LIght is come into the World , and the World hates it , John 8.12 . and the whole World lieth in wickedness , 1 John 5.19 . and this is the Condemnation of the World , that light is come into the World , and men love the darkness rather then the light , because their deeds are evil ( saith Christ ) John 3.19,20 . and every one that doth evil hateth the light , neither cometh he to the light least his deeds should be reproved ; for all things that are reproved are made manifest by the light , for whatsoever doth make manifest , the same is light , Eph. 5.13 . and Christ Jesus he is the true light , wch lighteth every man that cometh into the World , John 1.9 . Drunkard , thou hast a light given thee which comes from Christ , and that is the light which lets thee see that thou should not be drunk ; so here thou hast learned thy Condemnation ( which is the light ) swearer , and lyar , and fighter , and quarreler , thou hast a light given thee which comes from Christ ( who saith , swear not at all ) and with this light , thou seest thou shouldst nor swear , nor lye , nor fight , nor quarrel , for the light in thee witnesseth against these things ; so here thou hast learned thy condemnation ( the light ) scoffer , and scorner , and mocker , and rayler , and cursed speaker , and foolish jeaster , and vain talker , and cuzener , and cheater , the light that shines in thy Conscience , though thou cannot comprehend it ( John 1.5 . ) because thou art darkness , it is pure and eternal , and never consented unto evil , but stood and stands a witness for God , against all evil ; ( Mark ) this light , this pure witness oftentimes hath appeared and doth appear unto thee , & in thee , and lets thee plainly see that thou shouldst not act any of these evils before-mentioned , and it often checks and reproves in secret , when thou dost so act ; so here thou hast learned what Condemns thee ( which is the light ) Eph. 5.5,23 . proud one , wanton one , lustful one , covetous one ( who art an Idolater ) and backbiter , and whoremonger , and gamer , and sporter , and prophane one , who walkest on in lasciviousness , and excess of the Creatures , in revellings , Banquetings , and abominable Idolatries , and whoever thou be that acts any manner of unrighteousness whatsoever , it is sin : and it is of the Devil ; but the light that lighteth every man that cometh into the World , that is the Son of God , who is made manifest for this very end that he might destroy the works of the Devil , 1 John 3.8 . and he ( mark ) the Son of God , hath given thee a measure of his light , and that is the measure of his light in thee , which lets thee see that thou shouldst not act any of these abominations before-mentioned , but it oft appears in thee to convince thee of thy evil deeds , and reproves thee , and Judgeth thee for thy wickedness ; so here thou hast learned thy Condemnation , which is the light , which makes manifest unto thee thy abominations .

And thou who makes a Profession of the Saints words , but art found to be out of their life , and in thy dark carnal mind and imaginations runs into their words ( the Scriptures ) and calls them the Word of God , and thy rule , and the way to know God ( and yet thou livest contrary to the Scriptures , and art out of the knowledge of God , whom to know is life eternal ) Mark , the light wherewith thou art inlightned withal , it comes from Christ ( who lighteth every man that cometh into the World , and his Name is called the Word of God , Rev. 19.13 . and he is the way to God , and no man knoweth the Father save the Son , and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him ) Matth . 11.27 . and this light which comes from the Son of God , often times appears in thee , and shews thee that thou art out of the Saints life ( though thou profess their Words ) and the light lets thee see that thou art a thief and a robber , and art climbing up another way ( in thy imaginations ) then by the door , ( John 10 1. ) which is Christ ( from whence the light doth come ) and this light in thee which makes manifest to thee thy condition , it oftentimes confounds thee and thy imaginations ( which thou hast raised out of thy dark mind , concerning the Scriptures , which were given forth in the true light ) and the light oftentimes convinceth , reproveth and Judgeth thee of and for thy hypocrisy , and dissimulation , and feigned love , and humility , and will-worship , and lets thee see that thy worship is not that worship which the Lord requireth , for that is in the Spirit and in the truth which God requireth , John 4.22,23,24 . and thou being out of the light ( not being guided by it ) art out of the Spirit , for the Spirit is light , and the light is the truth , and so out of the true worship in the false , worshipping thou knows not what ; so here with the true light thou art condemned , and so hast learned but thy Condemnation .

