A collection of many select and Christian epistles, letters and testimonies written on sundry occasions, by that ancient, eminent, faithful friend and minister of Christ Jesus, George Fox ; the second volume.

ALL Friends,

Dwell in the Truth, in my Father's House there are many Mansions, said Christ. And ye all, that do know the Life, go not from it: Heed not Words without Life; but heed that, which lets you see and know the Father. For Mountains will arise, and may arise: But this is the Word of the Lord God, and a Charge to you all in the Presence of the Lord God, Heed the Power and Life, the Power, which ye have formerly known and tasted of; and that will keep you, until the Day of Salvation, and that brings you to know the Kingdom of God to stand in Righteousness, &c. and that will bring you to comprehend Deceit, and to fathom it, and bring you to be over the Deceit of the World. So ye, that know the Power of the Lord God, heed it, and it will remove Questionings out of your Minds; it will remove that, which causeth Trouble to come into your Minds: But if ye go from the Power, the formal Part gets up in you, and the Wonders you'll run into. But the Power of God it is the

Gospel, and ye that have received the Power of God, ye have received the Gospel; and he is cursed, that preacheth any other, yea, if an Angel from Heaven: For Christ is the Power of God, to whom the Angels must bow. And Christ Jesus, who was born (of a Virgin) cru∣cified, and is ascended (and there is no other) all of you, that are turned to the Light, wait to have him born in you, every one in particular. I am the Light of the World, saith Christ, by whom the World was made, who doth enlighten Every Man, that cometh into the World: Who is the Bread of Life, that came down from above; and who eateth of this Bread, lives for ever. Now, Every one of you having a Light from Christ, the Bread of Life, wait, and with and from it you'll see, know and have your Food in due Season. Now, every one that comes into the World, having a Light from Christ Jesus, who is not of the World, and being turned to this Light, which he is lighted withal, he is turned to Jesus Christ, from whence it comes. And here none shall say, Lo, here is Christ, or Lo there is Christ; but every one with the Light, which comes from him, shall see Christ (and shall see the Father through the Spirit, that proceeds from the Father and the Son) and the Glory, that he had with the Father, before the World began; and shall have Dominion over all the contrary in the Male and in the Female, having a Light from him, that gives the Light of the Know∣ledge of the Glory of God, in the face of Christ Jesus. Which Light shines in your Hearts; and there shall every one feel their Treasure in the Earthen Vessel, and the Power which is of God. Now, who∣soever goes from the Light, which they are enlightned withal, they go into the Darkness, and they go into the Wonders; and run out gazing, and saying, Lo he is here, Lo he is there. I am come a Light into the World (saith Christ) which every one, that cometh into the World, is lightned withal, which Light is the Covenant; and every one, who are in the Light, are in the Covenant with God.

And so Friends every where, keep your Meetings (this is the Word of the Lord God to you) and do not heed the Lo-here's or Lo-there's, neither be troubled; but heed every one the Life of God, and do not gad abroad from the Truth within; that ye may be kept out of all high∣swelling Storms, Bustlings and Tempests, and with it ye may be kept over the World, to him and in him, that is not of the World. And take heed of denying the Truth; whosoever do, they go from the Light within them, and so go into the Darkness, and into the Wonders. And who go from the Light within, go from the Emanuel, from the Savi∣our within, Christ Jesus, and from the Truth in the inward parts, and from the Wediator between you and God, and from the Vine; and so, ye bear not Fruit to the Glory of God. And going from the Light within, ye go from your Peace, and from the Covenant of God; and going from the Light within, ye go from the Life, where every one receives the Light of Life. And who go from the Light within, go from the Increase of God; who go from the Light within, go from the Anointing within them, and so continue not in the Son, nor in the Father: All who go from the Light within, go out of the Covenant of Eternal Life. But every one walking in the Light within, which he hath received, he shall there receive the Bread of Life, Christ, whom the Light comes from. And

so, having your Food within, ye shall not go forth to gather it; but he that is in the Light, and believes in it, comes to know the Garner, where-into the Wheat is gathered, and the Chaff, that is to be burned with unquenchable Fire, and the Floor throughly purged; and the Immortal Crown is known.

Therefore all Friends, keep in the Power, and know the Power of God in one another, and the Life, that stands in God; that out of all Dryness and Barrenness ye may be brought, and kept in the Living and Eternal Spirit and Power. And so, the God of Glory keep you from the Evil, that is in the World, in Glory and in Ʋnity, every one in your Measures! Now, the Power of God will never be shaken; that which is to be shaken (or tossed) is out of the Power, and the Power remains; Therefore dwell in the Power, which throws down all that, which may be shaken (or tossed) and raiseth up that, which can never be thrown down nor shaken: And to you this is the Word of the Lord God. And dwell in that, and keep in that, which keeps you out of and above the Knowledge of that, which entreth into the Sensual Part; for both these will fail. Therefore in the Power and in the Life of God dwell, which comprehends the World, and reacheth and fathom∣eth over it all, in that dwell and live, there will be your Peace; it will keep you out of the Strife, and Combustions and Heaps. For this all comes to be fathomed, chained and kept down by the Eternal Power, and bound and bundled up for the Fire, and judged down, and all that which brancheth forth from it, that nothing may reign, but Life it self; and all the Contrary, the Filth amd Dross, with the unquencha∣ble Fire is to be consumed and burned. Wait all this to know, here is the Path of Righteousness and Purity; and nothing shall stand, but the Mountain of the Lord: Glory to the Lord in the Beauty of Holi∣ness, which is felt and seen! And all being kept in the Light, and walking in that, which ye are enlightned withal, ye cannot be in the Strife; for the Enmity is out of the Light, and the vain Boaster, which comes to nothing, but is judged and condemned. And when that ye are Met together in the Light, hearken to it, that ye may feel the Power of God in every one of you: So here comes your Ear to be opened to hear the Counsel of the Lord God; and here the Eye comes to be opened to see the Lord Jesus Christ in the midst of you, ye all sitting under you Vines. So, every particular wait on him, who received not Honour of Man, neither glorified himself; but the Light, which enlightneth every one, that cometh into the World, is a Witnesse against all them, that seek their own Glory, or glorifie themselves, or bear witness of themselves. Now they, who receive Honour from Man, are from the Light, both he that gives, and he that takes it; and it is to be stained, and the Light stains it, and condemns it. So every par∣ticular of you, to you this is the Word of the Lord God, Know the Son of God to be revealed in you. And know the Seed, which is Christ, to which the Promise of God is; that ye may all witness the Seed of the Woman to bruise the Serpent's Head in every one of you. That ye may all witness ye are come to him, that was in the Beginning; and to the Seed of the Woman, which bruiseth the Serpent's Head in every one of you in your own particulars. Then ye all will come to feed on the Bread of Life, that comes from above: And such are Redeemed out of

