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A40275 A testimony for all the masters of ships and seamen to read over Reprinted the second time, with an addition. By George Fox. Fox, George, 1624-1691. 1677 (1677) Wing F1927A; ESTC R220251 19,794 24

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in Weariness and Painfulness in Watching often in Hunger and in Thirst in Fastings often in Cold and Nakedness c. as you may see in 2 Cor. 11.24 25 26 27. And this you see was the Condition of Paul an Apostle of Jesus Christ that made Tents besides all his Imprisonments Now did not this Apostle preach freely who saith He laboured with his Hands that he might be an Example to others that follow him so you may see that he did not sit down in a great Benefice And did not he give forth all his Epistles freely And did not he give forth his Epistle to the Romans and his two Epistles to the Corinthians and his Epistle to the Galatians and his Epistle to the Ephesians and his Epistle to the Philipians and his Epistle to the Colossians and his two Epistles to the Thessalonians freely And saith I charge you by the Lord that this Epistle be read unto all the Holy Brethren as in 1 Thes 5.27 And Paul's two Epistles to Timothy and one Epistle to Titus and his Epistle to Philemon and his Epistle to the Hebrews and how that God in these last Days hath spoken to us the true Church by his Son whom he hath appointed Heir of all things by whom also he made the World Now consider all People did not all the Holy Prophets and all the Holy Men of God give forth all their Books freely from Adam to Christ to be read believed practised and fulfilled And did not all the Holy Apostles and all the Holy Evangelists give forth all their Evangelists Epistles and Revelations freely and to be read beli●ved and practised Or did they give them forth freely that men after the● should make a Trade of them and to have so much a Year for preaching of them which they prophesied and preached freely and gave forth freely And the Apostle doth not say Preach his Epistles but Read them as in Col. 4.16 1 Thes 5.27 and likewise the Lord said Thou shalt read my Law to all Israel in their Hearing Deut. 31. And Isaiah saith Seek ye out of the Book of the Lord and read c. And Jeremiah sent Baruch to read his Book or Roll Jer. 36.4 5 6. c. So both the Old and New Testament were given forth to be read and believed and to be obeyed and fulfilled as you may see in Ezra 4.18 Nehem. 8.3 Jer. 29.19 Ephes 3.4 5. Mat. 1.22 Luke 4.16 Mark 13.21 14.49 Joh. 19.24 28 16. Acts 1.16 Now is there more Money gotten by any one thing then by preaching of the Scriptures and some old Authors with them Let it be cast up in all Nations in Christendom and see how much their Revenues come to yearly of such that do not obey Christ's Doctrine who saith Freely ye have received freely give nor fellow the Apostle Paul's Example To keep the Gospel without Charge And the Apostle saith 1 Tim. 1.19 where the exhorts Timothy To hold fast his Faith and a Good Conscience which some having put away concerning Faith they have made Shipwrack Now consider this ye Seamen and others when your Ships are wrackt what Condition you are in you are fallen to pieces you are broken and many times in the Sea so that ye have not Victory And when you have made Shipwrack of Faith and a good Conscience then where are you but split in the Sea of the World and the Wayes of the World go over your Heads that you have no Victory And therefore censider what Condition all the World is in that say they have not Victory on this side the Grave and they that must have a Purgatory when they are dead Have they not made Shipwrack of Faith and a good Conscience and are split in the World the Sea who see no Faith nor Victory out of it and over it on this side the Grave when as the Apostle saith The Holy and precious Divine Faith which Jesus Christ is the Author and Finisher of it purifies their Hearts and by it they are justified and in it they please God which Faith is their Victory by which they have access to God over the World and out of its Sea And in Jer. 16.16 there ye may see when the jews transgrest the Law of God and became worse then their Fore Fathers how they were then as in a Sea For Behold I will send for many Fishers saith the Lord and they shall fish them and I will send for many Hunters and they shall hunt them from every Mountain and from every Hill and out of the Holes of the Rocks So here you may see men are called fish and men are called Fishers and then consider where is the fish and where is the Sea Is not the Sea the World which lies in Transgression and Rebellion against the Spirit of God And such as make Ship-wrack of Faith and a good Conscience are they not in it Jer. 16 17. chapters But saith the Prophet Thou art to wit the Lord of Purer Eyes then to behold Evil that canst not look on Iniquity Wherefore lookest thou upon them that deal treacherously and holdest thy Tongue when the Wicked devoureth the Man that is more Righteous then he and makest Men as Fishes of the Sea and as the creeping things that have no Rule over them They take up all of them with the Angle they catch them in their Nets and gather them in their Drags therefore they rejoyce and are glad therefore they sacrifice unto their Net and burn Incense unto their Drag and because by them their Portion is fat and their Meat plenteous c. Here is the wicked mens fishing and the wicked mens Sacrifice which is not to be followed And in Jonah 2. there you may see Jonah's Prayer and the stedfastness of his Faith which he had and prayed to the Lord God out of the Fishe's Belly Jonah 2. thoughout And you may see the Cause of Jonah's casting into the Sea how that it was for his Disobedience for when the Lord commanded him to go to Nineveh to preach Repentance to it he fled away and went to Joppa and found a Ship and so paid the Fare thereof and went down into it to go from thence to Tarshish from the presence of the Lord But the Lord sent out a great Wind in the Sea and there was a might Tempest in the Sea so that the Ship was like to be broken and then the Mariners were afraid and cast Lots and the Lot fell upon Jonah to be cast into the Sea and when they had cast him into the Sea it ceased from raging And now all ye Mariners and Seamen and Fisher-men and others whose Faith stands not in God and Christ Jesus the Author of it when ye have Storms and great Winds and Tempests in the Sea then do not thou say That some Witch or ill-tongued People have bewitched your Ship and raised that Wind or some ill tongued Body hath raised this Storm and Tempest And let New-England Professors
