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To the Great Turk and his King at Argiers together with a postscript of George Pattison's taking the Turks and setting them on their own shoar.
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Fox, George, 1624-1691.; Lurting, Thomas. 1632-1713. Of George Pattisons taking the Turks about the 8 month, 1663.
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Spirit and the Truth in their own hearts which they have from the God of Truth if they do serve and worship the holy and eternal God of Truth in his Spirit and Truth and these are the true Worshippers that Worship the Eternal God of Truth in his Spirit and Truth which the Devil which is the foul corrupt Spirit is out of who abode not in the Truth and there is no Truth in him therefore he is not to be followed nor worshipped but the God of Truth and the Grace of God which brings Salvation hath appeared to all men which teacheth us his people to deny Ungodliness and Worldly Lusts we living Soberly Righteously and Godly in this present World Now all men must come to this Grace of God in their hearts which appears to them in their hearts which shews them their Ungodliness and Worldly Lusts and their unrighteousness and it will teach them to forsake it and bring their Salvation but if that you do turn this Grace of God into wantonness and walk despightfully against the Spirit of Grace you walk in despight of that which should bring your Salvation then you bring the Wrath and Indignation of the great God against you who abuse his Grace and Favour and the Messiah and you and Mahomet do consess that John declares Christ the Messiah to be the Word then you are to obey him Moreover John saith That he was not that Light but sent to bear Witness of that Light and that was the true Light which lighteth every man that cometh into the World Now you all being enlightened with this true Light which Light lets you see all your evil deeds and actions that you do and all your evil words and thoughts that you speak and think And every one of you that doth Truth cometh to the Light that your Deeds may be manifest they are wrought in God from whom they have this Light in whom there is no Darkness but every one of you that doth evil hateth the light then you hate Jesus Christ and the Eternal God neither will you come to the light lest your Deeds should be reproved by the light and this is the Condemnation That Light is come into the World and men love Darkness rather than Light because their Deeds be Evil. Now if you would do the Truth and come to the Light and love it it shines in your hearts and would give you the Light of the knowledge of the Glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ and then you would know this Heavenly Treasure in your Earthen Vessels and the excellency of this power to be of God and not of your selves And you do confess That Jesus Christ was not begotten by the Will of man who was Conceived of Mary and that she should Conceive and bring forth without the touching of man and he being Conceived by the Holy Spirit then whose Son can he be but Gods who taught him the Scriptures and the mysteryes of the Laws of the Old Testament and the Gospel who was a Prophet to the Children of Israel as you confess in your Alcoran chap. 3. pag. 34. So he was declared to be Gods Son in the power according to the Spirit of Holiness by the Resurrection from the Dead for all Died in Adam and he tasted Death for every man and is risen for the Just fication of all that believe in him the true Light of the Eternal God And now all ye Turks and all People upon the earth God who is Immortal Eternal and Invisible he has poured out of his Spirit upon you all but if you do grieve it and vex and rebel and err from and against his good Spirit then you go from Gods Law and that which doth Witness for him which is his Spirit in your hearts which is a Witness for the King of Kings yea the great King of Heaven and Earth I say this Witness doth Witness for the great God who will Judge the World in Righteousness according to this Witness and the Secrets of every mans heart he by his Spirit doth shew unto man his Thoughts and the Imaginations of his heart and searches the Heart and tryes the Reins and all things are naked and open to him who is a Consuming Fire to the Wicked Now this Spirit of the God of Truth which he hath poured upon all flesh of men and women it is a Witness against you for the pure God for all your unrighteous and ungodly impious actions and your bad Thoughts and Words and whatever you do or act that is unjust and unholy and for what you do to others you would not have done to you the Holy Spirit of the great God of Truth is a Witness against you It was a Witness against Adam and the Old World that disobeyed him it was a Witness against the Jews and it is a Witness against all Christians that walk not in it and Turks and all people upon the earth and they that are led by the good Spirit of God are his Children Sons and Daughters and therefore prize your time while you have it ye Turks and others and mind Gods good Spirit and his Light and Grace which will bring your Salvation that you may come into favour with the God of Truth From him whose Love is to God and Jesus Christ the Just and Holy One and all his Holy Prophets and Apostles and all People upon the Earth for their Salvation and desires their Eternal Good and Happiness and not any mans Destruction G. Fox Kingston upon Thames the 16 of the fifth month 1680. POSTSCRIPT Of George Pattisons taking the Turks about the 8 Month 1663. Dear Friend THine I have received In Answer to thy request I have given thee an Account as well and as near as I can but as to the exact time I cannot for I have not my Books I was George Pattisons Mate and coming from Venice being near a Spanish Island called May-York we were Chased by a Turkish Ship or Patah as sometimes before we had been and thinking by our Vessels well Sailing might escape But Providence Ordered it so That by carrying over-much Sail some of our Materials gave way by which means the said Turk came up with us and commanded the Master on Board who accordingly went with four men more leaving me and three men and a boy on board our Ship and so soon as our men came on Board the Turk they took them all out of the Boat and came about 14 Turks in our Boat All which time I was under a very great Exercise in Spirit not so much for my self because I had a secret hope of relief but a great stress lay upon me for the men in this very Juncture of time for all hope of outward appearance being then gone the Master being on board of the Turk and four more and the Turks just coming on Board I being as one even as if I were or were not only desiring of the Lord for patience in such
