DEAR Brethren, In the mighty Power of God go on, to which Power of the God of Heaven and Earth, all the Powers of the Earth must bow; that to that of God in all Consciences ye may be made manifest, that that in them, which is of God, may witness, that ye are sent of God. Dwell in the Life of God, that to the Spirits in Prison ye may minister, and to it be made manifest, that ye are no Deceivers, and them to testifie against. So, in the all might Power of God go on Preaching the Gospel to every Creature, and Discipling them in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. . . . I charge you in the Presence of the Living God, dwell in his Power, that with his Power ye may be carried along to minister to all the Spirits Imprisoned by the Deceit: As the Life of God doth arise, it will lead you up to God, the Father of Life; in this your Fruits shall never wither. But go on to plant a Vineyard, and to Plow, that ye may eat the Fruit thereof; and to plant in Hope, and to thresh in Hope, that ye may be made partakers of your Hope: And to thresh out the Corn, that the Wind may scatter the Chaff, that the Corn may be gathered into the Barn. So, in the Power of the Lord Jesus Christ preach the Everlasting Gospel, that by his Power the Sick may be healed, the Leprous cleansed, the Dead raised, the Blind Eyes opened, and the Devils cast out. In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ go on, that that of God in all Consciences may witness, that ye are sent of God, and are of God; and so according to that speak, to bring up all into the Head Christ, and into the Life, which gave forth the Scriptures; for there's the Unity, and out of it is the Confusion.
G.F.
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George Fox (1624 - 1691)
Was an English Dissenter and a founder of the Religious Society of Friends, commonly known as the Quakers or Friends. This was a group the Lord started through the ministry of George Fox. God called him apart from all other forms of Christendom in his day because of the lack of Biblical obedience and holiness.The emphasis in George Fox's ministry was firstly prophetic. He called out the people of God to show them that they had the Holy Spirit of God and could be taught of Him and not to solely rely on the teachings of ecclesiastical leaders. Secondly, he spoke directly to many ministers in his day to show them they were hirelings and did not have a true shepherds heart for the people of God rather they were seeking after financial gain.
Founder of the Society of Friends (Quakers). George Fox was born in Drayton-in-the-Clay, Leicestershire, England, the son of Puritan parents. Little is known of his early life, apart from what he wrote in his journal: "In my very young years, I had a gravity and stayedness of mind and spirit not usual in young children. Insomuch that, when I saw old men behave lightly and wantonly toward each other, I had a dislike thereof raise in my heart, and I said within myself, `If ever I come to be a man, surely I shall not do so, nor be so wanton.'"
At the age of 19, he gained deep, personal assurance of his salvation and began to travel as an itinerant preacher, seeking a return to the simple practices of the New Testament. He abhorred technical theology, and preached a faith borne of experience, freshly fed and guided by the immediate presence of the Holy Spirit.
Fox was persecuted almost daily, yet his power of endurance was phenomenal. He was beaten with dogwhips, knocked down with fists and stones, brutally struck with pikestaves, hard beset by mobs, incarcerated eight times in the pestilential jails, prisons, castles and dungeons--yet he went straightforward with his mission as though he had discovered some fresh courage which made him impervious to man's inhumanity.
He undertook as far as possible to let the new life in Christ take its own free course of development in his ministry. He shunned rigid forms and static systems, and for that reason he refused to head a new sect or to start a new denomination, or to begin a new church. He would not build an organization of any kind. His followers at first called themselves "Children of the Light," and later adopted the name "The Society (or Fellowship) of Friends."
Fox preached and traveled for 40 years throughout England, Scotland, Holland, and America. His life demonstrated the truth of his famous saying, "One man raised by God's power to stand and live in the same spirit the apostle and prophets were in, can shake the country for ten miles around."