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A84817	A testimony of the true Light of the world· Which is given to every man that comes into the world, and of the true measure of the gift of God, given to every one to profit withal. And a true witness, and faithful: ... / Given forth for the good of all people, in pity to all souls, by him who is not known to the world, but a stranger in it, Geo. Fox.	Fox, George, 1624-1691.; Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	1657 (1657)	Wing F1929; Thomason E902_1; ESTC R204824	33,765	50

is light and John saith Light shines in darkness and darkness doth not comprehend it and the Apostle saith God hath commanded light to shine out of darkness so the light comprehendeth darkness and gives the light of the knowledge of God and the people of God that sate in darkness saw a light and to them that sate in the shaddow of death light is sprung up Here was the unconverted estate and the converted estate when they sate in darkness and the shaddow of death there 's the unconverted but them that was converted light was sprung up but darkness could not comprehend it Matth. 4. but who is come to witness the day Zachary speaks of that the light would not be clear nor dark but at the evening it shall be light This was the day when the living water was to go out from Jerusalem Zach. 14. who sees that which Habakuk saw Hab. 3. the glory of the Lord covered the earth whose glory was his praise whose brightness was as the light and the judgements of the Lord God and his Son are as the light that goeth forth for who acts contrary to the light God who is light his judgements are according to the light and are one with the l●ght and answers the light in every one Hosea 5. Lam. 3. he saw when he was broug●t out of the darkness into the light so there 's a time in darkness and a time out of darkness but he saw each condition who come under that which was transgress●d such as provokes the Lord to anger to such the Lord said he would take away their light of the candle such as transgress the ways of the Lord Ier. 25. but such as hears the word of the Lord they come to witness the state where they shall not need the light of the Sun nor the light of the Moon nor the light of a candle but who transgress the word of the Lord shall want the light of a candle so to the Law and the Testimony if they speak not according to this word it is because there is no light in them Mark how should they when they have transgressed it and loves darkness more then light and are gone from it so gone from the testimony which is the Spirit of Prophesie which is the testimony of Jesus and speaks not according to the word which is light in them so who are gone from the word are gone from the light and where the word is transgressed the light condems them for the light comes from the word Christ whose name is called the word of God which enlightneth every man that cometh into the world and the law is light and here 's the state of darkness where there 's no light in them which comprehended not the light which be in the transgression and there 's the place for the familiar spirit to enter Now if ye say the Letter be the Testimony and the Letter be the Law Isa 7. the Pharisees they had the Letter which stood against Christ the ligh● and they had ●he Law if that be the Law and if that be the word and they stood against Christ the light which had the words of the Law for mark them that have transgressed the light which is the Law they are from the testimony and they are from the light and then there 's no light in them and such was the Pharisees which professed the Scriptures and doth not believe in the light when it was come yet light shines in darkness but darkness doth not comprehend it and there 's that which is dead in sins and trespasses which before conversion must be quickned so the people that have walked in darkness have seen a great light and they that have dwelt in a land of the shaddow of death hath light shined I say and they who transgressed who were from the Law and the Testimony called darkness light and and put light for darkness this was the darkness which could not comprehend it in the Transgression now with the light these were comprehended The Prophet comprehended these who was not in the light and spake not according to the Word th●y spake not according to Christ which the Prophet said that God would give him for a covenant of light to the Gen●iles and to op●n the blind eyes and to bring out the prisoner from the prison and them that sate in darkness from the P●ison-house Ma●k what is the Prisoner must come out here that must come into covenant with God doth not the light come to shine out of darkness here where the Prisoner comes out and is he not in darkness till that I have long held my peace and have been still I w ll bring the blind by a way they know not and will lead them into paths that they have not known I will make their darkness light now you that a e bl●nd cannot comprehend the light such stands against the covenant of God and sees it not that be blind but such now ●he Lord God is come to lead to make darkness light and to lead them the way