A VISITATION TO THE JEWS

By George Fox

From them whom the Lord has visited from on High, among whom he has performed his Promise made to Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. 

The mighty Day of the Lord is come, and coming, who dwells not in Temples made with Hands, nor is He worshiped with Men's Hands, but in the Spirit, from whom the Scripture was given forth. 

To the Jews scattered, who are of the seed of Abraham, to whom the promise belongs, who have long had the words, but missed the promise, which promise is to the seed. From them who are of the seed, who witness the promise, to you this is sent.

From them that are of the seed of Abraham, to all the scattered Jews according to the flesh, who have the law of God, the form of it, but being found out of the life of it, have not possessed that which Moses saw, who received the law from God, which law you have the form of, and your fathers in ages past had, who put Christ to death, and slew him that is the end of the law, God's righteousness, Christ Jesus, the end of God's righteous law, to keep out of all unrighteousness.

And your fathers, that had the form of the law, slew the prophets that showed the coming of this just one, Christ Jesus, the end of his righteous law, God's righteousness; they having the prophets' words, and Moses’ words, but out of the prophets' and Moses’ life, who saw the just one that was to come and suffer, were those that slew the prophets.

David saw the just one, and called him Lord; and Moses saw him which received the law from God, which law was given to your fathers, which you have had the form of, who said, “Like unto me will God raise you up a prophet from among your brethren, and him they should hear, and every one that would not hear that prophet should be cut off.”

Now your fathers that had Moses, who saw this prophet, and received the law from him, who said, God would raise up this prophet, and he came among your fathers, that had the law, and Moses’ words, but not Moses’ life; and the prophet's words, but not the prophet's life. They knew him not, neither heard him, though he was a prophet, raised up from among the brethren; and was made of the seed of Abraham, according to the flesh, but declared to be the Son of God, according to the scriptures, by signs, wonders and miracles, devils being made subject to him, loosing many from their chains, which were kept under bonds; and yet your fathers believed not that prophet which Moses saw, and the prophets saw, who had come to fulfill what was written of him. Neither did they hear him, though it was Moses’ command that they should, and also God's command. So by this they were in the transgression, though they had the law (the words of it), they were found in the transgression, out of the life of the law, and the life of the prophets, and came to be mingled among the heathen which knew not God, who are in the same transgression, though you profess the words declared from the life. Therefore being out of the life of the prophets, being raised up among your fathers, who spoke of this just one, of this prophet; your fathers persecuted the prophets, and put them to death; and at last the Son came.

He spoke a parable to your fathers, which was agreeable to the prophet's words: as a man letting forth a vineyard to husbandmen, and he sent his servants to look for fruits, and they beat one and cast him out, and wounded another, and killed another; and last of all he sent his son; and when they saw the son, the heir of the vineyard, come, said they to the keepers of the vineyard, this is the heir, let us kill him, and cast him out, then the vineyard will be ours. And these things your fathers did fulfill, they killed him, they cast him out, and delivered him up to the Gentiles [Roman soldiers] to be mocked, scourged, and crucified.

Now consider, what has become of you since, of you husbandmen? Have not you been laid waste? Was not the word fulfilled concerning his coming and rising up from among the brethren? When he came among them in Jerusalem, he would have gathered them as a hen gathers her chickens under her wings, but your fathers would not listen. He showed them how they had stoned the prophets, and had killed them; and how wise men (scribes and prophets) would be sent among them, and how they would crucify some of them and scourge in their synagogues, because they neither knew the Father, nor the prophet that the Father had raised up, of which Moses spoke.

Therefore, he said to Jerusalem, behold your house is left unto you desolate. Has it not been so? Was he not a true prophet to you in this statement? Are not your houses unto you left desolate?

Have not this prophet’s words been fulfilled on your fathers, and have not you [as a people] been scattered? Moses spoke of this prophet, who went up to Jerusalem, and was betrayed by him that David spoke of, unto the chief priests and scribes, who condemned him to death, and delivered him to the Gentiles to be mocked, scourged and crucified; but the third day he rose again. Christ said: it cannot be that a prophet perishes other than in Jerusalem.

This the prophet spoke to your fathers, of whom you have the form of the law, and the words of the prophets, which killed the prophets, and yet built their sepulchers.

Here you may see your fathers, and as it was with them, so it is with you, being now found in the same transgression, until you come to the life of the prophets, and of Moses; then with the life you see him who is the end of the prophets and Moses, even the Emanuel spoken of, born of a virgin, who is Christ. Now coming to the life the prophets were in, and Moses was in, with that, this you will come to see; and with it you will come to the conversion, and see the everlasting offering.

Christ the Emanuel, this prophet whom Moses speaks of, and the prophets saw, (who said, it could not be that a prophet would perish outside of Jerusalem) was delivered by the chief priests and scribes to be condemned to death, and delivered to the Gentiles to be mocked, scourged and crucified; [now mind,] he was betrayed into the hands of the chief priests and scribes, and was condemned to death, and by them delivered to the Gentiles to be scourged and crucified.

Now said Christ, when you shall see Jerusalem compassed with armies, then know that the desolation thereof is nigh. Has not Jerusalem been compassed with armies, and has it not been laid waste? Is not your house desolate, and are not your people scattered as the prophet said? Has not Jerusalem been compassed with armies, where the prophets were slain? The prophet said they would fall by the edge of the sword and be led away captive into all nations, and Jerusalem would be trodden down of the Gentiles; the same Gentiles to whom your fathers delivered him to be crucified to death, until the time of the Gentiles was fulfilled. [Now mind,] have not these words been fulfilled, of which the prophets spoke about whom God would raise up? Is not Jerusalem trodden down? Have not you been carried captives into other nations?*

*The severity of Rome's destruction of Israel stemmed from The Great Revolt of the Jews against the Roman Empire in which Jewish rebels defeated the XII Roman Legion, killing 6,000 Roman troops and wounding many more — it was one of the worst defeats in Roman history, a humiliating defeat by a Jewish rag-tag group of rebels, and with loss of the legion's aquilla or Eagle, (Rome's standard); and because the Eagle symbolized Rome, (Eagle lost, honor lost; honor lost, all lost), Rome was insulted, shocked, outraged, and resolved to inflict severe retribution on the Jews. The end of the Jewish Kingdom was in 70 A.D. In the first of several Jewish rebellions against Rome, most of the Jews were massacred and the temple in Jerusalem was completely destroyed by the Roman Prince, Titus, in 70 AD. Titus, who later became emperor of Rome, was the son of the Emperor Vespasian. Josephus, a first century historian, wrote that 1.1 million Jews died and hundreds of thousands were forced out of the country and into exile and slavery. 