Therefore all people , both young and old , high and low , rich and poor , bond and free , Eph. 5.13 . 1 Cor . 12.7 . who yet lives in any of these evil deeds beforementioned , mind that which makes manifest your evil deeds unto you , which is the measure of the pure God , which he hath given you to profit withal , and this measure in you convinceth you of sin , and reproves you for it ; now mind to stand in that which doth convince , for that is the power , and as you stand and believe in that which doth convince you , it will lead you into true repentance never to be repented of , 2 Cor . 7.10 . for it will bring you to repent of , and to forsake all your evil deeds and hard speeches ( Jud . 15. ) which you will see in the light ( which never consented unto sin ) that you have acted and spoken against the living God , so believe in the light which shews you sin and evil ; John 1.12 . and wait in the light as it ariseth and appears in you , to shew you your estates and conditions ; now if you believe in the light , and wait in it , Rom. 5.12 you will come to receive power from Christ ( from whence the light doth come ) to overcome evil , and to withstand the tempter , when he appears to tempt you to evil , and the light ( believing in it ) will preserve you out of the evil , and lead you out of the death and loss that ye are in , unto Christ the life and Saviour of the soul .

But if you hate the Light ( which shews you sin and evil ) you hate Christ , for I am the light saith Christ , John 8.12 . and if you hate the light , you hate the way to the Father , for I am the way to the Father saith Christ who is the light , John 14.6 . and if you hate the light , you hate the truth , and you hate the life , for I am the truth and the life saith Christ the true light , who lighteth every man that cometh into the World , John 1.9 . and 12 46. and if you hate the light , you hate the Covenant of God , for I will give him for a Covenant to the people , and for a light to the Gentiles saith God , Isay 42.6 . and 49.6 . and if you hate the light you hate the power , for all power is given unto me both in Heaven and in earth , saith Christ the light , Matth . 28.18 . and if you hate the light you hate the Word of God , and so you hate God and Christ ( who are one , Iohn 10.30 . ) Mark , for in the beginning was the Word , and the Word was with God , and the Word was God , all things were made by it , and without it nothing was made that was made , in it was life , ( Mark , in the Word was life , ) and the life ( of the Word ) was the light of men ; and Iohn a man sent of God bare witness of the light , that all men through him might believe ( Mark ) through him , who lighteth every man that cometh into the world , Iohn 1.1,2,3,4,6,7,8,9 . and God is light , 1 Iohn 1.5 . and God and Christ are one , Iohn 10.30 . 1 Iohn 5.7 .

