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A84817	A testimony of the true Light of the world· Which is given to every man that comes into the world, and of the true measure of the gift of God, given to every one to profit withal. And a true witness, and faithful: ... / Given forth for the good of all people, in pity to all souls, by him who is not known to the world, but a stranger in it, Geo. Fox.	Fox, George, 1624-1691.; Burrough, Edward, 1634-1662.	1657 (1657)	Wing F1929; Thomason E902_1; ESTC R204824	33,765	50

is light and John saith Light shines in darkness and darkness doth not comprehend it and the Apostle saith God hath commanded light to shine out of darkness so the light comprehendeth darkness and gives the light of the knowledge of God and the people of God that sate in darkness saw a light and to them that sate in the shaddow of death light is sprung up Here was the unconverted estate and the converted estate when they sate in darkness and the shaddow of death there 's the unconverted but them that was converted light was sprung up but darkness could not comprehend it Matth. 4. but who is come to witness the day Zachary speaks of that the light would not be clear nor dark but at the evening it shall be light This was the day when the living water was to go out from Jerusalem Zach. 14. who sees that which Habakuk saw Hab. 3. the glory of the Lord covered the earth whose glory was his praise whose brightness was as the light and the judgements of the Lord God and his Son are as the light that goeth forth for who acts contrary to the light God who is light his judgements are according to the light and are one with the l●ght and answers the light in every one Hosea 5. Lam. 3. he saw when he was broug●t out of the darkness into the light so there 's a time in darkness and a time out of darkness but he saw each condition who come under that which was transgress●d such as provokes the Lord to anger to such the Lord said he would take away their light of the candle such as transgress the ways of the Lord Ier. 25. but such as hears the word of the Lord they come to witness the state where they shall not need the light of the Sun nor the light of the Moon nor the light of a candle but who transgress the word of the Lord shall want the light of a candle so to the Law and the Testimony if they speak not according to this word it is because there is no light in them Mark how should they when they have transgressed it and loves darkness more then light and are gone from it so gone from the testimony which is the Spirit of Prophesie which is the testimony of Jesus and speaks not according to the word which is light in them so who are gone from the word are gone from the light and where the word is transgressed the light condems them for the light comes from the word Christ whose name is called the word of God which enlightneth every man that cometh into the world and the law is light and here 's the state of darkness where there 's no light in them which comprehended not the light which be in the transgression and there 's the place for the familiar spirit to enter Now if ye say the Letter be the Testimony and the Letter be the Law Isa 7. the Pharisees they had the Letter which stood against Christ the ligh● and they had ●he Law if that be the Law and if that be the word and they stood against Christ the light which had the words of the Law for mark them that have transgressed the light which is the Law they are from the testimony and they are from the light and then there 's no light in them and such was the Pharisees which professed the Scriptures and doth not believe in the light when it was come yet light shines in darkness but darkness doth not comprehend it and there 's that which is dead in sins and trespasses which before conversion must be quickned so the people that have walked in darkness have seen a great light and they that have dwelt in a land of the shaddow of death hath light shined I say and they who transgressed who were from the Law and the Testimony called darkness light and and put light for darkness this was the darkness which could not comprehend it in the Transgression now with the light these were comprehended The Prophet comprehended these who was not in the light and spake not according to the Word th●y spake not according to Christ which the Prophet said that God would give him for a covenant of light to the Gen●iles and to op●n the blind eyes and to bring out the prisoner from the prison and them that sate in darkness from the P●ison-house Ma●k what is the Prisoner must come out here that must come into covenant with God doth not the light come to shine out of darkness here where the Prisoner comes out and is he not in darkness till that I have long held my peace and have been still I w ll bring the blind by a way they know not and will lead them into paths that they have not known I will make their darkness light now you that a e bl●nd cannot comprehend the light such stands against the covenant of God and sees it not that be blind but such now ●he Lord God is come to lead to make darkness light and to lead them the way they have not known Isa 42. Moreover saith the Lord