In a later Jewish rebellion against Rome in 135 AD, the Roman Emperor Hadrian further destroyed Jerusalem and Israel. Cassius Dio, a second century historian, counted 580,000 Jews killed, 50 fortified towns and 985 villages destroyed, and all the remaining Jews exiled to countries throughout the Roman Empire and eventually scattered and re-scattered throughout the world.

Have not the Gentiles trodden Jerusalem under foot? Has not Jerusalem been compassed with armies? Have not your houses been left desolate? Have not some fallen by the edge of the sword? Have not they come upon you, the Gentiles, to whom you delivered this prophet to be mocked and crucified? Have not the Gentiles laid waste to Jerusalem? Has not the temple been thrown down, and not one stone left upon another, which Solomon was commanded to build; just as Christ foretold, who was a greater than Solomon. So consider, are not the words of this prophet fulfilled on you that had the words of the prophets, but being out of the life, knew not the substance? Being strangers from the life of Moses, who had the life of the law, and strangers from the life of the prophets; you see not God's purpose, nor decree, nor determined counsel, which had showed unto his prophets of the coming of the just one before he came, before whom your fathers being in the transgression, out of the life of the law and the prophets, chose a murderer, Barabbas, and the chief priests persuaded the people to ask release for the murderer, and to crucify the just. Does not this show that they were in the state of the murderer?

And when the just was risen, whom neither death nor bonds could hold, according to the determinate counsel of God, as David who foresaw it, said, he would not leave his soul in hell, nor suffer his holy one to see corruption, Psalm 16:10.

When the news came Christ has risen, the chief priests and those that set a guard on Christ after they had crucified him gave large money to the soldiers to say that his disciples came by night and stole him away. This report was circulated among the Jews, and so blinded you with a lie, for a lie is of the devil; and he it is that is out of the truth  and abode not in it, blinds the eye and casts a mist before their eyes so that they should not believe, and so believe the lies before the truth.

For had your fathers known Moses and the prophets in the life; they would have known him, the just one, the holy one, whom God would not suffer to see corruption, though he was numbered among transgressors, and among them he made his grave, whom God highly exalted at his right hand, to whom thrones, powers and dominions must be subject, who is the end of God's righteous law, God's righteousness, which the prophet Isaiah spoke of, who could not hold his peace for Zion's sake, and for Jerusalem's sake he could not rest, until the righteousness thereof go forth as brightness, and the salvation thereof as a lamp that burns. And the Gentiles shall see your righteousness, and kings your glory; and you shall be called by a new name. This righteousness has come forth, and the Gentiles see it, and does burn as a lamp, and the brightness and salvation thereof is witnessed among them, and the vengeance of our God is proclaimed, the acceptable year of the Lord is come, and comfort to all that mourn; the good tidings are preached to the meek, the broken-hearted are bound up; liberty is proclaimed to the captives, and the prison doors are opened, and those who are bound go forth, who sing of his glory; and the Gentiles see his righteousness and profess it, and the Lord is an everlasting light to his people, and God their glory. For we can call salvation our walls, and gates praise. And the sons have come from far, this is witnessed; and behold, said the Lord, Gentiles shall come to your light, and kings to the brightness of your rising, lift up your eyes round about you, and all that gather themselves together, they shall come to you from far; and said the Lord, arise, shine, for your light is come, for the glory of the Lord is risen upon you: behold, darkness shall cover the earth, and gross darkness the people, but the Lord shall arise upon you, and his glory shall be seen upon you. This light the prophet saw the Gentiles should come to, and kings to the brightness of your rising. And said the Lord by his prophet, is it a light thing that you should be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob; take notice, and restore the preserved of Israel, take notice again; I will give you for a light to the Gentiles, that you may be my salvation to the ends of the earth.

Now mind, the light to the Gentiles, and salvation to the end of the earth, which now the Gentiles profess; the prophet who was in the life, saw this. As it is said before, many do witness this light to the Gentiles and salvation to the ends of the earth, the redeemer of Israel, the raiser up of the tribes of Jacob. This is the redeemer of Israel, the holy one, to him whom man despises, to him whom nations abhor, to a servant of rulers, kings shall see and arise, princes also shall worship because of the Lord who is faithful, and the holy one of Israel, and he shall choose you.

And thus said the Lord, I will lift my hand to the Gentiles, and set up my standard to the people, and the people witness the standard, and the hand is witnessed, which to the Gentiles is lifted up of the Lord God.

Behold my servant whom I uphold, my elect in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him, he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles. The Gentiles now witness this judgment brought forth to them, and this judgment is set in the earth; he shall not fail nor be discouraged, until he has set judgment in the earth, and the isles shall wait for his law. Now many of the isles do witness this law, who have waited for it, which is royal.

Thus said the Lord, he that created the heavens, and searched them out, he that spread forth the earth, and that which comes out of it; he that gives breath to the people upon it, and spirit to them that walk therein; I the Lord have called you in righteousness, and will hold your hand, and will keep you, and give you for a covenant of the people, for a light of the Gentiles. Now this covenant to the people, and this light to the Gentiles that the prophet speaks of, the Gentiles witness now, and the people witness this covenant of God, and God's promise fulfilled. Those who were ministers of this covenant, were sent to turn the Gentiles from darkness to the light; and those Jews and those Gentiles that did believe in the light, did believe the everlasting covenant, and did receive the everlasting covenant, and the glory of Israel; and this brought in the Gentiles to light, which broke down the partition-wall between the Jew and the Gentile, and of two made one new man; which covenant of light the prophet saw before he was come; and when he was come, your fathers owned him not, neither received, though by signs and wonders, and miracles, confirmed he his ministry, and that he came from God. Yet they said blasphemously; they, who had the prophets' words, and Moses’ words, but were out of the life of both. They said that Christ cast out demons by Beelzebub, the prince of the devils.