So you that be turned from the light ( which shews you sin and evil , mark what you are turned from ) you are turned from the way , and from the truth , and from the life , and from the Covenant of God , and from the Power of God , and from the Word of God , and so from God and Christ , from whence the light doth come , and into the darkness you are turned and gone , and the prince of darkness ruleth in you ( Eph. 2.2 . that so you cannot find any power over your own perverse wills , nor over your lusts , nor over any sin there , being gone from the light in your own particulars , in which light if you believed and waited in it , you would receive power to overcome sin , but you not believing in the light , you believe in him who leads you from the power of God into sin , and there he perswades you that you must live ( in sin ) so long as you live upon the earth , & you have believed & received this doctrine of him , and you teach it to others , and so are become the Devils ministers , and so you deny the end for which the Son of God was made manifest , which was to destroy the works of the Devil , and to take away sin , 1 Iohn 3.8 . Matth . 1.21 . and yet many of you feed your selves with hopes of life and Salvation , but your hopes are vain and will perish ; be not deceived , God will not be mocked , for such as you sow , such shall you reap , Gal. 6.7,8 . Ye that live after the flesh fulfilling the lusts thereof , you shall surely dye ( if you repent not speedily ) Rom. 8.13 . and you that sow to the flesh , shall of the flesh reap corruption ; The day of the Lord hasteth greatly wherein you must give an account unto him , who will Judge you righteously , and reward you according to your deeds done in the body ; and all you who have been slothful , and have hid that in the earth which the Lord gave you to profit withal , you will be turned into utter darkness , Matth . 25.30 . John 12.35 . Therefore whiles you have the light , believe , and walk in it , least thick darkness comes upon you , even such darkness as may be felt , the day of your visitation prize , least the things that belongs to your peace be wholly hid from your eyes ; Consider there is a time when the Candle is lighted , and when you may see ( if you search with it ) what is in the house ; but mark , this time will not alwayes continue with the wicked , for the candle of the wicked shall be put out , Prov. 24.20 . yea , the Spirit of the Lord shall not alwayes strive with man , Gen. 6.3 . Therefore cease from your dark imaginations , which several of you have got into , for whosoever followeth the imaginations and thoughts of his own heart ( which all who believe not in the light do ) they run on in darkness and knows not whether they go , Isai . 5.20 . and such are under the wo , putting darkness for light and light for darkness , calling the Spirit of truth the spirit of errour , and the spirit of errour the spirit of truth , as all the world do , who lyeth in wickednesse and hateth the true light which lighteth every man that cometh into the world , which light reproveth you for your wickedness , and this light you call a spirit of delusion and errour , and you say , that those who are guided by it , are deluded and led into errour ; Oh! take heed of blasphemy against the pure God , who is light , mark , the spirit of errour , what it is , and wha it leads into , it is that which abode not in the truth ( and the light is the truth ) and it is a murderer , and was so from the beginning , and they who walk not in the true light , they walk and are guided by this spirit , and some by it are led to murther , some to steal , some to be drunk , to swear , to lye , to cheat and cozen one another , to fight , to game , Eph. 4 29. and 5.5 . Gal. 5.19,20 . and some it leads into vain laughter , foolish jeasting , corrupt communication , cursed speaking , wantonness , lust , whoredom , fornication , and into covetousness ( which is Idolatry ) into pride , variance , strife , railing , back-biting , envy , wrath and malice , false accusing the innocent , and into all manner of ungodliness , into fained love , self-seeking , dissimulation , hypocrisy and fained flattery , and to hate the very appearance of truth ; Now examine with that which reproves you for sin in secret , and it will let you see that you bring forth many of these cursed fruits before mentioned , and so are deluded and guided by the spirit of errour ; now the true light ( which lighteth every man that cometh into the world comes from the Spirit of truth , and that is the truth , and it witnesseth against all these evil deeds before mentioned ( which are out of the truth ) and they who believe in the light ( which makes manifest sin and evil ) and wait in it , John 1.12 . they receive power from him from whence the light came , to abstain from evil , and to overcome sin and evil , and that spirit which tempts the creature to evil is the spirit of errour ( and this I witness ; ) So we who believe in the true light , which is the manifestation of the Spirit of truth , which is given to every man to profit withal , 1 Cor . 12.7 . we by it are led out of errour and delusion , into the perfect truth of God , and to act those things which are well-pleasing in his sight , Matth . 11.29 . John 3.21 they being learned and wrought in the light which comes from the Son , in whom the Father is well pleased ; and this true light in us is our guide and teacher , and this brings us who wait in it to understand the Scriptures of truth , which was given forth from the Spirit of truth , and it brings us into that which the Scriptures speaks of , into the life & power of God , and to witness that which the world talks of , for they will talk of faith in Christ Jesus , though they witness not what they speak ; but we who believe in the light , are made ( by the power of God ) children of the light , and we witness faith in Christ , which faith purifies our hearts , and gives us victory over the world , Acts 15.9 . 1 John 5.4 . and the light leads us into meekness , into soberness and love unfained , into holiness and uprightness into sound and pure Judgment , into mercy , into patience , when we are reviled and persecuted ( and at all times ) into long suffering and truth in the inward parts , to do unto all men as we would they should do unto us ; yea , it leads us who abide in it , into all truth , John 16.13 and this is not of our selves , for it is the free gift of God , who freely gave his Son for a Covenant of light , which lighteth every man that cometh into the world ; and we who have received the gift of God ( the light ) by the gift we are brought to bring forth these fruits , which are contrary to those , which the spirit of errour leads the children of disobedience to bring forth ; so although we the children of light are accounted to be in delusion and errour , yet it is but by you who bring forth the cursed fruits , which the spirit of errour leads you to bring forth ; Gal. 5.22,23 . so in the light , life and power of God we stand over all false accusations and reproaches , and persecutions , and in the patience of Gods Lamb we bear them all , and our love goes forth to your Souls , who wilfully oppose your selves , and we declare unto you that the long sufferings of the Lord towards you , is to draw you to repentance , Rom. 2.4 . and I have directed you to that which will show you , what you ought to repent of .