the light of the Moon shall be as the light of the Sun and the light of the Sun as the light of se●en days Isa 30. and saith the Lord is it a light thing that thou shouldest be as my servant to ra●se up the seed of J cob and to restore the preserved of Israel Mark to restore them here 's Covenant with God I will give thee for a light to the Gentiles that thou mayst be my salvation to the ends of the earth Mark Now you that say h● doth not enlighten every man that cometh into the wo●ld you see not the salvation of the ends of the earth Isa 49. who is among you that feareth the Lord and obeyeth the voice of his servant that walks in darkness and hath no light Mark that walks in darkness hath no light while he walks in darkness what l ght hath he there let him trust in the name of the Lord and stay upon his God then he stays upon the light but if he walks in darkness he goes from the light and whoso feareth the Lord and obeyeth the voice of his servant that will lead him out of darkness into the l●ght Isa 50. and such comes to find the help of God But such as walks in darkness goes from the light and fear of God and stays not upon the Lord and such comes to have no light for darkness cannot comprehend it though light shines in darkness yet darkness cannot comprehend it so they will put light for darkness and darkness for light which is comprehended with the light which reacheth to the light which shines in darkness Darkness shall cover the earth and gross darkness the people Mark cover and light shines in darkness but the Lord shall rise upon thee and his glory shall be seen in thee and the Gen iles shall come to thy light Arise shine for the

Colossians the wrath of God cometh upon the ch ldren of disobedience Come you profess●rs let us see is not this somthing of God that is disobeyed is it not that is of God manifest in them which God hath shewed which lets them see Gods Ju●gment is upon such things when they act unrighteously is not this the measure of God mark and the Spirit that is in prison and the Spirit of God that is grieved and ye professors come let us read the Talents and reckon with you and see who it is that hath hid the Lords money in the earth come you that have gained enter you into your Masters ioy go thou that hath hid the Lords money in the earth into utter darkness take it from him and give it to him that hath and every man shall have his reward according to his workes and so the Lord hath given to every man severally according to his ability here mark every man severally according to his ability read if you it can hear and now is the Lord coming to call every man severally to acc●unt to which he hath given severally according to his ability and now the wicked and slothful servant which hid the Lor●s money in the earth will be found out and the Lords money will be taken from him although he hath hidden it to him the Lords commands hath been grevous bu● to us th●y are not who love G d because we keep his c●mmandements and God who gave his Son for a covenant of light to lighten every man that cometh into the wo●ld and saith the Apostle I say through the grace given unto me to every man that is amongst you not to thinke of himselfe more highly then he ought to think but soberly according as God hath dealt to every man a measure of faith read and marke h●re is a measure of faith and saith the Apostle as every man hath received the gift even so let him minister as a good steward of the manifold graces of God for the grace of God hath appeared to all men now you good stewards now you bad stewards which turn the grace of God into lasciviousnes you will be reckoned withall you shall have your reward but saith the world must every man minister as he hath received the gift yea but let him speak as the Oracle of God and let him doe it of the ability which God hath given him and saith John in the Revelation every man shall be Judged according to his workes read and understand I say unto you for every idle word that men shall sp●ak they shall give an account therof in the day of Judgment so you that name the name of Christ depart from iniq●ity the son of man shall come in the glory of his father with his Angels then shall he reward every man according to his workes Mat. 16.21 him who is g●ne into a far country and hath given the Talents and to every of you severally according to your abilities and will render to every man according to his deeds for every man having a light from Christ who lighteth every man that cometh into the world with the light he shall see his evill deeds which comes from Christ who will render to every man according to his deeds the revelation of the righteous Judgment of God Ro. 2.6 and further I say unto you if any man have not the spirit of Christ he is none of his and lif Christ be in you the body is dead but the spirit is life because of righteousness so let the light that from Christ cometh now examine for the Lord is appearing you that have according to your abilities smite not your fellow se●vants and think you not that the Lord delayeth the time of his coming be not as them which saith let us eat and drinke for to morow we shall dye and as the Ap●stle saith to the