neither know me nor my Father, if ye had known me, ye would have known my Father also.' ver. 19..

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And except ye believe that I am he, (to wit, the Christ,) ye shall die in your sins.' And Jesus said unto them, when ye have lift up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am he, and I do nothing of myself, but as my Father hath taught me.'

And John viii. the Jews said unto Christ, thou art not yet forty years old, and how hast thou seen Abraham? Here they looked upon him carnally, and Jesus said unto them, 'verily, verily I say unto you, before Abraham was I am,' then the Jews took up stones to cast at him, and said he hath a devil.' Here the devil got up in them that neither knew Christ's birth, nor as he was before Abraham. This is like our letterprofessing spirit, that stoneth him where he is manifest in his people, and call his light an idol, and saith it is of the devil. So the professors now blaspheme his life the light, as the Jews blasphemed him in the days of his flesh.

And John x. Jesus saith, I am the door of the sheep.' And again, 'I am the door, by me if any man enter he shall be saved, and shall go in and out and shall find pasture.' So there is no entering in nor out to this pasture but by Christ the door, the thief cometh not but to steal, kill and destroy. [Mark,]'ye that steal the word from your neighbour,' and such are killers and destroyers. But I am come,' saith Christ, that ye might have life, and have it abundantly. I am the good shepherd, and lay down my life for my sheep, and know mine, and am known of mine.'

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And as the Father knoweth me, so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for my sheep, and they shall hear my voice, and there shall be one sheepfold, and one shepherd.' And this we witness, glory to God forever.

'And therefore doth my Father love me, because I lay down my life, that I might take it again; and no man taketh it from me, but I lay it down of myself, for I have power to lay it down, and I have power to take it again, this commandment have I received of my Father.' And this set the Jews a murmuring again: but this power we witness Christ hath. And he saith, the hireling will flee, because he is an hireling :' which your actions sufficiently manifest. And Jesus said unto Martha that he was the resurrection and the life.' And she said unto him, 'yea Lord, I believe that thou art the Christ the Son of God, which should come into the world:' and this good testimony we witness unto, as John xi. 25, 26, 27.

And John xii. 26. Jesus said, if any man serve me let him follow me, [mark, he must follow Christ,] for where I am, there shall also my servant be, and if any man serve me, him will my Father honour.'

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'And if I were lifted up from the earth, I will draw all men unto me,' ver. 32. And this we are witnesses of, that Christ Jesus is lifted up, who hath drawn us after himself, and is drawing others. And John xiii. 15. Christ says, 'I have given you an example, that ye should do as I have done unto you; and if ye know these things, blessed are ye, if ye do them.' So they that talk of Christ, and do not, cannot have the blessing. For saith Christ, 'ye call me Lord and Master, and ye say well, for so I am;' and if your Lord and Master hath washed your feet, ye ought then to wash one another's feet. So then not to foul them. And a new commandment give I unto you, that ye love one another, as I have loved you; that ye also love one another, by this shall all men know ye are my disciples, if ye love one another.' And now how have the christians, so called in Christendom, kept this commandment, that have taken one another by the throat, and imprisoned and persecuted to death other christians? And by this may not all men know that they are not the disciples of Christ? as John xiii. 34, 35. And chap. xiv. Christ saith, because I live ye shall live also, ye shall know that I am in my Father, and ye in me, and I in you.' [Mark, these were and are the true disciples and true christians.] And my peace I leave with you, my peace I give unto you, not as the world giveth. I go away and will come unto you.' And this the disciples witnessed, Christ in them, and many others, and we also. And he that keepeth my commandments, is he that loveth me, and he that loveth me, shall be beloved of my Father, and I will love him, and will shew my own self to him.' And this we witness, as John xiv. And herein is my Father glorified, that ye bring forth much fruit, and be made my disciples; and ye are my friends if ye do what I command you.' For it is the bearing of fruit that glorifies the Father of the disciples and learners of Christ, as John xv. 8. And they are his friends that do what he commands, and spend not away their time in talk. And again, I have chosen you and ordained you that ye should bring forth fruit, and that your fruit remain ; and if the world hate you, ye know it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love its own, but because ye are not of the world, (mark, are not of the world,) but I have chosen you out of the world, (blessed be his name forever,) therefore the world hateth you and if I had not done works among them, which no other man did, they had not had sin, but now they have no cloak for their sin: for they have now seen, (to wit, my works,) and hated me and my Father, that it might be fulfilled that is written in their law, they hated me without a cause.' And chap. xvi. 28. I came out from the Father, and came into the world.' Again, I leave the world and go to the Father.' This is Christ's own testimony which we believe. And in me ye have

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peace, (saith Christ,) in the world ye shall have afflictions, be of good comfort, I have overcome the world.'

And John xvii. Christ saith, Thou (to wit, the Father,) hast given him, (to wit, the Son,) power over all flesh, that he should give eternal life to all them that thou hast given him. And this is life eternal, that they know thee to be the only very God, and Jesus Christ, whom thou hast sent. So it is not eternal life to talk of God and Christ, but to know God and Jesus Christ, that he hath sent; and to know God and Jesus Christ is with the light that shines in the heart, that gives the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ, and this is treasure in the earthen vessel. 2 Cor. iv. And saith Christ, now glorify me thou Father with thy own self, with the glory that I had with thee before the world began; mark, before the world began.

Again, Holy Father, (saith Christ,) keep them in thy name, even them whom thou hast given me, that they may be one as we are one. Here is the love of Christ to his people. I have given them thy word, and the word hateth them, because they are not of the world, [mark,] as I am not of the world. For their sakes sanctify I myself, that they also may be sanctified through the truth, as thou didst send me into the world, so have I sent them into the world: and the glory that thou gavest me I have given them, that they may be one as we are one, (and these are Christ's own words,) I (to wit, Christ,) in them, and thou in me, that they may be made perfect in one.' 1 John xvii. These are the learners of Christ, which we witness unto: and here is an union and a fellowship with the Son and the Father, Christ in his people, and God in Christ.