see if they be not guilty of this and whether or no they have not sometimes cast some poor simple people into the Sea in pretence of being Witches And so let them and you see that hold such things and believe such things if you be not in Disobedience to the Power Spirit and Faith of God and in the Sin of Witchcraft your selves For you may see it was the Lord that sent out the Wind and raised that mighty Storm in the Sea and not your witches nor ill-tongued People as you vainly imagine as you may see Jonah 1.14 For if you were in the true saving Faith which Christ Jesus is the Author of that Faith gives you Victory over the Devil the Head of all your Witches and brings you to have Access to God who makes a Storm and makes a Calm For Lo He that formed the Mountains and created the Winds mark the Winds and declareth unto Man what is his Thoughts this is the Lord that created the Winds not your Witches Anos 4.13 And It is the Lord who layeth the Beams of his Chambers in the Waters who makes the Clouds his Chariots who walketh upon the Wings of the Winds Psalm 104.3 And the Lord commandeth and raiseth up the stormy Wind which lifteth up the Waves thereof and not your Witches nor ill-tongued People And David saith They that go down to the Seain Ships that do business in great Waters these see the Works of the Lord and his Wonders in the Deep For he commandeth and raiseth the stormy Wind which lifteth up the Waves thereof They mount up to the Heaven they go down again to the Depths their Soul is melted because of Trouble They reel to and fro and stagger like a drunken man and are at their Wits End then they cry unto the Lord in their Trouble and he bringeth them out of their Distresses He maketh the Storm a Calm so that the Waves thereof are still then are they glad because they be quiet so he bringeth them unto their desired Heaven O that men would praise the Lord for his Goodness and for his Wonderful Works to the Children of Men Psalm 107. So ye may see it is the Lord that commands and raiseth the Winds and the Storms and allayes them again and not the Witches or ill-tongued People and that brings men to their desired Haven both outward and inward And again David saith He to wit the Lord causeth the Vapours to ascend from the Ends of the Earth He maketh Lightnings for the Rain He bringeth the Winds out of his Treasure Psalm 105.7 And now mark all ye Seamen when ye have Wind that maketh a Storm in the Sea the Lord hath brought it out of his Treasure But the disobedient and rebellious against God's Power Spirit and Faith and Enemies to his Truth and People say when a Storm or Wind is raised in the Sea some Witch or some ill-tongued People have raised it and these are erred from the true Faith as David was in who said Whatsoever the Lord pleaseth that does he in Heaven and in the Earth and in the Sea and all deep Places Psalm 105 7. And God causes the Winds to blow and the Waters to flow Psalm 147.18 And David saith Fire and Rain and Snow and Waters and Winds fulfil God's Words Psal 148.8 And now if the Witches raise the Storms and the Winds then the Winds and Storms must fulfil your Witches words and ill-tongued People But the Storms and the Winds fulfil God's Word and he raiseth up a Storm or a Wind that walks upon the Wings of the Wind. And your Witches cannot come into Gods Treasure to fetch his Wind out there for they be out of his power Nay have not some of your Faithless Seamen and you that think so pretended to buy winds Oh Darkness and Ignorance and a Shame to Christianity You are like to the Coluds and Winds without Rain and wells without water and Trees without Fruit as you may see in Prov. 25.14 and in Jude Who hath gathered the Winds in his Fist Who hath bound the Waters in his Garment Who hath established all the Ends of the Earth What is his Name and what is his Son's Name if thou canst tell Prov. 30.4 Who with thy dark Spirit imagines that the Witches can fetch or pluck the Wind out of God's Fist Oh abominable It is much if the Lord doth not let his Wind fly at you and raise a Storm against you who are erred from the Faith of the Holy Men of God For Christ commandeth the Winds and they obey him Luke 8.25 And where do you read in all the Scriptures that the Witches raised Winds or that any Seamen did go to buy Winds of them Let us see the Chapter and verse for it either among the People of God or among the Heathen and if you cannot stop your Mouths of such practises and be ashamed for dishonouring Christianity who are contrary both to the Law and Gospel And turn to the Lord who walks upon the Wings of the Wind and holds the Winds in his Fist and can let them fly out in Blasts to terrifie the wicked but the just live by Faith in God and Christ who is the Author of it who makes the Storm a Calm and commands the winds and brings them out of his Treasure at his Pleasure And the Righteous know that the stormy Winds obey and fulfil God's Word And so the Righteous can praise the Lord that created the Winds and all things in the Heaven and in the Earth and in the Sea and and renews man by Christ into his Image and gives him Dominion over all Praise and Glory Honour and Thanks be unto the Lord who is over all from Everlasting to Everlasting And all the Faithful know that A Sparrow shall not fall to the Ground without the Will of the Father much more a Man who is of greater Value then many Sparrows And therefore be not Faithless but believe in Christ the Light who commands the Winds and Storms by whom all things were made and are upheld by his Word and Power Heb. 1. The Law of thy mouth is better unto me then thousands of Gold and Silver Psa 119.71 G. F. Swarth-Moor in Lancashire the 28th of the 8th Month. 1676. Concerning how the World is called the SEA ANd God will dry up Babylon's Sea and make her Springs dry for God brought them like a Sea over the Jews when they transgress'd his Law and went from the Lord their Rock and Salvation And again it is said The Sea shall come upon Babylon and she shall be covered with the Multitude of her Waves So when the Medes and Persians came upon Babylon then the Sea came over them and the Jews had their Liberty Jer 15.42 So Spiritual Babylon is the Mother of Harlots she sits upon the Waters which are Nations peoples and Tongues But God will dry up her Waters which have overflown since the Apostles Days who hath persecuted the people of