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
“Therefore, all ye magistrates, priests, and people, search in
yourselves to find out the cause, and what evil you have
committed, that has brought the wrath, vengeance, and judgment of
God upon you and your city, in burning it. All return, and come to
the light of Christ in your hearts, and to God’s Spirit, and to
the grace and truth in your hearts, that comes by Jesus Christ;
that with it ye may search your hearts. Do not grieve, nor vex,
nor quench God’s good Spirit in your hearts, and walk not
despitefully against the Spirit of grace, nor turn from it into
wantonness; and yet make a profession of God and Christ in words,
when your hearts are afar off, living in pleasures and wantonly
upon the earth, sporting yourselves, killing the just, crucifying
to yourselves Christ afresh, and putting him to open shame; and so
dishonouring God, and Christ, and Christianity, and making a
profession and a trade of the Scriptures, keeping people always
learning, that they may be always paying.
“Cease from man, whose breath is in his nostrils, and look unto
the Lord, all ye ends of the earth, and be saved; for the Lord God
of heaven and earth is come, to teach his people himself by his
light, Spirit, grace, and truth, and to bring them off from all
the world’s teachers. God hath raised up Christ Jesus, his
Prophet, whom people should hear; and saith, ‘This is my beloved
Son, hear ye him’; and Christ saith, ‘Learn of me, I am the way,
the truth, and the life; and no man comes to the Father, but by
me.’ There is no salvation by any other name under the whole
heaven than by the name of Jesus, who saith, ‘I am the Good
Shepherd, and have laid down my life for my sheep; and my sheep
hear my voice and follow me, and will not follow the hireling’;
for Christ feeds them in the pastures of life that will never
wither. God hath anointed Christ Jesus to preach, if you will hear
him; and God hath given Christ for a Counsellor and a Leader, if
you will be led and counselled by him; and God hath given Christ
for a Bishop to oversee you, and a King to rule you, if you will
be overseen and ruled by him. You that will not have Christ, who
never sinned, nor was guile found in his mouth, to rule over you,
you may read his sentence in the New Testament upon such. Is not
Christ a sufficient teacher, whose blood was shed for you, and who
tasted death for every man?
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