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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
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

A TESTIMONY Of the TRVE 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 Witnessed of Christ Jesus unto this generation that every one may believe in the Light of the World and receive eternal Life or that every one may be left without excuse by the Light which is the condemnation of all that believe not in it but hates it Wherein all may learn the way of Life or know the condemnation from Life into the pit of Darkness 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. F●x John 3. He that loves the Light his deeds are wrought in God but he that hates the Light his deeds are evil LONDON Printed for Giles Calvert and sold in his Shop at the black Spread-Eagle at the West end of Pauls 1657. The Preface O Earth the Testimony is true and everlasting which God hath given of the Son and which the Son hath given of the Fath●r and it abides for ever the T●stimony of Life in all that doth believe and the Testimony of Death to all that believe not even the light of the world which lighteth every man that comes into the world the entrance unto eternal life or the condemnation into destruction and who ever turn from the light of the Son of God within them and walks not in it goes into the Error and into the way of Perdition bu● who walks in the light stumbles not because he sees the light of this world Christ Jesus the Author and the Finisher of the Faith and there is no other Saviour then he which was is and is to come the light of the world and who-ever preaches a Christ to beli●ve in for salvation who hath not lighted every man with the true light preaches a false Christ and not that Christ which the Prophets and John bore witness of and which the Apostles witnessed So that this is truth from the Lord God there is no o●her name given for salvation but the name of Jesus nor there is no other Christ Jesus but he which lighteth every man that comes into the world with the true light and except this Christ Iesus be revealed by the spirit of the Father within salvation is not received by him Therefore all friends who have received the t●stimony of the light of the Son of God within you and have believed the report of the Father and of the Son hold f●st the word of that Testimony and dwell in it and walk in it up to the Father of light and life and this is the power of God in which you will be kept unto the day of salvation and this is the power of God which will keep you from all unrighteousness and so from condemnation and if any turn from the light they run into the evil and backslides from the Truth and such shall bear their own shame and condemnation in the sight of God and all his children For this is the message which was and is that God is light and in him is no darkness at all All that dwels in the light their habitation is in God and they know a hiding place in the day of storm and they that dwell in the light are built upon the rock and cannot be moved for who are moved or shaken goes from the light and so goes from their strength and from the power of God and loses the peace and the enjoyment of the presence of God for the light is the eye by which Gods presence is seen and felt and all that ever com●s to the knowledge of God must own the light which Christ hath lighted them withal for there is no other way to the Father of life And this is the testimony which in the power of the Lord hath been born and given through Nations by his servants and the day of your visitation is upon you Nations and Peoples and hitherto the Father hath wrought and the Son hath wrought and the voice of Wisdom hath been heard but the night cometh when no man can work and all that have not received the witn●ss which God hath given concerning this Son and all that goes from the testimony of the light within and continues not therein unto the end they shall be given up to fulfil the measure of Iniquity and to run their race in the way to perdition till they be sealed in the pit of darkness and condemnation where there is no repentance and the Lord God Almighty is clear from all their blood and their blood be upon their own head for ever because they hate the light and believes not in it nor continues not unto the end to walk therein And this is the testimony which is given to me to testifie who is not of this wrrld but a servant to him whose Testimony never changeth which is light London 1st of the 11. mon. 1656. E. B. Concerning the Light HEre you may perceive that be in the light a distinguish between them that walk in the light the converted and them that shines in darkness that be unconverted which are the state of darkness and the state of the Apostles preaching to the world and the Jews in the unconverted estate and the estate of the Apostles writing to them that were converted the Believers and the state of them that opposed Truth who was out of the light as you see the Jews which professed the Scriptures of Truth declared forth from the Spirit of Truth and themselves out of it out of the Spirit they knew not Christ the light the end of all the holy men of God speakings and writings and the end of all the types and shadows and figures Him whom all the holy men of God gave test●mony of and the Prophets of the Lord God To all you that now be called Christians and believeth not in the light that enlightneth every man that cometh and yet profess Scripture you are in the same nature the Iews were in for they professed Scripture but did not believe in the light which did enlighten every o●e that cometh into the world Christ Jesus So you and the Jews being one in professing the Scriptures in words but not believing in the light you be both out of Covenant so you cannot convert the Jews for the conver●ing of them is to bring them into Covenant with God who brings them into Covenant with God must be in the light and believe in the light which enlightneth every man that cometh into the world that all men through him might believe for saith God I le give him for a Covenant of light God speaks by his Prophet before Christ is come to put an end to the types and shaddows I le give him for a Covenant of light to the Gentiles to enlighten them and I le make a new