they have not known Isa 42. Moreover saith the Lord the light of the Moon shall be as the light of the Sun and the light of the Sun as the light of se●en days Isa 30. and saith the Lord is it a light thing that thou shouldest be as my servant to ra●se up the seed of J cob and to restore the preserved of Israel Mark to restore them here 's Covenant with God I will give thee for a light to the Gentiles that thou mayst be my salvation to the ends of the earth Mark Now you that say h● doth not enlighten every man that cometh into the wo●ld you see not the salvation of the ends of the earth Isa 49. who is among you that feareth the Lord and obeyeth the voice of his servant that walks in darkness and hath no light Mark that walks in darkness hath no light while he walks in darkness what l ght hath he there let him trust in the name of the Lord and stay upon his God then he stays upon the light but if he walks in darkness he goes from the light and whoso feareth the Lord and obeyeth the voice of his servant that will lead him out of darkness into the l●ght Isa 50. and such comes to find the help of God But such as walks in darkness goes from the light and fear of God and stays not upon the Lord and such comes to have no light for darkness cannot comprehend it though light shines in darkness yet darkness cannot comprehend it so they will put light for darkness and darkness for light which is comprehended with the light which reacheth to the light which shines in darkness Darkness shall cover the earth and gross darkness the people Mark cover and light shines in darkness but the Lord shall rise upon thee and his glory shall be seen in thee and the Gen iles shall come to thy light Arise shine for the

of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ these were them that were troubled on every side and had the treasure in earthen vessels and the excellency of the power of God in them which was which was not of the world and these were not of the world that told the Corinths the end of the world was come so this was a converted state so he hath enlightned every one that cometh into the world that all might believe and he that doth not believe is condemned already but so many as receives him he gives power to become the sons of God John was a burning and a shining light and many did rejoyce in that for a season but Christ had a greater witness then John and they received honour of men but Chri●t received not honour of men which enlightneth every m●n that cometh into the world neither doth the light which they are enlightned withal rec●ive honour of men and saith Jesus Christ who doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world the Prophets had prophesied that God would give him for a Covenant of light to the G ntiles and a new covenant to the house of Israel and salva●ion to the ends of the earth a●d John was s●nt to bear witness to the light and said he was the true light that did enlighten every one that cometh into the wo ld when Christ Jesus the covenant of light to the Gentiles and glory of Israel was come into the world saith he I am c●me a light into the world he that follows me shall not walk in darkness but shall have the light of life Iohn 8. Now he that follows not the l●ght abides in darkness and they that were sea●ching the Scriptures and thought to have life there and would not come to Christ the life they had not the word of God abiding in them neither heard they the voice of the Father at any time nor see his shape These were them that professed the Scriptures but in the transgression of the life that gave them forth and John writ to the converted and told them the darkness was past and the true light shined Mark here 's a time they were in darkness and a t me when light shined in darkness in the unconv●rted state and a time when light shined out of darkness in the converted estate He that saith he is in the light and h●teth his brother is in da kness until now He that hates the light is in darkness out of the light out of covenant in the enmity he that loves his brother abides in the light and there is no occasion of stumbling in him but he that walks in darkness is he that hates his brother and knows not whither he goes because darkness hat● blinded his eyes 1 John 2. and this was the message the Sain●s declared that God was light and in him was no darkness at all Now whosoever saith he hath fellowship with God and walks in darkness is a lyar and doth not the truth for the truth is in the l ght out of darkness 1 John 1. and the Apostle tells them that was of the Royal Priesthood that was the chosen generation an holy Nation a peculiar people that they was called out of darkness into his marvellous light mark out of darkness there was a time they was in it that light shined in darkness which while they was in darkness they could not shew forth their fruits to the praise and glory of God but being called out of darkness into the light which comprehends darkness 1 Pet 2. and so such as are stumbling at the light which enlightneth every ma● that cometh into the world are stumbling at every good and perfect gift which cometh down from above from the Father of light