March 15. 1678. the Ransom Out of the Sanctuary.
The sermon emphasizes the importance of seeking the ransom provided in the Sanctuary-Treasury to be free from worldly needs and servitude.
Jane Lead preaches about the importance of a holy separated walking with God, despite the interruptions and distractions of worldly needs. She emphasizes the need to spread the hands of faith to reach the sanctuary treasury for redemption from servitude and to live upon God's table in sufficiency. Lead encourages seeking out the eternal inheritance that belongs to believers, allowing them to be delivered from cares and necessities that burden the common world. She highlights the spiritual weapons available in the sanctuary to defend against worldly spirits and invites believers to tabernacle with God's battle-ax forever.
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Being this Morning cast into a deep Consideration upon the Account of a Holy separated walking with God, having had such drivings hereunto by the Spirit. It was the matter of my Objection, why this way so interrupted was, by some one thing or other, still interfearing from the Corporeal Needs, hereinto Plunging, much contrary to the Soul's Supernatural Genius, which would be still imployed in the Altar-Service, and not in Servitude to Tables, for a mortal Morsel-sake. This was much upon my Heart to present to the Lord in complaint, that thus it should hang as a matter of Necessity upon such, who would be free Nazarites.
Upon this it was given me, by way of advice, from the spring of Wisdom, that there would be no such way to be redeemed out from all of these Thrals, as to spread the Hands of Faith, thereby to reach to that propriety, which is provided in the Sanctuary-Treasury, as the Ransom from all the Servitude, from which the Waiters upon the Holy things are brought out, to live upon God's Table. Where we shall have all sufficiency free, and be no more subjected to the will of Creatures.
O this is that rich income, that we now are called upon to search out, as what of Eternal right does belong to us, There is a Multiplying-Stone, that is burning in the Altar-Furnace, that will us bless in the Heights above, and Depths beneath, whereby we may be delivered from Cares and Necessities. Which are incident to the World's commoners, from which the Spirit would divide our Portion, and have us only abide in Jacob's goodly Tents, where nothing of scarcity shall us perplex in the Worldly Spirit.
Which as an Army do often break in to scatter us from our Altar-hold. But what better Weapon can we have, than the Flaming Ax of the Spirit, which is always ready in the Sanctuary for our aid, to Slay and Cut off, what shall adventure here to invade. Therefore it is good for us to Tabernacle here with God's Battle-Ax for ever, saith Wisdom our Mother dear.
Sermon Outline
- The Problem of Interruptions
- The Solution: Reaching for the Ransom
- The Multiplying-Stone of Blessing
- The Flaming Ax of the Spirit
- A weapon for spiritual battle
- Slaying and cutting off worldly invaders
- Freedom from servitude and worldly needs
Key Quotes
“O this is that rich income, that we now are called upon to search out, as what of Eternal right does belong to us” — Jane Lead
“There is a Multiplying-Stone, that is burning in the Altar-Furnace, that will us bless in the Heights above, and Depths beneath” — Jane Lead
“Therefore it is good for us to Tabernacle here with God's Battle-Ax for ever, saith Wisdom our Mother dear” — Jane Lead
Application Points
- We must seek the ransom provided in the Sanctuary-Treasury to be free from worldly needs and servitude.
- The Multiplying-Stone of Blessing is a source of eternal right and sufficiency that delivers us from worldly cares and necessities.
- We must tabernacle with God's Battle-Ax to engage in spiritual battle and slay worldly invaders.