Quote#God & Faith
I was to direct people to the Spirit that gave forth the Scriptures,…
Quote byGeorge Fox · 1624–1691
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: On the Bible, Journal (1694).
English (original)
I was to direct people to the Spirit that gave forth the Scriptures, by which they might be led into all Truth, and so up to Christ and God, as they had been who gave them forth… Yet I had no slight esteem of the Holy Scriptures, but they were very precious to me, for I was in that spirit by which they were given forth, and what the Lord opened in me I afterwards found was agreeable to them.
— George Fox
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