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The people of God in scorn called Quakers their love to all mankind for as God's love through Christ hath been shed abroad in our hearts, we cannot but in the same love desire the eternal good and the salvation of all mankind ... / by George Fox.
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Fox, George, 1624-1691.
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leads into all Truth in which Holy Ghost is our Fellowship which Felship we would have all that are called Christians to come into with us And the Apostle saith to the Collossions he tells them Col. 2.10 11. They were Compleat in Christ the Head of all Principalities and Powers in whom also ye are circumcised with the Circumcision made without Hands by putting off the sinful Body of the Flesh by the Circumcision of Christ which we are Witnesses of and would have all come to which they must do before they go to the Grave or never Now this was so amongst the true Christians but all you that plead for the sinful Body of the Flesh to the Grave deny the Circumcision of Christ And further the Apostle saith Seeing ye have put off the Old Man with his Works and have put on the New Man which is renewed in Knowledge after the Image of him to wit God that created him where is neither Greek nor Jew Circumcision nor Uncircumcision Barbarian Scythian Bond nor Free but Christ is all and in all Col. 3.9 10 11. Mark this you called Christians for this is a high State So all they that plead for the Old Man with his Works to the Grave are of another Mind and Spirit then the Apostles were in and preach another Doctrine and there you may see these true Christians had put off the Old Man before they went to the Grave and put on the New and were renewed in Knowledge after the Image of God that created them and this Work must all the true Christians know whilst they be upon the Earth which we witness and desire all might come to know and do the same And the Apostle James in his General Epistle to the Church speaking of the Tongue that Unruly Member which is full of deadly Poyson Therewith bless we God even the Father therewith curse we Men which are made after the Similitude of God And now all Christendom consider this if you bless God and curse Men that are made after the Similitude of God ye curse his Works and his Workmanship and curse that which he hath made and created after his own Similitude and therefore that Evil Tongue and Unruly Member that is full of Poyson you must have Power over and bridle else your Religion is vain for it must not do so to curse the Creator's Workmanship after his own Image for that proceeds from the Wisdom below and not from that which is above as you may see in James 3. and therefore you must love and honour and pray for all men and not curse them seeing Christ hath tasted Death for all men therefore bless and curse not and obey his Doctrine who is the Saviour of all men and especially of them that believe who would have all men to be saved and to come to the Knowledge of the Truth to wit Christ who is the Way the Truth and the Life And as Peter saith I perceive God is no Respecter of Persons but in every Nation he that feareth God and worketh Righteousness is accepted of him Acts 10.34 35. So God being no Respecter of Persons but accepts all that fear him and work Righteousness therefore all People are to fear God and depart from Evil and from all Unrighteousness if they be accepted of God and their not fearing God and not working Righteousness is that which maketh them unacceptable with him And Peter further saith Ye know the Word that God hath sent to the Children of Israel preaching Peace by Jesus Christ who is Lord of all mark of ALL So there is no Peace with God but by Jesus Christ And the Gospel which is preacht to every Creature under Heaven and Christ's Ministers were to go into All Nations to preach the Gospel of Christ then the Gospel was preacht to the Stock of Ham the Stock of Ishmael and the Stock of Esau For Christ dyed for all men and tasted Death for every man and here is God's Love in sending his Son that dyed for all men and God and Christ's Love in sending his Ministers to preach the Gospel to all men that they might know the Heavenly Riches and their Inheritance of the same by Christ Jesus for God's heavenly Sun hath shined upon the Just and the Unjust for their eternal Good as the natural Sun doth for their outward Good and doth enlighten all that all might believe in the Light and through it receive God's Love and Favour and they that do not are condemned by it and the Wrath of God abides upon them that reject his Love so we and all that have the Mind of Christ our Love is unto all men for their Outward and Eternal Good though we are hated by them for it