The journal of George Fox, vol. 1 of 2 : $b Being an historical account of his life, travels, sufferings, and Christian experiences.Fox, George
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The journal of George Fox, vol. 1 of 2 : $b Being an historical account of his life, travels, sufferings, and Christian experiences.
Fox, George
Fox, George, 1624-1691
G. F.
As the foregoing was directed to all the inhabitants of ULVERSTONE in
general, so it was upon me to write also to those more particularly,
that most constantly followed W. Lampitt, the priest. To these I wrote
thus:—
“The word of the Lord God to all the people that follow priest
Lampitt, who is a blind guide. Ye are such as are turned from the
light of Christ within, which he hath enlightened you withal; ye are
such as follow that which Christ cried woe against, that go not in
Christ’s way, but in the Pharisees’ way, as ye may read, Matt. xxiii.,
which our Lord Jesus Christ cried woe against. He is the same
yesterday, to-day, and for ever; but him ye own not, while ye follow
such as he cried woe against; though under a colour ye make a
profession, and Lampitt, your priest, makes a trade of Christ’s and
the saints’ words, as his fathers, the Pharisees, made a profession of
the prophets’ and of Moses’s words. Woe was unto them who had not the
life, so woe is unto you who have not the life that gave forth the
Scriptures, as your fruits have made manifest. For when the Lord hath
moved some to come amongst you to preach the truth freely, you have
knocked them down, beat, and punched, and haled them out of your
assemblies. Such a people serve thee, O Lampitt, to make a prey upon,
and these are thy fruits. O! let shame, shame, strike thee and you all
in the faces, who make a profession of Christ’s words, and yet are
stoners, and strikers, and mockers, and scoffers. Let all see, if this
be not a cage of unclean birds, spoken of in the Scriptures, by those
who had the life of the Scriptures. Such a company of people thou
deceivest, and feedest them with thy fancies; thou makest a trade of
the Scriptures, and takest them for thy cloak. But thou art manifest
to all the children of light; for that cloak will not cover thee; thy
skirts are seen, and thy nakedness appears. The Lord made one to go
naked among you, a figure of thy nakedness, and of your nakedness, and
as a sign amongst you, before your destruction cometh; that you might
see that you were naked, and not covered with the truth. To the light
in all your consciences I speak, which Christ Jesus doth enlighten you
withal. It will show you the time you have spent, and all the evil
deeds you have done in that time; who follow such a teacher, that acts
contrary to this light, and leads you into the ditch. When you are in
the ditch together, both teacher and people, remember ye were warned
in your lifetime. If ever your eyes come to see repentance, and you
obey the light of Jesus Christ in you, you will witness me to have
been a friend of your souls, and that I have sought your eternal good,
and written this in dear love to you. Then will you own your
condemnation; which you must all own, before you can come into that
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