changeset 211:3a9b06e42b40

End of SM part 1 solo
author Henry S. Thompson <ht@inf.ed.ac.uk>
date Sat, 26 Jun 2021 23:14:43 +0100
parents 89a7691c3868
children 78f233b76245
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+  "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]