Sect. II
An Answer to the First Position (deducible from an Objection raised toward the conclusion of the first Section) to wit, That the Lord hath ordained G.F. to be in that place amongst the Children of Light in this our Day, as Moses was among the Children of Israel in his Day.
The Lord under the First Covenant promised, To raise up a Prophet like unto Moses, whom the People were to hear in all things, Duet. 18.15. This Prophet spoken of, was Christ Jesus, who in the fullness of Time appeared upon the Earth, and then ‘twas the Duty of the Sons and Daughters of Men to hearken unto his Voice; since he ascended on high, the Father, according to the Testimony of his Son Christ, hath sent us the Comforter, the Spirit of Turth, who is to lead and guide us into all Truth; this Spirit we witness to be in us, according to the Testimony of Scriptures, It shall be in you.
Our Testimony now is, that it’s not agreeable to the Second Covenant, to expect that any one should be ordained of God to be amongst the Children of Light, like unto Moses {First Part 11} save Christ Jesus our Lord and Master, who by his Spiritual Appearance in us, is become our Leader, and Lawgiver; and therefore we have no Ground to believe, that any one Mortal Man, ought to assume that place amongst the Children of Light at this Day, as Moses, by the Appointment of God, did amongst the Children of Israel in his Day; especially if we do but consider, that the Promise of the Lord through his Prophet Jeremiah, Jer.31.33,34. (with relation to that Time and dispensation of the New Covenant, under which we are) was on this wise, I will put my law in their Inward Parts, and write it in their Hearts, and they shall teach no more every man his Neighbor, and every man his Brother, saying, Know The Lord; for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto the greatest of them, saith the Lord.
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