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A40240 The royal law of God revived wherein you may see that all nations of men may keep in it a royal society ... / G.F. Fox, George, 1624-1691. 1672 (1672) Wing F1892; ESTC R28007 37,382 48

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not something of God in him nor of his Spirit And so these Teachers in the whole world do bring their people to those Religions that they have made and do get the Magistrates Power and Sword to hold then up and allow them a Maintenance for their Preaching of it to them And so hereby is begotten a great deal of Peevishness Fury and Rage one against another and one Religion maker against another Religion-maker as may easily be seen over all the world the National Religions differing one from another and yet the people are bound to observe all that which their Priests have framed whereas if all men and women came to the Principle of God in themselves by which they might come to the Royal Law of God namely In doing to others as c. then all these peevish religions and the Makers and Upholders of them would quickly fall wherein they did unto others as they would not have others do unto them And this would be Religion to do the Law of God which is To love thy Neighbour as thy self and God above all then thou wouldst be ready to entertain Strangers For if thou shouldst be a Stranger thou wouldst think it hard shouldst thou not be entertain'd and reliev'd the Sick and the Widdow and Fatherless the same compassion as thou wouldst have done to thy self being in the like condition capacity necessity And this Principle of God within in keeping the Royal Law keeps up the mind to God who is the Law-giver who is blessed forever from whom they receive their Religion And this Royal Law of God being kept by all the Sons and Daughters of men in the whole World which is according to the Principle of God in them all and one with it this preserves natural Affections and so Nature in its course where Nature may not be destroyed for where Nature is destroyed it is but by the Transgressor of the Royal Law whereas this Royal Law being duely kept it preserves I say the Creation of God part of which are men women in order government themselves and to walk and to do to all as they c. And out of this Royal Law of God all the Disorder is and all the Ill-government in the whole Creation by disobeying and transgressing I say this Royal Law of God yea and all the unequal measuring Weights and false Judgments that are among them that do transgress and disobey this Royal Law which is To do to all c. yea and all the Ill-neighbourhood in the whole World is amongst them who disobey this Royal Law of God and quench the Spirit of the Lord in themselves which would lead them to obey it And all the good Neighbourhood in the whole Universe is by obeying the Principle of God in them to do the Royal Law of God whereby they love God above all and their Neighbour as themselves And in Ezek. 5. where the Lord said That the Jews had despised his Judgments and his Laws more then the Gentiles and had broken his Commandments more then the Nations Now mark May not this be apply'd unto Christians who have broken and despised the Law of Life the Law of Love and the Law of Faith and the Commands of Christ who saith Love one another and love Enemies Have not I say Christians broken this more then the Gentile Nations and Heathens yea we can say we have found it so for they are more ready to entertain Strangers then Christians who have cast away that Command nay many of them are more Christian in their Dealings then such as are called Christians which signifies that there is something of God in these Heathens and Nations that brings them to a sensibility of the Law of God which is To do unto all c. Psal 117. Where David saith Praise the Lord all ye Heathen Which imports as much that there is something of God in the very Heathen else it would be a vain word to bid them praise the Lord. And again saith the Psalmist there following Praise the Lord all ye Nations c. He doth not say one Nation but all Nations must do it Now mark This likewise imports th●● there is something of God in them all whereby they may praise him agreeable to that of the Apostle who saith That which is to be known of God is manifest in them This he speaks to the Romans who were sometime Heathen So if the Priests Doctrine be received who say There is not something of God in all Nations of men and in the Heathen then by their Doctrine I say David's words are needless who exhorts all Nations and Heathens to praise the Lord But David full well knew what he spoke who saw Christ but the Priests see not themselves and so are Judges in their evil Thoughts of the Scripture and holy Mens words whose judgment is judged by the holy men's words Psal 100. Be joyful in the Lord all ye Lands and serve the Lord with Gladness and come before his Presence with a Song be ye sure that the Lord is God he it is that made us not we our selves Now mark this general Doctrine of David's who would have all the Lands to be joyful in the Lord c. Here David made no Sect as if some people only were to serve him and as if some people only were to praise him no saith he All Nations and all Heathen are to praise the Lord And now if they all serve the Lord and praise him then they all obey his Law his Royal Law which is To do to all as they would have all do to them Isa 51. The Islands of the Gentiles shall hope in me and put their trust in my Arm. Here you see is a Promise made unto the Heathen that they should trust in the Arm of the Lord and hope in God which clearly implies that there is something of God in them And in Rom. 15. where the Apostle writes to those that were sometime Heathens how that the Offering of the Gentile should be accepted of God now this was a spiritual Sacrifice and how the Lord would be praised among the Gentiles and he should be lauded among all the Nations and praise him saith he among all the Nations And again the Prophet Isaiah saith There shall be a Root of Jesse he shall arise to reign over the Gentiles in him shall the Gentiles trust So that 't is undoubtedly clear here that there is something of God in all the Gentiles in all the Nations and People which would praise the Lord and by that of God in them they come to know the Root of Jesse viz. Christ Jesus to reign over them who is the Light and enlighteneth them they see him by which Light Christ hath enlightened them withal all such trust in Christ who reigns over them and rules over them and so they come to do his Law and Commandments his Royal Law of Love of Life and of Faith by which they come to do unto all as they would have all do unto them and to love their Neighbours as themselves George Fox THE END
