and fin. I will lie down in the Courts of my God at his Feet, that I may ferve my Lord in that which he commandeth me. I will know nothing of myfelf, that the Will and Power of my Lord may lead and guide me, and that I may only do what God doth through me, and will have done by me. I will fleep in myself until the Lord awaken me with his Spirit; and if he will not, then will I look up to him in Silence, and wait his Commands. 51. Beloved Brethren, Men at this Time boast much of Faith; but where is it to be found? The Modern Faith is but the Hiftory. Where is that Child, which believeth that Jefus is born? If that Child were in Being, and did believe that Jefus is born, it would also draw near to the fweet Child Jefus, and receive him and nurse him. 52. Alas! The Faith of This Day is but Hiftorical, a mere Affent to the Matter of Fact that Jefus Chrift lived and died, that the Jews killed him, that he left this World, and is not King on Earth in the outward Man; but that Men may do what they lift, and need not die from Sin, and their evil Lufts. All this the wicked Child Self rejoiceth in, that may fatten the Devil by living deliciously. it 53. This fheweth plainly that true Faith was never weaker fince Chrift's Time, than it K 2 is is now. When nevertheless the World cryeth aloud, and faith, We have got the true Faith; and contend about a Child, with a Contention, than which there was never worse, fince Men were on Earth. 54. If thou art truly Zion, and haft that new born Child which was loft and is found again, then let it be seen in Power and Virtue. Let us all openly fee the fweet Child Fefus brought forth by thee, and that thou art his Nurfe. If not, then the Children in Chrift will fay, thou haft found nothing but the Cradle of the Child, that is, the Hiftory. 55. Where haft thou the fweet Child Fefus, thou that art fo exalted with the Hiftory, and with thy falfe and feeming Faith? O how will the Child Jefus vifit thee one Day in the Father's Property, the Property of Anger, in thy own Turba which thou haft fatted! It calleth thee now in Love, but thou wilt not hear, for thine Ears are ftopped with Covetousness and Voluptuoufnefs. Therefore, the Sound of the Trumpet fhall one Day alarm thee with the hard Thunder-clap of thy Turba, and rouse thee up, if haply thou wilt then feek and find the fweet Child Fefus. 56. Beloved Brethren, this is a Time of feeking, of feeking and of finding. It is a Time of Earnefinefs; whom it toucheth, it toucheth kome. He that watcheth fhall hear and fee it; but he that fleepeth in Sin, and faith in the fat Days of his Belly, All is Peace and quiet; We hear no Sound from the Lord, fhall be blind. But the Voice of the LORD hath founded in all the Ends of the Earth, and a Smoke rifeth and in the midst of the Smoke there is a great Brightness and Splendor. Hallelujah. Amen. Shout unto the Lord in Zion, for all Mountains and Hills are full of his Glory: He flourisheth like a Green Branch, and who fhall hinder it. Hallelujah. |