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changeset 211:3a9b06e42b40
End of SM part 1 solo
author | Henry S. Thompson <ht@inf.ed.ac.uk> |
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date | Sat, 26 Jun 2021 23:14:43 +0100 |
parents | 89a7691c3868 |
children | 78f233b76245 |
files | HeavenOnEarth/notes.txt |
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--- a/HeavenOnEarth/notes.txt Fri Jun 25 23:07:02 2021 +0100 +++ b/HeavenOnEarth/notes.txt Sat Jun 26 23:14:43 2021 +0100 @@ -478,4 +478,72 @@ [page 6] http://dqc.esr.earlham.edu:8080/xmlmm/docButtonB?XMLMMWhat=builtPage&XMLMMWhere=E27763157.P00000010-6&XMLMMBeanName=docBean&XMLMMNextPage=/printBuiltPageBrowse.jsp -[paused at 28:40] + "And when God descends from heaven to walk on earth in his temples [us], + and to require his worship to himself out of all sects and + traditions, this is his entertainment from all that look for him in + observations, whose coming is within, and his kingdom is within + you." James Nayler _What the Possession of the Living Faith Is_ + (from prison, printed 1659) + http://www.qhpress.org/texts/nayler/possess.html + +Early Friends viewed heaven primarily as a matter of (intimate) +relationship with and participation in God. + + "But his kingdom in this world, in which he chiefly delights to walk + and make himself known, is in the hearts of such as have believed in + him, and owned his call out of the world, whose hearts he hath + purified, and whose bodies he hath washed in obedience <6> and made + them fit for the Father to be worshipped in," + James Nayler _The Lamb's War against the Man of Sin_ (1657) + +Scattering and fragmentation brought back into oneness and into union + +Choice for humanity: A life focussed on the Creator, or on the +created. + +Abiding in that which is uncreated and eternal, revealing the divine +nature and leading to eternal live + +Abide in that which is temporary and corruptible leading inevitably to +sin and death + + "But that which is born of the heavenly, is heavenly, spiritual, + eternal, and incorruptible; which is the state of the new man, which + of God is begotten of the divine nature; and as is his nature, so is + his works; and so his delights are spiritual; for as is the man, so + are his works; and as is the tree, so is its fruit. And so he that + is born of this seed is born of God; and he that is born of God sins + not, in whom that seed remains. And all who remain in this seed, and + it in them, this hath the promise and power that puts off the old + man with his deeds, lusts, and affections;" + James Nayler _Love to the Lost_ (1656) + http://www.qhpress.org/texts/nayler/lovelost.html + +[But note that there's still a bit of "jam tomorrow" lurking...] + + "he that puts on truth and righteousness puts on immortality and + eternal life, and freedom; this is our house from heaven, and hath + power to save upon earth, and to take us up to heaven, to be with + God forever, in whom is the kingdom, power and glory over all, + blessed forevermore." + James Nayler _The Lamb's War_ (op. cit.) + +Early Friends felt that they were living in the same life and power +that the apostles [and the saints in general?] had known following +Pentecost. + + "_To those who are called Papists (and others) who Desires to know our Ground._ + + "The ground on which we are is that upon which the prophets and + apostles and all the holy men of God ever were; and on that + foundation are we builded, Jesus Christ himself, who is the light of + the world, which hath enlightened everyone that cometh into the + world, being the chief cornerstone: which light of Christ is one in + all consciences, by which we are led out of all the ways of darkness + into the light of life; which life is in the Spirit, contrary to all + the former lusts and pleasures which we lived in while we walked in + the flesh, after the course of this world, following the corrupt + practices and precepts of men." + James Nayler _A True Discovery of Faith_ (1654 and 1655) + +[paused at 42:30]