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A84821	To all that would know the vvay to the kingdome, vvhether they be in forms, with out formes, or got above all forms. A direction to turne your minds within, where the voice of the true God is to be heard, whom you ignorantly worship as afarre off, and to wait upon him for the true wisdome. That you may know truth from error, the word from the letter, the power from forme, and the true prophets from the false. Given forth by Geo. Fox.	Fox, George, 1624-1691.	1654 (1654)	Wing F1942A; Thomason E732_8; ESTC R206880	11,116	15

of howling will be amongst your Fat Bulls of Bashan that all the tall Cedars and strong Oaks must be hewen down and all the loftiness of men must be laid low then shall the Lord alone be exalted The free grace of God is the Saints teacher which teacheth them to deny ungodliness and worldly lusts to live righteously and godly like God in this evil present world denying all the worlds lusts and worlds ways and worlds teachers and works of darkness which grace is turned into wantonnesse by those who follow the course of the world and the works of darkness drunkenness and uncleanness and such are they who cannot abide sound doctrine which heap up teachers having itching ears And all who turn this grace of God into wantonness deny it to teach them and they live in their worldly lusts and ungodlinesse Oh how doth the Land mourn because of Oaths Oaths are heard in the streets openly belched forth Oh how doth the pride and haughtiness of Men and Women abound scarce know how to walk in the streets Oh how doth oppression and tyranny rule that the cryes of the poor are entered into the Ear of the Lord of Sabboths Oh how doth drunkenness and drunkards walk abroad in the streets which devours the creatures The Lord is rising and surely he will be avenged of all his Adversaries he is come to sweep the Land of evil doers that the earth shall yield her increase and the Land enjoy her Sabbaths and he will sit as Judge and righteousnesse shall run down our streets and God alone be magnified and glorified to whom it alone belongs for ever Oh how doth all the creation groan under this bondage of corruption the Lord is powring out his spirit upon all flesh that his sons and daughters may prophesie up and down this great City and none shall make them afraid crying for justice crying for righteousness crying for equity for the cry of the great whore is come up before the Lord who is adulterated from the truth they who hate this light hate Christ which is the Husband and goes from him they who love the light have the Husband which is Christ but the judgement of the great Whore is come who made all Nations to drink of the Cup of her Fornication who must drink of the cup of the indignation of the wrath of God powred out without mixture who must have it filled double Rejoice rejoyce all ye Prophets and holy men of God triumph in glory sing aloud praises to the Lord God Almighty and omnipotent who is come to reign rejoyce over the world over the false Prophets over the Beast over the Whore which is adulterated from the light and tels al her lovers that the light is natural and so denies the husband Christ Iesus and lives in Fornication but all who loves the light and walks in the light witness Jesus Christ to be the Husband and this light to be spiritual Now she is convinced of her Adultery of her witchcraft of her sorcery and that which doth convince her is the light which Christ hath enlightned her with and this is her condemnation And now the judgement of the great Whore is come God will be avenged on her who has drunk the blood of all his Saints who dwelt in the light and loved the light All who hate this light they set up to be their light such as are called of men Masters have the chiefest places in the Assemblies stand making long Prayers lay heavy burthens upon the people which devour widows houses the widow has not a husband all are widows who are devoured of such but who loves the light which Christ hath enlightned them with it joynes them to Christ and then they witness him to be their Husband and such are not devoured of them And who hate this light hold up them who bear rule by their means which Ieremy who dwelt in the light was sent to cry out against And they that hate the light hold up them that cry for their gain from their quarter and never have enough which Isaiah who dwelt in the light was sent to cry out against And they that hate the light go after the error of Balaam and hold up such who love the wages of unrighteousnesse and all who hate this light have the spirit of error and they that dwell in the light know the spirit of error and what the spirit of error follows And all who hate this light hold up the hirelings that Micha cryed against and such as call for the Fleece and cloath themselves with the wooll that Ezeki●l cryed against who was in the light and full of the spirit Now where the same light is made manifest as was in the Prophets which saw Christ the light the Apostles in the same light which gave forth the Scripture all the Scripture is witnessed and here we are grounded upon the Prophets upon the Apostles and Christ the corner stone in the eternal light by which we see the Priests bear rule by their means now and seek for their gain from their quarter now and are greedy dumb dogs now nay worse than Balaam who loved the wages of unrighteousness but durst not take it but these sue men at the Law for it worse than Simon Magus who would have bought the spirit but these sell the letter this corrupt doctrine hath long reigned but now is made manifest and in this light we see the hirelings that Preach peace but he that puts not in their mouths they prepare war against him and by which light we see teachers who professe they are sent of Christ to be in the seat of the Scribes and Pharisees and are called