was a child I loved him, and called my Son out of Egypt, taking them by their arms, but they knew not that I healed them.' Hos. xi. 1, 3. And so ye may see here how they acknowledged the Lord's teaching. And the apostle said, 'I neither received the gospel of man, neither was I taught it, but by the revelation of Jesus Christ.' Gal. i.

Here the apostle acknowledgeth, both how he was taught it, and how he received the gospel.

And the apostle tells the church, as touching brotherly love, ye need` not that I write unto you,' for ye yourselves are taught of God to love one another.' 1 Thes. iv. 9.

Mark, here the church of the Thessalonians were under God's teaching, and so let all that call and count themselves christians, see if they be under God and Christ's teaching, who is love, and teaches them to 'love one another,' for it is the wicked one that teacheth them to hate one another; and John tells you, 'he that loveth not his brother is not of God.'

And the apostle bids them 'hold fast the word as they had been taught, that they may be able with sound doctrine to exhort and convince the gainsayers, not to persecute the gainsayers.' Tit. i. 9.

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And John tells the church in his general epistle, 'the anointing which ye have received of him, abideth in you; and ye need not that teach you, but as the same anointing teacheth you all things, and is true, and is no lie; and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in him: and these things I have written unto you concerning them that seduce you.' Epist. i. 2.

And now, let all that are called christians, see if they are not seduced from this ANOINTING WITHIN, which the true church received from the holy one, and whether they are not seduced from this teacher which John did direct the true church unto.

And you may see how the Lord taught Moses and Aaron, and what words they should speak to Pharaoh. Exod. iv.

But Moses said, 'like unto me will God raise up a prophet, him shall ye hear in all things:' now consider, all ye christians, whether do ye believe that God hath raised up this prophet Christ Jesus? and if so, whether do ye hear him? who remains in the heavens till all things be restored. And consider how he doth restore, and by what? for such were restored that sat in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus.

And David saith, O, how I love thy law, it is my meditation all the day through thy commandments, thou hast made me wiser than my enemies; I have more understanding than all my teachers, thy testimonies are my meditation: I understand more than the ancients, because I kept thy precept.' Psalm cxix. 99.

Now consider, who was David's teacher that he did thus profit?

Thus saith the Lord, thy redeemer, the holy one of Israel, I am the Lord thy God, which teaches thee to profit, which leadeth thee by the way thou shouldst go.' Isa. xlviii. 17.

So here you may see God is both the leader and teacher, that teacheth his people to profit.

And therefore all ye christians consider, how is Christ your leader and teacher? For we must tell you, the Lord God doth not change, nor his Son, and he is come to teach his children himself, who teaches them to profit, and the manifestation of the spirit of God is given to every man to profit withal.' 1 Cor. xii. 7.

And the Lord said to David, I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way thou shouldst go; I will guide thee with my eye, and therefore be glad in the Lord, and rejoice ye righteous, and shout for joy all ye that are upright in heart.' Psalm xxxii.

Now here you may see the Lord God was the instructer and the teacher in his own way, and guides his people with his eye, which is spiritual.

And David said, 'Good and upright is the Lord, and therefore will he teach sinners in the way, the meek will he guide in judgment, and the meek will he teach his way; what man is he that feareth the Lord, him shall he teach in the way that he shall choose; his soul shall dwell at ease and his seed shall inherit the earth; the secrets of the Lord are with them that fear him, and he will shew them his covenant.'

And David desired God's teaching, and said, 'He was the God of his salvation, and on him he would wait all the day.'

And therefore, oh, that men, called christians, would come to this meekness, and the fear of God, that they might come under this teaching, and under the guidance of his spirit, and have his secrets revealed to them. And ye may see that God is not the teacher only of his people, but he will teach sinners if they will hearken to him. Psalm xxv.

And David said, though my father and mother should forsake me, yet the Lord will take me up; and teach me thy way, O Lord, and lead me in a plain path.' Psalm xxvii.

And here again you may see how David doth exalt the Lord's teaching. And again, David desired the Lord to teach him to do his will,' for thou art my God, and thy spirit is good, lead me into the land of uprightness.' Psalm. xliii.

So here you may see David delighted in God's teaching, and set it forth upon record, that all God's people might do the same.

And again: thus saith God the Lord, he that created the heavens, and stretched them out, and spread forth the earth, and that which cometh out of it; he that giveth breath to the people in it, and spirit to them that walk therein: I, the Lord, have called thee in righteousness,

and will hold thy hand and keep thee, and will give thee for a covenant of the people, and for a light to the Gentiles, to open the blind eyes, and to bring the prisoners out from the prison, and them that sat in darkness, out of the prison-house.' Isa. xlii.

Now hear, O Christendom, this is Christ Jesus, whom God hath given for a covenant of the people, and a light to the Gentiles, who has opened our blind eyes, and has brought us prisoners from the prison, and brought us that sat in darkness, out of the prison-house; glory and praise can we sing unto the Lord through Jesus Christ, and say that there is no salvation by any other name under the whole heaven, but by the name of Jesus.

And the Lord saith, 'I will pour water upon him that is thirsty, and floods upon the dry ground; and I will pour my spirit upon thy seed, and my blessing upon thy offspring, and they shall spring up as amongst the grass, as willows by the water-courses.' Isa. iv. 4.

And these heavenly eternal riches do we witness, and all do, that are under God and Christ's teaching.

But we fear that this prophecy is come to pass upon many in Christendom, as in Isa. xxix. the Lord hath poured out upon you the spirit of deep slumber, and has closed your eyes; the prophets, and the rulers, and the seers, has he covered, and the vision of all is become unto you as the words of a book that is sealed.'