Although they [the Jews] had the scriptures, but not the life, they knew him not; when he [Christ the prophet], who the scriptures speak of came, those who had the words [of scripture] did not recognize him. But the Gentiles, with their minds being alienated from the life of God, and strangers from the covenant of promise, and commonwealth of Israel, to them the light was promised, and that to it the Gentiles should come; which many did come to, and do now enjoy, and know the unsearchable riches that are hidden in God, Christ Jesus.

The Jews and the Gentiles receiving the light, the covenant of promise, they come to be baptized with the spirit into the one body; and that covenant of light which brings in the Gentiles, lets them to see the end of the first covenant, that decays; and lets them see the everlasting covenant, Christ Jesus (who came to fulfill the law, and not to break it: heaven and earth shall pass away, but not one stroke of the law shall pass away until all be fulfilled.) The law of life is perfect, converting the soul, and brings it from under that which was against it. So at this covenant of God, the light of the Gentiles, the Jews stumble, which covenant the prophets prophesied of, and your fathers in those days stood against; and so here is the saying of the Lord (which is the law of life) fulfilled: the builders rejected the corner-stone; and as David said, their table became a snare, a trap, and a stumbling-block, and a recompense unto them; and has it not been so? I say, then, have they stumbled that they should fall? God forbid, but rather through their fall salvation has come unto the Gentiles, in order to provoke them to jealousy; take notice of that. Now if the fall of them is the riches of the world, and the diminishing of them, [mark,] the riches of the Gentiles, how much more their fullness; I speak to you Gentiles.

So here those who have come into the life of Moses and the prophets, witness that which Moses and the prophets said should come to pass, that Christ should suffer, and rise from the dead, and show light to the people and to the Gentiles, in which light Jews and Gentiles are one. I will make an everlasting covenant with you, said the Lord, even the sure mercies of David; behold I will give him for a witness to the people, a leader and commander to the people; behold you shall call a nation that knew you not, and nations that knew you not, shall run unto you. Now this everlasting covenant is witnessed, to which nations run; and the people witness the leader (which you that had the covenant that decayed stood against) and do enjoy the covenant of peace and authority; which you do not, that have not the life, which I will not remove, said the Lord that has mercy on you; and every one that keeps from polluting, takes hold of this covenant; as for me, this is my covenant with them, said the Lord, my spirit that is in you ... So the everlasting covenant is witnessed, which does not decay, with which is seen that which does decay. I will make an everlasting covenant with them, and their seed shall be known among the Gentiles; and said the Lord, my glory shall be declared among the Gentiles, and I will take of them for priests and Levites, said the Lord; and behold, said the Lord, the day is come, that I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel, and with the house of Judah, not according to the covenant which I made with their fathers in the day when I took them by the hand to bring them out of the land of Egypt, which covenant they broke, though I was an husband to them, said the Lord; but this shall be the covenant which I will make with the house of Israel; after those days I will put my law into their inward parts, and write it in their hearts, and will be their God, and they shall be my people, and they shall teach no more every man his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, know the Lord, for they shall all know me, from the greatest to the least, said the Lord, for I will forgive their iniquities, and I will remember their sins no more. Mind this, you that have this first covenant, which was given to your fathers when they came out of the land of Egypt; but said the Lord, I will make a new covenant, not according to the covenant I made with your fathers, which was to decay, for there you had a law written in tables of stone; but here in this covenant you shall have the law written in your hearts, with which you shall come to know the Lord, and need not say, know the Lord. Here is the covenant which was everlasting. Now the covenant which was made with your fathers, while that was standing, you were to be taught of the Lord; but this covenant being witnessed and received, the law-written in your hearts, you shall no more every man teach his brother, and his neighbor, saying, know the Lord; for all shall know him, from the greatest to the least.

And now thousands do witness this second covenant, this everlasting covenant, not according to that covenant given to your fathers in tables of stone, but the everlasting covenant written in the heart, where they know the Lord; and these witness the second covenant, where the iniquities are forgiven, and the sins and transgressions the Lord will remember no more.

If these ordinances depart from before me, said the Lord, then shall the seed of Israel cease from being a nation before me forever, and I will give them one heart and one way, that they may fear me for ever, for the good of them, and of their children after them: I will make an everlasting covenant with them, that I will not turn away from them to do them good, but I will put my fear into their hearts, that they shall not depart from me.

So you that had the covenant given to your fathers when they came out of the land of Egypt, stood against his covenant, though it was witnessed by Moses and the prophets, which you read; so you stand against the promise of God to you, which now thousands of the Gentiles do witness, the covenant of light, which to them was promised, with which they knew God, and so are come unto the life of the law, and covenant of God which reconciles Jews and Gentiles together; which brings to see that he is God of both, and brings them to one; so that which does convert, brings into the life that the prophet spoke of, and Moses spoke of, which God let them see, and the promise, which things is come to pass, and the life of the law and the prophets is witnessed, and he that sits on the throne of David now reigns.

Again, thus said the Lord, if you can break my covenant of the day, [take notice] and my covenant of the light, that there should not be day and night in their season. Mark, this covenant which orders day and night in their season, then may also my covenant be broken with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne; and this is the covenant, and this is the king of the Jews, whom they would not have to reign. This is he who bears his government upon his shoulders, which is without end; and this is the heir, and this is he that is come for judgment into the world, to make them blind that say they see, and to make them see, that see not.

And this is the question that lies upon you to answer, if Jesus was David's son, how did David call him Lord? Now as you come to the light, you will see it, and him that shall, and does reign on the throne of David, with the priests, Levites and ministers; as the host of heaven cannot be numbered, neither the sand of the sea measured, so will I multiply the seed of David my servant, said the Lord.

Now he that sits on the throne of David, his seed witnesses him Lord and king, who is the prince of life, that has dominion over death, and through death has destroyed him that has the power of death; and repentance is preached, and remission of sins through faith in him, from whom comes the refreshing into the soul, who is the bishop of it; and as they cannot break the covenant that keeps day and night in its season (for day and night was made by him who was the covenant) so they cannot break this covenant with David, that he should not have a son to reign on his throne. If they can break that covenant that orders day and night, then they may break this covenant with David my servant, that he should not have a son to reign on his throne. They shall set their faces towards Zion, saying come let us join ourselves to the Lord in a perpetual covenant that shall not be forgotten. Now the everlasting covenant written in the heart, by which you need not say, know the Lord, brings from among the heathen, separates from among the strangers and aliens from the life of God, as the Gentiles were.