of men Masters and have the chiefest places going in their long robes love salutation in the Markets have the uppermost seats at Feasts and under pretence making long Prayers devouring widows houses which Christ cryed woe against such we cannot own as sent of Christ nor hold up for if we should we should deny the Scriptures and hold up that which Christ forbids and if we should hold up them who rule by their means we should deny Ieremiah to be a true Prophet who cried against such and if we should hold up such as cry for gain from their quarter we should deny Isaiah who was sent to cry against such and if we should hold up such as go for gifts and rewards who love the wages of unrighteousness we should deny the Apostle who cryed against such for the same light is manifest praised be the Lord God by which they are seen and cannot be owned but must be denied as they were by the Prophets by Christ by the Hpostles and if we should hold up such that say Revelations are ceased we should deny the Son as they do for none knows the Father but the Son and he to whom the Son reveals him and so we deny those to know any thing of Christ or to be sent of Christ which deny the Son and deny revelations for the Apostle which was a Minister of God he was not a Minister of Christ till the Son was revealed in him and then he Preached him and Preached the Kingdom of God so all who deny Revelations deny the Son and the Father both and live in their imaginations of the letter And the Apostle exhorts the Saints to have the loins of their minds girded up and hope to the end for the grace that was to be brought to them at the revelation of Iesus Christ now he was a Minister and did exhort to wait for the revelation of Iesus Christ but now thou that denies revelations dost declare thy self openly to be no Minister and raceth thy sdlf out from among the Ministers of Christ and thou goest in the wayes of Cain thou art raced out from Abel for in thy heart lodgeth persecution and thy mouth utters it and thy hand acts it And you that speak a Divination of your own heart art raced out from them who speak from the mouth of the Lord for the Prophets of the Lord cryed out ever against such and so they do now and ye that seek for gain from your quarter are they that are raced out from the true Prophets of God they cryed out against you and the same light cryes out against you now otherwise the Prophets should be made of none effect for they spoke forth freely and so they do now that speak forth the same light the light is free which hath enlightned every one that coms into the world thou that hates it has learned thy condemnation it lets thee see all the evil deeds of thy heart And the Gospel is free to every creature not to be bought and sold for money Oh shameless men that tell people the letter is the word and buy and sell it for money which is but a declaration of the word and the grace is free which hath appeared to all men which is the Saints teacher and you need not have any teacher if you own the grace which shews your ungodliness and worldly lusts this grace will teach you to deny it and the light which hath enlightned every one that comes into the world there 's every one of your condemations in particular that hates it and there 's every one of your teachers that loves it which is but one and will open all the Figures and the Parables and Types to you and waiting in it it will guide you to God there is your teacher there is your condemnation every one of you shall eternally witness me to that which exerciseth your consciences do I speak for now the mighty day of the Lord is comming meet him by putting off your works of darknesse God that made the world and all things in it dwels not in Temples made with hands neither will be worshipped with mens inventions but Israel when he had forgotten his Maker builded Temples and Iudah builded fenced Cities but the Lord will send a fire to devour them and all your Songs shall be turned into Mourning the Mouth of the Lord hath spoken it Oh then all ye that professe see that you possesse and profess no more than you are G. F. FINIS

To all that would know the VVay to the KINGDOME VVhether they be in Forms with out Formes or got above all Forms A Direction to turne your minds within where the Voice of the true God is to be heard whom you ignorantly Worship as afarre off and to wait upon him for the true Wisdome That you may know Truth from Error the Word from the Letter the Power from Forme and the true Prophets from the false Given forth by Geo. Fox A warning to all sorts of People who live in sinne and uncleanness For the wicked must be turned into Hell and all that forget God And all who are workers of iniquity are accursed from Christ for saith he Go ye cursed ye workers of iniquity into utter darkness I Am the light of the world and enlightens every one that commeth into the world Christ hath enlightned every one that comes into the world thou that loves that light which Christ hath enlightned thee withall thou brings thy workes to the light that thy deeds may be proved that they are wrought in God and he that walks in the light there is no occasion of stumbling in him it teacheth righteousness and holinesse it will keep thee from lying and not let thee lye and keep thee in tenderness of conscience towards God and man and never let thee swear it will check thee if thou dost the light will not let thee take Gods name in vain it will let thee see if thou dost thou must not go unpunished And will never let thee follow drunkenness nor vain company for who lives in that nature are without God and shall never inherit the Kingdome of God therefore beware this light will keep thee from Adultery and Whoredome for such will God judge and the light will keep thee from theft quarrelling and fighting and abusing thy self with mankind and envy and will keep thee in the fear of