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  MARCH 16. 1678. THE MAN OF THE EARTH.
  by Jane Lead
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of focusing on our
spiritual purpose, employing our power to overcome evil, and bowing to
God's authority.

Topics: "Spiritual Warfare", "Heavenly Calling"
Scripture References: Proverbs 16:32, Galatians 5:16, Colossians 3:2, James 4:7, 1 Peter 4:10

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Jane Lead preaches about the importance of focusing on our heavenly
calling and being good stewards of the gifts and resources entrusted to
us by God. She emphasizes the need to resist the temptations and
distractions of the world and to exercise our spiritual authority to
overcome the schemes of the enemy in our inner lives. Jane Lead also
shares a vision of a man representing earthly desires bowing before
those who have mastery over them, indicating the power we have to subdue
and control our fleshly desires through the guidance of the Holy Spirit.

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This Morning I had several Advertisements from the Holy Watcher over me.
As first this, Be all intent upon your Heavenly Vocation. Give to God,
what encrease cometh of his own State-Life entrusted with you. As this
World appropriateth to it self, vain Perishing and evil things, so know,
your God does expect improvement, and the return of his Principal again.
Then great Caution I further had to keep all Rule and Authority over
that invisible World within. For it was given me to know, that there was
a Head-Power great and mighty in the Soul-Region, to repel and keep
down, what the Dragon and Beast would do to make Mutiny and Riot,
according to the unregenerated State.

And therefore we are to employ our Power, which we have from the
Superiour Light (which doth see all of Sin-defect) to suppress and root
out, that God's Peace may only be left for a Garrison to keep all
Treachery of Spirits out.

Then after this, I had a Representation of a Man, that came very near
me, in a plain Husband's Garb, and looked very earnestly on me, and
Bowed several times to me, but spake no Word. After which disappearing,
I enquired into it, and it was spoken unto me in a Powerful Voice, Thus
shall the Man of the Earth bow unto thee, as thou dost keep him under.
More of which shall be opened, as thy inward Spirit shall dive, where
the Treasures hath lain in hidden Darkness.

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/jane-lead/march-16-1678-the-man-of-the-earth/
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