And what was the cause they could not read the book? because they drew nigh unto the Lord with their lips, but their hearts were far off him ; and they honoured him with their lips, but have removed their hearts far from me,' saith the Lord, and their fear towards me is taught by the precepts of men.'

And these were such as rebelled against God's spirit, that was poured out upon them.

And therefore, would the Lord proceed to do a marvellous work amongst such people; for the wisdom of their wise shall perish, and the understanding of the prudent shall be hid.

And therefore, you may see what David says: and the Lord says, the sacrifices of God are a broken spirit, a broken and a contrite heart, O, God, thou wilt not despise.'

Now let us see if all that profess themselves christians, have this sacrifice which God will not despise. Psalm li.

And the Lord saith, 'say unto them that are of a fearful heart, be strong, fear not; behold your God will come with vengeance, he will come with a recompence, he will come and save you; then the eyes of the blind shall be opened and the ears of the deaf shall be unstopped; then shall the lame leap as a hart, and the tongue of the dumb shall sing.' Isa. xxxv.

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So all christians that can witness the Lord is come to dwell in them, and walk in them,' and 'their bodies are the temples of God; their blind eyes are opened, and their deaf ears are unstopped, and the lame does leap, and the tongue of the dumb is loosed, and sings praises to God: 'for he makes waters in the wilderness, and streams in the desert, and springs in the parched ground; and such know God's high way, and it is called way of holiness, the unclean shall not pass over it.'

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Here is the holy way to God, Christ Jesus, who bruises the serpent's head, that has separated betwixt man and God, and made him and his way unholy; and so through Christ, man comes again to God.

And hear what the Lord saith, in Isaiah, to such as will not hear when the Lord calls, and choose their own ways, and forsake the Lord's: 'I also will choose their delusion, and will bring their fear upon them, because when I called, none did answer, and when I spoke, none did hear; but they did evil before mine eyes, and chose that in which I delighted

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And therefore let all that are called christians, consider this, that say there is no hearing God, nor Christ's voice now, for he has poured his spirit upon you, that ye might understand it, and hear it.

And Christ tells you after he was risen, that he stands at the door and knocks, and if any man will hear his voice, he will come in and sup with them, and they with him.

Now God and Christ calls, but ye will not answer; and if he speak to you by his power and spirit, ye will not hear, nor follow Christ, which is the way to God, but choose your own ways; therefore, what can ye expect but delusion. Isa. lxvi.

And now, those that would not hear when God spoke to them, nor answer when he called,' they cast them out that trembled at God's word, from amongst them, and hated them for the Lord's name sake;' and then said unto them, let the Lord be glorified: but saith the Lord, he shall appear to your joy, to wit, those that trembled at his word, but they shall be ashamed.

But whom shall the Lord and his Christ teach knowledge? and whom shall he make to understand doctrine? them that are weaned from the milk, and drawn from the breast.' Isa. xxviii.

Now let all christians consider what milk and what breasts this is, seeing the babes that are born again of the immortal seed, 'feeds upon the sincere milk of the word.'

And the Lord saith unto Jeremiah, behold the days come, I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and Judah, not according to the old, that I made with their fathers in the day I brought them out of Egypt, which covenant they broke: but this is the new covenant that I will make with them,' saith the Lord. I will put my

laws in their inward parts, and write them in their hearts, and I will be their God, and they shall be my people; and they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother; saying, know the Lord, for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest.' Jer. xxxi.

So now all the christians that do profess the days of this new covenant, Christ Jesus: hath God written his laws in your hearts, and put them in your inward parts, and your minds? do not ye need to teach every man his neighbour, and his brother? saying, know the Lord :' do ye all know the Lord, from the least to the greatest of you, by Christ Jesus the new covenant? so that the knowledge of the Lord doth cover the earth, as the waters does the sea, that it shall be the uppermost in you are ye in this high, and glorious, and everlasting covenant? and can say that God is your God, and ye are his people? and you do see the end of the old covenant, and its days, which was to the outward Jews; and they are the true Jews which are the true christians in spirit, 'that serves God in the newness of the spirit, and not in the oldness of the letter.' Rom. vii. 6. and ii. 28, 29.

And in Micha iv. where the Lord saith, many nations shall come and say, come, let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, the house of the God of Jacob, and he shall teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths, and they shall sit every man under his vine, and under his fig-tree, and none shall make them afraid, the mouth of the Lord of hosts hath spoken it.'

And now you may see, here are nations that will come under God's teaching, who teacheth them his way and path to walk in; and they that are under God's teaching, do sit under Christ the vine, and are grafted into him, and they that abide in him will bring forth fruit.

And let all of Christendom take heed lest the saying of Hosea the prophet, do not come upon them.

Upon whom the day of visitation will come, and the day of recompence will come, that say the prophet is a fool,' and the spiritual man mad; and say there are no prophets nor spiritual men now in their days;' as you may see in Hosea ix.

And these are such as quench the spirit; for though the Lord poured out his spirit upon the house of Israel, and it is said, 'he gave them his good spirit to instruct them, yet they rebelled against it.' Neh. ix. 20.

And Stephen said to the high-priest and council of the Jews, in his examination, 'ye stiff-necked and uncircumcised in heart and ears, ye do always resist the Holy Ghost, as your forefathers did, so do ye.' Acts

ix. 51.

And therefore, let all christians take heed of resisting the Holy Ghost, which reproves them of their sin, righteousness, and judgment; which