or the eldest Elder of the family of love is Christ, that is, H.N. or a godly life is Christ, so are we saved by our own good works. And Saltmarsh saith, p. 14. Now all this of this new or second creation, as they are spiritual and heavenly, are only in, and through the same Spirit, and discerned in the same Spirit. Hence a Christ of flesh and blood, who is true ⟨p. 246⟩man and dyed for us, is but Christ in the letter, and the Protestant legal Christ that, as a killing letter, killeth and perfecteth nothing, and cannot give life, but the true Christ is a Spirit and spiritual, and discerned in the Spirit, that is to say, only the family of love knoweth, by the Spirit abstracted from Scripture, and from all flesh and letter, the true God manifested in the flesh of every Saint, and crucified in believers, and disclaimeth the Protestant Christ that dyed and was crucified on Mount Calvary, and was buried in a new Tomb, and rose the third day, and ascended into heaven. And p. 17. This is the Temple (saith he, speaking of the invisible Church) which the Angel measures with a golden reed and the alter thereof, or the eternal Spirit, upon which all the first creation is offered in the Saints, as it was offered in Christ, who through the eternal Spirit offered himself, leaving out the outward court or the flesh and first creation, and all outward ministrations which are given to the Gentiles to tread down. Ans. I fear that by nailing the creation to the cross, and offering it up to God when Christs flesh was offered up, is meant that which H. Nicholas said Spi•land. c. 56. sect. 7. if a man would enter into life, he must be taught in the service of love, and unlearn again all that he hath taken and learned to himself; that is, as Libertines said, he must cast off the knowledge of good, and all sense and knowledge of sin, and as a child, know and feel neither adultery, murder, lying, stealing, nor acts of mercy, justice, chastity, but have a conscience past feeling of both good and ill, and this is the offering on the cross, the creation of God, the crucifying of the natural faculties of the soul, and to unlearn all you once learned of Christ, because it was literal, fleshly and carnal; and so to crucify it, is one of the first lessons that Familists teach their new disciples when they enter into the service of love. H. Nicholas exhort. c. 13. s. 9.
or the eldest Elder of the family of love is Christ, that is, H.N. or a godly life is Chri•t, so are we saved by our owne good works. And Saltmarsh saith, p. 14. Now all this of this new or second creation, as they are spirituall and heavenly, are only in, and through the same Spirit, and discerned in the same Spirit. Hence a Christ of flesh and blood, who is true ⟨p. 246⟩man and dyed for us, is but Christ in the letter, and the Protestant legall Christ that, as a killing letter, killeth and perfecteth nothing, and cannot give life, but the true Christ is a Spirit and spirituall, and discerned in the Spirit, that is to say, only the family of love knoweth, by the Spirit abstracted from Scripture, and from all flesh and letter, the true God manifested in the flesh of every Saint, and crucified in beleevers, and disclaimeth the Protestant Christ that dyed and was crucified on Mount Calvarie, and was buried in a new Tombe, and rose the third day, and ascended into heaven. And p. 17. This is the Temple (saith he, speaking of the invisible Church) which the Angel measures with a golden reed and the alter thereof, or the eternall Spirit, upon which all the first creation is offered in the Saints, as it was offered in Christ, who through the eternall Spirit offered himself, leaving out the outward court or the flesh and first creation, and all outward ministrations which are given to the Gentiles to tread downe. Ans. I feare that by nailing the creation to the crosse, and offering it up to God when Christs flesh was offered up, is meant that which H. Nicholas said Spi•land. c. 56. sect. 7. if a man would enter into life, he must be taught in the service of love, and unlearne againe all that he hath taken and learned to himselfe; that is, as Libertines said, he must cast off the knowledge of good, and all sense and knowledge of sin, and as a childe, know and feele neither adultery, murther, lying, stealing, nor acts of mercy, justice, chastity, but have a conscience past feeling of both good and ill, and this is the offering on the crosse, the creation of God, the crucifying of the naturall faculties of the soule, and to unlearne all you once learned of Christ, because it was literall, fleshly and carnall; and so to crucifie it, is one of the first lessons that Familists teach their new disciples when they enter into the service of love. H. Nicholas exhort. c. 13. s. 9.
