The Pastoral Letters of George Fox, 1643 - 1690


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William Penn said of George Fox, the human founder of the Quaker faith, that he was "no man's copy." He was unique. The crown of Fox's experience is his knowledge and passionate love of God and his ability to share this with others. The best expression of this love is his more than 400 pastoral letters which he wrote between 1650 and 1690.




How the Quakers Invented America


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Shows how the Quakers shaped the basic distinctive features of American life from the days of the founders and the colonies through the Revolution and up to the civil rights movement; also points out how Quaker values like freedom, equality, straightforwardness, and spirituality can be seen in modern day peace advocates.--From publisher description.




God of the Quakers


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George Fox and John Woolman both have a passionate love for and deep belief in God. They both write about this love and belief in an extraordinary way, as few people have. George Fox is the human founder of the Society of Friends; John Woolman, a Quaker mystic and social activist, lived a remarkable life in the eighteenth century that shows how to be a good Friend. Why mention these two Friends in particular? Because they are experts in knowing and loving God. Love of God fills their lives. There is a goodness, wholesomeness, depth and genuine excitement to their belief in God that isn't often found in this world.




Volume I Some Seventeenth Century English about God


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This book, Volume I, is letters 1-100. In them Fox writes of his passionate love of God and Christ the Light. He describes how we may live the life of a pacifist. But we may always, if necessary, confront our persecutors. He tells us how to marry in the manner of Friends; he tells us how to to be Quaker Christians.




A First Sketch of English Literature


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Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.







A First Sketch of English Literature


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