And Father I will that they which thou hast given me, be with me even where I am, that they may behold my glory which thou hast given me, for thou lovedst me before the foundation of the world. [Mark, before the foundation of the world,] O! righteous Father, the world also hath not known thee, but I have known thee, and these have known that thou hast sent me.' (to wit, Christ.) And we have known that God hath sent Christ, and God is in Christ, and Christ is in us, and we are in him and this we witness, blessed be his holy name forever. John xvii. For we are members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones, Eph. v. 30. And hath raised us up together, and hath made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus. Eph. ii. 6. Who remaineth in the heaven still all things be restored. Acts. iii. 21. Who hath restored and is restoring: and this we witness, blessed be his name forever.'

And Simeon said, 'behold this child is appointed for the fall and rising again of many in Israel, and for a sign, [mark, for a sign,] which shall be spoken against, yea a sword shall pierce through thy soul, that the thoughts of many hearts may be opened. And Hannah, a prophetess,

she confessed likewise the Lord, and spake of him, (to wit, Christ,) to all that looked for redemption in Jerusalem.'

So here was a woman confessor and preacher of Christ, to as many as looked for redemption by him, as there are many women confessors and preachers of Christ now, to as many as look for redemption by him; and to them that do not, that they may know there is no salvation given under heaven by any other name, but by the name of Jesus, that they may all come to obey God's command, who said, 'this is my beloved Son, hear ye him:' and Christ's command, who saith, learn of me, for I am meek and lowly in heart.' And here they may know their priest, their prophet, shepherd and bishop of their souls; and know his birth, his doctrine and sufferings, death and resurrection, and as he was with the Father before the world began, Christ Jesus, who hath redeemed them, and died for them, and bought them with a price, that they may glorify him in body, soul and spirit, which are the Lord's, which he hath given them so to do, amen saith my soul. G. F.

A Brief Appendix, or Supplement.

CHRIST is called the Messiah, John i. 41. which Messiah, by interpretation is Christ. And the angels said unto them that sought Jesus, after he was risen, why seek ye the living among the dead?' when they came to look for him in the sepulchre. Moreover the angel said, he is not here but is risen: remember how he spake unto you, when he was yet in Galilee, saying, that the Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again; and they remembered his words. Luke xxiv. 6, 7. Matt. xvii. 23. Mark ix. 31.

And he was a prophet mighty in deed and in word, before God and all the people; but the high priests and rulers delivered him to be condemned to death, and crucified him.' Here ye may see, the chief priests had a hand in it.

And Matt. xxvi. 24. Christ saith, surely the Son of man goeth his way, as it is written of him, but woe be unto that man, by whom the Son of man is betrayed; it had been good for that man if he had never been born.' So it was the Son of man that was betrayed and crucified, not as he was God; and he that was betrayed and crucified, to wit, the Son of man, is he that is risen.

And John vi. 62. Christ said, 'what then if ye shall see the Son of man ascend up where he was before?' [mark, the Son of man.]

And John xiii. 31, 32. when Judas that betrayed him, was gone out from him, Jesus said 'now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glori

fied in him, if God be glorified in him, God shall glorify him in himself, and shall straightway glorify him.'

And John iii. 13. Christ saith, but he that descended from heaven, the Son of man, which is in heaven.' And this we believe, though ye have given him other names, as humane body, or humanity, which names are not found in scripture; neither is he called by such names by God or Christ, or his apostles; but he is called the Messiah, the Immanuel, the Son of man, and the Holy Thing, and the Word of God, and the Amen, &c. Rev. iii. 14. But where in scripture can we find such names, as humane body and humanity given to Christ? and Christ, as ye say, is in heaven with a carnal body; and so we cannot believe you. further, then ye give forth scripture for your names and terms that ye give to Christ.

Matt. xxviii. Christ, after he was risen, saith, 'all power is given unto me in heaven and in earth, &c. [Mark,] and this we believe of him, for he hath manifested himself in us, by his light and power, who was crucified without the gates at Jerusalem, and was buried, and rose the third day, and is at the right hand of God, and said unto his disciples, he would come again unto them, and dwell in them; and this we witness, that he dwelt in his saints, and in us his people; and God hath made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, as before. And those ages are come that the apostles declared of, (glory to God!) and we can say, glory to God through Jesus Christ forever, who was set up from everlasting to everlasting, who is the rock of ages, yea our rock in our age, who is the foundation of many generations, yea our foundation in our generation, who is our chief corner-stone, (by which we stand against all the foul weather and storms of the professors and profane,) who is elect and precious, who is the first and last, who bruiseth the serpent's head that led man into transgression from God, and Christ it is who leads man again unto God. So he is our way, our truth, and our life, resurrection, sanctification, wisdom and justification, and our redeemer, Saviour and Mediator betwixt us and God; and through him we have peace with God, who was the foundation of the prophets and apostles, 'Christ the same to-day, yesterday and forever,' who remaineth in the heavens, till all things be restored, who is our restorer, and is restoring up into heavenly places, by his grace, light, spirit and power; yea many are restored and quickened, and made alive, and made to sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus, who is their heavenly shepherd, and feeds them in the pastures of life, who has laid down his life for his sheep, and bought and purchased them with his blood, and his sheep know his voice and follow him, and will not follow the hireling. And he is our prophet, that God hath raised up like unto Moses, whom we do hear, who opens the book to us, and the book of life, (and