Here all may see a clear distinction between the Old Covenant & Old Testament, and the New Covenant and New Testament and how that Christ hath abolished and taken away the first covenant and testament, and established the second / by G.F.

Now concerning the New Covenant and New Testament , and the New and Living Way : They are not according to the Old Covenant and Testament ; nor the Old Way , which was call'd the Good Old Way amongst the Jews .

FOr in Jer . 31.31 . it is said , Behold the day cometh , saith the Lord , that I will make a New Covenant with the House of Israel , and the House of Judah . Mark , This was a Prophecy , which they were to behold and take notice of ; these dayes were to come , and these are the dayes of Christ , who came above sixteen hundred years since .

For the Lord saith , I will give thee for a Covenant to the People , and for a Light to the Gentiles , to open their blind Eyes , &c. So this new Covenant is to the Gentiles , as well as to the Jews , Isa . 42.

And again , the Lord saith , I will give thee for a Covenant to the People , to establish the Earth , to cause to inherit the Desolate Heritage , that thou may'st say to the Prisoners , Go forth ; to them that are in Darkness , Shew your selves ; and they shall feed in their Wayes , and in their Pastures , Isa . 49.

And in that Day there shall be a Root of Jesse , which shall stand for an Ensign of the People , and unto it the Gentiles shall seek , and his Rest shall be Glorious . And he shall set up an Ensign for the Nations , and shall assemble the Out-casts of Israel , Isaiah 11.

And further he saith , The Gentiles shall come to his Light , and Kings to the Brightness of his Rising , &c. Isa . 60.

Now it is clear according to these Promises and Prophecies , that the new Covenant is not only to the Jews , but to the Jews , Gentiles and Nations , according to Isa . 42. Behold , or take notice , the former things are come to pass , and new things do I declare , before this spring forth I tell you of them . This did Isaiah speak by Prophesie concerning the dayes of Christ ; who saith in the same Chapter , That he shall set Judgment in the Earth , and the Isles shall wait for his Law , and he shall bring forth Judgment to the Gentiles .

Now the Law from Sinai the Jews had before ; but this is the Law of Life , in the new Covenant , which Law of Life goes from Heavenly Sion , and the Word from Heavenly Jerusalem , in the new Covenant .

So these are new things , which were declared before they came to pass ; for the old things of the old Covenant they had already , when he declared these new things .

And therefore the Lord saith by Jeremiah , Behold , the day shall come , that I will make a new Covenant with the House of Israel ; not according to the Covenant that I made with their Fathers , when I brought them out of the Land of Egypt : But this is the Covenant that I will make with the House of Israel after these dayes , 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 not need to teach every man his Brother , and every man his Neighbour , saying , Know the Lord ; for they shall all know me , from the least of them unto the greatest of them , saith the Lord : for I will forgive their Iniquity , and I will remember their Sin no more .

So this is the new Covenant , in which all shall know the Lord , that was promised and prophesied of before it came to pass , which is not according to the old , Jer . 31.

And in Hebr . 8. the Apostle sheweth the fulfilling of Isaiah's , and Jeremiah's , and Ezekiel's Prophecy ; and how the new Covenant was come , and he preached up the new Covenant , and preach't down the old ; and how that all should be taught of God in the new Covenant : so in that he faith , the new Covenant , he hath made the first old Covenant as a thing decayed , and ready to vanish away .

And in Hebr . 9. he saith , how the first Covenant had Ordinances of Divine Services , and a Worldly Sanctuary , and Tabernacle , and Candlestick , and Table , and Shew-Bread , and Censers , and Pot of Manna , and Aaron's Rod , and many other outward things .

But in the new Covenant Christ hath abolished all these outward things , who will Rule all Nations with his Rod of Iron , which is beyond Aaron's Rod .

And so it is clear , that the new Covenant is not according to the old : For in the old Covenant , the Priests Lips were to preserve the Peoples Knowledge . And Ezra had a Pulpit of Wood to read the Law to the People upon : and the Law was written in Tables of Stone . But in the new Covenant and Testament Christ ends this Priesthood , whose Lips were to preserve the peoples Knowledge ; and they are to look unto Christ Jesus , who is the Treasure of Wisdom and Knowledge in the new Covenant .

And God writes his Laws in their Hearts , and puts them in their Minds in the new Covenant , by which all may know him from the greatest to the least of them .

And in the old Covenant they had Sanctuaries , and Tabernacles , and Temple , and the High-Priest was to lighten the Candles and Lamps in them . But in the new Covenant , Christ , who ends the first Priesthood , and the old Covenant , and abolishes the Sanctuary , Tabernacle , and outward Temple and Lamps , inlightens every man's Spirit that cometh into the World , in his Tabernacle or Temple , with his Heavenly Light , which is the Life in himself , Christ Jesus , the High-Priest , made higher than the Heavens . So he was made by the Oath of God , and fulfils it ; so were not the Priests in the Law and old Covenant .

So the New Covenant is not according to the Old ; for the Old Covenant , and the Law commanded Offerings and Sacrifices ; but Christ in the New Covenant , offered up himself once for all the Offerings and Sacrifices , and Ended them all , and the Old Covenant also .

And in the Old Covenant , the Blood of the Clean Beasts the Priest with it made Attonement for his own Sins , and the Sins of the People : But in the New Covenant , Christ , with his own Blood , hath made Attonement for the Sins of the whole World ; and by the Grace of God hath tasted Death for every man ; which Grace of God , that brings Salvation , hath appeared to All Men , to teach them , and bring their Salvation , &c. And he hath given himself a Ransom for all men , to be testified of in due time , in the New Covenant ; which the dayes thereof are come above Sixteen Hundred Years since .

So in the New Covenant of Light , Life and Grace , there is no need of offering Rams and Beasts , and other Creatures for Sins ; nor the Blood of Bulls and Goats , nor the Ashes of a Heifer to cleanse ; nor outward Lights nor Lamps , in the outward Tabernacle ; for Christ Jesus hath offered up himself once for All : And He , the One Offering , is a sufficient Attonement in the New Covenant , and for the Sins of the whole World . And his Blood , the Life of him , the clean Lamb of God , without Blemish , who takes away the Sins of the World , is sufficient to cleanse from all Sin . And his Light , that is the Life in him , the Word , by which all things were made , is sufficient to light every mans Spirit , that cometh into the World . And the Oyl from Him , the Heavenly Man , is sufficient for every mans Lamp to keep it burning .

So the New Covenant is not according to the Old ; nor the New Testament is not as the Old. For the New Testament is in the Blood of Christ , which cleanseth from all Sin ; and in him , the One Offering , who offered up himself once for all the Offerings , since the World began ; who is the Lamb of God that takes away the Sins of the World . And the New Testament is in the Light of Christ , which is the Life in him . And the Old Testament , in the Old Covenant , was for the Outward Light , and Lamps and Temple , Tabernacle and Sanctuary , and the Priests Lips , which preserved the Peoples Knowledge : But the New Testament , in the New Covenant is , That Christ is the Treasure of Wisdom and Knowledge ; and he is the Everlasting High-Priest , who hath offered up himself for them , and is risen , and is alive again , and lives for evermore ; and is their Light and Life .

And in the Old Testament and Old Covenant , the Priesthood continued after the Order of Aaron : But in the New Covenant and Testament Christ is after the Order of Melchizedech ; and not after the Order of Aaron , nor came not of that Tribe , but of the Tribe of Judah . And in the New Testament and New Covenant , all the Believers in it , their Bodies are the Tabernacles and Temples of God and Christ , and Christ the High-Priest dwells in them :

But in the Old Covenant and Testament the Priests had Chambers in the Temple ; which Chambers and Priesthood Christ hath abolished , and made his Chamber in the Hearts of his People .

And in the Old Covenant and Testament there was a Covenant of Salt , with which the Sacrifices were to be salted , and the Priests were to salt them : But in the New and Everlasting Covenant and Testament , Christ the High and Everlasting Priest , doth salt and the Spiritual Sacrifices of his People , and makes them Savory , and makes his Followers the Salt of the Earth , and the Light of the World ; so that they need not have the outward Salt and Light , and Lamps in the Old Covenant , which Christ hath abolished .

And in the Old Covenant the Jews were to keep their Feasts of Tabernacles , and the Feast of Passover throughout all their Generations ; and they ate of this Passover when they came out of Aegypt : But in the New Covenant and Testament , the Jews in Spirit , that pass out of the Spiritual Aegypt , seed upon Christ their heavenly Passover , and keep the heavenly Passover throughout all their Generations in the New Covenant ; & keep their heavenly Spiritual Feast of Tabernacles , dwelling in the green Booths of the green Tree , Christ Jesus , the heavenly Man , the Second Adam , whose Leaf never Withers , Fades nor Falls , but is alwayes Green . And Christ abolishes the Feasts and Passovers of the Old Covenant : so the New Covenant is not according to the Old.

And the Jews , in the Old Covenant , brought all their first Fruits , and offered them to the Priests : so there was a Feast of the first Fruits . But in the New Testament and Covenant of Light and Grace they do offer the first Fruits of the Spirit , that which the Spirit inspires them with , or reveals to them ; which Spirit hath ploughed up the Fallow Ground of their Hearts , and so sows to the Spirit , and of the Spirit reaps Life ; which Crop goes into God's Garner , which the heavenly High-Priest gathers into his heavenly Garner , his heavenly Wheat , that is threshed out with his heavenly Spiritual Flail . For the Priests , in the Old Covenant , had their first Fruits brought into the outward Garner , which Christ abolishes : So the New Covenant is not according to the Old.

And in the Old Covenant and Testament , there was but one Tribe of twelve , that was made a Priesthood , and they were to have no Portion nor Lot in the Land , but Tythes and Offerings was their Portion and Salary . But Christ in his New Covenant and Testament makes all his Believers Priests , as Peter saith , and to offer up Spiritual Sacrifices : And saith in his Goneral Epistle , Ye are a Holy Nation , a Royal Priesthood , a Peculiar People , offering up Spiritual Sacrifices , having one High Priest , Christ Jesus , that lives forever ; who Sanctifies his People , his Church , and Washes and Cleanses them with the heavenly Water of his Word . So his People are a Nation of Priests , of Men and Women ; for all must offer up to the Lord their Spiritual Sacrifices in his New Covenant ; both Male and Female are all one in Christ Jesus . And so he ends the first Priesthood , and abolishes him , with all his outward Water and Washings , and ends all his Offices , and changes the Law , by which he was made , and the Commandment that gave him his Tythes and Offerings . For by the Law he was to have no Lot of the Land : But now that Law being changed , he may take up Land where he will .

And Christ saith in the New Covenant and Testament to the Followers and Learners of him , Freely you have received , Freely give : And bid them , Go without a Bag or Staff : And into what City or Town they came , they were to enquire , Who was Worthy ? and to eat such things as was set before them : For the Work-man was worthy of his Meat . So the New Covenant is , Freely you have received , Freely give : And they need neither Bag nor Staff : for Christ the great Prophet and Priest will supply and uphold them .

