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
“Dwell in the love of God, which passeth knowledge, and edifieth
the living members of the body of Christ; which love of God you
come to be built up in, and in the holy faith. This love of God
will bring you to bear all things, endure all things, and hope all
things. From this love of God which you have in Christ Jesus,
nothing will be able to separate you; neither powers nor
principalities, heights nor depths, things present nor things to
come, prisons nor spoiling of goods, neither death nor life. The
love of God keeps above all that which would separate from God,
and makes you more than conquerors in Christ Jesus. Therefore in
this love of God dwell, that with the same love you may love one
another, and all the workmanship of God—that you may glorify God
with your bodies, souls, and spirits, which are the Lord’s. Amen.”
G. F.
“All Friends sit low in life, the Lord’s power. Keep your place in
it, till the Lord and Master of the feast bid you ‘sit higher;’
lest you take the highest place, and be put down with shame. He
that hath an ear, let him hear.”
G. F.
“Friends, take heed of speaking the things of God in the words
that men’s wisdom hath taught; for those words will lift up the
foolish, that have erred from the Spirit of God; which words and
wisdom are for condemnation, and that which is lifted up by them,
and they that thereby speak the things of God in them. So that old
house, with its goods, must be thrown under the foot of the new
birth.
“And, Friends, I desire that you may all keep the holy order,
which is in the gospel, the glorious order in the power of God,
which the devil is out of; which was before all his orders were,
and before the world made any.
“This joyful order keeps all hearts pure to God, in everlasting
peace, unity, and order; feel it, and keep the order of it, both
men and women, and come to be heirs of the gospel, which brings
life and immortality to light; and to see over that power of
darkness, by Him who was before the power of death was. In this is
the holy order of love and peace. So keep in this, that keeps you
always pure; what men and women act in this, they act in that
which will stand when the world is gone.
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