with whom there is no variableness nor shadow of changing Jam. 1. the night is far spent and the day at hand l●t us therefore put off the works of darkness and put on the true light which witness the night far spent and the day at hand that was to put off the works of darkness and put on the Armor of light the light is the Armor that which manifests the works of darkness and the night is the light and that is the Armor Rom. 13. The J ws stood against the light when the Apostles preached Christ Jesus therefore saith he to them that had the Scriptures shewing to them what the Prophets had said I have sent thee a light to the Gentil●s and salvation to the ends of the earth Acts 13. when the Gentiles heard this th●y were glad Now the Professors of this age which are wrangling against the light they are wrangling against the salvation for the same which is a light to the heathen is salvation yea to the ends of the earth and Christ saith to the Pharisee● Take heed that the light that be in thee be not darkness Now the Pharisees did not own Christ the light so they was in the state Isaiah speaks of that put light for darkness and darkness for light and which John sp aks of which light shined in darkness which darkness could not comprehend yet no man when he hath lighted a candle putteth it in a secret place neither under a bushel but on a candlestick that they may come to see the light they was to ligh● the lamp Exod. 25. Numb 8. Aaron was to light the Lamp the seven lamps shall give light o●er against the Candlestick and Christ saith let your lights be girded about and your lights burning Mark the substance Luke 12. The Philistims sought to quench the light of Israel so them that be in the same natu●e now do and war against it 2 Sam. 21. the Lord had promised to his people a light 2 Kings 8. which the wicked hates and wherefore is light given to him that is in misery saith Job Now he that is in misery hath light given to him you may see Job 3. and why is light given to him whose way is hid to bring him into the ways of God it is the way and therefore it is given to him and therefore his way is hid a land of darkness and the shadow of death without order wh●re the light is as darkness in that land as it is in this which is stumbling at it Job 10. they grope in the darkness without light which are hating it but God discovereth the deep things out of darkness and bringeth to light the shadow of death Job 12. and Bildad said the light of the wicked shall be put out the light shall be dark in his Tabeanacle and his candle sh●ll be put out with him and he shall be driven from the light into darkness and chased out of the world of whom Job said How long will ye vex my soul and told them they had reproched him the light going from it condemns out of the everlasting world and he goes into the world of wickedness and upon whom doth not the light arise saith

Bildad Job 25. and saith Job the Lord bringeth the thing that is hid forth to light Now all come to know the thing that hath been hid come forth to light you will all know what hath been in prison and by his light saith he when I walked through darkness Mark by his light he walked through darkness through it So here is light shining in darkness and light shining out of darkness and leading through it to bring back his soul from the pit to be enligh●ned with the light of the living Job 29. and h●s lightning is to the ends of the earth from the wicked their light is with-helden and the high arm shall be broken The Lord saith David is my light and my salvation and my God lightneth my eyes now he that is the salvation is the light Psal 27. for with thee is the fountain of life and in thy light we see light Psal 36. He shall bring forth thy righteousness as the light and thy judgement as the Noon day Mark Righteousness Judgement Light Light is sown for the righteous and gladness for the upright in heart but is condemna●ion to the wicked Psal 97. unto the upright there ariseth light in the darkness and so it shines forth and this is the light which gives the light of the knowledg of the Glory of God here 's a time out of darkness joyned to the light and they who are joyned to it are one with it so they that are joyned to the Lord are one Spirit and God hath shewed us light said David who said in the light he should see more light He said God had shewed him light Psal 118. O house of Jacob come let us walk in the light of the Lord. Mark who come to walk in the light of the Lord they come to walk in covenant with God Isa 2. for the Lord h●th sent his word to Jacob and hath enlightned Israel and the people that walked in darkness have seen a great light and they that dwelt in the land of the shadow of death hath light shined this is in the Covenant with God this do many hundreds witness praises be the Lord. The light of Israel shall be for a fire and it shall burn and devour the B yars and Thorns in one day Now Thorns and Bryars that which Thorns and Bryars comes out of stands against the light their feet are swift to run to do evil and to shed innocent blood and because of these actions they grope like blind men they waited for light but obscurity was