The spirit of God in man,: making manifest the hidden things of darkness to man. Being divine teachings, whereby the Lord alone is exalted, and the pride of fleshly glory discovered, / by the shining light of Christ in and through Richard Russel.

Epist: V. Concerning a further discovery of Antichrist in man, and of the Spirit of God in man, discovering that Antichrist what he is, and where he rules.

ANd every spirit that confesseth not, that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh, is not of God; and this is that spirit of Antichrist, whereof you have heard that it should come, and even now already is in the world, 1 Ioh. 4.3.

Who hath known the minde of God? the spiritual man, that cannot but confess, that Christ is come in the Flesh, by his u∣nion that he hath with him in the spirit, and is enlightened by the Resurrection from the dead, whereby his works declare him that they are of the Father, not onely in word, but in power and demonstration of the Spirit, whereby they abound in all goodness; for so are the fruits of the Spirit, as love, joy, peace, long-suffering, gentleness, goodness, faith, meekness, temperance, against such there is no Law, Gal. 5.23.

Now who are they that confesseth not that Christ is come in the Flesh? even they in whom the Spirit of Antichrft rules and is predominate in them, whereby they bring forth the fruits of wickednesse by their own Beastial reason; now who is an Antichrist? even he that denieth the Father and the Son, 1. John. 2, 22. and all that obey not the command of Christ, which doth bring us unto God; then Antichrist must be the unbeleeving Spirit, that cannot con∣fesse Christ by the fruits of the Spirit of God, and by his mercies held forth in le∣sus Christ unto him in his creaturely estate: this know, whilest thou art in this dark, ignorant, polluted, defild, estate, thou hast an Antichrist Devil, false Prophet within thee, as it doth appear by Peter, when Christ said unto him, Got the dehinde mee Satan, for thou savorest not the things of God, but of man; then look no more for Anti-Christ abroad or at Rome, but at home, and do not thrust it off from one unto another, and one country unto another Nation, when indeed it is Antichrist his trade to keep our eyes without, lest we should see his deceit within; Antichrist is also the whore that holds forth ber Golden Cup ful of abomination and filthinesse of her

fornication, Rev. 17.4, which deceives the nations and wipes her mouth, and said I have done no wrong, when shee hath acted what shee can; therefore tremble, tremble, tremble, for the day of the Lord wil renounce the hidden things of disho∣nesty, and the secrets of your hearts shal be laid open, and you shal be as stubble for the Fire in that day, then shal he shake every strong hold, and your fortified places, and your high towers; yea, he wil shake both heaven and earth, both inwardly and outwardly, so that there wil be no safety no where but in the Lord, for he shal bee the hiding place, until the indignation of the Lord be overpast, that those things which cannot be shaken (being himself) may remain, when he shal turn upside down, and overturn all things that are not according to truth, and strength, and know∣ledg, wisdom and power of Christ Jesus; therefore weight diligently upon the Lord, that hou maist be found in him, not having thine own righteousnes, but the righteous∣nes of Christ, even the Lord our righteous∣nes; therfore behold there is a wild Figtree, that was a show of a goodly good tree afar off to dark eys, but to com close to the Fig∣tree, & you my brethren after the flesh, wch vaunt your selvs in human learning & brain∣wit,

then like the Fgtree are ye, and are ful of beautious leaves (without) of expressions, but to come to the fruit, ye are carnal, and devillish in action; by the fruit ye shal know them, if you are able to distinguish of fruits, by the Spirit of God, which shal try the spirits and the works of man of what sort they are: Now there is but light and darkness in which man worketh in, either light or darkness, and this is the definition, God is light, and that light is love; now Man in that love is in light, and that onely light is Christ; now as God is light, the Devil is but darkness to that light, now in darkness is hatred, malice, envy, covetous∣ness, and the root of all bitterness, which is the Devil; therefore you that would be holy, depart from these evils, for it is the highway of the righteous to depart from iniquity.