And so it s clear , the New Covenant and Testament is not according to to the Old , nor the New and Living Way according to the Old Way among the Jews ; which Old Covenant and Testament , and Old Law , and Old Way among the Jews served , until the Seed Christ came , who is the New and Living Way in his New Covenant and New Testament ; and hath abolished that Old Way , Old Testament , Covenant and Law .

And in the Old Covenant , their Circumcision was in the Flesh , and in that they were to obey and serve God ; and he that was not Circumcised , was not to eat of the Sacrifice , but to be cut off ; and the Priest and Levite was to Circumcise them . But in the New Covenant and Testament , Christ , the High Priest is the Minister of the Circumcision of the Spirit ; which Circumcision of the Spirit puts off the Body of Death , and the Sins of the Flesh , which is got up in Man and Woman by Transgression . For Adam and Eve had not a Body of Sin and Death before they Transgressed . So the Christians in the New Covenant of Grace and Light , are the Circumcision of the Spirit , which serve and worship God in the Spirit : And such eat of the heavenly Passover and Supper Christ Jesus : and if they be not Circumcised with the Spirit , they are cut off from keeping that heavenly Feast of the Passover , Christ Jesus . So the New Covenant and Testament is not according to the Old ; for Christ hath abolished both the Jewish Passover and Circumcision of the Old Covenant .

And in the Old Covenant and Testament , they that did resist the High Priest , and gain-said Moses , dyed an outward Death by the hands of two or three Witnesses . But in the New Covenant , they that do neglect to hear the great Prophet and high Priest , Christ Jesus , whom God hath raised up , like unto Moses , and will not have him to reign over them , nor hear him that speaks from Heaven , a more severe Punishment comes upon them , than they that dyed by the hands of two or three Witnesses , that did resist Moses : for that was a Natural Death in the Old Covenant ; but this this is an Eternal Death in the New Covenant . And therefore hear the Son of God in the New Covenant , & ye shall live ; & whilest it is called to day hear his Voice , for ye may be dead before to morrow . I say , Hear him that speaks from Heaven , whose Voice shakes the Earth , so all that appertains to the Earth or Earthly ; and not the Earth only , but the Heavens also , that that may appear , which cannot be shaken , to wit , the seed of Life . So People was to hear Moses and the High Priest in the Old Covenant and Testament : But now they are to hear Christ , their High Priest and Prophet , that God hath raised up in the New Covenant , in his Grace , Light and Spirit . For the Law came by Moses , in the Old Covenant ; and all the People of the Jews was to hear the Law in the Old Covenant , and do it , and live : But Grace and Truth is come by Jesus Christ , in the New Covenant and Testament of Light , Life and Grace . And so all the Children of the New Covenant are to hear Christ in his Grace , and to be under the Grace , and Truth's Teaching , which will bring their Salvation .

Now you may Object , and say , Do not the Scribes and Pharisees sit in Moses's Seat or Chair ? And all that they bid you do , are ye not to do and observe it ?

This Christ spake before he was offered ; for before he was offered up , he bid the People , whom he had cleansed , Go and offer a Sacrifice to the Priest for their Cleansing . And before he was offered up , he told them , They ought to pay Tythe of Mint and Anise to the Priest , &c. But when he had offered up himself once for all the Offerings , he put down all the Priests and their Offerings ; and sent his Disciples into all Nations to preach the Gospel : And then he did not bid them go and hear the Scribes and Pharisees , that sate in Moses's Chair ; and go to the Priests for their Cleansing , and give them their Tythes : But by the offering up himself once for all , he had ended the Priests and their Services , and the Old Covenant , and its Works . [ Mark , An Offering once for All , for the Sins of the whole World . ] Then there was no need of the Priests in the Old Law , to offer Lambs and Rams , and the Blood of the Creatures , for the Cleansing of the Sins of the People , &c. But the Priest , in the Old Covenant , his Works were finished ; and his Wages and Salary , his Tythes and Offerings were taken away also . So he took away the first old Covenant , Testament & Priesthood , & established the Second . So Tythes in the Old Covenant and Testament to the Priests we grant ; but Christ hath abolished both it and them . And the New Covenant is not according to the Old ; in which Christ saith , Freely you have received , Freely give .

And in the Old Covenant and Testament , the Jews were to appear three times a Year at the outward Temple , and there to Worship the Lord : And there was another place of Worship , where Jacob's Well was , at the Mountain near Samaria . But Christ saith in his New Covenant and Testament , in John 4. That God is not Worshipped , neither at the Mountain of Samaria , nor yet at Jerusalem ; For the Hour cometh and now is , [ Mark , now is ] that the True Worshippers shall Worship the Father in Spirit and Truth , for the Father seeks such to Worship him . For God is a Spirit , and they that Worship him , must Worship him in Spirit and Truth So this Worship in the New Covenant and Testament , is a New Worship , which Christ Jesus , the Heavenly Spiritual Man , the Second Adam , set up above Sixteen Hundred Years ago ; and then put down and abolished the Worship at the Mountain , and the Worship at Jerusalem , when he set up this Worship in Spirit and in Truth . And this Spirit and Truth must every Man and Woman seel in their Hearts , by which they may know the God of Truth , who is a Spirit . And so the Jew inward worships in the Temple , his Body being the Temple of the Lord . And the Jew outward , in the Old Covenant and Testament , they Sung and Prayed in the Temple , at outward Jerusalem : But the Jew inward , in the Spirit , in the New Covenant and Testament , and New and Living Way Sings , and Rejoyces and Prayes in the holy Ghost , their Bodies being Temples of the Holy Ghost .

And so it s clear , the New Covenant and Testament , and the New and Living Way , is not according to the Old.

And in the Old Covenant and Testament God poured out of his Spirit upon the House of Israel , that by it they might serve God in his Law . But in the New Covenant of Light and Grace , and the New Testament God poures out of his Spirit upon all Flesh , as was prophesied of in Joel 2. And the Apostle preach't the fulfilling of it , in Acts 2. So that with the Spirit all Flesh might see the Glory of God , and see Christ , who gave himself a Ransom for them all , and tasted Death for every man .

And so in the new Covenant the Holy Ghost , which proceeds from the Father and the Son , leadeth the Servants of God and Christ into all Truth , and reproves the World for their Unbelief , and their false Judgment and Unrighteousness . So that they need not have the Priests Lips of the old Covenant to preserve their Knowledge , nor the Priest to kill the clean Beasts , to offer up for their Sins , to cleanse them with the Blood of the clean Beasts ; and they need not have the clean Beasts to dye for them : For Christ , the Lamb without blemish , hath tasted Death for every man , and dyed for the Sins of the whole World , and so not only for the Jews .

And so God pouring out his Spirit upon the House of Israel , that by it they might understand the Law of Works , and do it .

But in the new Covenant , as was said before , God pours out of his Spirit upon all Flesh , that by it they might understand the Law of Life , which is in Christ Jesus , to make them free from the Law of Sin and Death .

And as all the outward Jews in the old Covenant were to walk in the Law of Works ; so in the new Covenant of Light and Grace , and new Testament , they are to walk in the Light , and Spirit , and the Law of Life in Christ Jesus , as every one hath received him .

And as the outward Jews in the old Covenant and Testament received the Law from Mount Sinai ; so the inward Jews in the Spirit in the new Covenant and Testament receive the Law of Life in Christ Jesus , laid in Heavenly Zion .

And so it is clear , the new Covenant and Testament is not according to the old .

And the old Covenant and Testament did forbid the outward Jews the eating of several sorts of Creatures ; but in the new Covenant and Testament , and new and living Way Christ saith , He that made that without , made that within ; and that all things are clean ; and whatsoever goeth into the Mouth , doth not defile the man ; for it goeth into the Belly , and so into the Draught , the Purger of all Meats .

But Christ Jesus is the Purger of the Conscience , Mind , Heart and Soul , with his Blood , his Life , the clean Lamb without Blemish , and with his Baptism with Fire and the holy Ghost : For he saith , These Evils , that come out of a mans Heart , defile a man . And so these Evils came into man by Transgression ; for Adam and Eve had them not , when God made them .

And the Apostle saith , Whats●ever is sold in the Shambles , that eat .

This he speaks to the Corinthians , who were Gentiles before their Conversion : And so these things sold , were in the Gentiles Shambles ; not in the Jews Shambles , where only the clean Beasts and Fowls were sold , but at Corinth , or amongst the Corinthians Shambles , where both were sold , 1 Cor . 10 25. For the Earth is the Lord's , and the fulness thereof ; And God saw everything that he had made , and behold , it was very good : Mark , every thing that he had made , he saw it was very good , Gen. 1.31 .

And the Apostle in the new Covenant and Testament , and in the New and Living way said , Every Creature of God was good , and nothing to be refused , if it be received with Thanksgiving ; for it is Sanctified by the Word of God , and Prayer : For by the Word of God were all things made , and by his Word and Power are all things upheld : And the Apostle saith to Timothy , If thou put the Brethren in mind of these things , thou shalt be a good Minister of Christ Jesus , 1 Tim . 4.4 .

And moreover the Apostle said , The Kingdom of God stood not in Meats and Drinks , but in Righteousness , and Peace , and Joy in the holy Ghost .

And when Peter saw in his Vision a Sheet let down from Heaven , wherein were all manner of four-footed Beasts of the Earth , and wild Beasts and creeping things , and Fowls of the Air ; and there came a Voice to him in the New Covenant and Testament , and said , Arise Peter , Kill and eat ; And Peter having been a Jew of the Old Testament and Covenant , his Voice was according to it , when he said , But not so Lord ; for I have neither eaten any thing that is Common or Unclean . And the Voice spake unto him the second time , and said , What God hath cleansed , that call not thou common . Now the occasion of this was , when Peter was to go and Preach the Gospel to Cornelius a Gentile , as in Acts 10.

So he 〈◇〉 clear , that the New Covenant and Testament , and New and Living way is not according to the Old Covenant and Testament , and Old way amongst the Jews : For Christ doth Reconcile in one , all things both in Heaven and in Earth .

And in the Old Covenant and Testament , and the Jews Old way , they did observe Dayes , Moneths , Times and Years ; and this they were commanded by the Law . But in the New Covenant and Testament , and New and Living way the Apostle ( that preached the New Covenant , and the New Testament , & the New & Living way ) brought them off from the observing of Dayes , Times , Moneths and Years : And some after they were come from the observing of them , were turning again to the weak and beggarly Elements , wherein they again desired to be in Bondage : For saith he , Ye observe Dayes and Moneths , Times and Years . And the Apostle said , I am afraid of you , lest I have bestowed my Labour in vain upon you . So he was afraid of them , who had laboured to bring them out of the observing of them to Christ , and his everlasting Kingdom of Light , Life and Grace : and they to go back again into the observing of Dayes , Times , Moneths and Years , they went into that which he had laboured to bring them out of ; for which he was afraid , lest he had bestowed Labour upon them in vain .

So it is clear here , that the New Covenant , and New Testament , and the new and Living way is not according to the old .