lips were to preserve knowledge but now saith Christ learn of me the second priesthood and saith the Apostle that you grow up in the knowledge of Jesus Christ in whom are hid the treasure of wisdom and knowledge so you are brought of the first p iesthood that doth change to Christ the second Priesthood that doth not change and of the first covenant that doth decay to the everlasting covenant that doth not decay Christ Jesus the covenant of light from whence every one of you have a light that you might believe in the covenant of light if you do not believe in the covenant of light you are condemned for light is come into the world and men loves darkness rather then light because their deeds be evil and I am come a light into the world saith Christ that whosoever believeth in me should not abide in darkness but should have the light of life and believe in the light that you may be children of light and you that do not believe in the light whose deeds are evil but hate it you are that one who with the light is condemned therefore now you have time prize it seek the Lord whilst he may be found and call upon him whilst he is nigh lest you say time is past for the rich gluttons time was therefore whilst time is not past consider and search your selves and see if you be not them that hate the light and so are the builders that stumble at the corner stone for them that hated the light and did not believe in the light did so in ages past I am the light of the world and doth enlighten every one that come●h into the world saith Christ who saith learn of me this is my beloved Son hear you him saith G●d here is your Teacher bu● you that hate the light do not learn of Christ and will not have him to be your king to reign over you him to whom all power in heaven and earth is given who bears his government upon his shoulders who now is come to rei●n who lighteth every man that cometh into the world whe will give to every man a reward according to his deeds whether they be good or evil so every man with the light that comes from Christ will see his deeds him th●t hates it and him that loves it and him that will not bring his deeds to the light because the light will reprove him that is his condemnation and he shall have a reward according to his deeds and the Lord is come to reckon with you and to look for fruit and now is the Ax laid to your root and every tree of you that beareth not good fruit must be hevven dovvn and cast into the fire from them vvho are the seed of Abraham vvhich the promise is to vvhen he vvas in the u●circumcision such as knovv the God of Abraham An establishing Note to all friends upon the Earth WIth the wise upon earth in their own wisdom and the g●eatest knowers upon earth in their own k●owledge and the greatest understanding men in their understanding and the greatest learned Doct r in their languages upon earth was Christ amo●g them who was born not by the will of man was the Son of God among them these before mentioned was he judged a●d c●lled the son of Ioseph and they said his B eth en and his mother they knew so looked upon the Son of God to be natural and so saying his father and moth●r and B●●thr●n were with him whom they knew Is not this the Son of Ioseph and qu●stioned from whence had this man this wisd m So with all these was him by whom the world was made looked upon as natural a natural birth by the will of man Him that was glorified with the Father before the world began who enlightneth every man that cometh into the world him by which it was made and all things created that all men through him might believe Therefore he enlightneth every man and saith Believe in the light that you may become children of the light which the wise of the earth said they believed in the Scripture declared forth from the light but not in the light it self And now in this age the wise in the earth in their own wisdom and the great●st understandings in their Politician and the greatest knowers that be in their own knowledge of the Scriptures and the large Doctors in their lea●ning the greatest Students and Disputers and the great Writers judgeth and calleth the light that enlightneth every man that c●meth into the world an natural light this is so called by them and among them The light the Son of God which doth enlighteneth every man that cometh into the world which all these S udents before-men●ioned call a natural light nay some of them calls it a natural conscience the light which the Son of God doth e●lightan every one that cometh into the world withal him by whom it was made that all men through him might believe and he saith Believe in the light that you may become children of the light But these witty wise ones in their wisdom knowledge understanding say they believe the Scriptures Prophets words Christs words Apostles words But the light which doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world by whom it was made which was glorified with the Father before the world began is the checks of a natural conscience and this light is a natural light say they and is the light say we which is given to all men to beli●ve in the light which who do not believe in the light is condemned already is with the light condemned that they who believe in the l ght shall never be condemned nor never come into condemnation nor never be confounded for he believeth in that which makes manifest that which is to be confounded Now the Pharisees which search the Scriptures Doctors Rabbies great learned men which search the Scriptures in them think to have eternal life they did believe the Scriptures they had Moses and the Prophets But they did not believe in the light being out of Moses light and the Prophets light so saw not Christ the light with which Moses and the Prophets saw him when he came they having the words but out of the light these were them which were blind guides to the people which lea● people and believed not in the light which enlightned every man that c●meth into the w●rld but looked at him as a carnal man a natural man and knew him not the Son of God who lighteth every man that cometh into the wo ld the Son of God by whom it was made and these wise upon earth now in their own wisdom and the great und●rst nding and knowers in their own knowledge which they now profess Moses and the Prophets Christs and the Apostles words declared from the light and they themselves being from the light and out of it and not believing in it the light which doth enlighten every