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A40269 The state of the birth temporal & spiritual and the duty and state of a child, youth, young-men, aged-men, and fathers in the truth : also, shewing that children are the heritage of the Lord, and that he hath a glory in them / by George Fox. Fox, George, 1624-1691. 1683 (1683) Wing F1922; ESTC R28010 9,634 14

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and what makes them strong and to overcome the wicked One the Word of God abiding in them and therefore every Young man and all Young people are to love and obey and do the Word of God by which their Ways Words and Hearts and all may be kept clean for the Word of God is a Hammer and a Sword to hammer down and cut down the Devil and his works and a Fire to burn them up So it is the Word of Power the Word of Wisdom the Word of Reconciliation and the Word of Patience by which they overcome Now concerning Aged men or Fathers in the Truth John saith I have written unto you Fathers because you have known him that is from the beginning to wit Christ Jesus And John writes as a Father himself who saith That which was from the beginning which we have heard which we have seen with our Eyes which we have lookt upon and our hands have handled of the Word of Life for the L●fe was manifested and we have seen it and bear witness and show unto you that Eternal Life which was with the Father and was manifested unto us 1 John 1●1 2. So here you may see not only John in his Epistle but also John in his Evangelist declares Christ in the beginning and saith In the beginning was the Word and the Word was with God and God was the Word the same was in the beginning with God and all things were made by him and without him was not any thing made that was made and the Word was made flesh and dwelt among us and we beheld his Glory the Glory as of the only begotten of the Father full of Grace and Truth John 1. Now here you may see how John writes as a Father that knew Christ in the beginning and he writes to the Fathers that knew Christ in the beginning So the Fathers knew him in the Glory that he had with the Father before the World began and that all things were made by Jesus Christ So they knew him as he was God the Word they knew Chrst as he was Man The Word was made Flesh c. they knew Christ in the Promises and in the Prophecyes they knew him in the Figures Types and Shadows made under the Law they knew him of whom he was to be conceived to wit the Virgin they knew him in his Birth Life Doctrine Preaching Miracles Sufferings Death Grave Resurrection and Ascension into the Glory with the Father and at his right hand yea the Glory which he had with the Father before the World began So the Fathers have known Mark have known Christ from the beginning 1 John 2.14 So here you may see the State of the Birth Temporal and Spiritual and the duty and State of Youth the duty and State of Young men and Young people and the State of Fathers in the Truth Kingston the 10th Moneth 1682. G. F. DAvid saith Lo Children are an Heritage of the Lord and the fruit of the Womb is his reward as Arrows are in the hands of a mighty man so are Children of Youth Happy is the man that hath his Quiver full of them they shall not be ashamed but they shall speak with the Enemy in the Gate Psal 127. Blessed is every one that feareth the Lord that walketh in his Ways for thou shalt eat the Labour of thine hands Happy shalt thou be and it shall be well with thee and thy Wife shall be as a fruitful Vine by the side of thine House thy Children like Olive Plants round about thy Table Behold that thus shall the man be blessed that feareth the Lord yea thou shalt see thy Childrens Children and the Lord shall bless thee out of Sion Psal 128. Now all you that do Murmur against people that have many Children and do complain and say That they do fill your Towns Cities and Countries with Children and many times you that do so complain have few or no Children and you are afraid that they should come to want and that then you must be fain to relieve their necessities And what then What you do give to the poor you lend to the Lord and he will repay it to you again if they cannot and this wanting mind is for want of Faith and of God who gives the increase of all and is Rich unto all that call upon him and the Lord would have you to take notice that Children are the Heritage of the Lord. And so what you do give to the breeding and nursing and relieving of Children you do it to the Heritage of the Lord and the Lord hath many adopted Sons that he hath taken to be his that have received the adoption of Sons Gal. 4. And what if you that have no Children should do so It was but a Cross to the grumbling or murmuring self which many times have no Children and are discontent with the poor that have many and do think much either to adopt them to your selves and are afraid that they will be chargeable to you namely the Children that are the Heritage of the Lord but the Lord that doth increase the Children which are his Heritage he will take care for his Heritage whether that murmuring complaining mind against Poor People of having so many Children you relieving them or no he will take care for his Heritage blessed be his Name forever Amen Sing unto God sing Praises to his Name exalt him that rideth upon the Heavens by his Name ●AH and rejoyce before him a Father of the Fatherless and a Judge of the Widdow God is in his holy habitation Psal 68. The Sayings of old which we have heard and known and our Fathers have told us we will not hide them from their Children shewing to the Generations to come the Praise of the Lord Psal 78. And David saith Let thy Work appear unto thy Servants and thy Glory unto their Children and let the beauty of the Lord be upon us c. Psal 90.16 See what heavenly Love he had to Children Gods Heritage so they are not of David's mind who think that they shall be undone by maintaining of poor Peoples Children which Children are Gods Heritage and David saith Ye are blessed of the Lord which made Heaven and Earth the Heavens even the Heavens are the Lords but the Earth he hath given to the Children of Men Psal 115.16 And the Lord saith to David If thy Children will keep my Covenant and my Testimony that I shall teach them their Children also shall sit upon thy Throne for evermore Psal 132.12 Praise the Lord O Jerusalem praise thy God O Sion for he hath Strengthened the Bars of thy Gates he hath blessed thy Children with thee These are they that keep in the Covenant and the Testimony that God doth give them that have his blessings And you may see the tenderness of Joseph to his Father and to his Children and to his Childrens Children in the days of the Famine when they were in Egypt Gen. 45.