For in the old Covenant and Testament the outward Jew had his Dayes , Times , Moneths , and Years and Feasts . But in the new Testament and New Covenant of Light , and Life , and Grace , they came to the heavenly Feast , and to the Day of Christ , and are talled Children of his Day ; and so have their Bread from Heaven , and keep the heavenly and everlasting Feast in Christ Jesus , who abolishes the Jews Feasts of the old Covenant .

And in the old Covenant and Testament , God gave unto the Jews his Sabbath as a Sign , after he brought them out of Egypt , though he had not given it to Adam , nor to the old World , nor to Abraham , Isaac and Jacob by command to keep , but to the Jews , and they were to keep it Holy : and they were not to do their own Work ; no , not so much as to make a Fire to dress their Meat , nor to think their own Thoughts ; For six dayes they were to Labour , and to do all their Work . And this Law that commanded this Sabbath , which God gave unto the Jews as a Sign , served till the Seed Christ the Substance came ; and when he was come , they accused him and his Disciples , as being Sabbath-breakers , because his Disciples gathered some Ears of Corn on the Sabbath day to eat . And he healed on the Sabbath day .

And Christ said unto his Accusers the Jews , The Sabbath was made for man , and not man for the Sabbath : Therefore the Son of man is Lord of the Sabbath , the Sign , who was the Substance of it , Mark 2.23 , 27 , 28.

And this saying of Christ troubled the Jews , that professed the old Covenant and Testament , and had the Sabbath , the outward Day , which was the Sign in the old Covenant . Now that outward Day was the sign of the Eternal Rest and Day of Christ , in his new Covenant . For Christ in his new Covenant doth End all the Jews Signs and Shadows , and saith , Behold I make all things New . And as is said before , the Apostle's labour was to bring them off the Observation of Dayes , &c. And faith to the Saints in the new Testament and new Covenant of Light and Grace , Let no man Judge you in Meats or in Drinks , or in respect of an Holy day , or of the new Moon , or of the Sabbath , which were Shadows of things to come ; but the Body is of Christ .

So it is clear , that the Apostle brought the Saints to Christ , the Substance of the Shadows . For the Sabbath , and the new Moons , and those outward things amongst the Jews were but Shadows and Signs : And when the Substance was come , the Shadows flie away , Col. 2.

So the Apostle in another place speaks of another Day , then the seventh day , the Jews Sabbath , which is the day of Christ , and saith , We which have believed , do enter into his Rest . And again he saith , He that hath entred into his Rest , is also ceased from his own Works , as God did from his . So the Believers Rest in the new Covenant and new Testament , and new and Living way is Christ Jesus , the Substance , Hebr . 6.

And the Jews were to keep the outward Sabbath-day and Sign holy , and not to gather their Meat , nor kindle a Fire , nor bear a Burthen , nor do their own Work , nor think their own Thoughts upon the Sabbath-day , the sign in the old Covenant and Testament .

So the true Christians and Children in the new Covenant of Light and Grace , that do enter into the Rest by belief in the Light , which is the Life in Christ , do cease from their own Works ; and in Christ , their Sabbath , their Rest , they bear no Burden ; and in him they do not think their own Thoughts ; and in him they are not kindling their own Fires ; and in Christ they are not gathering their own Meat ; for he is their Bread of Life from Heaven ; so that in him they shall not hunger . And he destroyes the Devil and his Works , which hath burdened Man and Beast , yea , even the whole Creation ; and in Christ people are over and above their own Thoughts . So all are to keep the Eternal Sabbath , the Eternal Rest by Belief in the Light , which is the Life in Christ , this Holy Day , this Holy Rest and Sabbath , which ends the Sign , that was to be kept holy in the old Covenant . For if the Jews in the old Covenant and Testament did not keep the Sabbath Holy , they were to be stoned to Death with outward Stones : But they that do not keep in Christ by Belief in the Holy Rest , He the Top and Corner-Stone falls upon them , and grinds them to Powder , and stones them to Death with the Heavenly Stone , that keep not in Christ , the Holy , Eternal , Everlasting Rest and Sabbath .

So here the New Covenant is not according to the Old ; for the Old had an Outward Temporal Day ; but they in the New Covenant have the Substance , Christ , and his Eternal Day , and enter into his Everlasting Rest , by Belief in his Light , which is the Life in him .

And the Jews in the old Covenant , and Testament , and in their old Way had outward Helmets , Shields , and Swords , and Carnal Weapons , and Armour . But Christ in his new Covenant and Testament , who is the new and living Way , he saith , He came not to destroy mens Lives , but to save them . Though he was the King of Kings and Lord of Lords , yet he was far off from giving any Precept or Command to his Disciples to destroy mens Lives : when some would have had Fire to come down from Heaven , to consume them that would not receive him ; he turned about , and rebuked them , and said , He came not to destroy men's Lives , but to save them .

And such men as would have been plucking up the Tares , Christ the King of Kings would give them no Commission , no not so much as a License ; but said , Let the Wheat and Tares grow together till the Harvest , which was the End of the World ; and then his Father would send forth his Angels , which should be the Reapers , and they should sever the Wheat from the Tares , &c. And Christ gave a Reason , wherefore he would not give a Commission to men to pluck up the Tares , Lest they in their blind Zeal should pluck up the Wheat also with the Tares .

And so Christ in his New Testament , and new Covenant , who sent forth his twelve Disciples , and after his seventy to preach the Gospel , he did not send them with any Carnal Weapons or Armour , or any Carnal Set Maintenance , or Tythes , as was in the old Covenant ; nay , they were not so much as to take a Bag or Staff to defend them .

So the King of Kings was far off from giving them Commission or Licenses , to beat People into his Religion , Way and Worship , Church or Belief with Carnal Weapons ; but saith , He that believes , is saved ; and he that doth not , is condemned already ; and that was punishment enough . And therefore the Apostle Paul saith , The Weapons of our Warfare are not Carnal , but Spiritual : Mark , Spiritual in the new Covenant and new Testament , and new and living Way ; but Carnal in the old Covenant and old Testament to the outward Jews in the old Way .

And the Apostle plainly saith , we in the new Covenant and new Testament , and new and living Way in Christ Jesus , wrestle not with Flesh and Blood , who came not to destroy men's Lives , but to save them ; but they wrestled with spiritual Wickedness , and Rulers of Darkness , &c.

And in another place the Apostle tells the Saints in the new Covenant , That their Weapons and Armour was the Shield of Faith , which is the Gift of God , which Christ is the Author and Finisher of , that saves men's Lives ; and the Sword of the Spirit , the Word of God ; and the Helmet of Salvation , that preserved their Head ; and the Breast-plate of Righteousness , that kept Evil out of their Breast and Hearts ; and their Loyns were to be girt with Truth ; and to be shod with the Preparation of the Everlasting Gospel of Peace .

And these are Christ's Ministers of the Spirit , and Believers , and true Christians , that stand in this Armour , and have these Weapons , and follow Christ , and fight under his Banner of Love , with his spiritual Armour and Weapons , in his new and living Way , and new Testament , and new Covenant of Grace and Light , and follow not the Jews in their Carnal Armour and Weapons , and Signs , and Shadows ; for the Substance is come .

So the new Covenant and Testament , and new and living Way is not according to the Jews old Covenant and Testament , and old Way , which served till the Seed Christ came : and all those Signs and Shadows in the old Covenant , upheld with their outward Weapons and carnal Armour , have done their Service to hold up their Signs and Shadows ; but Christ is come , and hath abolished them .

And so it is clear , that the new Covenant and new Testament , and new and living Way , is not according to the old Covenant , and old Testament , and old Way amongst the Jews , as was said before .

And in the old Covenant , and Testament , and old Way the Jews were to Swear , and to perform their Oaths unto the Lord ; and not to Swear Falsly .

But in the new Covenant , and Testament , and new and living Way , Christ the Son of God saith , Swear not at all ; but let your Yea be Yea , and your Nay , Nay ; for whatsoever is more than these , cometh of Evil , Matth . 5.

And the Apostle James in the new Covenant , in his general Epistle saith , Above all things , [ Mark , above all things ] my Brethren , Swear not , &c. So these are the Brethren in the new Covenant , and Testament , and new and living Way , that are not to Swear at all . And further he faith , They were not to Swear by Heaven , nor by Earth , nor any other Oath ; but let your Yea be Yea , and your Nay , Nay , lest ye fall into Condemnation .

So it is clear , the Command in the old Covenant and Testament , which Christ calls the Old Time , in which they were not to Forswear themselves , but to perform their Oath to the Lord , so they did not go into Evil and Condemnation that did swear truly , and perform their Oath to the Lord in the old Time , and old Covenant ; but they go into Evil and Condemnation , that Swear at all in the time of the new Covenant and Testament : For Christ , who is the Oath of God , he fulfils the Oaths of the old , and takes away and abolishes the Oaths of the old Covenant , and sets up Yea and Nay instead of them .

And now , if you should object , That Abraham , and Jacob , and Joseph , and Moses , and the Prophets , and the Angels Swore : Christ the Son of God is greater than Moses ; who said , Before Abraham was , I am ; and he reigns over the House of Joseph and Jacob , and fulfils the Prophets ; and he saith , Swear not at all : and Christ the great Prophet , whom God hath raised up , is to be heard in all things .

And as for the Angels swearing , it is said , I bring forth my first begotten into the World , let all the Angels worship him , to wit , the Son of God , who saith , Swear not at all ; and This is my beloved Son , saith God , hear ye him .

And in the old Testament it s said , That unto me every Knee shall bow , and every Tongue shall Swear , saith the Lord , in the old Covenant and Testament , Isa . 45.23 .

But in the new Covenant and Testament the Apostle quotes Isaiah , and saith , Every Knee shall bow , and every Tongue shall confess to God , Rom. 14.10 .

So here it is clear , that which was Swearing in the old Covenant and old Time , is Confessing in the new Covenant and new Time .

And it is manifest , that Christ hath taken away all Swearing in his new Testament and Covenant : For all Swearing hath been since man fell from the Image of God ; and Christ renews man and Woman up into the Image of God again , and sets up Yea , Yea , and Nay , Nay , instead of an Oath .

And Christ sets up in his new Covenant instead of Swearing , True Witness bearing ; and that in the Mouth of two or three Witnesses every thing shall be established : He doth not say , that in or by the Mouth of two or three Swearers every thing shall be established .

And the Apostle saith , Let every man speak the Truth to his Neighbour ; which speaking Truth is set up by Christ and his Apostles instead of Swearing , which was commanded in the old Time , and under the old Covenant and Testament , which in it the Law commanded people to swear , which Oath was to end the Controversie and Strife amongst men , which served till Christ the Seed came . But when Christ came , he abolished the Law , that commanded Swearing , and Swearing also .

And so it is clear , that the new Covenant , and new Testament , and new and living Way , is not according to the old Covenant , and Testament , and the Jews old Way .

And the Apostle Paul writes to the Galatians , and to such as were going back again into Circumcision and the Law , and he saith to them , As many as are for the Works of the Law , are under the Curse : For it is written , Cursed is every one that continueth not in all things , which are written in the Book of the Law to do them .

And again he saith , That no man is justified by the Law in the Sight of God , it s evident ; for the Just shall live by Faith ; and the Law is not of Faith .

