The Select Works Of William Penn

Author : William Penn
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ISBN 13 : 9781331055297
Total Pages : 492 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (552 download)

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Download or read book The Select Works of William Penn, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint) written by William Penn and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-09 with total page 492 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from The Select Works of William Penn, Vol. 1 When the Blessed Messiah first called forth the immediate followers of his person, he declared self-denial essential to discipleship, saying, "Whosoever doth not bear his cross, and come after "me, cannot be my disciple," Luke xiv. 27. This path himself trod before them, setting all that should come after, an example of the most perfect patience and resignation. The faithful, in every age, have met with variety of exercises; and many of them, by their more than human constancy, neither terrified by the roughest efforts of cruelty and malice on the one hand, nor enticed by the smoothest allurements of pleasure and vanity on the other, have given convincing proofs to the world, that the Grace, which supported them, was Divine. It was this which gave our author, in his early years, a solid sense of religion, and a taste of that substantial peace, which the world can neither give nor take away: this instructed him to see the emptiness and vanity of earthly enjoyments, and to turn his back upon the honours, profits, and pleasures of the world, at an age most inclinable to embrace them: this enabled him to surmount all opposition in the search of Truth; which having found, he valued as a "pearl of price," and laboured in the propagation and defence of it, both by preaching and writing, almost incessantly for many years. 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.