony or witness of this in their temple or tabernacle, in the new testament, and do know that their bodies are the temples of the holy ghost, and of God, and Christ. And the gospel being preached to, or in every creature under heaven, every man and woman that receiveth this gospel of life and salvation are sensible, and have a testimony or witness of it in their temple or tabernacle; and all that receive God's mercies and blessings from above, and tenderness, and kindness, and gifts from God and Christ, that ascended

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