(1) This passage refers a number of individuals and groups. Who or what do
you think Fox meant by:
(a) the apostles (lines 1, 4, 7, 12)
(b) Christ that suffered and died at Jerusalem (line 1, 3, 6)
(c) the prophets (lines 2, 3, 5, 11)
(d) Christ the substance (lines 4, 11)
(e) them that had the prophets' words, and the law, and the outward temple
(lines 4-5)
(f) Christ in them/you (line 7, 8, 9, 11)
(g) them that believed (lines 7, 10, 11)
(h) the saints (line 10)
(i) him who was risen (lines 11-12)
(j) the world (line 12)
(k) them who were redeemed out the world (line 13)
(2) Look in a King James Version concordance to find the biblical context
of these words and phrases:
(a) 'Know ye not, that Christ is in you, except ye be reprobates?'
(b) 'Christ in you, the hope of glory.'
(c) 'If Christ be in you, the body is dead.'
(d) 'They that are Christ's, have crucified the affections and lusts, and all
things are become new.'
(e) the spirits of just men made perfect
(f) faith toward God ... repentance ... baptism
(g) a priest for ever, after the order of Melchisedeck
(3) Look up "typology" or "typological interpretation" in a Bible dictionary. What is Fox saying, in typological terms?
(4) What relationship, if any, do you see between Fox's mention of "Christ in" people, and modern Friends' use of the terms "that of God in every person" and "Christ within"?