And again he saith , Christ hath redeemed us from the Curse of the Law , being made a Curse for us , Gal. 4.

And here it may be seen , what Labour the Apostle had , to bring people into the Faith in the new Covenant and Testament , and from under the Works of the Law in the old Covenant and Testament , and from under the Curse .

And again the Apostle saith , Before Faith came , we were kept under the Law , shut up unto the Faith , which should afterward be revealed ; even so when we were Children , we were in Bondage under the Elements of the World : But when the Fulness of time was come , God sent forth his Son made of a Woman , made under the Law , to redeem them that were under the Law , Galat . 3 , and 4. Chapters .

So they that are redeemed from under the Law , are redeemed from under Bondage , and outward Elements of the World , which Elements of the World the Law commanded to be observed : For the Law commanded the Priests Garments to be distinct from others .

And the Law commanded an Outward Temple and Tabernacle , and a Worldly Sanctuary , and Outward Altars , and Candles , and Candlesticks , and Outward Dayes , and Moneths , and Times , and Years , and Feasts , and Outward Trumpets were blown at such times ; and Sacrifices and Offerings of Beasts , and Fowls , and other Creatures .

And the Law commanded the Priests Tythes , and Offerings , and the Store-house ; and these outward things with many others , were Elements of the World , which kept them in Bondage , in the old Covenant and old Testament , before Christ was revealed : And where Faith is revealed by Jesus Christ , who is the Author and Finisher of it , he is the End of that Law to every one that believeth , which Law commanded these Outward Worldly Elements ; and such are not under the Law , but under Grace , Rom. 6.

And here the new Covenant and new Testament , and the new and living Way is not according to the old Testament and Covenant .

For the new Covenant & new Testament is Heavenly & Spiritual . And the Law of Life , that is in Christ Jesus , is not according to the Law received upon Mount Sinai , which commanded all these Outward Elementary things to the Jews ; and they were to observe and do them . And the Law served till the Seed came ; which the Seed Christ is come ; and hath abolished them all , and changed the Law , and Covenant , and Priesthood , and the old Testament .

And they that are Believers , are come into the new Covenant of Light , and Life , and Grace ; and do receive the Spirit of Christ , and the Law of Life , that is in Christ Jesus , that makes them free from the Law of Sin and Death .

And so as I said before , it is clear , that the new Covenant and Testament , and the Law of Life is not according to the old Covenant , and the old Testament , and the Law from Mount Sinai , that was written in Tables of Stone .

And now also , are not the Priests Garments , their Surplice , and white Sleeves , and their other distinguishing Garments a Work of the Law , though they do not offer Sacrifices and Offerings , as the outward old Jews Priests did ?

Likewise are not Tythes , Tenths , First Fruits and Offerings , which were to be given to the Priests , a Work of the Law ? though now they do not do all the Priest Work under the Law . And some of the Priests now have Lots of the Land also , contrary to the Law in the Old Covenant .

And is not setting up Lights and Candles in Temples a Work of the Law and the Priests — under the Law , though they do not burn Incense like them ?

And is not Swearing truly by the Lord a Work of the Law , which the Law commanded , by which they ended the Differences amongst men in the old Time of the Law ? And so none of these are Works of the Gospel or Works of Faith in the time of the New Testament & Covenant , which prohibiteth all Swearing , and saith , Men must not Swear at all , or take any Oath ; but their Yea must be Yea , and their Nay , Nay , lest they go into Evil , and so into Condemnation .

And so the Law commanded Swearing ; but the Gospel , and new Covenanty , and Testament commands every man to speak Truth to his Neighbour ; and in the Mouth of two or three Witnesses every word shall be established .

And the Apostles in the Gospel-time and new Covenant , to whom Christ said , Freely you have received , freely give ; did not go in distinct Garments from other People ; For Peter had his Fishers Coat , after Christ was risen : and Paul bid them bring his Cloak , which he had left at Troas , &c.

So the Apostle saith , and tells them plainly ; As many as are under the works of the Law , are under the Curse . And if ye do some things of the Law , and not continue in all things written in the Book of the Law , ye are Cursed ; and no man is Justified by the Law in the sight of God : And the Law is not of Faith , which the Just do live by ; for God doth justifie the Heathen through Faith ; and they are Justified by that Faith which Christ is the Author of : For by the Works of the Law no Flesh shall be Justified , Gal. 2.10 .

And the Priests Pulpits is a Work of the Law ; for Ezra had his Pulpit to read the Law , in the Time of the Law and Old Covenant ; and the Tenths of the Increase , with the Tythes and Offerings were a Work of the Law , and not a Work of the Gospel ; for Christ said to his Gospel-Ministers , Freely you have received , Freely give .

And to kill Blasphemers and Sabbath-breakers , and to Stone them to Death , or put to death with outward Weapons about Religion , is a work of the Law , and not of the new Covenant and new Testament . For Christ , though his Name was blasphemed , and the Apostles , and their Doctrine and Teaching blasphemed and evil spoken of ; yet he the King of Kings , and Lord of Lords , and his great Apostles did not command , nor put any to Death with any Carnal Weapons : But Christ said , They that Blaspheme against the Son of Man , it might be forgiven ; but they that did Blaspheme against the holy Ghost , were not to be forgiven , neither in this World nor in the World to come ; which was Purishment enough . And further he said in the New Covenant and his Gospel-Day , He came not to Destroy Mens Lives , but to Save them .

So all they that wrestle with Flesh and Blood , and with Carnal Weapons about Religion , it is a Work of the Law and the Old Testament , and not a Work of the New Testament and New Covenant .

For the Apostle said , Their War-fare were Spiritual , and their Weapons were Spiritual , and not Carnal ; and they did not wrestle with Flesh and Blood , but with Spiritual Wickedness , and Rulers of Darkness .

So the Apostles were of Faith in the new Covenant and Testament , and not of the Law , wrestling with their Works and Weapons of the old Testament : And the Law was added because of Transgression , and served till the Seed Christ came , who Redeems from under the Law , Christ Jesus , by whom the World was made : So he was before man fell into Transgression , by reason of which the Law was added , which served till the Seed came , which Seed is Christ , who doth fulfill the Promises and the Law , and so redeems his People from under the works of the Law and from under the Curse .

And the Apostle saith , That the Law is fulfilled in one Word , even in this , to love thy Neighbour as thy self : And if ye be led by the Spirit of God , ye are not under the Law , &c. Gal. 5. For I through the Law am dead to the Law , that I might live unto God Gal. 2. And they that love one another , fulfill the Law , Rom. 13.

And further the Apostle saith , The Righteousness of God is without the Law , being witnessed by the Law and the Prophets , even the Righteousness of God , which is by the Faith of Christ Jesus , unto all and upon all that believe ; for there is no difference .

So this Righteousness in the new Testament is larger , then the Righteousness of the Law , which the Lord gave unto the Jews , which he had not given the like to other Nations . So this is larger then the old Covenant .

And therefore the Apostle concludes , That a Man is Justified by Faith , without the Deeds of the Law , Rom. 3.

For the Promise that was to Abraham and his Seed , that he should be Heir of the World , was not through the Law , but through the Righteousness of Faith , before he was Circumcised , and before he gave Tythes to Melchizedech , as in Gen. 12. where the Lord said to Abraham , I will make of thee a great Nation ; and I will bless thee , and make thy Name great , and thou shalt be blessed ; and I will bless them that bless thee , and Curse him that Curseth thee : And in thee sh●ll all the Families of the Earth be blessed . So before he was Circumcised , and before Tythes were paid , the Promise was to Abraham : And so , who are of Faith , are of Abraham , and walk in the steps of our Father Abraham , which he had , being yet Uncircumcised , yea , and before he gave Tythes to Melchizedech , Gen. 12. & Rom 4. Therefore it is of Faith , and by Grace , to the end that the Promise may be sure to all the Seed . And therefore the Apostle saith , But now are we delivered from the Law , that being dead wherein we were held , that we might serve God in the Newness of the Spirit , and not in the Oldness of the Letter , Rom. 7. For what the Law could not do , in that it was weak through the Flesh , God sendeth forth his own Son in likeness of Sinful Flesh , and for Sin condemned Sin in the Flesh , that the Righteousness of the Law might be fulfilled in us , who walk not after the Flesh , but after the Spirit : For the Law of the Spirit of Life in Christ Jesus , saith he , hath made me free from the Law of Sin and Death , Rom. 8. For Christ is the end of the Law for Righteousness sake , to every one that believeth .

Now this was the Law of Works , and the Law of the Old Covenant and Testament , that Christ was the end of , and which the Apostle laboured to bring People out of , into the Law of Faith , and Law of Love , in the New Covenant and Testament , and New and Living Way , and to establish People upon Christ , the Substance , who is the End of the Law . For the Apostle saith , When the Fulness of Time [ Mark , The Fulness of Time ] was come , God sent forth his Son made of a Woman , made under the Law , to redeem them that were under the Law , that they might receive the Adoption of Sons : And because ye are Sons of God , he hath sent forth the Spirit of his Son into your Hearts , crying , Abba Father . So no more Servants under the Law , and Old Covenant and Testament , but Sons in the New Covenant and Testament , and New and Living Way , through the Redemption in Christ Jesus , and through his Spirit , that he hath sent into their Hearts .

So here the New Covenant and Testament , and New and Living Way , is not according to the Old Testament and Covenant , and the Jews Way in their Old Time ; nor the Old Law from Mount Sinai is not according to the Law of Life , which is in Christ Jesus .

And Moses was Faithful in all his House , as a Servant for a Testimony of those things which were to be spoken after ; that is , all these Signs , Shadows and Figures : But Christ , as a Son over his own House , whose House we are , to wit , in the New Covenant and Testament , and New and Living Way . So Christ is over his House , the Jews in the Spirit in the New Covenant and Testament , and New and Living Way ; and they enjoy him , the Substance , who makes all things New .

And Moses was faithful in all his House , in the Old Covenant and Testament , in the Old Time , over the outward Jews with the outward Shadows and Signs , which were commanded by the Law , and served till Christ the Seed came ; and when he came , he abolished them . So as Moses was to be heard in his House in the Old Covenant concerning his Shadows , Figures and Signs ; so Christ is to be heard in his House in the New Covenant , who is the Substance , and abolishes all the Figures and Signs of the Old Covenant . And God saith , This is my Beloved Son , hear ye him .

And the High-Priest , in the Time of the Law and Old Covenant , once a Year went with the Blood of the clean Beast , into the holy place , which he offered for himself and the Sins of the People . But Christ being come a High-Priest , by his own Blood he hath entered once into the holy Place , to wit , Heaven it self ; and hath obtain'd Eternal Redemption for us .

So the Blood of the clean Beasts cleansed from Sin in the Time of the Old Covenant and Testament : But in the Time of the New Covenant and Testament the Blood of Christ Jesus , the Lamb without Blemish , cleanses us from all Sin .

And Christ is the Mediator of the New Testament , by means of Death , for the Redemption of the Transgressions that were under the First Testament , that they which are called , might receive the Promise of Eternal Inheritance , Heb . 9.

