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The royal law of God revived wherein you may see that all nations of men may keep in it a royal society ... / G.F.
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Fox, George, 1624-1691.
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Wing F1892; ESTC R28007
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Face in a Glass and forgetting what manner of man he was Then they as was said before that do look into the Law of Liberty and do the Law of Liberty do know what manner of men they are and have been and what manner of Works and what manner of Conversations they have been of And so as the Word is sown upon all Grounds for all to hear it to wit the Stony Ground the High-way Ground the Thorny Ground and the Good Heart and though all these hear the Word and do it not they are all deceivers of their own Souls though they may cry out against Deceivers without them All Sects and People in Christendom among Jews Turks Heathens and Christians upon whose Ground the Word of the Lord is fown if it be the High-way or the Stony or Thorny or Good Ground now they all hearing of this Word and not doing it though they may cry out against Deceivers without them yet they are all Deceivers of their own Souls themselves For who so hear the Word hears that that puts a difference between the Precious and the Vile Words and Thoughts Deeds and Actions And 't is this Word that must Sanctifie and Reconcile them to God and hammers and cuts and hews down that that hath made a Separation between them and God And so they that will not hear nor regard God's Law which is Royal and Perfect called The Law of Liberty wherein the Royal Society is preserved and the Royal Communion and the Royal Commerce and Natural Affections and love their Neighbours as themselves and do unto all others as they would have them do unto them And this Royal Law is from God and reacheth over all Transgressors and answers that which hath transgrest in all Mankind which man must come to if he comes to this Law and comes to acknowledge There is one Law-giver Now there is something of God in the Heathens Turks and Gentiles that when you called Christians do them any Injury they are sensible of the Evil and may say unto you You would not be dealt so with your selves And the Heathen Turks and Indians if they do at any time that which is bad to one another there is that in them tells them They should not have done so and so which manifests something of the Royal Law in them which if seriously and diligently minded would bring them To do that unto others as they would have them do unto them And so all you called Christians or that go under that Name Do you begin first to do unto others as you would have others do unto you and so do you all unto the Heathen Turks Jews and Indians as you would have them do unto you seeing there is something of God in all that answers in measure his Royal Law viz. To do unto all as you would have them do unto you Now all Mankind that is all Men and Women upon the Face of the Earth being made of one Blood and Mould being the Sons of Adam by nature and all Children of God by Creation and the Earth is the Lord's and the Fulness thereof which he hath given unto Men and Women who dwell upon the Face of his Earth and so all being the Lord's Workmanship and Creating he is the Law-Giver which is to do unto all as they would have all do unto them and God who hath given them this just good and holy Law to all Mankind hath placed something in Man and Woman to answer this Law which if they obey then they come to do the Royal Law of God all confess the one Law-giver who is the Lord and to love God all Nations of men come to confess That the Lord is the Law-giver which Law is To do unto all as they would have all do unto them for if they do not they disobey the Principle of God in them in the first place and then transgress his Law and lose the true Weight and Measure whereby they come short of their Duty In not doing unto others as they would have others do to them Now all Magistrates and Princes in the whole World amongst men should see to it that this Law be carefully and diligently observed and kept namely To do unto others as they would have others do unto them then a royal just good and holy Society with all mankind among the several Nations in the world might be preserved and this would keep people out of the many other Incumbrances of National Laws whereof few know the end of no not themselves For this Royal Law respects no mans Person and is free and is to be obeyed and doth freely and keeps freely and in obeying and doing of it God is honoured in every heart the Just and Holy God by his just and holy Principle in man and woman which brings them to do his just and holy Law and by this out of every mouth from the Principle of God within will the Lord be confest to be the Law-giver one Law-giver and one Law To do unto all as they would have all do unto them Now weigh the thing seriously That should all or did all obey this Royal Law it would be a special means to prevent a great deal of Violence Corruptions and Cruelties now exercised amongst the Children of men as also that that breeds these Corruptions and Cruelties it will put a check and stop to them by obeying I say of it And should all people in the Universe obey the royal Law of God according to the Principle of God in them they being encourag'd all to this and taught all by this it will bring them off of those Debaucheries Adulteries Fornications Thefts Murders c. which so rage in the whole World for the Royal Law of God nor yet the Principle of God within admits of no such thing And also this Royal Law of God according to the Principle of God in every man will bring all people in all their Merchandize in buying selling and in their Husbandry Trading and Shop-keeping To do unto all as they would have all do unto them now in so doing they honour the Lord in their Lives and Conversations in fulfilling I say this his Royal Law But now as long as the Priests or Teachers who are like the Framers of Religions for the diversity and several sorts of people in the World do speak against this Principle of God in every man and say That every man hath not a Principle of God in him to bring him to do his Royal Law they teach thereby the people as well as themselves to transgress this Royal Law To do unto others that they would not have others do to them as hath been sufficiently made manifest And therefore those Teachers who do frame Religions for people in all Nations under the whole Heaven for they have their Religions and their Priests as well as Christians who frame Religions as the Christians Priests do for their people yet these Teachers say That every man had