Therefore consider your wayes speedily all you that forget God , least he tear you in pieces , and there be none to deliver you , Psal . 50.22 . for verily , this I declare unto you in the presence of the Lord , that if you go on and continue in stubborness and rebellion against the pure God , and despise his Love , and reject his Councel , and still refuse to hearken to the light of his Son in your Consciences ( which reproves you for sin , and is freely given to you , to lead you out of sin unto God , if you wilfully did not resist it ) Mark , when the measure of your iniquity is filled up , then will he arise upon you at unawares in his fury and wrath and indignation , and his eye shall not a● all pitty you , Matth . 24.50,51 . but he will bring his plagues and righteous Judgments upon you , which shall consume you both root and branch , if you will not be gathered in the day of his long patience and forbearance , which is the day of your visitation , wherein you may come to know the things belonging to your peace , if you do not wilfully resist the power that is offered and committed unto you . But if you resist the power , then the Lords righteous Judgments will assuredly come upon you , and you will receive to your selves condemnation , and if you continue in your wickedness until the day of your visitation be past , then shall the light in all your Consciences ( which hath oftentimes shewed unto you your evil deed● ) arise and witness to the Judgments of God that they are Just , Ezek . 2.7 . so whether you will hear or forbear , Remember you are warned in your life time ,

By a Friend to your Souls , and a lover of the Creation of God . GEORGE FOX , the younger .

A few Queries to such professors as stumbles at the Light , the Word , the Kingdom and Spirit of God within , and tell people that none can be free from sin in this life , and yet say that they own the Scriptures .

1. Query ARE not all by nature darkness , and doth not the light shine in darkness , yea or nay ?

2. Qu . Can any come to see themselves to be darkness , but with the light which shineth in the darkness , yea or nay ?

3. Qu . Is there any way to come out of darkness and death , and to receive life , and to be made children of the light , but by believing in and followin of Jesus Christ the true Light ( which lighteth every man that cometh into the world ) yea or nay ?

4. Qu . Must not all be turned from darkness to light , and from Satans power to the power of God , before they can receive remission of sins , and an inheritance among them that are sanctified , yea or nay ?

5. Qu . Can any come into the true faith ( which purifies the heart , and gives victory over the world , without which none can please God ) but by hearing the Word of God , yea or nay ?

6. Qu . And is not Christ the light , the Word of God , and is not Christ the light , the Author and finisher of the true Faith ( which saves and sanctifies ) yea or nay ?

7. Qu . And is not the Word nigh in the mouth and in the heart , that men may obey it and do it , and is not Christ the Light , the Word , the Prophet , which all that hears him not are to be cut off , yea or nay ?