Heritage And you may see in Luke 19.43 44. the Judgments that Christ pronounceth upon the Jews and their Children that disobeyed God and did not believe in him and Christ saith While ye have the Light believe in the Light that ye may become Ch●ldren of the Light Here Christ encourages his believers with a new Name that believe in the Light to wit Children of the Light John 12.36 And Paul saith to the believers in the Light Ye were sometimes in Darkness that was when they did not believe in the Light but now are ye Light in the Lord walk as Children of the Light Ephess 5.8 Ye are all the Children of the Light and the Children of the day we are not of the Night nor of Darkness 1 Thes 5.5 These are the Believers in the Light as Christ Commands And John saith My little Children 1 John 2.2 these thing I write unto you that you sin not c. and if any man sins we have an advocate with the Father Jesus Christ the righteous c. but they must take heed of sinning willfully I write to you little Children because your Sins are forgiven you for his Name sake here is a comfort to Christs little Children Again John saith to little Children It is the Last Time and as ye have heard that Antichrist should come even now are many Antichrists whereby we know that it is the Last time they went out from us to wit the Antichrists but they were not of us to wit the elect members of the Church of Christ for if they had been of us they would no doubt have continued with us but they went out from us that they might be made manifest that they were not all of us And these things I have written unto you concerning them that seduce you but the Anointing which ye have received of him abideth in you and you need not that any man teach you but as the same Anointing teacheth you of all things and is Truth and is no Lye and even as it hath taught you ye shall abide in him And now little Children abide in him to wit Christ c. Whosoever abideth in him sinneth not whosoever sinneth hath not seen him neither known him Little Children let no man deceive you he that doth Righteousness is Righteous even as he is Righteous He that committeth sin is of the Devil for the Devil sinned from the beginning for this purpose the Son of God was made manifest that he might destroy the works of the Devil Whosoever is born of God doth not commit sin for his seed remains in him and he cannot sin because he is born of God In this the Children of God are manifest from the Children of the Devil which is a clear manifestation and distinction Again John saith My little Children Let not us love in Word neither in Tongue but in Deed and in Truth hereby we know that we are of the Truth and shall assure our hearts before him This is a good tryal little Children 1 John 3. Ye are of God little Children and ye have overcome them to wit Antichrist and the World and its God because greater is he that is in you than he that 's in the World a good reason to little Children the greater to overcome the lesser and every one that Loveth him to wit God that begot him loveth him also that is begotten of him by this we know that we love the Children of God when we love God and keep his Commandments this is a good tryal and a manifestation 1 John 5. And Paul saith to the Galations in chap. 4. My little Children of whom I travel in birth again until Christ be formed in you This is a good Travel which should be every true Christians and not to travel to persecute Christ where he is formed within his people for that is a bad travel And John writes to the elect Lady and her Children whom he loved in the Truth c. and said I rejoyced greatly that I found thy Children walking in the Truth c. this is cause of great Joy to see Gods Children walk in the Truth Again he writes Gaius whom I love in the Truth said he I have no greater Joy then to hear that thy Children walk in the Truth 3 Epist of John Now this is a concern for all true Christians that they and their Children walk in the Truth that they may have the Joy and comfort of them in the Lord and his Truth in this World and in the World to come And every one that names the name of Jesus let them depart from Iniquity and not live in Iniquity and to see that their Children do depart from Iniquity for David saith The Lord hates all Workers of Iniquity and saith Depart from me all ye workers of Iniquity and therefore train up all your Children in the nurture and fear of the Lord that both you and they may all serve God in his Spirit in your Creation and Generation for Children are the Heritage of the Lord and ought to be trained up in his fear and serve and worship him in his Spirit and Truth for it is the Lord that gives the increase of them all it is he that brings to the Birth and gives power to bring forth whether it be Natural or Spiritual and the Life and Breath and the Souls of all is in his hand and Power I was by him as one brought up with him I was daily his delight rejoycing alwayes before him rejoycing in the habitable parts of the Earth and my delights are with the Sons of men Now therefore hearken unto me O ye Children for blessed are they which keep my Ways hear instruction be wise and refuse it not Prov. 8. Here you may see the Eternity of Wisdom which is to be desired for the blessing it brings The Apostle Paul tells the Corinthians That I have espoused you one Husband that I may present you as a Chaste Virgin to Christ 2 Cor. 11.2 THE END