God this light which is of God and let thee see all the works of the world and draw thee out of the worships of the world and keep thee in the fear of God where the true wisdome is made manifest the pure wisdome is made manifest to the pure and put into the pure heart and then thy own wisdome thou wilt see with the light arising out of the earthly part in thee which wisdome is sensuall and devillish and earthly for while there is enviousnesse in thee there lodgeth the man slayer and all the wisdome is from below while that nature stands there 's Sects and there 's Opinions amd there 's conceivings ariseth out of this earthly part where lodgeth this wisdome and self-conceit and pride and by this wisdome the living God is not known and so all who dwells in this wisdome put the letter for the word and give meanings and expositions upon it and so gathers together with the outward letter not having the power and life that gave it forth so there 's Castles builded and strong Holds and fenced Cities and high Walls as the Iews who had the outward forme of that which was given forth from the power the forme of the Prophets and Moses and David and Abraham who saw Christ who lived in the power but the Pharisees and the Priests getting their words knew not Christ so it is now with this Generation of the world for you say ye know Christ the Iewes said they were of Abraham the same so that had gotten the letter and others words which had the power and all these are but imitations and likenesses which are above lifted up above the pure and here lodgeth the Serpent in this Earthly part but as the eternal light which Christ hath enligtned you withall is loved minded and taken heed unto this earthly part is wrought out the dayly crosse is taken up the fear of the Lord grows the true wisdome increaseth the errors of the wicked are discovered and made manifest the unjust comes to suffer the just comes to reign the wisdome of the world comes to be confounded then the Heathen begin to rage then tumults arise And dwelling in the light all Sects and all Opinions and Religions are discovered and stand naked before the Lord and before all who are of God and seen with the eternall eye which all ariseth out of the earthly part and the earth is but one and all they do raise their ground from the letter which is given forth from the power Now the power dwelling in it in the eternal light all Sects and Opinions come to be judged and overturned and seen to be chaff and is for the fire to be burned with that which cannot be quenched for the light is but one which is Christ who enlightneth every one and all are enlightned with one light every one taking heed to that light which Christ hath enlightned you withall it leads you out of Sects out of Forme out of the beauty of the world to live in life and power and waiting in the light which Christ hath enlightned you withall you come to be Disciples of Iesus Christ and servants to the truth and not to serve the lusts nor the desires nor pleasures but the light it judgeth them for serving the desires and the lust thou turnes into the beastly nature into the world and into the flesh and comes to be darkned and vailed then thy throat is an open sepulchre that thou drinkest up iniquity as it were water but dwelling in the light it judgeth all that and all thy works and actions come to be judged by that light and all walking in this light which Christ hath enlightned you with you all walking in unity and onenesse of minde and say away all guile sinne and uncleannesse and all taught to fear the Lord God and it will leade you to the Church in God from the Church in the world and from your Teachers to cease from men to be taught alone of God who teacheth eternall things eternally and leads the mind up out of external things and dwelling in the light there 's no occasion at all of stumbling for all things are discovered with the light thou that loves it here 's thy teacher when thou art walking abroad its present with thee in thy bosome thou need not say Loe here or loe there and as thou liest in bed its present to teach thee and judge thy wandring minde which would wander abroad and thy high thoughts and imaginations and makes them subject for following thy thoughts thou art quickly lost dwelling in this light it will discover to thee the body of sinne and thy corruptions and fallen Estate where thou art and multitude of thoughts in that light which shewes thee all this stand goe neither to the right hand nor to the left here 's patience exercised here 's thy will subjected here thou wilt see the mercies of God made manifest in death here thou wilt see the drinkings of the Water of Shiloah which runne softly and the promises of God fulfilled which are to

the Seed which Seed is Christ here thou wilt find a Saviour and the Election thou wilt come to know and the Reprobation and what is cast out from God and what enters he that can own me here and receive me into his heart the immortall seed is borne up and thy own will thrust forth for it is not him that willeth nor him that runneth but the Election obtaineth it and God that shewes mercy for the first step of peace is to stand still in the light which discovers things contrary to it for power and strength to stand against that nature which the light discovers here grace grows here 's God alone glorified and exalted and the unknown truth unknown to the world made manifest which drawes up that which lyes in the Prison and refresheth it in time up to God out of time through time Whom God loves he loves to the end where the eternal unity is where is all Peace all clean no jarre who are all of one minde hid from the worlds wisdome knowledge and comprehension and thoughts can never enter as it is written the World by wisdome knowes not God and he is comming to comfound the wisdome of the wise And the Church in God is not in imitation