all people can find God’s true and faithful witness within them if they are prepared to see and hear. You should turn to the Light and give up your wicked ways. Those who are in the Light have a duty to condemn all false practices. The clergy preach for money and persecute righteous people because they are following their own spirit rather than the Spirit of God. This is the way of the world, not the way of God. Quakers are a poor, despised and persecuted people who have been sent by God to take people away from all false practices and bring them to the Truth.

the eternal love of God is in all people, and everyone is offered the opportunity to receive this gift and be brought into communion with God. I know this is possible because it has happened to me. It was not always an easy path because, at first, the Spirit revealed all my sins and darkness. I was lost and confused. However, I was given the power to overcome sin, and the mysteries of God’s everlasting kingdom were revealed to me. When I first met Quakers they turned me to the Spirit of God within me and I ministered to them in return. It is the Spirit of Jesus within each of us that can turn us away from outward things and toward the seed of God deep within us. So, I encourage everyone to turn to the Light of Christ Jesus within you. He is the Prince of peace. His love is eternal and beyond limits.

- having experienced God’s Spirit cleansing me of all evil and darkness and having received God’s everlasting love, I now feel a great love for all people and want everyone to benefit from this too. In love, I implore you to worship the living God and attend to God’s Spirit within you. Why do you talk about your fear of God but refuse to submit to his transforming power? Words are not enough; real transformation in the power of God’s Spirit is what is required. Your continued disobedience causes me great pain. What can I do to help you see the Light? Christ is near you in Spirit; do not ignore him. Allow Christ to rule within you and humble yourselves before his mighty power. The spirit of this world is a poor and temporary thing compared to God’s eternal presence and power.

there are two ways: the way of eternal, unchangeable truth and the way of outward, corruptible things. You have to choose. If you love the one way, you will hate the other. Will you choose the way of resurrection and life or the way of darkness and death? Don’t be distracted and misled. Turn away from the many and varied ways of the world and face up to God’s witness within you. Pay attention to it and live with it. Follow divine leadings and know God’s power. This is the only way to eternal life. If you are faithful, you may well experience suffering, but you will also be given the strength to endure this and be delivered from all trouble. But you must stick with it. The love of God will be with you and will comfort you. It will lead you out of the changeable ways of the world and to the eternal life. This Spirit will crucify your darkness, enabling you to break free from the things that prevent you from entering the Kingdom of God.

If you rely on the second-hand words and ideas of other people, you are missing the real thing, which comes directly from the living God. Turn away from the teaching of others; stop worrying about your reputation and turn instead to the Light within you, which will show you the truth. If you are willing to submit to your inward teacher and accept what is revealed and what is taught, you will hear God’s voice calling you to the heavenly dwelling place. Turn to the Light of Christ, which reveals all evil and darkness. Give yourself fully to this Light, whether it praises you or condemns you. For this is your true Mother, who has conceived you and who loves you. This is what love really means, but too many people are preoccupied with their own wisdom and their earthly riches, so leave no room for God. Christ is trying to make a dwelling place within you but he is left rejected and homeless.

- people have drifted far away from God. This makes them spiritually dead and miserable. They have lost the guidance of God and so stray further and further away from the eternal being, and into captivity to earthly and temporary things. But, because of his great love for the world, God sent his Son to liberate people from this bondage. Now everyone has a measure of the Spirit of Christ within them which acts as a witness to God in the human conscience. If you pay attention to the measure of Light you been given, you will come to understand how things really are. You will become sensitive to the work of the Light in your consciences which reproves you when you do wrong. If you pay attention to God’s leadings and are obedient to them, you will gain the power of God to overcome sin. You will become aware of your feelings and impulses as they arise and understand what motivates you. You will receive the faith of Jesus, be given the ability to discern right and wrong and become what God really intended humans to be. We should all give thanks and praise to God for offering us such an invaluable gift.

Sarah Blackborow’s tract is a classic description of Quaker spirituality. She makes clear that access to the kingdom of God is available to all because everyone has the Holy Spirit within them. This Spirit has the power to destroy evil and raise up a new life in harmony with God, with other humans and with the rest of creation. She describes a convincement process that was common among early Friends. First, the Light reveals the darkness within, causing a spiritual crisis. However, if the person sticks with their discipline and practice, a sense of great joy, love and liberation is experienced. This is only possible when the individual turns away from the temporary and changeable things of the physical world and focuses instead on God as an eternal and unchanging Spirit. If we wish to enter the kingdom of God, we must all sit at the feet of our inward teaching and follow the divine guidance we receive.