Though the Lord by his spirit in the prophets spoke of the promise, that he should be a light to the Gentiles, and that they should see his glory, which many now do enjoy, and embrace and see him who sits on the throne of David, him whom Abraham, David, and Isaiah saw, and Jeremiah saw, and the prophets gave testimony of, and Moses, who said, God would raise up, and the people should hear him, and the people do hear him; yet they who had the words [scriptures], being strangers from the life of God, knew him not when he was come, and God had raised him up [from the dead], but denied the resurrection of the just one.

And Jesus Christ, the Emanuel that Moses spoke of, the prophet which God raised up, said, “Think not I am come to destroy the law, but to fulfill it; (whom your fathers thought was out of the life of it), said he, it was said in old time, you shall not commit adultery;” [mark, commit it] but I say unto you, he that looks on a woman to lust after her, has in his heart committed adultery already. Now mark, here is the law written in the heart, here is the new covenant that the prophet speaks of, which is agreeable to Moses, and to them all, that which fulfils the law, not breaks it.

And the law said, “You shall not murder;” but your fathers which had garnished the sepulchers of the prophets which their fathers had killed, desired [the release of Barabbas, the a murderer] before the just one, the Emanuel, the Saviour, him whom Moses, the prophets, and Abraham did give testimony of. The Jews said, “His blood be upon us;” and Christ said, “All the righteous blood from Abel to Zachariah, should be required of this generation.” So have you not been driven into other nations, and your houses been desolate since, and Jerusalem trodden under foot, where the prophets perished that showed the coming of the just one; and at last the Son was cast out by you, and the Gentiles have trodden upon you.

But now is the Lord gathering to himself, and his name is great among the Gentiles, and the remnant of Jacob shall be in the midst of many people, (which now is witnessed, and his tent is known,) as the dew from the Lord, as the showers on the grass, that tarries not for man, [take notice,] nor waits for the son of man; and the remnant of Jacob shall be among the Gentiles in the midst of many people, as a lion among the beasts of the forest, as a young lion among the sheep, whom if he goes through, he tears down, and tears in pieces, and none can deliver; now this is seen among many people. And in that day said the Lord, there shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people, to it the Gentiles shall seek, and his rest shall be glorious. Now the Gentiles have found this glorious rest, and to this ensign, this root of Jesse they do seek, which this day is fulfilled among them, and witnessed; glory to the Lord God the highest forever; and he shall set up an ensign for the nations, and shall assemble the outcasts of Israel, and gather together the dispersed of Judah, from the four corners of the earth.

Now this ensign is set up for the outcasts of Israel, for nations, and to the gathering of the dispersed of Judah from the four corners of the earth; now you owning the light, you own this ensign, (and this ensign now is witnessed,) and we see it, and have that set upon the throne of David; for the Lord will utterly destroy the tongue of the Egyptian sea, and there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left from Assyria, [take notice,] like as it was to Israel in the day that he came up out of Egypt.

And where this covenant, (that is everlasting,) of light is received, with it the first covenant is seen that decays; and thus said the Lord, I will hold your hand, I will keep you, and give you for a covenant of the people, and a light to the Gentiles, to open the blind eyes, to bring out the prisoners out of the prison, and them that sit in darkness out of the prison-house. I am the Lord, that is my name, and my glory I will not give to another; behold, the former things are come to pass, and new things I tell you of, before they spring forth, I tell you of them.

Now, when these things were sprung up among you, and come to pass, that had the first covenant given to you, when you came out of Egypt; these new things, this new covenant you did not receive, though to you it was declared by the prophet before they sprang forth. This covenant of the people, the light of the Gentiles, opens the blind eyes, brings out the prisoners out of the prison-house, and this is he that preaches unto the spirits in prison. Now you and your fathers that have rested in the former things, not beholding nor seeing the new things that are come to pass, and declared to your fathers before they came to pass, shows how you have refused the corner-stone, (which have been builders of the words without life,) the covenant of light, the prince of peace, the Lord of glory, he that sits on David's throne, that comes, (as it is written in the volume of the book,) to do the will of God.

So the new things which were declared by the prophet before they sprang forth, you that remain in the old have rejected, and have you not been rejected, [mark] and provoked by a people that were not a people? Have not the Gentiles which followed not after righteousness, obtained the righteousness, even the righteousness of faith in Christ Jesus, the covenant of light, the light of the Gentiles, among whom his name is great, and their eyes are opened, and the prisoners come out of the prison-house, and in him do the Gentiles trust. And thus said the Lord, in an acceptable time have I heard you, in a day of salvation have I helped you, I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant to the people, to establish the earth. I will give you (said the Lord) a light of the Gentiles, that you may be my salvation to the end of the earth. Now he that establishes the earth, the covenant witnessed, by whom all things were made. What, is he salvation to the end of the earth, the covenant of light? Yes, who gives light to every man that comes into the world, which Isaiah spoke of, which your fathers had their will on. And thus said the Lord, I will preserve you, and give you for a covenant to the people, to establish the earth, to obtain the inheritance of the desolate heritage; [mark] this covenant of the people to establish the earth, which obtains the inheritance of the desolate heritages, and says to the prisoners, go forth, and to them that are in darkness, show yourselves; which is now fulfilled, and being fulfilled; they shall feed in the way, and their pasture shall be on the tops of the hills, and these witness the fresh springs of water, and this is witnessed among them that witness his covenant, and are converted to God, to serve the living God in righteousness, who have come to the life of the prophets, and possess what they spoke of; therefore David gave thanks to the Lord among the heathen, and sang praises to his name; great deliverance gives he to his king, to David and his seed, (whose seed we are forevermore;) and Moses, who received the covenant from the Lord, when your fathers came out of Egypt, said, “Like unto me will the Lord your God raise you up a prophet from the midst of your brethren, him shall you hearken unto:” now this prophet did Stephen witness and hold forth, when he was brought before the council, whom they cast out and stoned. Your fathers had the tabernacle of witness in the wilderness, as he had appointed, speaking unto Moses, that he should make it according to the fashion which he had seen, which also the fathers that came after brought in with Jesus, into the possession of the Gentiles, whom God drove out before the face of our fathers, unto the days of David, who found favour before God, and desired to build a tabernacle for the God of Jacob; but Solomon built him a house, nevertheless the most high dwells not in temples made with hands, as said the prophet, heaven is my throne, and the earth is my foot-stool, what house will you build me, said the Lord, or what is the place of my rest? Now your fathers that held up these outward things, being not in the life that saw beyond them, the end of them, the things which Stephen here witnessed, whom your fathers that had the law and not the life, put to death, which had persecuted the prophets that showed the coming of the just one, of whom they had been the betrayers, and murderers, and that stoned Stephen; these knew not that new thing that must come to pass, before declared, which the Lord by his prophets spoke of, but were disobedient and rebellious against the Lord, and cast his law behind their backs, and slew his prophets which testified against them, to turn them to the Lord, and they wrought great provocations; therefore the Lord delivered them to their enemies, and vexed them in the time of their troubles; and when they cried to him he heard them, and according to his manifold mercies he gave them a Saviour, who saved them from the hand of their enemies. Now you may see the cause why his hand was against them, being rebellious and disobedient, casting the law behind their backs, being out of the life of it; here is the cause of slaying the prophets who witnessed the life of his law, and yet for many years did the Lord tolerate them; and testify against them through the prophets that had the words from the spirit. Therefore now you, having the prophets' words [but without the life], have built their sepulchers; if you were you in the prophets' life, you would see that to which  Moses and the prophets testified. You would see him by whom the world was made, the glory of Israel, the light of the Gentiles, the leader of the people; [take notice,] the light is to lead, yes, the light is the leader of the people.

