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A84819 This is a vvarning to all that profess Christianity and others. To beware of covetousness, which is idolatry. By G. Fox. Fox, George, 1624-1691. 1679 (1679) Wing F1933B; ESTC R213751 8,823 16

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This is A WARNING To ALL that Profess Christianity And OTHERS To Beware of Covetousness which is Idolatry By G. Fox ALL People that do profess Christ and Christianity this is a Warning to you all to take heed of Covetousness for Covetousness was forbidden both in the Old Testament and the New and by the Law of God and by Christ and his Apostles For the Apostle saith Covetousness is Idolatry and it was forbidden both to the Rulers Priests Teachers and People in the old and new Testament that Idolatrous Practice And Christ saith It is one of those Evils that defiles a Man that comes out of him And the Lord said in his Law and Ten Commandments Thou shalt not Covet thy Neighbour's House thou shalt not Covet thy Neighbour's Wife nor his Man Servant nor his Maid Servant nor his Ox nor his Ass nor any thing that is thy Neighbour's Now if this Covetous Spirit be kept down then the Idolater is kept down and that Idol out of the Heart Also Theft and Stealing was forbidden in the old Covenant and so it is in the new and all are to labour in the thing that is Good Likewise Adultery was forbidden in the old Covenant and so it is in the new yea and more than outward Adultery For He that looks after a Woman to lust after her in the new Covenant Christ saith he hath committed Adultery with her already in his Heart And Bearing False Witness against his Neighbour was forbidden in the old Covenant so it is in the new For all are to speak Truth to their Neighbour and lye not And the Lord saith in the old Testament Thou shalt not Kill The Apostle saith in the new Covenant They did not wrestle with Flesh and Blood and their Weapons were not Carnal but Spiritual and Christ forbids Wrath in the new Covenant c. And Samuel who was a Judge and a Prophet who judged Isreal all the dayes of his Life 1 Sam. 7.15 and 1 Sam. 12.3 Samuel said I am old grey-headed and I have walked before you from my Childhood unto this day whose Ox or Ass have I taken or whom have I defrauded or oppressed or of whose hand have I received any Birbe to blind my Eyes therewith And the Children of Isreal answered and said Thou hast not frauded nor oppressed any of us neither hast thou received ought at any man's hand c. Now here was a Prophet and a Priest and a Judge clear from that Idolatry of Covetousness and hath not he out-stripped many of them which now call themselves Prophets and Priests Judges and Teachers that profess the new Covenant And David said Encline my Heart unto thy Testimonies and not to Covetousness Psalm 119.36 So if all who profess Christianity their Hearts were enclined to the Testimony of Jesus the Spirit of Prophecy that would keep down the Earthly Spirit of Covetousness which is Idolatry And as Solomon saith in Prov. 28.16 He that Hateth Covetousness shall prolong his dayes Then he that loveth Covetousness which is Idolatry shall not prolong his days And Jeremiah cryed out against the Jews in the old Covenant and said From the Greatest to the Least of them the Prophet and the Priest every one of them was given to Covetousness and to deal Falsly Jer. 6.13 and Isa 56.11 And yet these Priests and Prophets from the greatest to the least of them could make a Profession of the old Covenant And let the Priests and Prophets and People that profess the new Covenant see if they be not given to this Idolatry of Covetousness which was hated and forbidden of God and Christ and his People Prophets and Apostles And Jeremiah further cryes out against the Jews in Jer. 22.17 and said unto them Thine Eyes and thine Heart are for thy Covetousness and for shedding of Innocent Blood and for Oppression and for Violence Now this was the Jews Condition in the old Covenant when they forsook God and his Law and Spirit And now let all who profess themselves Christians in whom Christ doth not Reign which are not guided by the Spirit of God as the Prophets and Apostles were search and try themselves if the Fruits of their Eyes and Hearts and the Fruits of the Spirit that was in the Jews doth not appear and is manifest in them a Spirit that lusts to do Violence and Oppression and a spirit of Covetousness and of Persecution and of shedding innocent Blood which was forbidden by God and his Prophets in the old Covenant and by Christ and his Apostles in the new Covenant and by them abhorred and cryed out against But what was the End of the Jews which followed after that wicked spirit and went from the Lord And do those called Christians think in their Profession of the New Covenant that they must have Liberty in these evil things now which were forbidden in the time of the old Law and Covenant No no they are much more forbidden in the new And the Lord said unto Ezekiel That the Jews would come and fit before him as the Lord's People and they would hear his Words but they will not do them and with their Mouthes they would shew much Love but their Hearts went after their Covetousness Ezek. 33.31 Now will not the Priests and Professors of Christendom hear and say the Words of the New Covenant and Gospel and appear to shew much Zeal and Love for the Words of the New Testament but they will not do them nor practise them for their Hearts and Eyes go after their Covetousness which is Idolatry For have not you that profess the New Covenant in words done as they that professed the Old in words even coveted Goods Fields Houses and taken by Violence and Oppressed a Man in his Heritage and Devised Iniquity and wrought Evil upon your Beds and in the Morning Light have practised it because you had power in your hands And was not Wo pronounced against all such that professed the Old Covenant and yet walked contrary to it and much more against all such as are found in these Practices now who profess the New Micha chap. 2. And Habbakkuk cryes We to him that Covets an Evil Covetousness to his House that he may set his Nest on high that he may be delivered from the Power of the Evil c. Hab. 2.9 He tells them The Stone shall cry out of the Wall and the Beam of the Timber shall answer it against them And therefore let such covetous Persons that profess Christianity hearken and hear if the Stones out of the very Wall do not cry out against you and the Beam of the Timber does not answer it And Christ saith in Mark 7. That which cometh out of the Man from within his Heart defileth the Man to wit Evil Thoughts Adultery Fornication Murders Theft Covetousness Wickedness Deceit Blasphemies Pride Foolishness and an Evil Eye Now these are the Evils that defile men which the Devil the Serpent who is out of the Truth hath