Extracts From The Writings Of Isaac Penington

Author : Isaac Penington
Publisher : Forgotten Books
ISBN 13 : 9780483287570
Total Pages : 74 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (875 download)

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Download or read book Brief Extracts From the Works of Isaac Penington (Classic Reprint) written by Isaac Penington and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2018-01-17 with total page 74 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Brief Extracts From the Works of Isaac Penington Isaac pen ington, a minister of the Gospel, 'being fervently engaged that the pro fessors of religion, under various denomina tions, might not rest contented in the mere idea, and superficial apprehension of a subject so unspeakably important; but coming to a real experience of the operation of the Spirit and power of the\ word of life in themselves, might have knowledge of the Father through the revelation of his son, Jesus Christ our Lord that, thus enjoying the substance, cerea monies, types, and shadows would much de crease, and a blessed labour prevail for build ing one another up in the most 'holy faith; and to this (end, his ministry and writings were almost unremittingly directed. His works being collected and published in En. Gland soon after his decease, making two large volumes quarto, contain very instruc tive, edifying matter on different subjects; but having never been edited in this country, and from their size and cost, not likely to meet the eye' of many, the following short eftracts, from some parts thereof, have been madewith a view to more extensive circulation, in order to promote the benefit, and religious im provement of those, who, from a variety - of causes} may be prevented from an opportuni ty of perusing the valuable treatises as they are originally compiled.172e following brief Memoir of the life/of the author, taken from authentic records, is introduced for the satisfaction of the reader. 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.