Now you are out of the life of the prophets and Moses, having their words, thinking to have life in the scriptures, searching them which testify of Christ, but not coming to the prophets' life, you do not know the voice of the prophets, though they are read among you every Sabbath-day; nor do you know the voice of Christ, the end of the prophets. So not coming to the prophets' life, you don’t come to Christ the life, of whom the prophets testified , who said unto your fathers, you will not come to me that you might have life, who had that which testified of him. So he of whom the scriptures testify, Christ is now witnessed; Christ, who is the light and life, which light is the life of man, is he by whom the world was made.

And your fathers which had the prophets' words, and Moses’ words, being strangers from the life, were those who said, they saw, but were those that were blind, and saw not Christ the just one, that the prophets showed the coming of, and Moses spoke of. You had your law from Moses, who said, like to him God would raise up a prophet, him you should hear, whom you did not hear but put him away from you, who were out of the life of the prophets, and would not hear him that was the life of them, and said, as for this man you know not from where he had come, and you would not have him to rule over you.

Therefore consider you this, neither your fathers or you ever came to see this prophet of which Moses spoke and of which the prophets testified. Your fathers had the words, but had not come to the life, which life you will never be able to see until you have come to the life of Moses and Abraham; the life of Moses and Abraham saw his glory. The life  will let you see Christ the end of them, and that which the prophets spoke of, and wrote of, and gave testimony of, which all his holy apostles witnessed after his resurrection; him, who was the covenant that the prophets and Moses gave testimony of, whom you having the words, but being found out of the life, persecuted.

But now you may come to see in this mighty day of the Lord, his gatherings together, with his covenant of light and his mighty power, which is everlasting and changes not, where the prophecy is opened, and things not declared of are known, which gathers together in one up to God, which leads out of the changeable things up to God who is a spirit; and the hour is now come, wherein they worship him in spirit; and the salvation of the Jews which is to the end of the earth, is believed in, and witnessed, and the time of the Gentiles not believing in the light is seen, and their conduct, wherein was the excess, wantonness, lust, wine, reveling, banqueting, and abominable idolatry; by which light, those who believe in it are turned from them, and come to the honest conduct, and the obtaining of the Savior Jesus Christ, who has abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel. And the gospel is preached to the Gentiles, which is the power of God to salvation to every one that believes in the light; and him said God I give for a covenant, a light to the Gentiles; and when this covenant of God had come, Christ Jesus the everlasting covenant said, believe in the light, I am come a light into the world, and he that abides in the light, shall not abide in darkness. The ambassadors of this covenant of light, life, and peace, hazarded their lives among the Jews and Gentiles, among all sorts of people, which were out of the life of the law. They preached to them, to the Gentiles, and do still, for the covenant of light is everlasting to bring them to it; but now many have the words declared from this covenant of light, but yet are strangers to it. Those that killed the Lord Jesus Christ, and their own prophets, next persecuted the apostles, and pleased not God, but were contrary to all them; these were of your fathers, who had the words, but were strangers to the life. They forbade speaking to the Gentiles, to whom the covenant had been promised. They [your Jewish fathers] themselves were in the transgression, out of the life of what they professed, and out of the life of the prophets who declared this covenant; but now the riches of the glory of the mystery of the Gentiles is known, which God would make known, which had been hidden from ages and generations, which is now made manifest to his saints, which is Christ in them, the hope of glory, whom we preach, warning every man, that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus the light, the everlasting covenant of God.

Now such Gentiles that walk after the vanity of their minds, are strangers yet from the glory of Israel, and the commonwealth and life of God, and the covenant of light; but God is gathering with his covenant of light up to himself both Jews and Gentiles in one. I say his everlasting covenant, not according to the old covenant which he gave to your fathers, when they were brought up out of the land Egypt, which did decay and wax old, for this covenant never does decay or wax old; glory, glory to the Lord God of life forever.

The Gentiles that have not yet come to own the light, are without the true hope, without God in the world. and so the promise being to the seed, he said not unto seeds, as of many, but of one, which is the seed, which is Christ. This I say, that the covenant with Abraham that was confirmed before of God in Christ, the law which was four hundred and thirty years after, cannot disannul that it should make the promise of none effect, that the blessing of Abraham might come on the Gentiles through Jesus Christ, as it is written, “I will give him to be a light,” to whom he was preached after his resurrection; and this light brings from giving offence to Jew and Gentile that believe, but offends both that are against it. When the Gentiles which had not the law, did the things contained in the law, this showed the work of the law written in their hearts, that judged you Jews that had the law, and were transgressors of it, which caused the Gentiles to blaspheme God, and so your circumcision became uncircumcision, and their uncircumcision became circumcision, and judged you. So the light, which is the life, joins Jews and Gentiles together in one, up to one God, who is light, who is Lord of all, and rich to all, with which spirit they come to be baptized into one body; and you may come to know the salvation that is sent to the Gentiles, the everlasting covenant which among them is witnessed, which God of old promised; and Christ the prophet says, “Go not in the way of the Gentiles, but to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

Now when your fathers had delivered him up to be crucified, he sent his apostles to preach to all nations, to the Jews, and to the Gentiles, and when the Jews did not hear, (your fathers that had the words of the prophets and Moses, which spoke of this covenant) they turned to the Gentiles, and the Holy Ghost they witnessed, to whom the apostles were sent, to whom the promise belonged. So Israel, which had the law and the prophets, being out of the life, did not see the glory of Israel, neither did they see the light of the Gentiles, which now is manifested by him whom the apostles and prophets declared.