than they have and because they will not lie with your men which is abominable Again Mahomet saith c. 102. p. 319. He that persecutes his Neighbour misery is upon him and persecution shall come upon him and conquer him And therefore if ye believe his Alcoran this will be fulfilled unto you that do such things And again Mahomet saith He that heaps up Treasures and is busie to count them thinks they will make him Immortal he tells such what shall be their misery that their Hearts shall burn in the fire of Hell and therefore what will become of you who get your Treasure by Theft and Robbery and taking Captives and beat them to give more mony for Redemption than they have neither do not think you any harm who are the Subjects of the great God and keep his Commandments surely such that do so will be overwhelmed with the Flames of Hell and bound to great Pillars of the same And again Mahomet saith chap 105. pag. 391. He that devours the Substance of Orphans and the Bread of the Poor Blasphemes against the Law of God and misery is upon him Now are not you men of Argier that devours the substance of Orphans and hinder men to do well and follow their lawful business and so are not only under the Judgement of the Law of God but under the Judgement of your Mahoment who live there by spoyling and robbing your Neighbour that think you no hurt And Jesus the Son of Mary which you confess in your Alcoran was sent to guide and instruct people in the right way whom you confess was a great Prophet and do find fault with the Jews because they did not obey him he commands people that they should love their enemies and do good unto enemies and pray for enemies and do good unto them that despightfully use them And you say in your Alcoran That Jesus shall be a Witness in the day of Judgement against such as obey not his Law then do not you believe he will be a Witness against you for disobeying his Command and Law who hate not only them you think your enemies but those that neither think nor do you harm and take them Captive and rob and spoil them of their Goods and beat them because they will not be defiled with your men and give you more mony for their Ransom than they are able to give And again Mahomet saith chap. 3. pag. 34 That Jesus said Who shall sustain the Law of God in my absence and the Apostles answered him We will sustain the Law of God in thy absence c. And therefore why do not you believe in the Law of God according to Jesus and the Prophets for Jesus Apostles declared against such men as burned in their Lusts one towards another men with men and who knew the Judgements of God was upon them that committed such things and that they were worthy of Death and yet did not only do such things but had pleasure in them that did them and therefore you Turks that do such things are Judged by the great God and all his Holy Prophets and Jesus Christ and his Apostles to Act contrary to Gods pure just holy righteous Law and they are Witnesses against you as is also your own Alcoran And now consider O ye Turks The great and holy Eternal God who made the World and all things therein he is Lord of Heaven and Earth and great King over all and dwelleth not in Temples made with hands but in Temples of Peoples hearts neither is he Worshipped with mens hands he giveth to all breath life and all things that they might serve and worship him and he hath made of one Bloud all Nations of men for to dwell on the face of the Earth and hath determined the times before appointed and the bounds of their Habitations and all should seek after the Lord who fills Heaven and Earth who is not far from any people and now commands all men every where to repent because he hath appointed a day in which he will Judge the World in Righteousness And therefore how can you do any Violence against your own flesh and bloud seeing that God hath made of one Bloud all Nations of men and commands you to do unto all men as you would have them do unto you yea and to love one another and to love enemies and therefore it is the Devil that seduces you and makes you hate both your Friends and Enemies and your own Flesh and Bloud And also the Eternal God of Truth commands That Prayers and Supplications be made for all men who would have all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the Truth and therefore you ought not to destroy them nor to hurt them which you cannot hurt if you truly pray for them For the Lord hath commanded his Prophet Ezekiel to say unto the People As I live saith the Lord I have no pleasure in the Death of the Wicked but that the Wicked turn from his Wicked ways and live Therefore turn ye turn ye from your evil ways for why will ye Die for I have no pleasure in the Death of him that Dieth saith the Lord God of Truth therefore turn your selves to the Lord and ye shall live for the Lord God that Created the Heavens and the Earth and stretched them out he that spread forth the Earth and that which comes out of it he that giveth breath to the People upon it and Spirit to them that walk therein his Law and Covenant and Light is to be minded and kept that he hath given to the Nations so that every one that hath Breath may praise the Lord in his Covenant of light for in the hand of the Lord is the Soul of every living thing and the Breath of all mankind And the Lord opens unto them that obey him his good Treasure that they have the Blessings from above and also from below and he is the Lord God of the spirits of all flesh and therefore all are to worship and serve him in the Spirit and Truth who is the Lord God of their Spirits And he was the Teacher of Adam and Eve and as long as they kept under his Teachings they were happy but when they forsook Gods Teaching and followed the Devils and Sathans Teaching who led them from God into corruptions filthiness uncleanness and into Divisions and to destroy one another but according to Gods Promises and Prophets the Seed of the Woman is come to bruise the Serpents head and is the Speaker and Teacher again to his People by it as he was to Adam and Eve in Paradice Glory and Praise to the Great and Eternal God for Ever And God by his Prophets said That he would pour out of his Spirit upon all Flesh And Jesus Christ said That God was a Spirit and they that Worship him must Worship him in Spirit and Truth And now all Men and Women in the whole World they must come to the