Ephesians 3.9 and to make all men see what is the fellowsh p of the mistery which from the begin●ng of the world hath been hid in God who created all things by Jesus Christ read and understand every one with the light that cometh from Christ the mistery which will be your condemnation else if you believe not in it and this is to all that stumble at the worke of the spirit of God the manifestation of it which is given to every man to Profit with all and come you professors let vs read the parable who stumble at it a sower went forth to sow and some seed fell on the high way ground and some on stony ground and some on thorny ground and the seed is the word and the son of m●n is the seeds-man he that hath an ear let him hear and Look now all you professors which ground you are and what you have brought forth and whether the wicked seeds-man have not gotten his seed into your g●ound he that hath an eare let him heare it come read another parable of the labourers going into the vineyard and agreeing with every man for a peny Mat. 20 every man is to have his peny the last that went in as well as the first so the last shall be first and the first last for many are called but few chosen he that hath an eare let him heare There is a Promise spoken to Cain it he did well he should be accepted and Esau had a birthright and despised it now here you may say we hold for free will nay it is not in him that willeth but by grace that you are saved and stand still and see your salvation and you that be children of light put on the armor of light that you may come into the unity of the faith of the knowledg of the son of God unto a perfect man unto the measure ●f the stature of the fullness of Christ that hence forth you be no more children tossed to and fro Eph. 4. and saith the Lord I will make a new Covenant the covenant which the Lord will write in their hearts and put his spirit into their inward parts by which they should all come to know the Lord him by whom the world was made now every one of you mind this Law written in your hearts and this spirit put in your inward pa●ts that you need not say know the Lord that you may witness the promise of God before the world begun but saith the world and professors if every one must come to witness the Law of God written in their hearts and the spirit put in their inward parts what must we do with our Teachers we come to witness that we need not any man to teach us to know the Lord having the Law written in our hearts and the spirit put in our inward parts This is the covenant of life the everlasting covenant which decayeth not nor changeth not and here is the way to the Father without which no man comes to the Father and here is the everlasting Priesthood the end of the first priesthood whose

Covenant with the house of Israel and the house of Judah Mark a new covenant with the House of Israel and Judah was Ch●ist the light So they that hold up the first covenant and come not to the new they was unconverted for those was out of the light so out of the light out of conversion and I le give him for a covenant of light to the Gentiles to enlighten them so the Gentiles being in the light in the covenant the Jews in the light in the covenant they are both one with the Father and this throws down the partition wall betwixt Jew and Gentile and brings them to be both one in the covenant in the light and both one out of the covenant out of the light and to measure the Jew and the Gentile out of the light out of the covenant the Gentile shall judge the Jew and make his circumcision uncircumcision for the Jews having the Law of God and was commanded to do such things according to the Law and did not do them the Gentiles doing by nature the things contained in the Law shewing the Law of God written in their hearts without an outward command so it was by Nature for that which may be known of God was man●fest in them for God shewed it unto them which when they acted contrary to it they knew the judgements of the Lord did come upon them so the Jews here having the Law in the letter and was transgressors of the law of the outward he who acts contrary to that of God within him and the Gentiles who acted according to that of God in him fulfilled the Law this judged the Jew so the one was a command as in time and the other was not as a command but he did it by nature so according to the Apostles natural son So you that stumble and say Christ Jesus doth not enlighten every one that cometh into the world that all men might believe Mark God said he would give him for a light for a covenant to enlighten the Gentiles and those was called Heathen and God said I le make a new covenant with the House of Israel These were called the people of God and Christ was this covenant of light to the Jews and to the Gentiles and the Jews not believing in this covenant nor the Gentiles they were both in the unconversion and John a man sent from God to bear witness to the true light he said he was not the light but said This was the true light that did enlighten every one that cometh into the world and in Christ was life and the life was the light of men Ma●k the light of men and the light shined in darkness and the