So as the Priest entered into the holy place made with hands , with the Blood of Bulls and Goats , for the cleansing of himself and the People in the Old Testament and Covenant , which were Figures : But Christ , in the New Testament , is entered into Heaven it self , now to appear in the presence of God for us .

So all are to look unto Jesus in the new Covenant and new Testament , which is not according to the old ; for in the old the People was to look unto the Priest for their cleansing , and to the outward Blood and Water , by which they were cleansed : but in the New Covenant and Testament they are to look unto Christ Jesus , his Blood , hi● Life , and unto the heavenly Water of Life , by which they are cleansed .

So the New Covenant and New Testament is not according to the Old : For Christ , the High Priest in his New Covenant and Testament , and New and Living Way , and in his New Jerusalem , and he , the Offering , and his Blood is not of the building of the Old Covenant and Old Testament , and Old Priest-hood with their Offerings of the outward Blood of Beasts , and their clearsing with the outward Water ; I say , Christ is of a far Greater and more Perfect Tabernacle , &c. not made with hands , than that outward Tabernacle , which is built and made with hands : So he is not of the Old Covenant and Testament building .

And in the Old Covenant and Testament , it was the Old Way to Anoint the Priests , the Prophets and the Kings with outward Oyl . But in the New Covenant and New Testament , and New and Living Way , Christ , the Great Prophet and High Priest , who is made higher than the Heavens , and the King of Kings , God hath anointed him with the holy Ghost , and he doth anoint his Jews in the Spirit , and his true Believers and Followers with his Spirit in his New Covenant and New Testament . So the Anointing in the New Covenant and New Testament , and New and Living Way is not according to the Old.

For the Apostle saith , He which establisheth us and you in Christ . and hath Anointed us , is God , 2 Cor . 1.21

And so , the manner of the Anointing is also different in the New Covenant and Testament , and New and Living Way , from the manner of the Anointing in the Old Covenant ; in which the Prophets , Priests and Levites did Anoint the Prophets , and the Priest ; and the Kings : But in the New Covenant God and Christ Anoints his People with his Spirit , which God hath poured out upon all Flesh . And so that Outward Anointing amongst the Jews in the Old Covenant Christ hath abolished , which was with Outward Oyl .

And in the Old Covenant the Lord bid Moses , Go and lead the Outward Jews ( which he brought out of Aegypt ) unto the Place which I have spoken of unto thee , &c. But in the New Covenant and Testament the Lord saith , I have given thee for a Witness , and for a Leader and Commander to the People ; and thou shalt call Nations , that knew not thee ; and they shall run unto thee , because of the Lord thy God , the Holy One of Israel ; for he hath glorified thee , Isa . 55.

So Moses was the Leader of the Outward Jews in the Old Covenant in his Day , with his Types , Figures , Signs and Shadows ; & the Rock Christ followed them But in the New Covenant and Testament Christ is the Leader & Commander of his People ; & is the good Shepherd , that hath laid down his Life for his Sheep , and goes before them ( who is the Substance ) and not after them , as he did after the Old Israel in their Shadows : And his Sheep do know his Voice in the New Covenant , and they do follow him into the Pastures of Life , that are alwayes green ; and to the Living Springs , that are alwayes fresh .

And Christ , the Commander and Leader of his People , his Call is larger than Moses's ; For he shall call and lead Nations , that knew not God , and they shall follow him . So , he not only calls and lead , the Jews , but Nations .

And so it s clear , that the New Covenant and Testament , and New and Living Way is not according to the Old in this also .

And in the Old Covenant they had Carnal Ordinances , and a Worldly Sanctuary , though the Sanctuary was called Holy in its Time ; and all these Meats and Drinks , and Sacrifices , and Outward Washings with Outward Water , which were imposed upon them by Carnal Ordinances , until the Time of Reformation , that is , until the Time of Christ in his New Covenant ; and the Priests were made after the Law of a Carnal Commandment , and had their Carnal Store house , and Carnal Tythes and Offerings ; and so , the Carnal Mind is Death : And so it is called , The Ministration of DEATH , in the Old Testament , Written and Engraven in Stone , 2 Cor . 3. & Rom. 8. & Heb . 7.9 . But Christ in his New Covenant and Testament , is not made after the Law of a Carnal Commandment , but after the Power of an Endless Life , Heb . 7.16 .

And so his Ordinances and Commandments are Spiritual ; and to be spiritually minded is Life and Peace , Rom. 8.6 .

So all these Carnal Worldly Things in the Old Covenant , and Carnal Ordinances , and Worldly Sanctuary , and the Law , which was after the Law of a Carnal Commandment , served till Christ the Seed came , to Reform them out of those Carnal Worldly Things , Figures , Sign , and Shadows , into the Spiritual Things , and to Christ the Substance . For when the Substance is come , the Shadows fly away . And so , the New Covenant and New Testament is not according to the Old.

And in the Old Covenant and Testament they had an Outward Ark , and in it they had the Pot of Manna , and Aaron's Rod that budded , and outward Altars ; and in the Ark they put the Testament . But Christ in his New Covenant puts his Testament , his Spirit , in the Hearts of his People ; and the Altar is Spiritual , upon which the Saints do offer up their Spiritual Sacrifices ; and they have their heavenly Bread in their Hearts , which gives them Life : For they that ate of the Manna , dyed in the Wilderness ; but they that eat of this heavenly Bread , it gives them Life Eternal .

And as Aaron's Priesthood was tryed by the budding of his Rod in the Ark , when all the rest of the outward Rods , that were laid in the Ark with his , did not : So are Christ's Ministers in the New Covenant , by the budding of the Spiritual Rod in their Tabernacle , and bringing forth Spiritual Fruits ; which Spirit God hath poured upon all Flesh ; which Fruits of the Spirit they bring forth , and that which they have profited by the Spirit , they come to minister .

So the New Covenant is not according to the Old , with its outward Rod , Testament and Manna , outward Tabernacle and Altar ; for all these outward Things served but till the Time of Reformation , till the Seed Christ , the Heavenly and Spiritual Man came , in his New Covenant of Light , Life and Grace , who puts the heavenly Testimony , and heavenly Manna and Rod in the heavenly Ark , the sanctified Hearts , and who offer up the spiritual Sacrifices upon the Spiritual Altar . And Christ abolishes all those outward things , with its old Covenant & Testament , & establishes the new .

And in the Old Covenant the Priests , which were made by the Law of a Carnal Commandment , were to burn Incense at the Outward Temple at Jerusalem , and there they were to do it by course , and served in their Course .

But in the New Covenant and Testament the Lord saith , From the rising of the Sun , even to the going down of the same my Name shall be great among the Gentiles , and in every place Incense shall be offered unto my Name , and a pure Offering ; for my Name shall be great amongst the Heathen , saith the Lord of Hosts , Mal . 1.11 .

So this pure Offering and Incense , which should be offered unto God in every place , is by & in his pure Spirit to the pure God , the Lord of the hosts of the Jews in the Spirit ; yea , & the Gentiles also .

So likewise in this the new Covenant is not according to the Old , but is larger : For in the Old Covenant the Priest , by turns were to burn outward Incense only in one outward Temple : But in in the New Covenant all the Believers in Christ Jesus are to burn Spiritual Incense in every Temple and Place , in the New Covenant and Testament , and New and Living Way ; for Christ abolishes and puts out and to an end the outward Fires of the outward Incense and Tabernacle , and Temple and Sanctuary , those outward worldly Things , which served until the Time of Reformation by Christ the Seed . And so the New Covenant is not according to the Old ; for the one was of Natural and Outward Things , and the other of Inward and Spiritual .

And God sent Moses to lead the People out of outward Aegypt ; and they did not come out from outward Aegypt till Pharaoh's First-born was slain . And they had Light in Goshen , before they came out , though Darkness was over the Land of Aegypt . But Christ in his New Covenant leads his Jews in Spirit out of Spiritual Aegypt and Sodom ; and they have Light in their Goshen before they come out , though Spiritual Darkness be in Spiritual Aegypt : And the First-birth of the Spiritual Pharaoh must be slain , before the Jew Inward come out of the Spiritual House of Bondage and Darkness within , and to follow Christ , the Captain of their Salvation , in his New Testament and New Covenant , and New and Living Way ; and so to Worship God in his Holy Spirit , and in his Truth , that the Devil is out of .

So Outward Pharaoh oppressed the Outward Jews ; and Spiritual Pharaoh oppresses the Spiritual Jews , and will not let them go forth , till the First and Spiritual Birth of him be slain .

And the Jews , when they received the Law in the Old Covenant from Mount Sinai , they were to wash their Cloaths , at they were commanded by the Lord , and Moses was to Sanctifie them , Exod . 19. But in the New Covenant all that receive the Law of Life , which is in Christ Jesus , from Mount Zion , Christ doth Sanctifie them , and they are to wash their Hearts , Souls , Spirits and Minds with the heavenly water of the Word ; and the Blood of Jesus cleanses them .

And the Priests sprinkled the People with the Blood , which is the Life of the clean Beasts in the Old Covenant : But Christ in his New Covenant and Testament sprinkles his precious Blood , which is his Life , upon the Heart , and Consciences of his People , by which they are made clean . And the Priest made Attonement with the blood of the clean Beasts , for the Sins of himself and the People ; But Christ with his Blood hath made Attonement to God for the Sins of his People . So the Blood and the Priest of the New Covenant is contrary to the Old , and exceeds it : for they offered up the Blood of the Beasts , and he offered up his own Blood , his Life for his People .

And so the New Covenant and Testament is not according to the Old ; for Christ abolisheth all those outward Washings and Offerings , and the Law that commanded them .

And in the old Covenant and Testament the Priests were to wear the outward fine Linnen , and the high Priest the Urim and Thumim written upon his Breast , which signifie ; Light and Perfection : But in the new Covenant and Testament Christ is the Light himself , and the Perfection of all those outward Things in the old Covenant , and the Substance of them all . And the Righteousness of Christ is the fine Linnen , which will never dirty not wax old ; which all Christ's Believers in his new Covenant and Testament wear ; and they need not wash this fine Linnen ; which all the Believers that wear it , are the Royal Priesthood , and offer up the Spiritual Sacrifices . And as the Priests in the old Covenant were to wash their outward fine Linnen , which Christ doth abolish that outward fine Linnen , and the Priest ; and their Garments , and the wearing of the Urim and Thumim upon their Hearts in the old Covenant ; and sets up his Righteousness in the new Covenant for his Royal Priesthood to wear , and Light and Perfection in their Hearts : And so , in this also the new Covenant is not according to the old .

And all the Unclean in the Old Covenant were to be put out of the outward Camp , and they were to dwell alone ; and without the Camp was their Habitation to be , Lev . 12. & Deut . 23. The Unclean were to go out of the Camp ; and they were to wash themselves with outward Water , and to be clean , before they were to come into the Camp again ; yea , when they did go forth to ease themselves , they were to go forth without the Camp , and cover it with a Paddle : so the Camp of the outward Jews was to be Holy in the old Covenant ; for the Lord God said , He would walk in the midst of their Camp to deliver them , Deut. 23.

