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  PRISONERS OF HOPE
  by George Fox
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Summary: The sermon emphasizes the importance of waiting upon God in
purity to experience the immediate working Power of the Lord and the
hope of release and free pardon through Christ's visit.

Topics: "Spiritual Renewal", "Christian Hope"
Scripture References: Psalm 27:14, Psalm 130:5, Isaiah 40:31, Romans 8:19

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George Fox preaches about the immediate, working power of the Lord that
renews and refreshes believers, urging them to wait upon God in purity
despite their feelings of emptiness, nakedness, and unworthiness. He
emphasizes the role of the Light in revealing our shortcomings and the
love of God, encouraging believers to stand still and seek their Savior
for freedom from evil. Fox also proclaims the arrival of Christ among
the prisoners, offering hope of release, free pardon, and the
opportunity to reign for those who wait for His manifestation.

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TO all of you, My dear Friends, who have tasted of the immediate,
working Power of the Lord, . . . and do see, from whence doth Vertue
come, and Strength that doth renew the Inward Man, and doth refresh you.
. . . To you all I say, Wait upon God in that which is pure. Tho' you
see little, and know little, and have little, and see your Emptiness,
and see your Nakedness, and Barrenness, and Unfruitfulness, and see the
Hardness of your Hearts, and your own Unworthiness; it is the Light that
discovers all this, and the Love of God to you, and it is that which is
Immediate, but the dark Understanding cannot comprehend it.

So, wait upon God in that which is pure, in your Measure, and stand
still in it every one to see your Saviour, to make you free from that
which the Light doth discover to you (to be Evil).

For the Voice of the Bridegroom is heard in our Land; and Christ is come
amongst the Prisoners, to visit them in the Prison-Houses; they have all
Hopes of releasment and free Pardon and to come out freely, for the Debt
is paid; wait for the Manifestation of it, and he that comes out of
Prison, shall reign. . . .

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Source: https://sermonindex.net/speakers/george-fox/prisoners-of-hope/
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