THE Royal Law of GOD REVIVED Wherein You may see That all Nations of Men may keep in it a Royal Society and by obeying the Principl● of God in them which brings Men to do the Roya● Law and to do unto all men as they would have al● men to do unto them which Royal Law of God answers that of God in every Man and Woman in th● whole World which they transgressing are judged by the Royal Law of God in doing that unto others as they would not have others do unto them and they to be without natural Affections which Royal Law brings all men to have Natural Affections and to do unto all men as they would have them to do unto them G. F●● Jam. 2.8 If ye fulfil the Royal Law according to the Scripture Thou shalt Love thy Neighbour as thy self ye do well ●●t 7.12 Whatsoever ye would that men should do unto you do ye even so to them Printed in the Year 1671 2 Who they are that break this Royal Law of God Them that Quench Vex and grieve the good Spirit of God and hate the Light of Christ and walk despightfully against the Spirit of Grace and make Shipwrack of Faith and of a good Conscience And also They are them that keep the Royal Law of God that walk in the Spirit of God and in Faith and a good Conscience and love the Light Christ who inlightens every man that comes into the World The Royal Law of God Revived c. ALL People upon the Face of the whole Earth both High and Low Rich and Poor know that as the Apostle Paul saith Acts 15.26 God hath made of one Blood all Nations of Men for to dwell on all the Face of the Earth So all Men and Women are of God's making his Workmanship and the Works of his Hands and Creation and he it is that gives Life and Breath unto all And hath determined the Times before appointed and the Bounds of their Habitations saith he And saith Moses Deut. 32.8 The Most High divided to the Nations their Inheritance when he separated the Sons of Adam c. And the Psalmist acknowledgeth Psa 24.1 The Earth is the Lord's and the fulness thereof the World and they that dwell therein which he hath distributed unto the Sons of Men. And the Lord is called The God of the Spirits of all Flesh Num. 27.16 And so saith likewise the Apostle Eph. 4.6 One God and Father of all who is above all through all and in you all Now seeing the Lord hath made all Nations of Men and Women upon the Earth of one Blood and Mould to dwell upon the Face of the Earth and that the Earth is the Lord's and the Fulness thereof and he gives the encrease and hath distributed unto the Sons and Daughters of Adam What then is the matter that makes a Discord amongst all the Sons and Daughters of men but the Devil the Cause of all Discord who is out of Truth and so leads them out of Unity with God and with one another so that they cannot Commerce Trade and hold a Correspondence a Concord in Civil things of the Creation of the Earth seeing the Earth is the Lord's and the Fulness thereof that all Nations of Men cannot hold a Commerce Unity and Concord I say in these outward things though they cannot agree in and about Matters of Religion and Worship and abou● their Teachings and Wayes What is the matter now that they do not agree seeing there is no Discord nor Disagreement in the Way of the Lord which is Christ Jesus the Heavenly Man who is the Way to God the Father Neither is there any Disagreement in the Fellowship of the Spirit nor in the Worship nor in the Spirit nor in the Truth And therefore are not all the Disagreements and Discords throughout all the World about Religions Worships and Doctrines about I say such as men have made which are called National Worships National Wayes and National Religions that are all the Works of Mens hands And there are such a Multitude of them in all the Nations of the World which hinders them from Civil Commerce Civil Society of Natural Affections that ought to be amongst Mankind For where these Natural Affections or Affections of Nature are not they will destroy one another about their Religions Worships and Ways and certainly such doings are not of God nor of Christ who said to his Disciples when they would have had Fire to come down from Heaven to consume them that would not receive him That they did not know what spirit they were of Therefore do all people that Persecute others for not receiving their Doctrines their Worships their Wayes and Religions yea persecuting for not receiving of Christ they know not what Spirit they are of Now mark the tender Nature of Christ Who saith he came not to destroy mens lives but to save them Therefore they that would have mens lives taken away for Religion or not receiving of Christ They have not the Affections of Nature 2d They do not know what spirit they are of themselves 3d They have not the Mind of Christ 4th No man will trust his Body Soul or Spirit in the hands of such that do not know what spirit they are of themselves Have any of all these that make Religions VVayes and Worships and Doctrines of their own any Affections to Nature who will destroy people because they will not conform to that Religion VVay and VVorship that they have set up As now look over all the whole VVorld and all the Religions therein and see and consider Who they are that have destroyed burnt and put to death such as would not conform to the Religion and VVay and VVorship that they have made And have not these first been Truce-Brea●●●●● to and with God and then with Man and fallen from that Religion that is from above and from his Religion his VVorship and Truth his VVay Christ Jesus and then the Devil entred them who hath led them to destroy one another about their Religions VVayes and their VVorships which they have set up and were not set up by the Lord but forbidden by Christ and saith the Apostle He is not worshipped with the Worships of Mens Hands Acts 17.24 who is Lord over all and would have all Repent and feel after him and so to Repent as to change from their Worships and the Works of their own hands the Religions the Worships and Wayes that they have made and come to God by Christ Jesus who is the VVay to God and so through him receive that Religion that is from above and so to worship God in the Spirit and in the Truth And is there any Religion to be owned or any VVorship from such which are without Natural Affections And is it not the Devil that makes Religions VVayes and VVorships and leads them to be so peevish about them and in a blind Zeal to contend so earnestly for them which brings