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truth_n	lead_v	spirit_n	true_a	4,122	5	5.5406	4	true

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ID	Title	Author	Corrected Date of Publication (TCP Date of Publication)	STC	Words	Pages
B02476	A new book for children to learn in. With many wholesome meditations for them to consider. With directions for true spelling. And the ground of true reading and writing of true English. / by S.C.	Crisp, Stephen, 1628-1692.; Fox, George, d. 1661.	1681 (1681)	Wing C6936C; ESTC R174306	19,584	105

of God and out of the true Faith and out of the Spirit of Truth and so out of the Worship of God And in this Estate they are alienated from the Life of God and Strangers to the Covenant of Promise even Strangers unto the Law of God which is Light written in the Heart and so in this estate they are Darkness Now Children although you be darkness yet the Light shines in the Darkness as saith the Scripture and the Darkness cannot Comprehend it the Darkness cannot shut up the Light that is plain to your Understandings For the Light breaks through the Darkness and sheweth unto you your darkness and shines into your hearts to give you the kn●wledge of the Glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ So that which may be known of God is manifested in you for God hath shewed it unto you Therefore Children ye should not seek nor look out nor search in your own Thoughts to find out the Knowledge of God for the World by their Thoughts and Wisdom know not God But the Lord God is nigh unto every one of you for to shew unto you your Thoughts for he knoweth your Thoughts and none of them can be withheld from him and he that declareth unto man what his Thoughts are the Lord of Hosts is his Name so Children take notice of that which sheweth you your Thoughts for that is the Lord. And it was prophesied concerning Christ That he should be a Light to lighten the Gentiles that the Thoughts of many Hearts may be revealed and again The Word discerneth the Thoughts and the Intents of the Heart So Children there is something in you that makes manifest your bad Words and your bad Deeds and your bad Thoughts unto you and reproveth you for them Now all things that are reproved they are made manifest with the Light as saith the Scriptures For whatsoever doth make Manifest the same is Light And God is Light who said to him that thought God to be such a one as himself I will reprove thee and set thy sins in order before thy eyes and they that would have none of Gods reproof they were the stubborn children whom God the Light brought his Judgments upon therefore take heed of rejecting that which doth reprove you for sin And again the Scripture saith of the Spirit of Truth That he shall reprove the World of Sin of Righteousness of Judgment Christ the Word he for Sin condemned Sin in the flesh So take notice of that which makes manifest reproves and condemns you for Sin for that i● God or Christ or the Spirit which are but One. Now Children there are but two Grounds or Powers from whence all Peoples Deeds arise and by which all People are acted or led that is to say the Ground of Truth and the Ground of Unrighteousness ●nd the Power of God and the Power of Satan which is the Devil who abode not in the Truth And there is the Spirit of God and the Spirit of Error Now the Ground and Power and Spirit of Truth are of one Nature which is the DIVINE NATURE and the Ground and Power and the Spirit of Error they are also one in their Natures which is the Cursed Nature and these Natures are contrary one to the other Now they that Act any manner of Unrighteousness it ariseth from the Unrighteous Ground and they are moved acted and led in all Unrighteous Actions that they Act by the Power of Satan the Spirit of Error And they that act any thing that is Just and Right in the sight of God it ariseth from the Ground of Truth and they are moved acted and led in all such Actions by the Power and Spirit of God Now these Powers or Natures or Spirits being contrary one to another oppose one another and thus Children ye may come to know that it is so and discern it by the Light which makes manifest all Words Actions and Motions For when ye have disobeyed your Parents or them that have the Rule over you in any thing that ye ought not or when ye have done any Evil then ye have been acted by Satan his Power and then the Power of God hath moved in you against the Evil that you have committed and then many times with the Spirit of Truth you have seen that you have done amiss and have been troubled for it And when you have told a Lye the Devil hath begotten that in you for he is the Father of all Lyes and then the Light of God's Spirit hath often times shewed unto you your Lye and hath condemned you for it And thus the Spirit and Power of God Opposeth the Power and Spirit of Satan in all things that Satan begets in you and moveth and leadeth you to do for the Spirit and Power of God moves and stirs against every moving and stirring of the Power and Spirit of Satan and calls you from the evil to refrain and not to joyn to the Evil Motions but to the good And likewise where the Spirit and Power of Satan is not yet limited or destroy'd Mark when the Power and Spirit of God begets any tender Desires or stirrings or movings in you after Truth and Righteousness then the Power and Spirit of Satan moves and stirs in you against them and seeks to draw your Minds from that which is good into that which is evil And thus you may plainly see that the light hath no fellowship with the darkness nor the darkness with the light for the Spirit and Power of God is Light and the Spirit and Power of Satan is Darkness and these are contrary one to each other in all things And they that joyn to to the Darkness and believe in it they by it continue or are made Children of Darkness and so of the Devil And they that joyn to the Light and believe in it they by it are made or continue Children of the Light and so of God Now Children there is a day of Visitation if ye slight it not which the Lord God giveth you wherein you may come to witness this Word of God in making you his children through his Workings and Operations of his Eternal Spirit But if ye let slip the Day of your Visitation and continue resisting the Workings of the Spirit and harden your selves against the Reproof of the Lo●d then the Spirit of the Lord will cease striving with you and ye will be shut up in Darkness Therefore whilst ye feel something which convinceth you of Sin and Evil take heed unto that for that which lets you see that ye should not lye nor swear nor be proud nor wild nor disobedient to your Parents in any lawful thing that they command you nor act any manner of Unrighteousness whatsoever This is the Manifestation of the Spirit which is given you to profit withal or the true Light of God or Christ who are one And this ye should mind r●joyn unto when it convinceth you and to abide