Now among the Gentiles there is an exercising of lordship, and the great ones exercise authority on them, but it shall not be so with you, said Christ the light, the covenant whom God spoke of, whom Moses said God would raise up. For those who are in the light, are turned from the will of the Gentiles, and their lordship to Christ the Lord, [mark] and so the Gentiles are no more aliens but citizens, and co-heirs, joint-heirs, who believe in the light, in the covenant. So you that hold up that which does decay, stand against the prince of life, the covenant that does not decay, which many of the Gentiles received; and you that stood in the first, that does decay, come to be thrust out now by that which does not decay; and now as you hearken to the light, this you will come to see, and it is the light that does now manifest the counsels of your hearts, your thoughts, your vain imaginations, and covetousness, which is idolatry, and the lusting after those things which you should not.

Now this light gives to see Christ the covenant of light, and brings into the life of the law and the prophets to see Christ who is the light, which light in men, is the life of Christ, who is the end of the law. He is the light of the world, and does enlighten every man that comes into the world, He by whom it was made. If you love the light, and bring your deeds to the light, it will let you see whether they be wrought in God; but if you hate the light, it will be your condemnation. Solomon the king said, (and Christ that was a greater, said, a greater than Solomon was here; and Christ the light said, before Abraham was, I am; which because he said, they took up stones to cast at him,) to do justice and judgment, is more acceptable to the Lord than sacrifice; mark, this justice and judgment is more acceptable to the Lord than your sacrifice. And said the Lord, I will take no bullock out of your house, nor goat out of your flock; for all the beasts of the forest are mine, the beasts of a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains, and all the wild beasts of the field are mine: if I am hungry, I will not tell you, for the world is mine, [mark] and all that therein is. Will I eat the flesh of bulls? or drink the blood of goats? offer unto God thanksgiving, and pay your vows to the most high; and (said the Lord by the prophet Hosea) I desire mercy and not sacrifice, and the knowledge of God more than burnt offering. Now you may see, many had the burnt offerings, and not the knowledge of God, whereas the knowledge of God, he required more than burnt offerings; and mercy, and not sacrifice; [mind,] mercy and not sacrifice.

And when Christ was come, the covenant of light, he told your fathers (who were in the burnt-offerings and sacrifices, but out of the knowledge and mercy) go and learn what the prophets' words meant, he would have mercy and not sacrifice; such as had the burnt offering, and not the mercy, nor knowledge of God; of such God desired mercy before sacrifice, and the knowledge of God before burnt offerings. So your fathers that had the sacrifice and the burnt offering, were without the mercy and the knowledge of God, who knew not the Son the covenant of light, that Moses and the prophets spoke of, and the blind offered the blind, that which was not accepted of the Lord, who respects not your persons, but allowed you to be trodden under foot of the Gentiles, and to have been scattered. But now the Lord is warning you to turn to him, and to do works appropriate for repentance, that you might come to know the prince of life, the end of the law, the end of the prophets, the end of all outward sacrifices, and come to know the spiritual sacrifice, which is acceptable to God by Jesus Christ, going up from the spiritual household, which is built on the prophets, Christ the corner stone, who is now come to reign on the throne of David, whose seed witness him David's son. God will show mercy to his seed for evermore; which mercy his seed witness, and witness the Son who reigns on the throne of David, the Son of God, who is the seed of Abraham, to whom the promise was when he was in the uncircumcision. We do witness the promise fulfilled, which was made to him when he was in the uncircumcision; glory, glory to the Lord God for evermore.

We are of the promise, which is to all the seed, which was not made to Abraham through the law; rather the promise is through faith, that it might be by grace, that the promise might be sure to all the seed; not to that only which is of the law, but to that also which is of the faith of Abraham, who is the father of us [who witness the fulfillment of the promise] also. He who was of Abraham is now witnessed, that took upon him the seed of Abraham [his flesh descendant], according to the flesh, who [Christ the Light] was before Abraham was; a greater than Solomon; him, who according to the flesh, is of the seed of Abraham, but according to the spirit was declared to be the Son of God, the king of glory. And him David saw, and called him Lord, who said, God would not suffer his holy one to see corruption, nor leave his soul in hell; and said David of him, you have ascended up on high, you have led captivity captive, you have received gifts for men, yes for the rebellious, that the Lord God might dwell among men. [Mark,] He that ascended up on high, led captivity captive, and gives gifts unto men, that the Lord might dwell among them, and he that ascended, [mark] he that led captivity captive, what is it? but he that descended first into the lower parts of the earth, and he is the same that ascended far above all heavens, that he might fill all things, by whom all things were made, to reconcile all things to himself. And he gave some prophets, some evangelists, some apostles and teachers, for the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ, until all come into the unity of the faith, and the knowledge of the Son of God, (the covenant) unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ.

And the prophet Isaiah, speaking of Christ, said, he would proclaim liberty to the captives, [mark] to the captives, and he did proclaim liberty to the captives, and went ministering to the spirits in prison. Now you who have had the words declared forth from the prophets and Moses, but not being guided with that spirit that gave them forth, you cannot see the captives, but are captives yourselves; you cannot see him that brings deliverance, heals the broken hearted, recovers to the blind their sight, and sets at liberty them that are bruised; you cannot see he that leads captivity captive, and gives deliverance to the captives; you cannot  know this until you come to the covenant of light. When Ezekiel was among the captives at the river of Chebar, the heavens were opened, and he saw the vision of God; [mark] when he was among (the captives) and he was to go to them of the captivity, and speak to them; and after he was commanded to speak to the captives, the spirit of the Lord took him up, and brought him to them.

