The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People Called Quakers: Intermixed with Several Remarkable Occurrencs.Sewel, William
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The History of the Rise, Increase, and Progress of the Christian People Called Quakers: Intermixed with Several Remarkable Occurrencs.
Sewel, William
Society of Friends -- History -- Early works to 1800
From thence he went to other places, and particularly to Brigham, where
he preached in the steeple-house with no less success. Afterwards
coming into a certain place, and casting his eye upon a woman unknown
to him, he told her that she had lived a lewd life; to which she
answered, that many could tell her of her outward sins, but of her
inward, none could. Then he told her, her heart was not right before
the Lord: and she was so reached, that afterwards she came to be
convinced of God’s truth.
Then he came near Coldbeck, to a market town, where he had a meeting at
the cross, and some received the truth preached by him.
From thence he went to Carlisle, where the teacher of the Baptists,
with most of his hearers, came to the abbey, in which G. Fox had a
meeting. After the meeting the Baptist teacher, who was a notionist,
and an airy man, came to him, and asked what must be damned? and he
told him, that which spake in him was to be damned. And this stopt his
mouth. Then he opened to him the states of election and reprobation, so
that he said, he never heard the like in his life, and came afterwards
also to be convinced of the Truth. Then he went up to the castle among
the soldiers, who by beating of the drum called the garrison together.
Among these he preached; directing them to the measure of the Spirit of
Christ in themselves, by which they might be turned from darkness to
light, and from the power of Satan to God: he warned them also to do no
violence to any man, &c. G. Fox having thus discharged himself, none
opposed him, except the serjeants, who afterwards came to be convinced.
On the market-day he went into the market, though he had been
threatened that if he came there, he would meet with rude treatment.
But he willing to obey God more than man, showed himself undaunted, and
going upon the cross, he declared that the day of the Lord was coming
upon all deceitful ways and doings, and deceitful merchandise; and that
they should put away all cozening and cheating, and keep to yea, and
nay, and speak the truth to one another.
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