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
blessed life, of which there is no end. But ye, who hate the light,
because your deeds are evil, this light is your condemnation. O! that
ye would love this light, and hearken to it! It would teach you, both
in your daily occupations, and as you lie upon your beds, and would
never let you speak a vain word. In loving it, you love Christ; in
hating it, you bring condemnation thereof upon yourselves. To you this
is the word of God, from under which you can never pass, nor ever
escape the terror of the Lord, in the state you are in, who hate the
light.”
G. F.
Amongst the chief hearers and followers of this priest Lampitt of
ULVERSTONE, was one Adam Sands, who was a very wicked, false man, and
would have destroyed truth and its followers if he could. To him I was
moved to write thus:—
“ADAM SANDS,
“To the light in thy conscience I appeal, thou child of the Devil,
thou enemy of righteousness; the Lord will strike thee down, though
now for a while in thy wickedness thou mayest reign. The plagues of
God are due to thee, who hardenest thyself in thy wickedness against
the pure truth of God. With the pure truth of God, which thou hast
resisted and persecuted, thou art to be thrashed down, which is
eternal, and doth comprehend thee; and with the light, which thou
despisest, thou art seen; and it is thy condemnation. Thou as one
brutish, and thy wife as an hypocrite, and you both as murderers of
the just, in that which is eternal, are seen and comprehended; and
your hearts searched, and tried, and condemned by the light. The light
in thy conscience will witness the truth of what I write to thee; and
will let thee see that thou art not born of God, but art from the
truth, in the beastly nature. If ever thy eye see repentance, thou
wilt witness me a friend of thy soul, and a seeker of thy eternal
good.”
G. F.
This Adam Sands afterwards died miserably.
I was moved also to write to priest Tatham.
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