So consider now, you that have had the prophets' words, but not knowing him that is on high, that leads captivity captive, being found out of the life, are scattered abroad; and hearken to the light that will discover your iniquity, whereby your captivity may be turned away; whereby you may come to the life of the prophets and Moses, with which you may see Christ. For Jeremiah lamented the falseness of the prophets, which had not discovered their iniquity, which might have turned away their captivity, that you might come to know the voice of the bridegroom, the voice of joy, the voice of gladness, and the voice of them that say, “praise the Lord of hosts, for his mercies endure forever,” and of them that bring the sacrifice of praise into the house of the Lord. I will cause to return the captivity of the land, as at first, said the Lord; now know, this captivity led captive, and this captivity turned away.

And was it not often that Jerusalem and the children of Israel were carried into captivity for transgressing of the righteous law of God? And did not the enemy come upon you, which trod down the wall of Jerusalem, which was before Christ was manifest in the flesh, which after came and was manifest in the flesh, according to the saying of the prophet which showed the coming of the just one; and when he was come among you that had the words of Moses and the prophets, but being out of the life, you saw not that which Moses and the prophets saw; though the prophet said, Jerusalem should be laid waste, and compassed with armies; the wall thrown down, and you scattered. Is not the word of this prophet fulfilled among you, and upon you? Had you been in the life as Moses was in, and the prophets, and Abraham, you would have seen the glory of Israel, him whom God raised up to sit on David's throne, the hope that all the fathers hoped for.

Now your fathers being out of the life, though they had the words, knew not the substance when he was come, (but on the contrary) delivered him up to the Gentiles to be crucified, which Gentiles trod your city under foot, and they cried crucify him, crucify him, and desired his blood might be upon their heads. Now Jacob comes to be saved from his captivity, and Israel shall return to his rest, and I will be found of you, said the Lord, and will turn away your captivity, and will gather you from all the nations, and from all the places where I have driven you, and will bring you again to this place, said the Lord, whence I caused you to be carried away captive; when you come to the life of the law, this you shall witness. Now wait in the light, that you may come to witness this promise fulfilled, for the Lord's flock has been carried away captive, but now is the Lord redeeming, and gathering them with his power out of captivity, and leading captivity captive.

And, said the Lord, I will gather the remnant of my sheep out of all the countries where I have driven them, and bring them again to their fold, and they shall grow and increase; and I will set one shepherd over them, which shall feed them; they shall dread no more, nor be afraid, neither shall they lack anything, said the Lord: for the day is come, said the Lord, that I will raise unto David a righteous branch, and a king shall reign and prosper, and shall execute justice and judgment in the earth.

Now this branch, this king, this shepherd, this fold do we witness, that are his sheep, and are come to witness the life that Moses was in, and the prophets were in, and David was in, from which life the scriptures were given forth to be believed and fulfilled, which we see with the same that gave them forth, and the Son we see to reign; and the Lord is cutting off, according to his promise, Babylon, his name and his remnant, son and nephew, and there shall be a highway for the remnant of his people, which shall be left from Assyria, like as it was unto Israel in the day when he came up out of the land of Egypt [of this take notice.]

In that day shall the remnant of Israel, and such as have escaped of the house of Jacob, stay no more on him that smote them; [mark] on him that smote them, but shall stay upon the Lord, the holy one of Israel in truth; the remnant shall return, even the remnant of Jacob, to the mighty God; for though your people O Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant of them shall return, and there is a remnant that keeps the commands of God. And did not the Lord speak to Ezekiel; that your fathers should be carried away captive, and the time is come that whosoever shall call on the name of the Lord shall be saved; for in Mount Sion and Jerusalem shall be deliverance, as the Lord has said, and a remnant the Lord shall call. And the remnant of the Philistines shall perish: seek good, and not evil, hate the evil, and love the good, and establish judgment in the gate, it may be the Lord of hosts will be merciful to the remnant of Joseph, though the number of Israel be as the sand of the sea, yet a remnant shall be saved. Even so at this present time, there is a remnant through the election of grace; and now is the remnant known, that does give glory to God. And thus said the Lord to your fathers, who changed his judgments into wickedness, and his statutes more than the wicked: I will execute judgment in you; I will do unto you what I never did before, neither will I do any more the like, I will execute judgment in you, the whole remnant of you will I scatter in all the winds.

And these things and many more this prophet does relate, which was done to your fathers, and what they should act and do, who are out of the life of the law; but now such as are in the life of the law, prophets, and Christ, can say, who is a God like unto you, who takes away iniquity, and passes by the transgression of the remnant of your heritage; and said the Lord, I will bring again their captivity, and the captivity of Sodom, and her daughters; and the captivity of Samaria, and her daughters; and will I bring again the captivity of your captives in the midst of them. Now those who are in the life of the prophets, see this, that those who were in the captivity, had despised the oath, in breaking the covenant; yet notwithstanding, said the Lord, I will remember my covenant with you in the day of your youth, and will establish unto you an everlasting covenant, and you shall know that I am the Lord. The Lord will raise up the tabernacle of David that is fallen down, and close up the breaches thereof; and I will raise up his ruins, said the Lord, and build it as in the days of old, that they may possess the remnant of the heathen, which are called by my name, said the Lord.

The dragon was enraged with the woman, and went to make war with the remnant of her seed, which keep the commandments of God, and have the testimony of Jesus Christ; the dragon is enraged with them that keep the commandments, and them he cannot endure, but is enraged, and makes war against them. And the remnant of the seed of the woman appears now, that have the testimony of Jesus, and keeps the commands of God, over all the world stands, and the dragon and his wrath fears not, but by the testimony of Jesus they overcome, which is the spirit of prophecy, who are his remnant which keeps his commandments, with whom the dragon now is enraged, and makes war against. And now is the Lord made manifest to them that asked not after him, and found of them that sought him not; this prophecy of Isaiah is fulfilled in this our days, the Father is made manifest; God has made manifest his covenant to them [the Gentiles] that did not ask after him. [Mark,] Them that asked not after him, to them he is made manifest.