8. Qu . And is not Christ the Word which discerns and reveals the thoughts and intents of the heart , and is not he the ingrafted Word which is able to save the Soul , and is not he the grace of God which bringeth Salvation and is sufficient ( which hath appeared unto all men ) and is not he the Word of Gods grace ( which is able to build up and keep from falling ) which people are to be commended unto , yea or nay ?

9. Qu . And is not God light , and is not the shining of him in the hearts of people , which gives them the knowledge of himself in the face of Jesus Christ , yea or nay ?

10. Qu . And is not Christ the Light , the hope which purifies as God is pure ( which anchors and stayes the Soul ) to be known within , and are not people tossed like a ship ( in a tempest ) without an Anchor , till Christ the hope be felt within , to stay and anchor them , and is not Christ within the hope , a Mystery , which hath been hid from ages and generations , and are not all they in the reprobate state , who knows not Christ within them , yea or nay ?

11. Q. And is not Gods Kingdom Light , and is it not like a little leaven that is hid in meal , and as a grain of mustard seed that is sowen in the earth , and like a pearl hid in the field , or like good seed sowen in the field , both on stony , thorny , high-way , and good ground , and is not the world the field , where the seed of the Kingdom is sowen , and is not the world in mans heart ; so , is not Gods Kingdom within men , yea or nay ?

12. Qu . And is not the manifestation of the Spirit given to every man to profit withal , and doth any worship the Father of truth aright , but those that worship him in the Spirit and in the Truth , and is not the light the truth , yea or nay ?

13 Qu . And is not Christ the light , that Word which reconciles to God , and is it not he that must open the understandings of men , before they can understand the Scriptures , and are not people in errour , and in jangling and strife about the Scriptures , till Christ the Light , the Spirit of truth , the power of God ( from whence Scriptures were spoken ) be known and owned to guide and lead them , yea or nay ?

14. Qu . And is not this the cause of so many Sects and Opinions , and Devisions as are , and of such striving as is about Scriptures and Religion , because people know not or own not the Spirit of truth ( from whence Scriptures were spoken forth ) to lead and guide them , and is it not like that people should run into sects , and opinions , and devisions , and strife , if they know not , or own not the Spirit of truth to guide and lead them ; and if the Spirit of truth were known and owned to guide and lead them , would it not lead and guide them out of sects and opinions , and devisions and strife , and would it not bring people to be of one heart , and of one mind , and into unity with God , and one with another , and with the Scriptures , yea or nay ?

15. Qu . And doth not Christ the light , the Spirit of truth , for sin , condemn sin in the flesh , and must not that be owned which makes manifest , reproves and condemns sin in the flesh , before the ministration of life and peace can be witnessed , yea of nay ?

16. Qu . Is not the unity of the Spirit the bond of peace , and must not people come into unity with the Spirit , before they can come into true peace , and doth not the Spirit of truth reprove men for sin who live in it ; so must not people come out of sin , before they can come into unity with the Spirit , and so into true peace , or hath the Spirit any unity with sin , or is there any true peace to the wicked , who live in sin , yea or nay ?

17. Qu . And is not Christ the light , the Word , the Rock of offence , and the stone of stumbling unto the disobedient , in whom the prince of the power of the air ruleth ; but is he not elect and pretious to them that believe and obey him , and is it not he that ruleth in them , and leads and guides them in the way of peace , yea or nay ?

18 Qu . Doth not as many as believe in the light receive power to become the sons of God , and are not those the sons of God , who are led by the Spirit of truth , and are not those that doth not believe in Christ the light , nor are guided by the Spirit , bastards and not sons , and are they not condemned already , who doth not believe , and is not the light their condemnation , yea or nay ?

19. Qu . And shall not darkness ( yea , great darkness ) come upon them , who doth not believe and walk in the light , and shall not they stumble and fall , and be broken , yea or nay ?