as their Fore-Fathers hated the Prophets Christ and the Apostles for their Love and Good Will towards them And are not a great part in Christendom saying with Pilate that crucified Christ What is Truth Joh. 18.38 though they are bred up at Schools and think themselves as wise men as Pilate was who understood the Jews Law and the Romans and had his Latin Greek and Hebrew to set over Christ when he was crucified but Christ is risen atop of it and the Truth is Christ that doth enlighten you and you must find it in your Inward Parts And Christ saith I am the Way the Truth and the Life but the wise professing Jews would not receive him nor believe in him then though they had the Scriptures and they confessed he was to come as the Professors now which profess he is come yet will not believe in the Light but with literal learned Pilate say What is Truth though Christ saith I am the Way the Truth and the Life and no man comes to the Father but by me yet People that call themselves Christians will say There are so many Sects in the World we know not which to follow oh that we did know the Truth To which we say Have you been learning all this while and do not yet know the Truth Indeed there are Teachers that have the Form of Godliness and deny the Power that are alwayes teaching that they may be alwayes paying of them and leading People that are never able to come to the Knowledge of the Truth to wit Christ the Way the Truth and the Life For to know God and Jesus Christ is Eternal Life but to talk of God and Jesus Christ is not Eternal Life and that which gives People the Knowledge of the Glory of God in the Face of Jesus Christ is the Light that shines in their Hearts which Christ hath enlightned them withal and here is the Love of God in Christ Jesus to them all to enlighten them all and here is our Love to all Mankind In desiring and inviting them to turn from the Darkness to the Light and to believe in the Light that they may become Children of the Light and so to look unto Jesus Christ the Author and Finisher of their Faith who hath dyed for their Sins and is risen again for their Justification and sitteth at the Right Hand of God for by him to wit Christ all things in Heaven and in Earth are reconciled in one and God was in Christ reconciling the World unto himself and so we cannot but in Love beseech all to receive Christ Jesus the Light Life and Truth that by him you may be reconciled unto God who will lead you out of old Adam and destroy the Devil his Works who hath separated you from God and as every one hath received Christ Jesus so walk in him who is the New and Living Way who is over all the old and dead Wayes who is the Rock of Ages and the Foundation of many Generations and is our Rock and our Foundation in this our Age and Generation who bruises the Serpent's Head who is the First and Last who is the Love of God to Mankind Glory to God forever G. F. A QUERY to all the Preachers in Christendom HOw many men and Women have you presented Perfect in Christ Jesus Col. 1. How many have you Perfected How many have you brought to the Knowledge of the Son of God and to a Perfect Man unto the Measure of the Stature of the Fulness of Christ Ephes 4. which is the Work of Christ's Ministers Worcester-Prison the 10th Day of the 11th Mon. 1674.
Love Enemies as well as Friends and the Lord desires not the Death of a Sinner but rather that he might turn and live and Christ is the Saviour of All Men especially of them that believe you are of another Mind and Spirit then the Prophets and Christ and the Apostles were of that say Christ did not dye for all Men and tasted Death for every man and gave himself a Ransom for all men And God would have all men to be saved and come to the Knowledge of the Truth and the Manifestation of the Spirit of God is given to every man to profit withal 1 Cor. 12.7 mark every man and you that are against this are the Sect-makers and have not the Mind of the Apostle and this Doctrine of Christ and the Apostles we preach and teach and bear witness unto against all the Opposers and Sect-makers whatsoever And the Apostle saith But he that understandeth according to Sobriety as God hath dealt to every man the Measure of Faith mark as God hath dealt to every man the Measure of Faith so he is the Dealer for it is his Gift for Faith is the Gift of God which Christ is the Author of and not man by which every man should walk by that Faith which God hath dealt to him by Christ Jesus the Author and Finisher Rom. 12.3 For of him to wit God and through him and for him are all things to him be Glory forever Amen Rom. 11. So your Directory and Church Faith as you call it may lie and mold for we understand according to Sobriety that as God hath dealt to every man the Measure of Faith his Gift so he is to walk