you, who are strangers from the light, the covenant, having the first covenant, this you saw not. Your eyes were blinded, who were from the life of the law and prophets. This [the spiritual gains of the Gentiles] should provoke you to jealousy. All must come to life from the dead, before the riches [spiritual] of the world are known; the life being the covenant of light, the unchangeable, and the conversion, to the life of Moses and the prophets, and the Son of God, who of them is the end; and this you must know when converted, and come to the father of spirits, and know Moses and the prophets that gave forth the scriptures. For the life is what converts, and allows one to see why it was given, and gives a spirit of understanding, by which the prophets spoke, by which spirit they saw the eyes of your fathers blinded, whose ears were dull of hearing, and hearts gross, and are in blindness, not receiving the covenant of light within. So the veil remains over your hearts, who still have the blind eye and cannot hear the Holy Ghost, as well as blind and deaf to him who was born of  the spirit, who ever testified. You need to be converted, healed, and judged with the spirit by which the scriptures were given forth. For Moses in the light saw the covenant, and Abraham saw the promise in the light, and we in the light enjoy that promise, which they saw to be fulfilled, the covenant of light. We witness the holy spirit from which the scriptures were given forth, and we see those who have the words of the scriptures, but are not in the spirit that gave them forth; God the father of spirits scatters them, though they gather together. Such are the heathens, who do not know the spirit from which the scriptures were given; these do not know God, the father of spirits, but are all huddled in an association based on words, killing and destroying one another.

From them who are Israel's commonwealth, who are the remnant that keep the command of God, and are of the seed of Abraham, who witness the mighty power of the Lord, in raising his own seed by his own power in this day; and the trumpet is blown in Zion, and the alarm is sounded in his holy mountain, which makes the earth to tremble, and it does tremble at the word of the Lord, (and is by the dark world called Quakers,) at whose voice Moses exceedingly did quake, which power and voice now is known among us, which does not only shake the earth but the heavens, which power removes that which is shaken, that that which cannot be shaken may remain and appear; and before this covenant you come to know, your hearts must be rent, so to come to witness the abolishing of death before life, and immortality be brought to light through the gospel, which is the power of God, which removes, shakes and throws down all the contrary, and so the promise comes to be fulfilled.The Lord said by the prophet, make the heart of this people fat, make their ears heavy, said the Lord, to him that was in the spirit, for fear that they should see with their eyes, and hear with their ears, and understand with their hearts, and be converted, and be healed; these were from the light of the law, the life, for his law is light, said Solomon.

But I said, how long Lord? [mark] and he answered, until the cities be wasted without inhabitant, and the houses without man, and the land be utterly desolate, [take notice.] those who be in the Holy Ghost see this fulfilled upon you, who have not understood with your hearts, nor seen with your eyes, nor been converted, whose cities are laid waste, and houses without man, and the land come to be desolate without the spirit, that gave forth scriptures. The Lord has removed men far away, and there is a great forsaking in the midst of the land [of this take notice.] But yet in it shall be a tenth [mark] and it shall return, and be eaten as a teil tree, and as an oak, whose substance is in them when they cast their leaves, [of that take notice,] so the holy seed shall be the substance thereof. [Mark,] The holy seed is life from the dead; he that has an ear, let him hear; and this must be known before the riches [spiritual] of the world can be.

Now that which gathers you to the promise, is the light and power of God, and the light will let you see all the evil deeds you have done, all the ungodly actions you have committed, and all your transgressions, that is the light which shows you them, and if you love the light, you will come to see yourselves, and whether your deeds are wrought in God, and if you believe in the light, which manifests all that ever you have done, you will become the children of light, and receive power from Christ, from whom the light comes, him by whom the world was made, to stand against the evil, which he has given you a light to see; and with this light you come to know the Messiah your Saviour, to save you from your sin, which he discovers, and to see the one offering.

But you that do hate this light, and go into the evil, and love the darkness more than that which shows you your evil deeds, and evil ways, when God is not in all your thoughts, when your heart revolts, and when you call on him with your lips, and your hearts afar off. This is the light of Christ that shows you this, and lets you see your covetousness, and idolatry, and if you go on in these things before-mentioned, the light will be your condemnation, said Christ, who enlightens every man that comes into the world. This light of Christ tells you, you should not do unjustly one to another, that you should not be drunk, nor oppress one another, nor wrong one another. It is the light that shows you this, and measures things aright, and this word is near you, in the heart, and in the mouth, to obey and do it.

Now, as you love the light, and bring your deeds to it, you will come to know the light Moses was in, and come to know the prophet, whom he said God would raise up, whom you should hear; and come to know the covenant of light, which brings in the Gentiles from dead idols, to serve the living God, which the prophet spoke of, which is the glory of Israel. As you love this light before-mentioned, you will come to know the law written in your hearts, the new covenant, the everlasting covenant, which the prophet prophesied of, which now thousands do witness, with which light they know God the glory of Israel, Zion's king, and have come to worship him. This light will tell you that you must not bow to any likeness, but unto God alone, nor commit adultery, nor serve graven images, the gods of the heathen, nor follow their customs which are vain, for against that God's hand is turned, who is one with the light, which light the darkness cannot comprehend, though it in darkness shines; and Christ the light came to his own, and his own received him not, even among your fathers that had the oracles of God, and the darkness could not the light comprehend, though the light in darkness shined, neither could the darkness see him, by whom the world was made, the light who is glorified with the Father, with the glory that he had with the Father before the world was. Therefore to the light in you I appeal, that with it you may be turned from darkness, and the power of Satan to God, and receive the covenant of light, and the power of God Christ Jesus, that you may come to life, regeneration, and conversion, and the renewing of your minds, remission of sins, and receive the refreshing into your souls.

And as you love the light that shows you the evil that ever you have done, you love Christ, and that light is it which gives the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Christ, which shines in the dark heart, and none comes to the knowledge of God but by the light which shines in the heart; and this treasure have we in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power might be of God, and not of man. But if you hate this light, you hate Christ, and remain stumbling, blind, and scattered, refusing the corner stone, whom all the builders stumble at, who are out of the light, and none comes from stumbling, to know the words of the scripture declared from the life, but such as own the light. To the light in you I appeal, if you go on in your evil deeds, and unbelief, not believing in the light, the light is your condemnation; hating the light, you hate Christ, for you do not come to the knowledge of God but by the light; he that comes to the knowledge of God, knows his Son; now none comes to the Son, but who owns and comes to the light, which from the Son does come. This light brings to one heart, one mind, one people, one God, one mediator, between God and man; and this light unites and brings Jew and Gentile together; and he that believes not in the light, does not believe in God, who is light, nor know his Son, who enlightens every man that comes into the world. And to you this is the word of the Lord.

George Fox