The journal of George Fox, vol. 2 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. 2 of 2 : $b Being an historical account of his life, travels, sufferings, and Christian experiences.
Fox, George
Fox, George, 1624-1691
“If any should go from the spirit of prophecy, that did open to
them, and from the power, they may speak their experiences, which
the power opened to them formerly. So might Adam and Eve speak of
what they saw and enjoyed in Paradise; so might Cain and Balaam of
what they saw; and also the Jews, Korah and Dathan, who praised
God on the banks, saw the victory over Pharaoh, ate of the manna,
drank of the rock, came to Mount Sinai, and saw the glory of the
Lord. So also might the false apostles speak of their experiences,
and all those false Christians, that turned from the apostles and
Christ. And so may those do now, that err from the Spirit, that
are come out of Egypt (in spirit) and Sodom, and have known the
raging of the Sodomites, as Lot did the outward; and the pursuit
of the spiritual Egyptians, as the outward Jew did of the outward
Egyptians; yet if they do not walk in the Spirit of God, in the
light, and in the grace, which keeps their hearts established, and
their words seasoned, and also their faith in the power of God, in
which the kingdom stands; they may go forth like the false
Christians, like the Jews, like Adam and Eve, Cain, Korah, and
Balaam, and be wandering stars, trees without fruit, wells without
water, and clouds without rain; and so come to be unsavoury and
trodden down; as Adam who lost Paradise, and the Jews who lost the
Holy Land, not walking in the law, and keeping the command of God;
and as the Christians who lost the city, the hill, the salt, and
the light since the apostle’s days, and came to be unsavoury, and
to be trodden under foot of men.
“Therefore, let every one’s faith stand in the Lord’s power, which
is over all; through which they may be built upon the Rock, the
Foundation of God, the Seed Christ Jesus. So all in Christ may be
always fresh and green; for he is the green tree that never
withers. All are fresh and green that are grafted into and abide
in him, bringing forth heavenly fresh fruits to the praise of God.
And though Adam and Eve fell from Paradise, the Jews fell from the
law of God, and many of the Christians fell from their prophecies,
and erred from the faith, the Spirit, and the grace; and the stars
have fallen, as was spoken in the Revelations: yet the Spirit,
grace, faith, and power of God remain.
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