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reprobation and condemnation, and in the unbelief; and not in the seed Christ Jesus.

And this seed, in which all nations are blessed, in which the election is before the world began, (for the reprobation and condemnation is in the evil seed since the world began,) this seed doth see how the condemnation is come upon all mankind by the fall of Adam; and how that the justification of life is come upon all men by this one seed Christ Jesus, where it is received; and how that Christ hath shed his blood, and tasted death for every man; and so makes no sects: and how he enlightens every man that cometh into the world with the life in himself, the word, by which all things were made, that they might believe in it, and have life in him.

And this seed doth see how the grace of God, which brings salvation, hath appeared unto all men to teach them that receive it, and how that all have been concluded under sin, and in unbelief, that God might have mercy upon all: and their condemnation is for not believing in this seed Christ Jesus.

And how is the blind, first birth of Esau like to see, or hold forth,' that all nations are blessed in Isaac, and all the families of the earth in Jacob and that the grace of God, which brings salvation, hath appeared unto all, to teach them, and bring their salvation; so that all might dwell in tents, and tarry at home, and see their election in the grace, and God pours out of his spirit upon all flesh; and the seed Christ Jesus hath tasted death for every man;' scoffing Ishmael will scoff at this doctrine of the seed; and envious Cain will be wroth, and his countenance will fall, against the sacrifice of it; and profane Esau will lift up his sword and rough hands against it, and cry, God hath foreordained a great number of men to reprobation; and so would pluck them down into hell with him; when it is that spirit, nature, and first birth in themselves that is for reprobation and condemnation, for not believing in the light, and receiving the blessing that is in his seed.

Now this seed's weapons (in which all nations are blessed, which brings the justification of life upon all men, and enlightens all men, and through him God pours out of his spirit upon all men, and his grace appears unto all men, &c. and this seed hath shed his blood, and tasted death for every man,) his weapons and armour are spiritual, and they do not wrestle with flesh and blood that be in it, nor with the persons Cain, Ishmael, Esau, Cora, Sodom, and Egypt, nor with the persons of Babylon, but with the nature and spirit of these, and the rulers of darkness in people.

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For those outward carnal weapons, are the first birth of Pharaohs, Cains, Ishmaels, Esaus, Sodom, Babylon, and Egypt, and the whore, which hath whored from this seed, which are in the reprobation and

condemnation, with their carnal weapons, with which they maintain their ways, religions, and will-worships, which be in the reprobation and under condemnation.

So each seed and birth hath its weapons and armour, ways, religions, and worships, by which they maintain them, both that which is in the reprobation and condemnation, and that which is in the election, and that seed which is in the election, in which all nations and families are blessed, which brings the justification of life upon all men, in which the election is, before the world began; bruises the head of the first birth, the serpent, the world's god, with all his carnal weapons, by which the first birth maintains its religions, ways, and will-worships; I say, this seed, the first birth, the head of it is bruised by the seed Christ Jesus.

And this seed, in which all nations are blessed, doth not destroy any man's life upon the account of religion and worship; but saves men's lives, and destroys the evil seed of reprobation and condemnation. And this seed's weapons and armour are spiritual, by which spiritual weapons and armour this seed defends its religion, ways, and worship, and church, and wrestles not with flesh and blood; for his armour and weapons are spiritual.

But the first birth in the reprobation, his weapons and armour are carnal, and wrestles with flesh and blood about his religion, ways, and worship, instead of spiritual wickedness and rulers of darkness; and saith and teacheth, that God hath foreordained the greatest part of men and women for reprobation, condemnation, and hell; and that which says so is the blind, rough, profane seed in the reprobation and unbelief, and so under condemnation, and hath despised its own birthright, in the grace of God, that brings salvation, and hath appeared unto all men, who hath been willing and running in his first birth, Esau-like, I say, hath despised his birthright in the grace of God, and so doth not believe and receive the seed in which all nations are blessed; but instead of it, receive that evil seed in which his condemnation is. And that rough man of the field will hunt, wander, will, and run, and not return till he faint, and then despise his birthright for outward things and means; and so relies not in the grace of God, which appears unto all men, which men must not despise; for if they do, they will faint, and not have their strength renewed; and then they cannot be heirs of grace, nor partakers of the blessing in the seed, in which all nations are blessed; so all nations are blessed in this seed, if they will receive it; and Christ hath tasted death for them all, and so brought justification of life unto all, if they will believe it, and not condemnation, who hath enlightened all, and his grace hath appeared unto all, that they might believe, and be heirs of grace, in which the election is. And so here is God's mercy upon all, though they were concluded in unbelief in the first birth.

And Christ enlightens all with the life in himself, and saith, believe in the light; and they that do not, are condemned already:' and so they lay under the condemnation and in reprobation because of unbelief; for 'he that believeth, shall not come into condemnation.'

For was not Adam and Eve condemned for not believing in God's teaching, and obeying it? And Cain, and Cora, and the old world, and the Sodomites, who neither regarded God, nor just Lot; and the Jews, who neither regarded God nor his prophets? and so are not the christians under the same condemnation written of old, that live not unto Christ, who hath died for them, and walk not in him in whom all nations are blessed, and walk nor stand not in the grace which hath appeared unto all, which will teach and bring their salvation, as the primitive christians did, and walk not after the spirit, which God hath poured upon all men; but walk after their own spirits, and Cain's, and Esau's, and Ishmael's, and Cora's, and Sodom's, and Egypt's, and Babylon's nature and spirit, which leads them into confusion, reprobation and condemnation; and believe not in the light, as Christ commands, with which he enlightens every man that cometh into the world, which is the life in himself; and are not they, therefore, condemned with the light which they should believe in, who have not kept in the same light, and grace, and spirit, and power as the apostles were in; so not in their habitation, nor succession, nor election; but have succeeded in the reprobation and condemnation, and therefore are blind, who have held up reprobation in persons, and not of the first birth, and seed in them.