20. Qu And shall not they who believe and walk in the light , be made children of the light , and be kept from stumbling and falling , and shall not they have fellowship with the Father and the Son ( from whence the light comes ) and one with another , and doth not the blood of Christ cleanse them from all sin , yea or nay ?

21. Qu . Can any have fellowship with the Father and the Son and the Saints in light , but those that walk in ( and are guided and led by ) the light of Christ Jesus , which he hath enlightned them withal , yea or nay ?

22. Qu . Can any deny themselves before they see themselves , and can any man see himself but with the light which Christ hath enlightned him withal , which makes manifest self , and can any be Christs disciple , but he that denies himself , and take up the cross , and come after Christ the true light ; and are not all they thieves and robbers which comes before Christ the light , and are not such enemies to the Cross of Christ , and is not the Cross of Christ the power of God , and is not the Cross ( and the preaching of it ) foolishnes● to the wise of this world , and is it not a stumbling block to such as in words profess they know God , but in works deny him , yea or nay ?

23. Qu . And they that commit sin , and cannot cease from sin , are not they of the Devil , and are not they the servants of sin , and so free from righteousness , and have they not eyes full of adultery who cannot cease from sin , are they not adulterated and whored from the life of God , and though they promise liberty to themselves and others , yet are not they servants to corruption , and do not they live in the flesh , and are they not dead whiles they live , and so out of the true faith , and can such please God , yea or nay ?

24. Qu . And they that believe in and obey Christ Jesus the true light , doth not their faith stand in the power of God , and doth it not purifie their hearts , and give them victory over the world , and doth not they who witness ( in the life ) the manifestation of the Son of God , also witness that he destroyes the works of the Devil , and takes away their sin , and makes an end of transgression , and changes their nature which was subject to sin , and makes them partakers of his divine Nature , and throughly purges and sanctifies them with his living truth , and doth not that make them free from sin , and so makes them servants of righteousness , and doth not that make vessels of honour fitted for the Masters use , and are not such dead unto sin and alive unto God , and can such live any longer in sin , and having mortified the deeds of the body through the Spirit , shall not they live ( but not to themselves , but to God ) and are not these Christs , and have they not crucified the flesh with the affections & lusts thereof , yea or nay ?

25 Qu . Shall any man see the Lord without holiness , and ought any ●o name the Name of Christ , but those that depart from iniquity , and is that the faith of Gods Elect which doth not purifie the heart , nor give victory over the world ( but is without the works ) or is not this dead faith , and but the faith of Devils , and shall any be saved or justified by this faith , yea or nay ?

Consider of these things ye professors who stumble at the light , and tells people that none shall be free from sin in this life .

26. Qu . And when is the time , and where is the place , and what is the name of it ( if not in this life ) that men shall be made free from sin , ( answer plainly , that I may see how much ye differ from the Papist in this particular ) or do ye believe that corruption ( and that which is imperfect ) shall enter into Heaven , and inherit incorruption , yea or nay ?

Answer these Queries in plainness according to the Scriptures ( if ye be able ) if not , then submit unto the true light , which will let you see your thoughts , your darkness , your unstableness , and ignorance of the Scriptures , and repent and believe , and wait in the true light , that you may come out of your thoughts and darkness , and unstableness and ignorance , into that which the Scriptures declares of , to feel Christ the Saviour ( from whence the light doth come ) to redeem and save ye from sin , and to keep ye out of your own thoughts , inventions and imaginations , that so your minds may come to be stayed and setled in the power of the Lord , which moves against sin .

By one who witnesseth God , Christ , the Light , the Word , the Spirit of truth ( and these are one ) and the Kingdom of God within me , and so am come to the thing that the Scriptures testifie of , which was before Scripture was , in whom the Scriptures ends , and the Tabernacle of God is witnessed with men , and his presence is felt , which filleth Heaven and earth , and the Heaven of Heavens cannot contain him , glory to him in the Highest . GEORGE FOX , the younger in the truth .