All people can find God’s true and faithful witness within them if, with divine assistance, they are prepared to see and hear. This is far better than what is offered by you clergy who preach and teach for money taken from others. It is not right that righteous people (Quakers) are put into prison because God calls them to criticise you in this way. The righteous must always do what God leads them to do. You should turn to the Light and give up your wicked ways. Those who are in the Light have a duty to condemn all such false practices.

You clergy who preach for money and persecute righteous people are following your own spirit rather than the Spirit of God. This is the way of the world not the way of God and your actions reveal this fact. For example, if righteous people come into your church services to ask questions or express what God has given them to say, you react with impatience and anger and encourage the people who are present to attack them. God has sent a poor, despised and persecuted people (Quakers) to take your congregations out of your churches, away from your false teaching and to bring them to the Truth.

The eternal love of God is in all people, including the clergy, and everyone is offered the opportunity to receive this love as a blessing and to be brought into communion with God. I know this is possible because it has happened in my own experience. It was not always an easy path because the Spirit at first revealed all my sins and darkness to me. I was lost and confused. However, I was given the power to overcome sin, and the mysteries of God’s everlasting kingdom were revealed to me. When I first met the servants of the living God (Quaker ministers) they turned me to the Spirit of God within me and I ministered to them in return. This convinced me of the rightness of their way. It is the Spirit of Jesus within each of us that can turn us away from outward things and toward the seed of God deep within us. Having experienced this I began to understand that I had always had this seed within me, even in my earliest childhood.

What can I do to help you see the Light? Christ is near you in Spirit, do not ignore him. Turn to him and recognise how things really are. Your concern for comfort and pleasure prevents you from understanding this. Allow Christ to rule within you and humble yourselves before his mighty power. Why do you oppose God? Has this ever resulted in anything good? If you would only obey the leadings of the Spirit, you would understand what stand between you and salvation. The spirit of this world is a poor and temporary thing compare to God’s eternal presence and power. I am worried that you might face punishment. My concern is to help you overcome your current state and feel God’s Spirit working within you which enables you to distinguish between right and wrong. When you resist the work of Christ within you, you are led instead by the many lords of this world and the way to salvation and resurrection remains a mystery to you.

Having experienced God’s Spirit cleansing me of all evil and darkness and having received God’s everlasting love, I now feel a great love for all people and want them to benefit from this experience too. In love, I implore you to worship the living God and attend to God’s Spirit working within you. You have ignored this for too long. Will you continue to profess your faith in God while at the same time refusing to embrace and possess God’s Spirit and the change that it brings? Why do you talk about your fear of God but refuse to submit to his transforming power? Words are not enough, real transformation in the power of God’s Spirit is what is required. Your continued disobedience causes me great pain. Isn’t it about time you turned to the Spirit of God within you and allowed it to reveal your darkness and transform you? Your fine words will not help you when you face God’s judgement. The righteous ones are concerned for your salvation. They can see the state of your soul which is caught up in sin and the unhealthy way of life that this produces. I lament for your souls.

You choose to ignore your inward teacher because you don’t want to be confronted with your darkness. You would rather stay in the dark than turn to the Light. God’s wisdom is available within you but you prefer to remain focused on outward things. This is the reason you make no progress. There are two ways: the way of unchangeable and eternal truth and the way of changeable and corruptible things. You have to choose one or another, there is no other option. If you love the one way, you will hate the other. Will you choose the way of resurrection and life or the way of darkness and death? Those of you who, prompted by the Spirit, seek the living God but are distracted and misled by the clergy and by outward forms, stop being deceived. Turn away from the many and varied ways of the world and face up to God’s witness within you. Pay attention to it and live with it. Follow divine leadings and know God’s power. This is the only way to eternal life. If you are faithful, you may well experience conflict and suffering but you will be given the strength to endure this and you will be delivered from all trouble. But you must stick with it. The love of God will be with you and will comfort you. It will lead you out of the changeable ways of the world and to the eternal life.



