{Fifth Part 91} To conclude; My Desire now is, That every thing herein Treated of, may be weighed in the Ballance of Sanctuary; and then, I doubt not, but that it will appear unto every Understanding, Impartial Reader, that George Fox hath been acted by an Erroneous Spirit, and been Guilty of may Things reproachful to the Truth, for which he ought to humble himself, if peradventure he may be made Partaker of the Mercies of the Lord; and then no question, but God’s peculiar People will have a Sense thereof: But until he appear Humbled through That Repentance that’s never to be Repented of, his State and Condition is to be lamented of. And though ‘tis not in the Power of any Mortal Man, or any Assembly of Men on Earth whatsoever, to Excommunicate from amongst the true Members of Christ’s Body a Servant of the Living God, unto whom through the Obedience of Faith in Christ, is given an Earnest of the Great Salvation: Yet if any one so outwardly pretending, hath acted Erroneously, and hath conceded himself Against his Brother, at so large a rate, as cannot be vindicated, unless that Rule, which Almighty God (as by a Finger from Heaven, through his Son Christ Jesus) hath laid down, viz. By their Fruits ye shall know them, be to be esteemed as voyd; 'tis most {Fifth Part 92} just and reasonable to declare, That such an one hath cutt him off from being a Member of the Body of Christ, by departing from the Rock Christ, on which Preservation and Help is laid.
One this Score, I am now concerned in my Conscience thus to declare, and conclude, That for sometimes past, G.F. hath stood in a state of Separation from many of the Lord’s People. May the God of Heaven give him a true Sight and Sense thereof unto Repentance; that so before his Body be turned to Dust, from whence it came, he may be restored into Fellowship with them again, saith my Soul:
Bristol, 1_st. Day of the 8_th. Moneth, 1680
William Rogers.
THE END.
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