found there in that path and way Isa 59. and God will make dark the bright light of heaven I will cover the Sun with a cloud and the Moon shall not give her light Ezek. 32. and there shall be no night there no need of a candle nor of the Sun for the Lord God giveth light Christ Jesus is the light which the L●rd God hath given Rev. 22. Are not you such that be Teachers and be stumbling at the light and guide the blind that be in darkness such as need to be taught your selves which cause the name of God to be blasphemed among you Rom. 2. and Christ saith as long as I am in the world I am the light of the world and this the condemnation the light saith Ch●ist he is the light of the world Iohn 9. and light of the world him by whom all things was formed the lights was formed the lesser and the greater the Sun shall be darkned and the Moon shall cease her shining and I beheld the earth and lo it was without form and void and the heavens they had no light Isa 13. Jer. 4. and saith after the tribulation the Sun shall be darkned and the Moon shall not give her light the stars of heaven shall fall and the powers of heaven shall be shaken for as the lightning that shineth from one part of heaven to the othe● part of heaven so shall the coming of the Son of man be So the Son of man comes in the clouds with great glory but many shall say Lo here is Christ and lo there is Christ but saith the true Christ go not forth who hath enlightned every man that cometh into the world so every man having a light bei●g turned to it you l see him and here is salvation to the ends of the earth but who hate the light it is their condemnat●on the light of the Kings countenance is life Prov. 16. have you light that be out of the Kings countenance God is light and he covers himself with light majesty and honour Psalm 104. beware lest you come to that end that stumble at the light that shall go to the Fathers that shall never see light and shall perish like the Beast such hates light which is their condemnation Psal 49. the Arm of the Lord and the light of h●s countenance did save but who are from the light of the countenance and out of his Arm they be out of the way of salvation Psalm 44. in thy light we shall see more light saith David O send out thy light for it is truth Psalm 45. Christ is the light Christ is truth who is come and take heed you that stumble at the light lest it be with-helden from you as it is from the wicked for they a●e with-helden from it for it is their condemnation from the wicked light is with-helden for they hate it Psalm 38. Consider me O Lord and lighten mine eyes lest I sle●p the sleep of death the light leadeth from the sleep to the day from the night for such as be in the night in the darkness though in it the light shines Christ comes upon them as a thief the day is the Lords and the night is the Lords he prepareth the Moon and the Sun and these were made by Christ the light which doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world Psalm 49. God spreadeth forth light and all the lights that were made were made by Christ by what way is light parted which scattereth the east wind upon the earth and when I sit in darkness the Lord will be a light to me Mark when he sits in darkness therefore heed the light you may feel the light then you may feel it bringing out of darkness Mic. 7. and the brightness of God is as the light which made persecuting Saul fall to the earth which did not believe in the light which did enlighten every man that cometh into the world when the light shined about him at last he came to find the light shin ng within him and told others that the light shined in their hearts and them that were turned to the light they come to be made partakers with the Saints in ligh● such as were translated into the kingdom of the Son of God and the Apostle told the Saints they had a more sure word of prophesie to which they did well to take heed until the day dawn and the day star arise in their

the light Now where God hath commanded the light to shine out of darkness Mark out of darkness such are come to be turned from the darkness to the light such witnesseth conversion and the Image of God shines in them But the other the darkness cannot comprehend it Acts 26. that Christ should suffer and rise again and shew light to the people and to the Gentiles and this was the Apostles confession before the heathen when that they thought he had been mad when he confessed the light the Heathenish Rulers did and said that he was sent to turn people from the darkness to the light Now light shines in darkness saith Iohn and you were somtimes darkness saith the Apostle to the converted and these that were to be turned from the darkness to the light was the unconverted But where God hath commanded the light to shine out of darkness to give the light of the knowledge of God these be the converted here 's light comes out of darkness So all you that doth not see the light which doth enlighten every one that cometh into the world which shines in darkness and darkness doth not c●mprehend it and where light shines out of the darkness it gives the light of the knowledge of the glory of God you