Journal Of George Fox Being An Historical Account Of The Life Travels Sufferings Christian Experiences And Labour Of Love In The Work Of The Ministry Of That Eminent And Faithful Servant Of Jesus Christ Who Departed This Life In Great Peace With T

Author : Wilson Armistead
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483268227
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (682 download)

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Download or read book Journal of George Fox, Vol. 2 of 2 written by Wilson Armistead and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-17 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Journal of George Fox, Vol. 2 of 2: Being an Historical Account of the Life, Travels, Sufferings, Christian Experiences, and Labour of Love, in the Work of the Ministry, of That Eminent and Faithful Servant of Jesus Christ, Who Departed This Life, in Great Peace With the Lord, the 13th of T Fox puts two women Friends upon going to the king to procure her discharge, which he granted under the broad seal, to clear her person and estate after being a prisoner under premunire ten years - he sails for the plantations in America with several other Friends - chased by a Sallee man-of-war-the master in a strait asks advice Of George Fox, who seeks counsel of the Lord, and is assured Of their preservation - the event verifies the prediction - they land at Barbadoes, after a seven weeks' passage - a man in the island, who was greatly incensed against George Fox without just cause, and who had threatened his life, died a few days before his landing - is laid up for some weeks - writes to Friends in England - exhorts Friends to care and watchfulness in regard to marriages, keeping registers, and records, providing burial grounds, &c. - to deal mildly with their negroes, and, after certain years Of servitude, to set them free - writes a further exhortation to Friends in England - visits the governor, who is very kind - has many large meetings, and there is a great convincement; Colonel Lyne testifies how much Friends exalt Christ in all his Ofiices beyond what he had ever heard - the priests rage, and try in vain to stir up persecution - there is much clamour and cavilling against Friends, and many slanders and false reports are issued, which George Fox answers in a paper addressed to the governor - the governor visits him - writes to his wifefisails for Jamaica, where he has many meetings, and many are convinced - Elizabeth Hooton dies there. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.