darkness comprehended it not This was he that was in the world and the world knew him not though all things was made by him and this was he that John came a witness of that all men through him might believe and this the true light that doth enlighten every man that cometh into the world which light shineth in darkness and da●kness comprehendeth it not Now mark it is there What Doth it shine in darkness and darkness comprehendeth it not Is not this the state that the world knew h●m not nor the Pharisees knew him not though the Kingdom of heaven was with●n them Luk● 17. and light shined in darkness and darkness comprehended it not Her●'s the unconverted estate so he came to his own and his own received him not light shines in darkness and darkness comprehends it not You were d●rkness saith the Apostle Eph. 5. but now are ye light in the Lord. Walk as children of the light Now mark Here 's sometimes here is times of darkness but now they were light in the Lord. Now here was the converted and the unconverted and these were to have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness t●e light shines in darkness though darkness doth not comprehend it and ye are somtimes darkness and light shines in d●rkness and darkness doth not comprehend it there is the unconverted estate and the converted esta e an● God hath commanded light to shine out of da●kness and hath shined in our hear●s to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ Now mark here 's light shines out of darkn●ss God had commanded it to shine out of darkness What Was it not there then Now it is come forth before it was in darkness light shined in darkness and God hath commanded it to shine out of darkness and somtimes ye were darkness but are the light of the Lord which light that shines in the heart gives the light of the knowledge of the glory of God here 's the conver●ed estate Now while light shineth in darkness and darkness doth not comprehend it there 's the unconverted estate 2 Cor. 4. John 1. and the Apostle was sent to turn people from the darkness to the light from the power of Satan to God Now this was the estate of preaching to them while they were in darkness whom the God of the world ha●h blinded their eyes left the light of the glorious Gospel of Christ should shine in them Mark shine in them therefore the god of the world hath blinded the eye of the mind and to such the Gospel is hid for the light darkness cannot comprehend while the god of the world hath blinded your minds therefore the Apostle was sent to turn them from darkness to the light light shineth in darkness so the god of the world hath blinded them lest the light of the glorious Gospel should shine in them Now wh●re it shines in the heart it gives the knowledge of the glory of God where it comes fo●th now where it shines in darkness and darkness comprehends it not there 's the god of the world that hath blinded the mind and to such the Gospel is hid which is the power of God and the light of the glorious Gospel is not comprehended which is the Image of God and it doth not shine in them to give them the light of the knowledge of God Now such as are turned to the light the eye comes to be opened and from the darkness these comes and from the power of Satan the god of the world that hath blinded their eye that the light of the glorious Gospel shines in them to give them the light of the knowledge of the glory of God and to such the Gospel is not hid So by the manifestation of the Truth commending our selves to every mans conscience in the sight of God Now here 's the state not turned from the darkness to the light and their eye is not opened then the god of the world hath blinded them Such be in the unconverted estate to such the Gospel is hid though light shines in darkness and the god of the world blinds their minds so this is the time they are darkness not turned from the da●kness and the darkness doth not comprehend

shall hear that shall he speak and shew things to come he shall glorifie me for he shall receive of mine saith Christ and shew it unto you who believe the measure receive of mine whose is not by measure and the Comforter when he comes he is to reprove the world of sin and of righteousness of judgement and unbelief of sin because they do not believe Now mind all the large Book of God the spirit of Truth which leads the Saints into all Truth which receives of Christ and shews it unto his Disciples who be in their measure he shall reprove the world because they do not believe and of sin of righteousness and of judgement Now the Comforter whom Christ will send take of his and shew it to the Disciples who reprove the world Now mind this and read this whether this be a measure yea or nay which c●mes from him who received not the Spirit by measure Iohn 16. He that leads the believers into all Truth reprove the unbelievers in the world of sin of judgmens and righteousness so he that is led into all Truth sees that which is reproved with the spi●it of Truth that leads and when Christ saith he shall take of mine and shew it unto you whether this be a measure yea or nay from him whom God gave the spirit not by measure too And saith the Lord by his Prophets and