Therefore if the Jews in the old Covenant , and in these outward things were to be so Holy , and all Uncleanness kept out of it ; and their Excrements were to be covered without the Camp , that the Lord might walk amongst them in their Figures , Signs and Shadows , which served till the Seed Christ came , the time of Reformation , into the new Covenant of Grace and Light , which is not according to the old ; then much more the Camp of the new Covenant and Testament must be kept Clean ; and all their Excrements must be covered and buried with a Spiritual Weapon without the Camp . For the Habitation of all the Unclean are without the Camp of God and Christ in his new Covenant ; and they cannot come into his holy Camp and City , until they be washed with the pure Blood of Christ , and the holy Water of Life .

And in the time of the old Covenant the Jews were not to offer any thing to the Lord that was blind or lame , or that was blemished in their Sacrifices , Deut. 15. And in Lev . 22.21 . There shall be no Blemish in that which they offer unto the Lord ; neither shall it be Broken , or Blind or Mamed , nor have a Wen or Scab , &c. or any thing Superfluous , or lacking any of his Parts , or that was Crush't , or Bruised or Cut ; they were not to offer any such things in all the Land to the Lord , but what was Whole and Clean , and without Blemish ; which was a Type of Christ , who was Clean & Whole , and not Blind , nor Scurvy , nor Scabbed , and had all his Parts , not Crushed , nor Bruised , nor Broken , but was a Lamb without Blemish , who in the New Covenant offered up himself once for all these Offerings in the Old Covenant ; so he is both the Peace-offering and Thanks-giving-offering , and the Offering also for the Sins of the whole World , who doth abolish all the Offerings of the old Covenant , and ends them ; & consumes all the false Offerings , with their Fat , in his Fiery Baptism .

And so , the Lame , Blind , Blemish't , Broken , Scurvy , Scabbed Offerings were not accepted of God in the Old Testament , and Old Covenant ; and much less are they accepted in the New Covenant of Grace , Light and Life ; for in the New Covenant the Children of the Covenant of Grace offer Spiritual Sacrifices .

So it is clear here , the New Covenant and Testament is not according to the Old.

And whosoever of the Seed of Aaron had any Blemish , was not to offer the Bread of his God in the Old Covenant and Testament ; and what man soever hath a Blemish , he shall not approach . A man that is Blind or Lame , or Scabbed , Crushed , Broken Foot or Hand , or Crooked-Back , or a Dwarf , or that hath a Blemish in his Eye , or Scurvy , or hath his Stones broken , or any Superfluity , or hath any Blemish of the Seed of Aaron the Priest , he shall not come nigh the Offerings of the Lord : Nay , the Priests were not to drink Wine or Strong Drink , when they went into the Tabernacle to offer : So Perfect , Whole , Clean and Clear without Blemish they were to be in the Old Covenant , that offered those outward things in the outward Tabernacle or Temple : Then much more Perfect , and more Clean and Clear is Christ Jesus , the High Priest , who offereth up himself to God without Spot or Blemish for the Sins of the whole World , and gives his holy Flesh for the Life of the whole World , and who abolishes all those Offerers and Offerings in the Old Covenant .

And therefore all his Believers in the New Covenant & Testament , which are called a Royal Priest-hood , must be much more Clean and Holy , than they were in the Old Covenant and Law of Works , they that be in the New Covenant of Grace , and to be without Blemish . For as Peter saith , Christ the Lamb of God , who offered up himself , is without Spot or Blemish ; and he Sanctifies and Cleanses , and Washes his Church , his People , with the Water of the Word , that he might present to himself a Glorious Church without Spot or Wrinkle , or any such thing , but that it should be Holy , and without Blemish , Ephes . 5.

So he cleanses away the inward Brokenness , Crookedness , Scurviness , Scabbedness , Blindness , Deformities , Lameness and Blemishes ; that all the Believers in the Light , which is the Life in Christ , might offer their Spiritual Sacrifices unto God . And so the Children of the New Covenant are called a Holy Nation , a Royal Priesthood , and do exalt Christ the Substance , who hath abolished the Old Priesthood , and his Offerings in the Old Covenant , which are not according to the New Covenant and Testament .

And there were to be no Drinkers of Wine nor Strong Drink , that were to approach before God in the Old Covenant ; for such Drunken Priests were forbidden in the Time of the Law and Old Covenant , much more in the Time of the Gospel .

For whatsoever was Blemish't or Evil-favoured , was not to be offered to the Lord in the Old Covenant : But in the New Covenant , which is not according to the Old , all that are the Followers of Christ , who brings them up into the Image of God , and the Believers in the Light , which is the Life in him , and are called , The Children of the Light , and are born of God , and have passed from the Death that Blemishes them , and made them Ill-favoured , and Crooked , and Scabbed , and Blind , &c. All these that are born of God and Children of Light , are very Well-favoured , like God their Father , and he doth accept their Spiritual Offering & Sacrifice , and them whom Christ doth present to God in the New Covenant and Testament , and New and Living Way , which is not according to the Old Testament and Old Covenant , and Jews Old Way ; for the one was Outward , and the other Inward ; the one was Natural , and the other Spiritual .

And the Jews in the Old Covenant and Testament they were to eat only of the clean Fowls and clean Beasts ; and they were to put a Difference betwixt the Clean and the Unclean Beasts & Fowls , and that which dyed of it self , or was torn , they were not to eat , nor to Defile themselves withal , Lev . 22. For ye shall be Holy unto me , saith the Lord ; ye shall not eat Flesh that is Torn of the Beasts of the Field ; ye shall cast it unto Dogs , Exod . 22. And Aaron and his Sons , the Priests , were to eat part of the Sacrifice of the clean Beasts in the holy Place , Lev . 10. that was in the Temple or Tabernacle .

Now all these outward clean Creatures , and they that eat of them , were to be clean also ; for the Priests were to be sanctified and cleansed before they are of the Sacrifice : I say , all these clean Meats and Offerings were a Type of Christ Jesus , the Offering , & of the heavenly clean Food , that the Children of the new Covenant seed upon ; for they were not to feed upon such outward things , which was torn or dyed of it self ; for it was Dogs-Meat in the Old Covenant : But in the New Covenant , which is not according to the Old , all the Creatures of God are clean unto them , and every Creature of God is good , and they cannot feed upon any thing that is torn , nor that which dyes of it self : I say , they cannot inwardly feed their Souls with it ; but their Food is that which is Living , and from him that is Living , who did not Dye of himself , and is Living , and Dyeth no more ; and the Spiritual Food and Things are not torn Things , and do not dye , which the Jews in the Spirit feed upon .

So the New Covenant and Testament is not according to the Old ; for the Jews in the Old Covenant fed upon outward things , and upon that which was clean ; and the Priests were to eat part of the Sacrifices in a clean place , in the Temple : But the Jews in Spirit and New Covenant unto them every Creature of God is good and clean , and their Food is Spiritual , and they eat of the Sacrifice Christ Jesus , their Bread from Heaven , all the Royal Priesthood of God in his New Covenant eat of it in the clean Temple and Tabernacle , their Hearts , of the clean heavenly Food . So the New Testament is not according to the Old.

And the Jews had a High-Priest over the rest of the Priests in the Old Testament and Covenant , which could not continue by reason of Death , but when one was deceased , they got another to offer their Sacrifice , and he had the Tenth of the Tenths .

But Christ is the High-Priest in the New Covenant , who hath offered up himself once for all the Offerings of the Priests in the Old Covenant ; and so hath tasted Death for every man , and is risen and remains a Priest forever , and dyeth no more ; and is a high-Priest in his New Testament and New Covenant , and makes all his Believers Priests , and Kings to reign upon Earth , and over the Serpent , whose Head he hath bruised , Glory unto the Lord God forever .

So our High-Priest is not according to the Old , and his Followers are not according to the Old Priests Followers ; for they are all Spiritual , and the Spiritual cannot feed upon that which is torn or dyes of it self , nor offer it , but upon that which is Living , and Holy , & Heavenly , and Spiritual in the New Covenant ; for that which dyeth of it self or is torn , is not Spiritual , but Carnal , and the Royal Clean Priests in the New Covenant cannot feed thereon .

And all the Jews in the old Covenant and Testament , the Lord said unto them , Ye shall Sanctifie your selves , and ye shall be Holy ; for I am Holy , saith the Lord , and ye shall be holy men unto me , Exod . 22.

So they did sanctifie themselves , and wash themselves with outward Water , and the Blood of the outward clean Beasts was sprinkled upon them ; and Aaron the high Priest was to bear the Iniquity of the Holy things , after that he was Sanctified , which the Children of Israel had hallowed , and all their holy Gifts , Exod . 28. And Aaron and his Sons were to eat the Sin-Offering , and to bear the Iniquity of the Congregation , and to make an Attonement for them before the Lord , Levit . 10. And the Priests Garments were all to be Holy , and and the Temple , and Tabernacle , and Sanctuary were all called Holy in the old Covenant .

But the new Covenant is not according to the old ; for Christ in the new Covenant he bears the Iniquity and Sins of the whole World , and was wounded for its Transgressions , and bruised for Iniquities , and the Chastisement of our Peace was laid upon him ; he hath born our Griefs , and with his S●ripes we are healed , and the Lord hath laid upon him the Iniquities of us all , whose Soul was made an Offering for Sin , who saw the Travels of his Soul , and was satisfied , Isa . 55.

So he Abolisheth all those outward holy Garments , and Tabernacle , and Temple , and Offerings , and Gifts , which were called Holy in the old Covenant , but Worldly in the new Covenant .

So it s Christ , whom God the Father hath sanctified , and sent into the World , Joh . 10. That makes an end of Sin , and finishes Transgression in his new Covenant , who through Death destroyed Death , and the Devil the power of Death , that made Man and Woman unholy : And it is Christ Jesus that makes all things holy and new , and sanctifies all things by his Word , and all his Gifts are Holy , who changes the first Priesthood with all his outward things , which were called Holy in the old Testament , which were Figures of the holy spiritual things in the new Testament , and the spiritual Sanctuary , Temple and Tabernacle in the new Covenant and Testament ; which all the Jews in the Spirit feed upon Christ , their Sacrifice , which he gives for the Life of the World ; and so eats the Bread from Heaven , in the holy and heavenly Sanctuary , Taberancle and Temple , that is not of the old Covenant's building .

So Christ in his new Covenant and Testament , the high Priest made higher than the Heavens , in offering up himself once for the Sins of the whole World , is not according to the Jews high Priests , and their Offerings , but doth put an end to them all , and abolisheth them all , and establishes his new Testament in the Spirit , and new Covenant of Light , Life and Grace : I say , Christ the high Priest who was dead , and dyed for man to fetch man out of death to Life , and to destroy him that kept him in Death , and is alive again , and lives for evermore , and is a high Priest forever amongst all his Royal Priesthood , and Reigns in the holy Sanctuary , Tabernacle and Temple of the sanctified Hearts .