the Transgression, who are here, that witness this. But where the Seed of the Woman hath not bruised the Serpent's Head, and that which abides not in the Truth, reigns; there is the Transgressour. So, that which is out of the Truth reigning, the Serpent being Head, he sows his Seed, his Seed goes forth from him, and his Food, his Meat is Dust; for he could not feed upon Life, that abode not in the Truth, which is the Life. He that abides not in the Truth, which is the Life, his Food is Dust; and he it is, that is tormented. And who are out of the Truth, are out of the Worship of God; for who are the Worshippers of the Father, they must be in the Truth and in the Spirit. And be∣ing in the Spirit and in the Truth, they are in that the Devil abode not in, but is out of; and all false Ways, and Seducers, and Deceivers and false Worshippers are out of. And Jerusalem's Worshippers, and Samaria's Worshippers, and the Worship that is at the Mountain, and the Idolatrous Worfhippers, and the Worship of Devils; all these are out of the Truth, and out of the Spirit, that changeth not. But who are in the Truth and in the Spirit, they are a-top of the World, and a-top of him, that abode not in the Truth; their Feet are shod with it. Therefore every one of you, that are come into the World, coming all to the Light, ye come to your Armour, ye come to that, which lets you see Sin, it is the Armour against it; it is the Eye, with which ye see that, which must be cut down and judged to Death: In which Truth, which is the Light, we have Fellowship one with another. And this is the Counsel of the Lord God to you, dwell all in the Power of God, which is the Gospel of Peace. And the Power of God is the Cross of Christ; and ye that feel the Power of God, ye feel Christ; for Christ is the Power of God. The Power of God is but one, and the Light is but one, and the Cross (of Christ) is but one, which is the Power of God; and the Gospel of Truth is but one, which is the Power of God, and there's no other: Ye that come to know these, look for no other. And Christ is that One in the Male and in the Female, which is the Seed, which the Promise of God is to; and there all wait to find him, and receive him. Know ye not, that Christ Jesus is in you, except ye are Reprobates, said the Apostle; so now, if ye are Re∣probates, ye are Wonderers and Gazers in Adam, in Transgression, out of the Light, out of the Life, out of the Power, out of the Truth, out of the Way, which is Christ: But being in the Life, ye are in the Way, in the Truth, in the Power of God, in Christ, out of Transgres∣sion, in the Second Adam, the Lord from Heaven, out of the Trans∣gression of the First Adam. And if Christ Jesus be in you, the Body of Sin is dead, and ye are brought to God; and the Emanuel being known, God with us is witnessed by every one of you, that are redeemed by him out of the Transgression, who are in the Second Adam. So, if Christ Jesus be in you, and ye in him, the Body is dead; and ye are alive to Righteousness, and Death is brought into Death.

Friends, dwell all in the Light, and then ye will dwell in Covenant with God, and with God ye will have Peace. And Friends, all dwell in the Light, that ye may receive the Wisdom of God, of God, by which all things were created; with which Wisdom ye may come to order all the Creatures. And be Low, as Babes and Little Children, for the Little Children receive the Kingdom. And so, all know the Promise, which

is to the Seed; and know the Seed of God in one another, that there be no Master, but Christ, who bruiseth the Serpent's Head, where Debate and Enmity is, which is the cause of Strife. So, let the Seed be Master in the Male and in the Female, that the Ground of Strife, which would be Master, may be kept under, and the Seed, which the Grave could not hold under, be the Ruler; so that ye may witness the Rock, that the Gates of Hell cannot prevail against, nor the Temptations of the Devil.

G. F.

Notes

• Epist. 130.
• To all Friends, to dwell in the Truth, the Life of God, the 〈◊〉〈◊〉, &c.
• The Deceit of the World.
• The Power is the Gospel.
• Christ the Light, the Bread of Life.
• Christ is seen with the Light.
• Lo here, Lo there is Christ.
• The Wonderer.
• The Bread of Life.
• Strife and Combustions.
• Man's Ho∣nour.
• The Serpent's Head.
• The Seed of the Serpent, and his Food.
• Jerusalem's Worshippers, &c.
• The Arment against Sia.
• Reprobates,
• Emanuel.
• The Wisdom of God.
• No Master but Christ.