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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B23159	To all magistrates in Christendom, that do profess Christianity. Concerning Christian gospel-liberty against persecution, and one Christian forcing, persecuting, imprisoning, and spoiling the goods of another, because they will not be of their faith, worship or religion.	Fox, George, 1624-1691.	1686 (1686)	Wing F1939A; ESTC R215513	2,769	1

To all Magistrates in Christendom That do Profess Christianity Concerning Christian Gospel-Liberty against Persecution and One Christian Forcing Persecuting Imprisoning and spoiling the Goods of another because they will not be of their Faith Worship or Religion CHRIST saith Let the Tares and the Wheat grow together till the Harvest which is the End of the World and then Christ's Angels shall separate the Tares from the Wheat And are not Angels Spirits and not Men For Christ commands Christian Men to Love one another and Love their Enemies so not to Persecute them And those Enemies may be Changed by Repentance and Conversion from Tares to Wheat But if Men Imprison them and spoil and destroy them they do not give them Time to Repent So it is clear it is the Angel's Work to burn the Tares and not Men's Christian Men must Love one another and their Enemies And Christ Rebuked his Disciples that would have had Fire to have come down from Heaven to have destroyed them that would not Receive Him and told them He Came not to destroy Mens Lives but to save them And Christ is the True Light that doth Enlighten every one that comes into the World and saith Believe in the Light that ye may become Children of the Light And God pours out his Spirit upon all Flesh namely his Sons and Daughters Servants and Hand-Maids Young Men and Old Men And so the Manifestation of the Spirit of God is given to every one to profit withal so that in the Spirit they may serve and worship the Living God that made them And none are to grieve nor vex nor quench the Motions of the Spirit of God but to Walk in it and to be Led by it that they may be the Sons and Daughters of God And the Grace and Truth is come by Jesus and this Grace of God which brings Salvation hath appeared to all Men which will teach them to deny Vngodliness and to live righteously and soberly So all Men that do know their Salvation and come into Favour with God it is by his Grace And this Grace and Truth is in Men and Women's Hearts to Establish them upon Christ who is full of Grace and Truth And God would have all Men to come to the Knowledge of the Truth and be saved And so He would not have Men to be destroyed nor gave no such Command that Men should destroy one another about Religion And Christ sent his Apostles and Disciples to Preach the Gospel of Life and Salvation to all Nations and every Creature under Heaven He did not say They should imprison and spoil the Goods and destroy such as would not receive their Gospel nor believe it but they should shake off the Dust off their Feet which should be a sufficient Witness against them And Christ by the Grace of God tasted Death for all Men and Christ gave himself a Ransom for all Men to be testifyed of in due time So hath not Christ in this purchased all and bought all Mankind with a Price namely with his Blood in tasting Death for them all and giving Himself a Ransom for all And therefore are not all Men to Love one another and Forgive one another in this his Gospel-Day For Christ saith Judge not that ye be not Judged and With what Measure ye mete it shall be measured to you again Matth. 7.1 2. And the Christians were not to judge nor despise one another about eating of Meats nor observing of Dayes but Let every Man be fully perswaded in his own Mind Rom. 14. to the End Colos 2.16 And the Apostle Paul saith to the Church of Christ Not that we have Dominion over your Faith but we are Helpers of your Joy for by Faith ye stand 2 Cor. 1.24 So Faith being the Gift of God which Christ is the Author and Finisher of the Apostles did not claim a Dominion over the Faith which is the Gift of God in Peoples Consciences And the Apostle saith God hath dealt to every Man a Proportion of Faith as in Rom. 12.3 and this Faith the Apostle saith works by Love Gal. 5.6 22. And again the Apostle saith Whatsoever is not of Faith is Sin Rom. 14 23. And the Righteousness of Faith saith The Word is in the Heart and in the Mouth to obey it and to do it And the Apostle said They were not to speak Evil one of another or Condemn one another for he that did spoke Evil of the Law and Condemned the Law and did not do it Jam. 4.11 for the Law of God commands People to Love one another and not to Persecute one another yea to Love Enemies And the Apostle saith Love doth no Ill to his Neighbour And the Apostle Peter saith Honour all Men c. and Love the Brotherhood So if they have Honoured all Men then they have them all in Esteem as they are the Creatures of God whom Christ hath died for and gave Himself a Ransom And the Apostle saith to the Church of Christ Though we walk in the Flesh yet we do not war after the Flesh for the Weapons of our Warfare are not Carnal c. 2 Cor. 10.3 4. For We wrestle not with Flesh and Blood saith the Apostle Ephes 6.12 And in this Chapter you may see the Saints Spiritual Armour and Spiritual Weapons And so it is clear the Christians in the Apostles Days did not use Carnal Weapons and wrestle with Flesh and Blood and their Warfare was not Carnal in Matters of Faith and Religion in the Church of Christ and serving and worshipping of God And the Apostle Peter saith That the Elders were not to be Lords over God's Heritage but that they might be Examples in good Life and Conversation and good Doctrine Not by Constraint for filthy Lucre but willingly of a ready Mind 1 Pet. 5.1 2. And the Apostle Peter saith Of a Truth I perceive that God is no Respecter of Persons but in every Nation he that feareth God and worketh Righteousness is accepted with Him And this the Apostle Peter said when he went among the Gentiles he by Nature being a Jew So if God doth accept in every Nation all them that fear Him and work Righteousness therefore ought not all that have the Mind of Christ and Profess true Christianity to be Tender to such as fear God and work Righteousness and are not all Christians that Love Christ to keep the Command of Christ to Love one another and to Love Enemies Then they cannot Persecute and spoil the Goods and Imprison any concerning Church Faith Religion and the Worship of God And God Reproves and Judges such as build up Sion with Blood for the Lord saith That Sion that is built up with Blood shall be Plowed up as a Field that is turned up-side down Micah 3.10 12. Therefore you may see such as build with Blood and Persecution their Work doth not Prosper For the Body or Church of Christ is Edified Knitt and United and Built up together with the LOVE of GOD Ephes 4.16 Col. 2.19 G. F. POST-SCRIPT Do not all Christians that Profess Christianity say these Words in the Lord's Prayer Forgive us our Trespasses as we forgive our Trespassers And does not Christ say If ye forgive Men their Trespasses your Heavenly Father will also forgive you your Trespasses but if ye forgive not Men their Trespasses neither will your Heavenly Father forgive your Trespasses Matth. 6.12 14 15. So ye may see all Christians in Christendom prays to God conditionally to be forgiven of God their Trespasses against Him as they do forgive Men their Trespasses against them And therefore it behooves all Christian People to be serious and consider what they do when they Pray to God that they do forgive others as they would have God to forgive them And if they do Forgive they will not Hate nor Persecute but Love LONDON Printed in the Year 1686.