gathered from the letter and a high-flowne People in their imaginations but are them who are born againe of the Immortall Seed by the Word of God which lives and endures for ever which the world knowes not for the Word cuts asunder hewes down all wickednesse corruption pride and the honour of man that all the honour and glory may be given alone to God he hewes down the first that he may establish the second and raise up the second and the Word of the Lord is a fire burnes up all the corruptions burnes up all that it has hewen down and as a hammer to beat down that nothing can stand it and this is the word by which the Saints are borne again you are borne again by the immortall word which lives and endures for ever and feeding upon the milke of the Word which Word is God which Word became flesh and dwelt among us so he is the head of the Church and they are lively stones but all you now who put the letter of the word and have gotten it in your minds and gather assemblies by it this you cannot witnesse and it is blasphemy for you to say the letter is not the Word when the letter saith God is the word and it is a lye to speak and say the Steeple-house is the Church or to say them that are gathered by the Forme of the letter is the Church of God for the Church is the Pillar and Ground of Truth gathered by the Eternal Power before letter was and all who are in this Church as it is called of the world and live in the comprehension of the letter and the earthly part yet standing there is devillishness in your minds and earthliness and pride and filth and do but hearken to that in thy conscience and it will let thee see so and while that is standing such sacrifice God accepts not and praises while the first nature is standing God accepts not which is Cains which God has no respect but to Abels And God is comming to judge the great Whore all manner of Opinions and all manner of Sects and Fellowships as you call them and all manner of Formes severall as every one lives in God is comming to overturn and overthrow for they all lodge in her all the Foundation of them is in the Earth and Earthly wisdom gathered in the Earthly nature he will overturne them that he may establish his own truth his own truth in righteousnesse his owne Kingdome Now the stone cut out of the mountain without hands begins to strike at the Feet of the Image that the head of Gold begins to fall and the breast of Silver and thighes of Brasse and Feet part Iron and part Clay and his Dominion is a Dominion for ever over all And all who dwells not in this light which Christ hath enlightned you withall you will be found too light for he is comming to weigh all things in his ballance and before him the Hills shall move and the mountains shall melt and the rocks shall cleave who measures the water in the hollow of his hand and his thunders begin to utter their Voices that the mysteries of God may be opened and the carnall heart rent great Earthquakes shall be the terrible day of the Lord drawes need the Beast shall be taken and the false Prophet into the fire they must goe for the Beast and false Prophet hath gone together that one has holden up the other Now is the Lord comming to sit as Judge and reigne as King who is the Law-giver which shall go forth of Zion Now shall Zion arise and thresh to beat the hills and thresh the mountains now is the Sword drawn which glitters and is furbished the Sword of the Almighty to hew down Baals Priests corrupt Judges corrupt Iustices corrupt Lawyers fruitless Trees which cumber the ground Drunkard thou canst not hide thy self cursed speaker thou canst not hide thy selfe Whoremonger thou canst not hide thy self Awake awake all people every where who live informes see what ye possesse nothaving that eternal spirit that gave forth the Scriptures all your Formall Prayers Formall Preaching Formall Singing will be found as the chaffe which is for the unquenchable fire for Christ is risen the true light shines the glory of the Lord appears and you are discovered to him to be empty of that eternall spirit to be borne up in your understandings which gave forth the Scriptures I am the light which enl●ghtneth every one that light you hate and all who hate this light set up teachers without them but all who loves this light it is of God and teacheth to God which is a crosse to all the world and this light it is in every one waiting in it to receive Christ and as many as receive Christ to them he gives power to become the sonnes of God which are not born of the will of man nor by the will of man but of the will of God but these are them who are out of immitations and have no Images nor no likeness of truth but are in it and possesse it Glory glory to the Lord God for ever who governs his people and is the head of the Church Christ is the head of the man God is the head of Christ he that can receive this if he had not known the letter let him he is come before the letter was written In the begining was the Word To all you that hate the light your deeds are evill Christ saith He is the light of the world and enlightneth every one that comes into the world The one he loves the light and brings his works to the light and walks in it there is no occasion of stumbling in him The other he hates