And therefore, all men being enlightened by Christ, who hath tasted death for all men; and God's grace hath appeared unto all men, to teach, and bring their salvation; and he hath poured his spirit upon all flesh, and so his mercies are upon all; and therefore must all believe in this light, if they will be grafted into Christ Jesus, and receive the grace and the spirit, in their own hearts, at home, if they will come to the election in Christ, from whence this grace, light, truth and spirit comes; and so to know their election before the world began, and the seed in whom all nations are blessed; and the seed Christ to bruise the head of that seed of reprobation, and separation of man and woman from God, by which man and woman hath come into reprobation, and under condemnation since the world began, written of old.

So in this seed Christ Jesus, is the election and the blessing, who is the amen, the first and the last, and over all, hallelujah, blessed forever; glory to the Lord God, amen, hallelujah.

G. F.

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Postscript.

THE Jews which were of Jacob's stock, they said unto Christ, that Abraham was their father. And Christ told them, if they were of Abraham, they would do the works of Abraham.' And Christ said to these Jews, that they sought to kill him, who had told them the truth which he had heard of God; this did not Abraham.' And also Christ told them, that his word had no place in them; and that they were of their father the devil, and the lusts of their father they would do?' and said, 'because I tell ye the truth, ye believe me not; and if they did not believe that he was the Son of God, and the Christ, they should die in their sins.'

So it is clear, the Jews, which were of Jacob's stock, and could plead that Abraham was their father, yet the serpent had begotten his bad birth in them, and blinded them, that they were in the reprobate seed of murder, disobedience, and unbelief, and should die in their sins, reprobation and condemnation, if they did not believe in Christ, for all their outward profession of Moses, and the prophets, and the law, and God and Christ to come, who pretended to be the vineyard keepers and dressers, but had no fruits, and killed his servants, and stoned them that he sent to look for fruits, and at last killed the heir, and did not believe in him; and therefore, the vineyard was taken from them, and they scattered over all nations in their unbelief, reprobation, and condemnation. And Christ several times cries, woe unto the scribes and pharisees,' and calls them blind guides;' and how that they shut up the kingdom of heaven against men, and would neither go in themselves, nor suffer them that would, to go in; and they were of them that killed the prophets;' and he called them, ' a generation of serpents and vipers; and that they should kill, and crucify, and persecute the prophets and wise men, that he would send among them, that upon them might come all the righteous blood that was shed from Abel,' &c.

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Now were not these Jews found in Cain's, Ishmael's, Esau's, Pharaoh's, Cora's, Sodom's, Babylon's, and Egypt's nature, though they were of Jacob's stock, and great professors without possession? but in the reprobation, and unbelief, and condemnation: for did not Christ say unto them, how can ye escape the damnation of hell?' and did not Christ weep over Jerusalem, which called themselves children of Jacob; but were turned to be children of the serpent, in the reprobate seed, when he said, 'oh, Jerusalem, Jerusalem! thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee; how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not; behold, your houses are left unto you desolate?' so these must needs

be empty and desolate houses, that would neither receive Christ nor his prophets.

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Now all you that profess christianity, that be in this first birth of persecution; and if you do profess all the scriptures of the New Testament, yet if you be not in the same Holy Ghost the apostles were in, ye cannot call Jesus Lord. And if you have not the same spirit of Christ, as the apostles had, they tell you, that you are none of Christ's.' And if you be not in that one faith, that Jesus Christ is the author and finisher of, and if Christ be not in you, you are reprobates; then your houses must needs be desolate, that profess the new covenant of Christ the substance, as the Jews were that professed the old, and so in the reprobation and under the condemnation.

So it is not an outward profession; for reprobates may do that: but a profession of Christ, in whom the election is, and so a possession of the seed of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, in whom all nations are blessed. And so it is not an outward profession of all the words of the new covenant in the serpent's seed, and possess the serpent's murdering persecuting spirit, in the same seed and spirit as the Jews made a profession in words of the Old Testament, which leads into reprobation and condemnation, from Christ in whom is the election, who was before the reprobation and condemnation of fallen angels and men; glory to the Lord God forever.

But the Lord hath promised, that he will destroy the covering of all people, and the vail that is spread over all nations: and in that day they shall say, the Lord is our God, and we have waited for him, and he will save us, and we shall be joyful in his salvation.' Isa. xxiv.

And is not this the day of the possession of the new covenant of light and life? and Christ bruises the head of the serpent, and through death destroyeth the devil, the power of death. And so that all might believe in Christ, and come to God by him, so that all might praise the Lord, who gives them breath and life, in his grace, light, and spirit, that he gives them; which if they hate his light, and rebel against his spirit, and walk despitefully against the spirit of grace, then they turn into reprobation, and are under condemnation: for he that believeth, is saved; and he that believeth not, is condemned; and he that believes, overcomes the world, and the world's god, and is born of God, a child of light, and enters into his rest, and ceases from his own works, as God did from his.' So it is unbelief that keeps out of Christ the rest, and in the condemnation and reprobation, from the salvation.

And why was the earth, or land of Canaan emptied, and the curse devoured the earth, and its inhabitants the Jews? was it not because they transgressed the laws and ordinances, and broke the covenant of God? Isa. ix.

And did not Christ say to the Jews, which were of the children of

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