The journal of George Fox, vol. 2 of 2 : $b Being an historical account of his life, travels, sufferings, and Christian experiences.Fox, George
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The journal of George Fox, vol. 2 of 2 : $b Being an historical account of his life, travels, sufferings, and Christian experiences.
Fox, George
Fox, George, 1624-1691
At BREMEN, after we were examined, we went to an inn, and stayed
till another waggon was provided to carry us further. Though I felt
the Lord’s power was over the city, and kept the wicked and unruly
spirits down, yet my spirit suffered much in this place for the
people’s sake. When our waggon was ready, we left Bremen and
travelled to KEBY, where we lodged at an inn, and early next morning
set out for OLDENBURG. It was a lamentable sight to see so great and
brave a city burnt down. We went to an inn, and though it was
First-day, the soldiers were drinking, and playing at shovel-board;
and at the few houses that were left, the shops were open, and the
people trading one with another. I was moved to declare the truth
among them, and warn them of the judgments of God; and though they
heard me quietly, and were civil, yet I was burdened with their
wickedness. Many times in mornings, noons, and nights, at the inns
and on the ways as I travelled, I spoke to the people, preaching the
truth to them, warning them of the day of the Lord, and exhorting
them to turn to the light and Spirit of God in themselves, that
thereby they might be led out of evil.
Next day, passing through many great waters, we came at night to
LEER, and the day following to EMBDEN, where John Claus’s wife’s
father lived; at whose house, when we went into Germany, we left a
young man sick, who travelled with me, and used to write for me;
whom now we found pretty well recovered. John Claus went to his
father-in-law’s; John Hill and I to an inn, where we dined. After
dinner we went also to John Claus’s father’s, and had a good meeting
there in the evening.
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