  This emphasis on the inward rather than the outward person lies at the heart of Fell’s egalitarian views about spiritual authority. According to Quaker philosophy, the spirit of Christ is “in the inward parts”, it is “the Law of God written in the heart” or the “Candle of the Lord in you” (Fell 1710, 35, 49). The light of Christ is divinely or supernaturally implanted in every individual’s conscience; it is not a natural human capacity, such as reason or rational judgment (cf. Apetrei 2009, 134). By participating in this light, human beings partake in “a living, pure, eternal, immortal Principle” (Fell 1710, 92). Through the inner light, they come to learn God’s will and law—the light “makes the will of God manifest” (Fell 1710, 50). They learn moral truths, such as “to doe to all men as ye would they should doe to you”, and that “thou shalt not steal” and “thou shalt not kill” (Fell 1656a, 2, 24). The light enables human beings to recognize sin and to make considered moral judgments in matters of justice and equity. And the light reproaches the individual for straying from the righteous path: it “will reprove, this teacheth in secret, and is alwayes present, when you are upon your Beds” (Fell 1656c, 7).