by in which he pleases God through Christ Jesus whom all Christians must look unto Jesus who is the Author of their Faith and Finisher of it who is the Author of ours Glory to God forever And the Wise Man's Eye is in his Head Christ Jesus who is the Head of all who bruises the Serpent's Head that led Men from God and hath been between Men and God and he that doth this leads Man again to God to wit Christ who is the true Baptizer who baptizes with Fire and with the Holy Ghost whose Fan is in his Hand and he will cleanse his Floor the Floor of your Hearts and will gather his Wheat into his Garner but will burn up the Chaff with unquenchable Fire and they that know this Baptizer to wit Christ are the true Christians and will never plead for the Chaff their Body of Death and Sin to the Grave for when Christ sets Fire in your Hearts and Minds that never shall be quenched till the Chaff is burnt up such will not plead for the Chaff but for Christ and his Baptism which we own and would have all People come to For in the Time of the Law things were to pass through the Fire and Water to be made clean so must you pass through Christ's Fire and Water which purifies and washes before you will be clean to enter into his holy Kingdom and know his Baptism as in Luke 3.16 17. For Simon Magus may go into the Outward Water and yet not come to Christ's Baptism and think he can buy the Gift of God for Money which was judged by the Apostle and by all that be in the same spirit And this is the One Baptism For by One Spirit we the true Church are all baptized into one Body whether we be Jews or Grecians Bond or Free and have been all made to drink into one Spirit And for want of this Spirit 's baptizing of you and you drinking into it there are so many Bodies and Sects in Christendom and so many Baptisms and Wayes and so do not drink all into one Spirit in which the Unity and Fellowship and the Bond of the Prince of Princes Peace is which we say all true Christians are bound to keep and then they will seek the Good of all men and the Peace of all men let them be of several Sects formerly yet by One Spirit they are all baptized into one Body as they come to the Spirit then they drink into one Spirit then here is Fellowship in the One Spirit 1 Cor. 12.13 So all Christians are to endeavour to keep the Unity of this Spirit in the Bond of Peace Here is one Body and one Spirit even as ye are called into one Hope of your Vocation there is one Lord one Faith one Baptism and one God and one Father of all which is above all and through all mark and in you all Phil. 4. know him there searching your Hearts and find him there trying your Reins incline your Ears and give ear to him there who will render to every one of you according to your Words and Works whether they be Good or Evil. And therefore quench not nor vex nor grieve his good Spirit nor rebel against the Good Spirit which God hath given to you to instruct you and to profit withal Neh. 9. nor turn the Grace of God into Wantonness which would teach you and bring your Salvation neither walk despightfully against the Spirit of Grace neither despise Prophecy which is an Office in the Church neither hate the Light of Christ lest it be your Condemnation which you should believe in and become Children of And in the 1 Corinth 8.6 Unto us to wit the Christians there is but one God which is the Father of whom are all things mark all things and we in him mark in him to wit the Father of whom are all things and one Lord Jesus Christ by whom are all things mark by whom are all things and we by him to wit by Christ of whom is named the whole Family in Heaven and Earth and so that Christ may dwell in your Hearts by Faith and that you may be strengthned by his Spirit in your Inward Man Ephes 3. And do not resist the Holy Ghost as the Out-side Professing Jews did the Stiff-necked Uncircumcised in Hearts and Ears as it is to be feared too many of those called Christians do now Acts 7.51 for they that do resist the Holy Ghost resist that in which they should have Fellowship and pray in and they that resist the Holy Ghost resist that which Christ sends to lead the Saints into all Truth by and shews them things to come and takes of mine says Christ and gives unto you and they that resist this resist their Leader and their Minister and their Reprover and this Comforter the Spirit of Truth shall reprove the World of Sin John 14.15 16. and of their Righteousness which is not Christ's and of their Judgment which is not of the Holy Ghost and therefore must the World leave their Sin Righteousness and Judgment and turn at the Reproof of the Holy Ghost which Christ prayed unto the Father that he would send and should abide with his Disciples forever and he did and hath sent him the Holy Ghost the Comforter that