# Another Letter Of Tijs Jeuriaenss, Written In Prison To The Friends In Edam, A. D. 1569. · Page 2 of 5

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See, my affectionately beloved, sanctified brethren
and sisters, who are partakers of the kind and
nature of our common, most holy, Christian faith,
I say, of the kind and nature of God, through the
regeneration of God, the heavenly Father, by his
incorruptible seed and word, through the resurrection
of Jesus Christ, in heavenly places, in the
illumination and brightness of the heavenly glory,
in newness of spirit, in the mind of Jesus Christ,
by the sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ unto
obedience in the sanctification of the spirit. 2 Peter
1:4; 1 Pet. 1:2. Hence we have all been made
to drink into one spirit, and are baptized into one
body, and sealed by one Spirit unto the day of our
redemption. 2 Cor. 12:13; Eph. 4:30. Where this
thus exists, there is certainly the nature of the Christian
faith and the nature of God, without which faith
and regeneration cannot be, exist, or be named; but
where this is found and thus exists in full power of
the spirit, as said, there are without doubt the blessing
of God, the dew of the Holy Ghost and of the
heavenly benediction, and the rain of righteousness,
in all manner of fruitfulness, growth and incense in
the knowledge of God and the mind of Jesus Christ.
Ah, there is Abraham’s holy seed of peace, the children
of the promise, not of the flesh, nor of the law,
but of the Spirit, in Isaac sanctified, justified, and
blessed with all spiritual blessings in new and heavenly
places in Jesus Christ. Rom. 9:8; Eph. 1:3.
And therefore they have, and there pertain to them
the adoption, the law, the service of God, the glory,
the testaments, and the promises that were made to
the fathers, which belonged to Israel according to
their birthright, that is, according to the flesh, but
792
who on account of their unbelief were rejected, and
failed in them. Rom. 9:4. But the spiritual Israel
of God, namely, the seed of Abraham, the children
of the promise, have obtained it by their faith, and
have attained to, and been called and elected thereunto
through grace; they have contrary to nature
been grafted into the good olive tree, and have
through grace become partakers of the root and
sap. Rom. 9:8; 11:20–24. And this is now the
great mystery of God, and the unsearchable grace
of Jesus Christ, the mystery of the Holy Ghost,
above the wisdom of the Jews, and the understanding
of the Greeks, as Paul says, and signifies to us.
Eph. 3:3–5.

Yes, my chosen friends, and sanctified of God,
what a great benefit, love and mercy of God our
Lord and Savior Jesus Christ is this, namely, that
we who were not a people, are now the people of
God; we who had no hope in the covenants of
promise are now by faith in Jesus Christ ingrafted
and partakers and fellow-heirs of his promises.
1 Pet. 2:10; Eph. 2:12. Behold, thus acts and
works the only wise and eternal God, who in, with
and by his wisdom measured and fathomed all
things, and in the twinkling of an eye looked over
and knew them from eternity to eternity; I say,
who through the eyes of his wisdom, in the twinkling
of an eye, looked over and knew all things in
eternity from everlasting to everlasting. O how unsearchable
are his judgments, and his ways past
finding out! For who hath known the mind of the
Lord? or who hath been his counselor? [or who
hath first given to him, and it shall be recompensed
unto him again?] For of him, and through him,
and to him, are all things: to whom be glory forever.
Amen. Rom. 11:33–36.

This holy, unsearchable and only wise God
wrought all things according to his wisdom, purpose,
and predetermined counsel, first in figures,
promises, types and shadows, unto the bringing in
of a better hope, by the which we draw nigh unto
God. Heb. 7:19. For the figures, shadows and
heavenly types point us to the true substance and
perfect truth itself in Christ Jesus, which especially
the Epistle to the Hebrews tells us, which also so
gloriously speaks of the advent or bringing in of
Jesus Christ, and of his departure and perfection,
as may most satisfactorily be seen in great power
and glory, which is very pleasant and delightful to
read, consider and lay to heart. Heb. 1:6; 5:9.
Happy he who therein has his joy and delight, who
considers it in the depth of his heart, and sincerely
treasures it up.

For since God in his wisdom and foresight has
wrought and ordered all things to man’s profit and
salvation, and in order to signify and show something
else, mark well, the priests in the law were
made priests without an oath, and this because of
weakness and imperfection, and because death did
not suffer them to continue, that is, the law made
nothing perfect, nor could it; with all its services
and sacrifices, bring or give us perfection, salvation,
or righteousness; for they could not make or become
perfect in conscience, who worshiped; for if
there had been a law given which could make perfect,
righteousness would be by the law, and thus
no better means would have been sought or used;
and therefore the law has an end because of imperfection,
and terminates in Christ. Heb. 7; Romans
10:4. For the word of the oath which was since
the law, makes the Son our high priest perfected
for evermore. Heb. 7:28. And he ever liveth to
make intercession for our sins. v. 25. For he has
neither beginning of days, nor end of life. v. 3. He
dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over
him; for in that he died, he died unto sin once
(Rom. 6:9), that is, he became a propitiation and
sacrifice for sins, which is perfect, constant and perpetual.
1 John 2:2. For as the priests had to have
compassion on them that sinned and erred through
ignorance, because they themselves were also compassed
with infirmity; therefore our high priest became
a poor, passive and mortal man, that he might
have compassion on our sins and infirmity, because
he became himself like unto us in all things, and
was tempted like as we are, yet without sin, as may
be seen everywhere in the New Testament. Hebrews
5:2; 4:15.



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