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, wait upon the Unlimited Power and Spirit of the Lord, which baptises into one Body; where ye will have all Unity in that which crucifies the Flesh, and mortifies all evil Desires, and puts off the Body of Sin, the Old Man with his Deeds, and Circum∣cises without hands, and joyns together your Hearts up to God, from whence the living Mercies come, from the Living God alone, who is God over all, blessed for ever. To that in every one of your Con∣sciences do I appeal and speak, to the Measure that God hath given, the Light; loving it, and taking heed to it, and waiting in it for Power from God, it will guide you to the Father of Light, in which ye will have all Unity; and hating the Light it will be your Con∣demnation. Oh Wait, wait upon the Living God to nourish the tender Plant in you, that ye may bring forth Fruits of Righteousness unto God, for he accepts such, and none else. Therefore wait upon God, he hath a pure Seed among you: Let your waiting be in the Light; and mind that he is a Wise Man, whose Eye is in his Head, which is Christ, the End of all Priests, the End of the out∣ward Temple; and the Fool's Eye is abroad, after many Priests, and they are led away with Conceivings, and divers Temptations. There∣fore in the Light wait, where ye will see all Deceits within and without: For it is a Sin to enter into Temptations; but it is no Sin to be tempted: Christ was tempted, but he entred not into the Temptation: Therefore in the Fear of the Lord wait and watch. The Light is that, which lets thee see Sin and Evil and Temptations; which if thou enter into, the Light will be thy Condemnation; then thy Heart will not be right towards God. But in the Light of God all wait, which will bring you to see, where Wisdom's Gate is; the Fear of the Lord is the beginning of it. Pure Wisdom is let out of the Treasury into the pure Heart, which sees God; and fearing the Living God, it keeps the Heart pure and clean, to receive the Wisdom from the Treasury freely, who doth not upbraid. And as ye depart from Evil and Iniquity, he breaks the Bonds by shew∣ing Mercy; and then the Understanding grows pure and clear. So in the Power of the Lord God Fare ye well.

And the Lord God of Power keep you all in his Measure up to himself, from and above all the World's evil Ways, Baits, Customs and Teachings, to trample upon them in his Power; that Wisdom may be Justified of you all, and ye may be preserved, and God glorifi∣ed: To whom be all Glory, Honour and Thanks over all, God blessed for ever!

Read these among all my Brethren and Friends, and send it abroad to Friends, that ye may all know the Power of the Living God in one another, not in Words, but in Power. So Farewell.

G. F.

Notes

• Epist. 44.
• The Light, is the Eye.
• Temptations.
• Wisdom's Gate.