that do not see this are the darkness yet which do not comprehend the light and the god of the world hath blinded their minds and their eyes are not yet opened and from darkness you are not yet turned and in the unconverted state you yet be that the god of the world hath yet blinded your minds lest the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ should shine in you which doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world so what communion hath light with darkness it is an unequal yoke 1 Cor. 6. for light brings to have fellowship with God communion with God but darkness cannot comprehend it and thus the Apostle who was sent to turn people from the darkness to the light warning both small and great which made the heathenish Rulers to think that he was mad To turn people now from the darkness to the light and to profess the light is the same as it was then and them that are wondering and thinks them besides themselves that speaks of the light to them their eies are not yet opened so your eyes must be opened before you see the light so he that believes the light shall not abide in darkness but he shall have the light of life Mark the light shines in darkness there but he that believes in the light shall not abide there but he shall have the light of l fe so if any man walks in the night he stumbles because there is no light in him in him that walks in the night Mark he walks in darkness and it is his time of darkness and these are them that sees not Christ the light that doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world yet light shines in darkness but he that walks in the light there 's no occasion of stumbling in him but he that walks in the night he stumbles because there is no light in him for he is from the light for light shines in darkness and darkness compreh●nds it not Here you may see him who ab●des not in the truth but walks in the night endures not light he that w●lks in the night goes from the light and hates the li●ht because his deeds are evil and will not come to the l●ght because the light will reprove him Iohn 11. so while you have the light walk in the light lest darkness come upon you for he that walks in the darkness knows not whither he goes and while you have the light believe in the light that you may b●come children of the light so b●lieving in the light you become a child of the l●ght I am come a light into the world that whosoever believeth in me should not abide in darkness Mark he is to come out of darkness he is not to abide there he that believes in Christ the light of the world Now whosoever saith he believeth in Christ and abides in darkness his belief is false John 12. but whosoever believeth in the light should not abide in darkness he comes to have death abol shed and hath brought life and immortality to light through the Gospel that 's the power of God 2 Tim. 1. and who sees this knows him who hath immortality dwelling in the light here 's the converted estate And Brethren ye are not in darkness that the day should overtake you as a thief but ye are all the chi●dren of the light and of the day and not of the night nor of darkness Mark the Apostle saith they was not in da kn●ss and so the day should not come upon them as a thie● and mark how the day wi●l come upon them who be in the darkness that comprehends not the light that be in the time of light shining in darkness and d●rkness doth not comprehend it upon such the day will c●me as a thief Mark ●he day will come as a thief What a wo●d is this upon them that are not the children of light but upon them that be darkness where light is not comprehended 1 Thes 5. A light to the Gentil s a glory to Israel Mark a light to them that are called heathen and a glory to the people of God Luke 2. And here one saw the fulfilling of the prophets he that saw his salvation saw the glory of Israel and the light of the Gentiles so doth every one that seeth their salvation they see the light that ligh●eneth every one that cometh into the world the glory of Israel and the glory of the Gentiles Now saith Christ to his Disciples what I tell you in the darkness that speak you in light and what I tell you in the ear that preach you on the house top and be not afraid of him that kills the body Mark what condition these was in when this was spoken to them when he told them there was nothing covered that should not be revealed and hid that shall not be known Matth. 10. and saith Christ the light of the body is the eye if therefore thy eye be single thy whole body shall be full of light Mark if thy eye be single make search and see if it be so Matth. 6 but if thy eye be evil thy whole body is full of darkness Mark there 's place for it if therefore the light that be in thee be da kness how great is that darkness such are se●ving Mammon and the contrary master to such here 's the distinction and laying up for themselves treasure upon earth where the eye is not single and such puts light for darkness and darkness for light So Christ was called with the Jews a Prince of Divels So the light that was in you was darkness yet Christ told them the Kingdom of Heaven was within them and the Kingdom of Heaven