And the Jews in the old Covenant and Testament , they were not to touch any unclean thing , or Creature , or unclean Fowl , or Beast , or creeping things that were outward ; no , not to touch any Vessel , where any of those unclean things were in , if they did , they were to wash themselves with outward Water , Levit . 11. And likewise they were not to come nigh , nor touch the Dead ; if they did , they were unclean , and they were to sanctifie and wash themselves with outward Water , &c.

Now the new Covenant is not acording to the old , which saith , Every Creature of God is good ; And God and Christ hath sanctified every Creature ; as Peter preached it from a Voice he heard from Heaven , when he saw four-footed Beasts , and wild Beasts , and creeping things let down from Heaven , in his Vision which he was to kill and eat ; and they were not to be called Common nor Unclean in the new Covenant : for every thing that God had made was sanctified by the Word , by which all things in the beginning were made good , yea , very good .

And so in this the new Covenant and Testament , and new and living way is not according to the old .

And as they in the old Covenant were not to touch the dead , nor the unclean Creatures ; So the Jews in the Spirit are not to touch the unclean creeping Spirits , which are like Beasts and Ravenous Fowls : and those are the unclean Spirits which the Apostles would not have the Saints to touch , for if they did , they must be washed with the heavenly Water , and the Blood of Jesus , before they can be Cleansed . And for eating , or touching of outward Creatures , he told the Saints in the new Covenant , that whatsoever was sold in the Shambles , that they might eat .

And though it was the Doctrine of the Law in the old Covenant to forbid several sorts of Meat to eat : But in the new Covenant it is the Doctrine of Devils to forbid Meats and Marriage , or to command to abstain from them , which God hath created , to be received with Thanksgiving , by them that receive the Doctrine of Christ Jesus in his new Covenant and Testament : For every Creature of God is good , and nothing is to be refused , if it be received with Thanksgiving ; for it is Sanctified by the Word of God , and Prayer , 1 Tim . 6.

So here it s clear , the new Covenant and Testament is not according to the old .

And in the old Covenant , when the outward Jews went to Wars with their Carnal Weapons , and took any Prize , every thing that could abide the Fire , must go through the outward Fire , and that was to cleanse it and purifie it with the outward Water and Fire ; and they were to abide seven dayes out of the Camp , and to wash their Cloaths , before they came in again , into the Camp , Numb 31.

But in the new Covenant , which is not according to the old , every thing must be washed with the Water of Life , and cleansed by Christ , and come through his fiery Baptism , before they can come into his Treasure , and Camp , and City , and be perfect . For the seven dayes that were to pass upon them in the old Covenant , was the Perfection of Dayes , and that was outward Fire and Water , that was to cleanse and purifie the Jews , and those outward things . But all the Believers in the Light must be washed with the heavenly Water , and purified with heavenly Fire , and the Blood of Jesus Christ , before they can come into his heavenly Camp .

And in the old Covenant and Testament , Ruber , God and Asher , Zebulon , Dan and Naphtali , These were to stand up upon Mount Ebal , and to Curse the Disobedient , and officers were to stand up and Bless the Obedient , Deut. 7

But in the new Covenant and new Testament , which is not according to the old , Christ saith , Love your Enemies , and Bless them that Curse you , and do good to them that hate you , and Pray for them that despightfully use you , and Persecute you , that you may be the Children of your Father that is in Heaven ; For he makes the Sun to arise on the Evil and the Good , and sends his Rain on the Unjust , as well as the Just , Matth . 5.

And this is Christs Doctrine in the new Covenant . And the Apostle saith , Being reviled we Bless , being Persecuted we Rejoyce , 1 Cor . 4.

And again the Apostle saith , Bless them which Persecute you ; Bless , and Curse not . So though they were to Bless and Curse in the old Covenant ; yet in the new Covenant they are to Bless , and Curse not , as in Rom. 12.14 .

And so here it is clear , the practice of the new Covenant and Testament is not according to the old .

And in the old Covenant it s said , An Eye for an Eye , and a Tooth for a Tooth . But Christ in his new Covenant and Testament saith , Whosoever smites thee on the one Cheek , turn to him the other also . So here the new Covenant's practice is not according to the old .

And you have heard say in the old Covenant and Testament , and that old time , Thou shalt not commit Adultery . But Christ in the new Covenant and new Testament saith , Whosoever looks after a Woman to Lust after her , hath committed Adultery already in his Heart . So the Righteousness and Holiness of the new Covenant doth exceed the old .

And in the old Covenant , Whosoever putteth away his Wife , was to give her a Bill of Divorcement , &c. But Christ in his new Covenant saith , Whosoever putteth away his Wife , save for the cause of Fornication , and Marrieth another , committeth Adultery ; and whosoever marrieth her that is put away from her Husband , committeth Adultery also , Luke 16. & Matth . 5.

So here the new Covenant is not according to the old ; and the Righteousness of the Law of Life doth exceed the Righteousness of Works in the old Law .

And in the old Covenant it s said , Thou shalt Love thy Neighbour , & hate thine Enemy . But in the new Covenant , which is not according to the old , it s said , Thou shalt love thine Enemies , and Pray for them , and do good for them that hate you .

So though the old Covenant taught Humanity , yet the new Covenant reaches not only Natural Humanity , but Heavenly Humanity , Divinity and Christianity .

And in the old Covenant and Testament the Jews were to keep the Year of Jubile , which was the fiftieth Year ; and therein they were to proclaim Liberty with Trumpets throughout all the Land : And this Year of Jubile was to be Holy unto all the Jews ; and in the Year of Jubile the Servants went out free , and therein was a Redemption of Lands and Houses , and Bond-men , and Servants , which were of the Children of Israel , Levit . 25. And now this was an outward Freedom and Liberty in the old Covenant : and this outward Year was Holy , and it was proclaimed with outward Trumpets . But in the new Covenant and new Testament , the Year of Jubile is proclaimed , blown and sounded with the Spiritual Gospel-Trumpets , throughout all the World , and unto every Creature under Heaven , unto Bond and Free , without respect , yea , Eternal Liberty in the Gospel of Christ Jesus the Heavenly man , the Power of God , and in the Light , which is the Life in him , and in the Grace , which hath appeared unto all men , which brings their Salvation ; and in the Spirit which is poured out upon all Flesh , that by the Spirit all Flesh might see the Glory of God , and Christ their Salvation , who Redeems them , and payes all their Debts of Sin , who was made Sin that knew none , and so made it to be his ; and so dyed for the Sins of the whole World and the ungodly , to Redeem them out of the Sin , and Ungodliness , and Bondage , and Captivity , yea , to set all the Prisoners and Captives at liberty , and to make the Blind to see , by opening their Eyes , and heals the Leaper , Criple and the Sick , and looses the Tongue of the Dumb : here is the Year of Jubile , the everlasting holy Year , or Day of Christ , who destroyes the Devil and his Works , that hath made Man and Woman unholy , and kept them in bondage and slavery . And so Christ brings all his Believers into his glorious Liberty of the Sons of God , and to an eternal Redemption ; yea , he takes off and destroyes that which hath brought the Oppression upon the Creation : So an everlasting Jubile in the new Covenant , and new Testament , and new and living way , which doth far exceed the Jews outward Year of Jubile , which was only to that particular Nation . But Christ's Jubile of his everlasting Gospel is to all Nations to whom the Gospel is preached , and Liberty unto every Creature under Heaven , by his Spiritual and Gospel Trumpets , which are blown and sounded by his Light , and Power , and Spirit , and Faith in all Nations , of their Spiritual Liberty and Freedom in the Land of the Living , yea , a Liberty both inwardly and outwardly ; And he that believeth in the Light , which is the Life in Christ , is saved ; and he that doth not , is condemned .

And this Gospel-Trumpet , which sounds into all Nations and into all Countries for their Liberty and Salvation and Freedom , and Proclaims , That all their Debts are paid , if they will believe it , and come out of Thrawldom and Captivity ; and he that believes it is saved , and hath the Comfort of the Salvation & Liberty ; and he that will not believe it is condemned , and lies under Condemnation . And so in this the New Covenant and New Testament is not according to the Old ; for this Liberty and Jubile is to all Nations , but in the Old Covenant it was but to the particular Nation of the Jews .

And in the Old Covenant the Sons of Aaron shall blow with the Trumpets ; and this was an Ordinance to the Priests ; and when they blowed the Trumpets the outward Jews were to assemble themselves before the Tabernacle ; And when they blowed an Alarm , then the Camps set forward , Numb . 10. So they did not gather them together to the Door of the Tabernacle with ringing of Bells in the Old Covenant , but with the blowing of Trumpets ; and at the solemn Feasts they blew the Trumpets , which was a Day of blowing the Trumpets , which were outward , in their outward Feasts , to their outward Gathering to their outward Tabernacle : But in the New Covenant and Testament , which is not according to the Old , the Trumpets are spiritual and heavenly , which are sounded with the Power and Spirit of God , in the Day of Christ ; yea , all his Believers in his Light , the Life in him , are a Royal Priesthood , and blow the Trumpet , and at the sound of this heavenly Trumpet they gather to his heavenly Tabernacle not made with hands , and to the heavenly Jerusalem , to his heavenly solemn Feast , through the Baptism of Christ , and Circumcision with his Spirit , that plunges down and cuts off all Corruptions ; and so all come to drink into one Spirit , that puts off the Body of Death and Sins of the Flesh , that are gotten up upon Man and Woman by Transgression : For Adam and Eve had it not before they transgressed the Command of God . And so by these spiritual and heavenly Trumpets ye are gathered to the heavenly Feast , and Bread and Wine and Honey from Heaven , and the new Milk from the Living Word , that lives and abides , whose heavenly Breast is never dry , but is alwayes full of heavenly Milk . And so as the heavenly Trumpet sounds the Jews in Spirit move and go and follow the heavenly Spiritual Lamb in their fine Linnen , his Righteousness , and keep their Feast of the heavenly Bread , that cannot be Leavened ; so the Bread , the Wine , the Milk , the Honey , the Water , the Trumpets , and the Tabernacle are Heavenly and Spiritual in the new Covenant and Testament , which are not according to the old , with their outward Bread , and Water , and Trumpets , and outward Tabernacle ; all those outward things Christ abolished , which served but till the Seed came to reform it ; and in the time of the Reformation of Christ the heavenly and spiritual Man , he Reforms his Believers and Followers out of the Natural , Outward and Carnal , into the Heavenly , Inward and Spiritual . And so the New and Living Way , and the New Covenant and Testament , and the New Time of Reformation is not according to the Jews Old Covenant and Testament , and Old Time and Way .