Apostles It shall come to pass in the last days I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh and my sons and my daughters shall prophesie young men shall see visions old men shall dream dreams and on my handmaids will I pour out my spirit in those days a●d they shall prophesie Acts 2.17 18. Look you Deceivers Here the Lord saith he will pour out of his spirit mark the word out of it upon all flesh What young men and old men and sons and daughters and maids All these to have the spirit of the Lord upon all flesh poured Here say they these deny the means then here mark the word out of the Lords spirit and the notable day of the Lord is coming and whosoever calleth on the name of the Lord shall be saved Numb 16.22 the God of the spirits of all flesh is known and saith the Apostle Paul who would not boast himself above his own measure that which may be known of God is manifest in them God hath shewed it unto them with this which was of God manifest in them they knew covetousness malice murder deceit and ungodliness who knows the judgement of God was upon such things Rom. 1. and that they were worthy of death that not only do the same but have ●leasure in them that do them therefore is the wrath of God revealed from heaven against all the ungodliness and unrighteous of men so whether this of God manifest in them which God shewed unto them with which they knew unrighteousness and Gods judgement upon them that do it and they are worthy of death whether this be a measure yea of nay which is of God which he hath shewed to them and what was that in them that did by nature the things contained in the Law which shewed the works of the Law written in their hearts M●rk written But shall not this judge them that have the outward Law but are out of the life of it and saith the Apostle Paul 1 Cor. 12. the manifestation of the spirit is given to every man to profit withal Now mark here the spirits manifestation is given to every one to profit withal there are diversities of gifts but by the same spirit and so the manifestation of it is given to every man to profit withal Mark to one is given the spirit of Wisdom to another the spirit of knowledge to another the gifts of healing to another the spirit of discerning to another tongues but all these worketh the one and the self same spirit dividing to every man severally as he will now to every man severally as he will And saith the same Apostle Tit 2.11 12. the grace of God that brings salvation hath appeared to all men teaching us to deny ungodliness and worldly lust and to live soberly and righteously Now you that turn this grace that brings salvation into wantonness may deny it and say it hath not appeared to ●ll men which teacheth the Saints which by grace are saved and saith Jude behold the Lord cometh with ten thousand of his Saints to ex●cute Judgment upon all to convince all that are ungodly amongst them of their ungodl● deeds they have ungodly commited of all their speeches which ungodly sinners have spoken against him Here mark against him that cometh with ten thousands of his Saints to convince all of ungodly deeds and their hard speeches now is here all of their hard speeches all of their ungodly deeds none left out but all Looke you blind what is that which convinceth all of their ungodly deeds and hard speeches is not that the spirit of the Lord which is now come and coming to raigne and to reprove the world who will raigne and be king and Judg and have not you all somthing in you that doth reprove you for your hard speeches and your ungodly deeds the ungod lyest of you all and who live in your hard speeches and the Apostle writing to the Gentiles he saith But unto every one of us is given grace according to the measure of the gift of Christ now marke here is the measure of the gift of Christ who lighteth every man that cometh into the world that all men through him might believe he that believeth is saved and he that doth not is condemned and this is the condemnation that light is come into the world and men love darkness rather then light because their deeds be evil now every man being enlightened that cometh into the world one he loves the light and brings his deeds to the light that with the light he may see whether they be wrought in God the other he hates the light because that his deeds be evill and he will not bring his deeds to the light because he knowes that the light will reprove him that hates light whose deeds are evill whom Christ enlightened knowes that the light will reprove him therefore the will not come to the light because his deeds are evill and I will give him for a light to the Gen●iles salvation to the ends of th● earth and what is that which the children that wlaketh according to the course of this world the Prince of the power of the Ayre that works in the children of disobedience what is that which they are disobedient to a consider mark and read your selves which being d●sobedient they walked according to the course of the world and the Prince of the power of the ayre which now worketh in the children of disobedience now mark what disobedience is too and him that hath an eare let him read and hea● and saith the Apostle to the