the light and will not bring his works to the light to be made manifest because his deeds are evil and the light will reprove him Thou that saith this light is natural thou art a blasphemer and thou that saith Christ doth not enlighten every one that comes into the world thou art a lyar and denier of Christs words and lyes waste the Scripture and thou that saith this light is natural thou puts the letter for the light which is natural true it is darknesse cannot comprehend this light but the light makes manifest darknesse and this is the condemnation of the world the light thou that hatest this light thou hast it Christ saith Swear not at all this light will say the same to thee in thee Christ saith He that lusteth after a Woman committeth adultery with her in his heart this light will tell thee the same bringing thy works to it and loving it Christ cryed woe against the Pharisee the hypocrite this light will let thee see the same Christ will say Go ye cursed workers of iniquity this light will say the same to thee in thee who art a worker of iniquity here shalt thou be condemned with the light and judged with the light out of thy own mouth this light will let thee see all thy hard speeches thy venomous thoughts thy evil intentions and thy covetous desires which is Idolatry and all dissembling and deceit to be works of darkness let thee see that all those things are evil there thou hast learned thy condemnation there is thy teacher that would teach thee to know God there is thy condemnation hating that light it will condemn thee from him Thou wilt say thou knowest in thy conscience that drunkenness is sinne here thou lovest darkness rather than the light that shewes it thee and lying and swearing and cursed speaking is sinne and yet thou followest it and pleasures there thou lovest darkness rather than the light that shews thee them because thy deeds are evil and there thou hast learned thy condemnation when Gods righteousness shall be revealed in flames of fire thou shalt witness I speak truth Thou knowest theft is sin and all unrighteousness God forbids thou wilt see something in thy conscience tells thee so if thou hearken to that it will exercise thy conscience and bring thee to repentance Christ saith I call sinners to repentance that in thee calls thee to repentance and if thou hearkenest to that thou hearkens to Christ and if thou hate that thou hates Christ and God then thou turns into the sorcery into all uncleanness and then God is not in thy thoughts and then thou art the disobedient one which disobeys the light which God hath enlightned thee with and there the wrath of God abides on thee and the Prince of the Ayre rules in thee as he doth in all the children of disobedience who hates this light Now do not think that I hold free-will here mans free-will speak of that which is contrary to mans will loving the light it will keep your wills from running and your wills from willing any thing and keeps it in subjection but thou that hates this light and makes a profession of God and Christ and saith the letter is the word and the four Books Matthew Mark Luke and Iohn is the Gospel thou knowest not Christ which is glad tidings the Lamb of God which takes away the sin of the world for the letter takes not away sin and thou that sayst thou had not come to repentance if thou had not known letter thou deniest Christ who comes to call sinners to repentance before letter was but it is he that calls to repentance sinners and not the letter but the letter is a declaration of the word the husks God is the word and it is a declaration of the light Christ is the light and a declaration of the Spirit but the spirit is not in it a declaration of power but the power is not in it the power and the life and the light was in them that spoke it forth which ever the world hated therefore waiting in the light which Christ hath enlightned you with that 's Scripture within you and that will open the Scriptures according as you grow in the light the Saints conditions as you are sanctified and as you are clensed and made free with the Son of God for it is he that makes free who are made free from sin from the world are made free by the Son of God and blessed be the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ who hath raised him from the dead and by him raised up from the dead And to you that tempt God and say the Lord give us a sight of our sins Priests and People does not the light which Christ hath enlightned you with let you see your sin that lying and swearing cursed speaking theft and murder whoredom and covetousness and pride and lust and pleasures all these to be the works of the flesh and fruits of darkness this light within you lets you see it so you need not tempt God to give you a sight of your sins for ye know enough and waiting in the light power and strength wil be given to you for they that waite upon the Lord their strength shall be renewed and living in the light and walking up to God it will bring you to true hunger and thirst after righteousness that you may receive the blessing from God and give over tempting of God to give you a sight of your sins And to all ye that say God give us grace and we shall refrain from our sin there ye have got a tempting customary word for the free grace of God hath appeared to all men and this is the grace of God which shews thee ungodliness and worldly lusts Now thou that livest in ungodliness lying and swearing and theft end murther and drunkenness and filthy pleasures and lusting after the world thou art he that turns the free grace of God into wantonness and casts his law behind thy back and walkest despightfully against the spirit of grace here the Scripture is fulfilled upon thee oh vain man yet thou canst say God is merciful he is merciful and just and that shalt thou see when destruction comes upon thee for thou canst say God is merciful yet lives in thy wickedness passing on thy time without fear of God sporting thy self in thy wickedness Oh ye covetous proud Priests which deceives the Nations who mind earthly things whose God is your belly who glory in your shame enemies of the Cross of Christ your destruction is comming that ye shall not make a prey upon the people any longer the Lord hath spoken it Oh ye great men and rich men of the earth weep and howl for your misery is comming who heaps up treasures for the last day your gold and silver shall eat you up as the rust and the canker the fire is kindled the day of the Lord is appearing a day