of the Lord and if in the wisdom of God ye see freedom to turn any away give them sufficient Waring that they may provide themselves otherwayes for this is but just and reasonable and be not hasty nor rash with them nor run into Jangling with them but if ye have cause to reprove them let it be in the Fear Wisdom of God in the Freedom and Authority of the Truth that will reach unto the Witness of God in them So be not high minded but fear and be patterns unto them in the lowly meek and quiet Spirit and bear with the weak and forgive them that trespass against you and render not Evil for Evil to any but overcome Evil with that which is Good and live in that which overcomes Evil that so the Truth of God may be exalted over all And all ●e that are Servants live in the Fear of the Lord and wait in his Light and be obedient thereunto and also be obedient in your places unt● those that are your Masters an● Dames according to the Flesh not only to the good and gentle but also to the froward serving them in Faithfulness and Uprightness of Heart doing what ye do for them as diligently faithfully and willingly as ye should do any thing to the Lord for this is right in the sight of God and take heed that none of God's Creatures be lost or wasted under your Hands through your neglecting them or sloathfulness in your places wd do not falsly accuse any or speak Evil behind any ones Back thereby thinking to get the Favour o● Love of any or upon any other account for that is Evil and be as diligent in your places when your Masters or Dames are absent as when they are present for this is just and right and be not stubborn nor wilful neither use many wor●s to your Masters or Dames and if ye know not well how to pe●form your Service aright th●● in true Humility be willing ●o learn and take heed of High-mindedness and Pride or of being wise in your own Eyes and when ye have any spare Ti●● allowed ye being free fro● outward Imployment see that ye spend it in the Fear of th● Lord in waiting upon him 〈◊〉 his Light that so all vain Tal●ing corrupt Communication foolish jesting and all Vanity may be kept out of and give ye not way to that mind which is Unstable which would be oft shifting and going from place to place for this is not right in the sight of God but wait in the Light that ye may be staid and settled in your Minds and if ye see Freedom in the Fear of God Mark that to go to another place then give your Masters or Dames sufficient notice of it and if any of you who know the Truth come to be moved of the Lord to go to any place in his Service be faithful to the Lord and when your service which he required of you 〈◊〉 done then return to your place again except it be otherway● ordered in the Fear and Wi●dom of God and be diligent in your places doing the same that ye would others should do unto you in the like condition and mind the Lord in and above all things and be faithful unto him and he will be your Reward And all ye Fathers and Mothers and Children and Masters and Dames and Servants who have the Creatures of God to buy or sell or to exchange live in the fear of the Lord that ye may feel his Wisdom to guide you in your Trading and do not speak better or worse of the Creatures then you know them to be thereby to get the greater gain for that is Idolatry it arising from Covetousness but wait to feel God's Spirit to bridle your Tongues and use but few words in your Trading● and if ye ask a question therein do it in simplicity and keep in the Light which is equal that when ye offer or ask a Price for the Creatures it may be in Equality and let that be your Rule and not the Price of the Market except that be equal for so ye may reach the equal Principle on in another and then stand t● your Word and here your Y●● will be Yea and your Nay will 〈◊〉 Nay and so ye will be kept in the Doctrine of Christ with his Light out of Evil and ye abiding in the Light it will bring you to do to every one as ye would be done unto and take heed that ye stir not up the Impatient Crooked Disorderly Nature one in another with your Words or Actions but bear one with another and forgive one another and when ye tell each other of a Fault do it in the Fear and Wisdom and meek Spirit of God's Lamb that so ye may restore each other therein and when ye have any convenient time assemble your se●ves together in the Name and Fear of the Lord and wait every particular in the Measure and Gift of God in you which is given ye to profit withal and all wait together in the Light and believe in it that ye may be Children of the Light and therein watch unto Prayer and one over another and this will beget ye into unfeigned Love and walking in the Light ye will have true Unity and Fellowip one with another and the Blood which is the Life o● Jesus Christ you will feel cleansing you from all Sin so ye will come into the Unity wit● God Also to feel his Word his Power and Wisdom i● you by which all things were Created and made and are upheld that therein ye may be ordered in the particlar and that therein ye may use and order all God's Creatures to his Glory and then all false Weights and Measures and Wayes and Worships will be destroyed and then shall Truth Equity Righteousness and true Order and Mercy prosper and run down as a River So let your Faith stand in Christ Jesus the Light and Wisdom and Power of God and then true Worship true Weight true Measure shall be set up and established and then shall the Lord be exalted over all the Works of his Hands and so ye will feel his blessing unto him belongeth Dominion and Honour for he is worthy of it for evermore Amen By George Fox The Lamb and his Day Proclamed THE Kingdom of God is at hand which comes not with Observation Salvation is near unto all that will receive it Redemption is coming in a Time unexpected and Deliverance in a Way not known as a Thief in the Dark is the Heir come whose light out of d●rkness is shining and that which shineth out of Darkness is it alone that giveth the Knowledge of God whom to know is Life eternal and the Brightness of the Day of God is springing forth of Darkness as the Morning Sun after the Darkness of the Night and Glorious is this day of the Revelation of God to all them that have waited for his Coming who in the Life of his