And the outward Kingdom among the Jews in the Old Covenant and Testament Christ in his Everlasting Kingdom in his New Covenant and New Testament doth exceed it . And they were commanded to an outward Cleanness in that outward Kingdom , with the outward Cleansing by the Blood of Beasts , &c. And when they did Transgress the outward Law of God in their outward Kingdoms , they were carried away Captives : But Christs Kingdom is an Everlasting Kingdom , and is holy and pure , and none that is defiled enters into it ; for it stands in Power and Joy in the holy Ghost : and all must be born again before they can either see the Kingdom of Christ , or enter into it . And Christ saith , The Law and the Prophets were until John ( which was the Fore-runner of Christ , and the Preparer of the Way ) but the least in the Kingdom of God is greater than John : And from the Dayes of John Baptist until now , the Kingdom of Heaven suffereth Violence , saith Christ , and men press into it . And Christ said unto his Disciples , It was given unto them to know the Mysteries of the Kingdom of God , &c. And John , when he writ unto the seven Churches he said , He was their Brother and Companion in Tribulation , and in the Kingdom and Patience of Jesus Christ , Rev. 1. And Christ sent forth his Disciples , and bid them , Go , and say , Repent , for the Kingdom of God was at hand : And they preached the Kingdom of God ; yea , Paul did at Rome to all that came unto him . And Christ saith , Not every one that saith Lord , Lord , shall enter into the Kingdom of God ; but he that doth the Will of my Father , which is in Heaven . And they were to seek the Kingdom of God , and the Righteousness of it , and then all those outward things , which the Gentiles did seek after , should be added unto them . And Christ saith to his Followers in his new Covenant and new Testament , and new and living Way , That except their Righteousness do exceed the Righteousness of the Scribes and Pharisees , they should in no wise enter into the Kingdom of Heaven . And therefore the Christians in the new Covenant their inward and outward Holiness , and Righteousness , and Godliness , and Virtue , and Temperance , and Patience and Love must exceed all the outward Righteousness and Holiness in the old Testament and Covenant of the Jews , and Priests , and Scribes and Pharisees , else they cannot enter into the Kingdom of God .

And so it is clear , that the new Covenant and new Testament , and the new and living Way , and the Kingdom of Christ , and his Righteousness exceeds the Jews in the old Covenant and Testament , and their old Way , which Kingdom is an Everlasting established Kingdom , and no Unclean Thing can come into it ; and it stands in Power and Joy in the holy Ghost : And all the Believers in the Light , which is the Life in Christ , are born again , and enter into his Kingdom , and are Heirs of it ; so Heirs of an Everlasting Inheritance .

And Aaron , he and his Company in the old Covenant and Testament were to look to the Candlesticks , & to look to the seven Lamps , a perfect Number , as you may see in Numb . 8. & Lev . 24. & Exod . 40. & Exod . 24. And this they were to do throughout their Generations . And so Aaron was to order the Lamps Evening and Morning , which were to burn continually without the Vail of the Testimony in the Tabernacle of the Congregation , Lev . 24. And these outward things served till the Seed Christ came in his new Testament and in his new Covenant , who abolished all those outward Candlesticks , Lamps and Lights in the outward Jews Generation , and the Priesthood also . And in the Generation of Christ in his new Covenant , his Believers , that are gathered in his Name , which are passed from Death to Life , which are his Church ; doth not he call them Candlesticks ? For in the Revelations he calls the seven Churches , or seven Congregations , which are a perfect number , Seven Golden Candlesticks . And Christ , the high Priest doth enlighten the Candle , which is the Spirit of man , in the Candlestick . And these Congregations of People are them that he sanctifieth in Body , Soul and Spirit : And Christ walks in the midst of these seven Golden Candlesticks , in his heavenly fine Linnen , and he avenly golden Girdle ; and his Hair as white as Wool and Snow , and his Eyes like a flame of Fire , and his Feet like fine brass , as if they were burning in a Furnace ; and out of his Mouth went a sharp two-edged Sword ; and his Countenance was as the Sun shining in his Strength . So here Christ in his new Testament and new Covenant of Light , Life and Grace is not according to the old , but doth exceed in Glory , Rev. 1.

And the Jews in the old Covenant , the Priests , before they did offer to God the outward Sacrifice , they were to be Sanctified ; which outward Sacrifice was to be Holy : But the Jews in Spirit in the new Covenant , which is not according to the old , they are sanctified by Christ , and made clean by his Blood and heavenly Water ; and he is their Sanctification : And then all the sanctified Believers are a Royal Priesthood , and they offer up spiritual Sacrifices , and the spiritual Sarcifices are Holy . So the Sanctifier and Offering in the new Covenant , and that which doth Sanctifie is not according to the old : And therefore Christ abolisheth the old Covenant , and all its way of Sanctifying with the Blood of Creatures , which was their Life ; for Christ Sanctifies in his new Covenant with his own Blood , his Life , and makes all Clean ; and destroys him that made Man and Woman Unclean ; and renews Man and Woman up into the Image of God , which they were in before they Fell ; and makes them as clean again as God made them , and brings them up into himself , who is First and Last , that never sell : So that they are built upon him , the Living Rock and Foundation , and grafted into him , and He , the Root bares them : And here they with their spiritual heavenly Trumpets sound forth to the Praise and Glory of God , and bring forth Fruits to his Praise .

And the Apostle in the new Covenant said , That God had made them able Ministers of the New Testament , not of the Letter ; for the Letter of the Old Testament killed , but the Spirit of the New Testament giveth Life . And farther , he saith , If the Ministration of Death , Written and Engraven in Stones , was glorious in its Time , so as the Children of Israel could not stedfastly behold the Face of Moses , for the Glory of his Countenance ; which Glory , saith the Apostle , was to be done away : Which is done away by Christ in the new Covenant & Testament : And therefore the Ministration of the Spirit in the new Covenant and Testament , and new and living Way is more glorious : For if the Ministration of Condemnation be Glorious , which was the Ministration of the old Testament and Covenant ; then how much more doth the Ministration of Righteousness in the new Covenant exceed it in Glory ? For if that which made Glorious in the old Testament had no Glory in this respect , by reason of the Glory of that which excells it in the new Covenant ; for if that which was done away was Glorious , much more that which remains is Glorious . For Moses put a Vail over his Face , that the Children of Israel could not stedfastly look to the end of that which is abolished , to wit , the old Covenant and the Vail , which the Apostle witnessed were abolished then in his Day ; but their Minds were blinded so as they did not see it : For until this day remains the same Vail untaken away in the reading of the old Testament , which Vail is done away in Christ . But even till this day , when Moses is read , the Vail is over their Hearts , saith the Apostle , to wit , the Jews , and other Jewish-minded People ; for while Moses is read , and in reading the old Testament , it keeps the Vail upon them ; then what do they , that not only read it , but practice many things in the old Testament ; and yet will be called Christians of the new Covenant ? But doth not the Apostle tell you , The Vail is over their hearts when Moses is read ? And the old Testament and Vail is done away by Christ in his new Testament and new Covenant of Light , Life and Grace . And they that do not believe it , the Vail is over them , and their Glory is no Glory ; and they are under the Ministration of Death & Condemnation , & not under the Ministration of the new Testament of Life ; for the Vail remains untaken away in reading of the old Testament ; And even to this day , whilst Moses is read , the Vail is over their hearts , as the Apostle saith .

And now , you called Christians , is not Swearing truly by the Lord , and performing the Oath unto the Lord , for the ending the Strife amongst men , is not this in the Ministration of Moses ? is not this your Practice ? And did not Moses command it by the Law in the old Covenant ? And are not outward Temples and Pulpits Moses and the old Testament ? And are not Tythes and Offerings , and his Fruits Moses his Vail & the old Testament ? And is not the observing of Dayes and Moneths , and the Passover , which you call the Time of Easter , and your Penticost or Whitsontide , as you call it , Moses and the old Testament ? And is not calling of your Dayes Munday , Tuesday , Wednesday , Thursday , Friday , Saturday , Sunday , &c. and your calling the Moneths by the Names of May , June , July , August , &c. which is neither from Moses nor Christ , but from the Heathen , which your Practice herein is not according to the old Covenant nor the new ? And are not the Sabbath , and the Priest Surplice and white Sleeves , and the change of Garme it s to differ them from other People , Moses and the old Testament , and not the new Testament and Covenant ? And is not outward Altars , & Candlesticks , and Sanctuaries , and outward Candles burning in your Temples , Moses & the old Testament ? And whilest ye read and do all these things , doth not the Apostle tell you , The Vail is over your Hearts ? For doth not the Apostle tell you , That Christ hath abolished Moses his old Testament , and hath taken off his Vail , and made his Glory no Glory , because the Glory of the new Covenant and Testament hath dimmed it , and done away the Glory of the old ?

And therefore , are not you under the Vail , with your Tenths , and Tythes , and Offerings , and Candle ; and Candlesticks in your Temples and Altars , and outward Places of Worship , with your Priests distinguishing Garments , and your Feasts , and Observing of Dayes and Times , and Swearing to end Strife and Controversie amongst you ? Is not this Moses and the old Testament , and reading the old Testament , and not the new Testament and new Covenant , which saith , Swear not at all , but let your Communication be Yea , Yea , Nay , Nay ? And Christ's Righteousness is all the Believers fine Linnen , which are the Children of the new Covenant , and of the Light , and their Altar is Spiritual ; and Christ hath enlightened their Candle , their Spirits , with the Light , which is the Life in him ; which burns in their Temple Night and Day . And so Christ in his glorious new Testament and new Covenant he hath done away and abolished the first Priesthood , with his Garments , and Offerings , and his outward Lights , and Altars , and Feasts , and Dayes , and carnal Sanctuary , & Oathes and Tythes : And they are blind , as the Jews , that see him not come in his new Covenant to abolish all those things of the old ; who saith in his new Covenant to his Disciples and Followers , Freely ye have received , freely give .

And so it is clear , that the new Covenant and Testament , and new and living Way is not according to the old ; and as People do turn to the Lord by his Light , Grace , and Truth , and Spirit and Gospel to Christ in his new Testament and Covenant of Light , Life and Grace , the Vail will be done away off the old Covenant , and Moses from off their Hearts , that they may come to read in the new Covenant and Testament : And such as are in the new Covenant and Testament they are manifestly declared to be the Epistles of Christ , written not with Ink , but with the Spirit of the living God ; not in tables of Stone , as it was in the old Testament & Covenant , but in the fleshly Tables of their Hearts : Now that Lord is that Spirit , and where the Spirit of the Lord is , there is Liberty . But we all , saith the Apostle , with open face ( to wit , in the new Covenant & Testament ) beholding as in a Glass the Glory of the Lord , a glorious beholding ! and are changed into the same Image , from Glory to Glory , even by the Spirit of the Lord : A blessed glorious change into a glorious Image .

And this is the glorious Happiness and Comfort , that all the Children of the Lord in the new Covenant and Testament , and new and living Way did and do enjoy , which doth exceed the old Covenant and Testament , and old Way in its Glory , which is done away and abolished by Christ Jesus . So he hath taken away the First and established the Second , who walks in the midst of his heavenly Golden Candlesticks , and is the head of his holy sanctified Church , and is alive and lives for evermore , who is worthy to have glory and honour , the Lamb that hath been slain from the foundation of the World , who is racing down all the World's Foundations , and he himself is the only holy spiritual , safe , sure Rock and Foundation for his believers , which are living Stones to build upon , who was , and is , and will be to all eternity the First and Last ; Glory to the Lord forever ; Hallalujah , Praises to the Lord forever , and for evermore .

G. F.