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lhe

ringo

allJ 0-

tha

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;,:ro

ga:n~

at carels,

be I.::u nc:l

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praéhce .

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(jl~nilics

w¡'<tlt:ver

I'a fun

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pUfdur~;

heredittls

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thott

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one hclS

d«(c!nt, or he, cdit.. ry right.

Q.UAlL, Se<

TETUO ,

Q..'::'

AKERS,

a religio", (ocie,y th.. hegan to

cfillin–

gudh ;:cl

Ihis

n .llIle

in EnglotnJ .

Wt.CIC ,1

(id} touk

ItS

rife, abOUl lhe

nud.fJe

of Iht'

¡"n

ccnlury.

lreillillg

Ihis

pcoplc. we (hall

deviíllc

[rom the

gcncra'it), of

,hore wh.J han :

nu:ntiuned tht:m in thcir wri

tlngs,

txhibuing

lile: <4c..:ount

whlch they

f!.i l''':

¡heO}.

tt'lvc:s, u'i,hout m"k'0ri oud d vc:s an(wclllllble (or thcir

princi pies or their fHcléhecs.

\Vdliltm

S...

wel.

a O iuclllnan, publifhed, in die ycar

717. 1i1C:

hlÍl~ry

o( «his peopla. He

WAS

one of «heir

Vcrhl.t(ion, a m.\n of InrninJ!. ít nd

~nown

(O the pabllc

h)'

h" J ittionu)' of the DutCh alld Engl,O, langu.ges

had aceefs tO ;dl

Ih~ir

records, eorrcfpondc:d with (he

moH emlnent, lived'H rhe time when the: raél s he lecorJ.

c:d were recent, anu

\Ve

have not heard (ha(

flUy

pan of

hls hifiory hits hecn eootrove:rlcd

and as \Ve are inform.

.d ,h.. i, has b<en publ,fhed by

,he

app,ol al lOn of the

<JuAkcrs, we may lh"reforc: confidcr jI as an aUlhentic hir·

tory of thei r reCc, progreCs,

tl.nd

princlp"r oplnions,

Gt''Jrx(

Fox, (lor

~hoCc

birth

~nJ

p"rf'orage,

Cee

P"Ce

6th of Se"'el'. IltOory,

cre,)

WAS

,he r.d l uf this peupl.,

w~s

of a

gra\'~,

!,HC

turn (rom his iof.lne)'; al\Vd)S

averre ro the follí: 5 of youlh, and d..dirotu uf rlotlllog fo

much as to be

pr~!"erv:d

io innoc<ncc: and finl ;"lieity. He

was cul}' remal ked as 20 e'umple in Ihe:Ct;

' rcrp~ét5,

and

of inncx:ble inu grity. V/ hen a youth. he WolS defilOll,

...hove all thi02'1 tu ple..t(e G od, and cauliouny avoiJ cd c_

Ye:ry thing thi\l cuher (crjpt ure or the d.{t ..les

h s own

confcience taugh t him to bdieve were ( fT\!n(iv::. As he

g~c\V

up, this dl(po(.ti(¡n increaCe:d:

con him l1luch

anxiety, much J iHrcfs j bUl

1{,l1gth Iie was (... tisfie:d in

reCpeét toman)'doubts he had "Jnlit'ed, "nel g:uncd mu..:h

exporic'tlcc by the thiogs he had (u/!'ored, T h,s , n.blcd

l1im la

In(lru.~

o1hers ; "nd f\bollt lhe year

16.H.

lind him 1r"velllng through (t vcral countrles in

~1I~I"nJ,

rc~ki ng

OUt fuch as h,,\1jiny

r:li~lou5

tendl!l'lIcfs, and ex–

cilirg Ihe inc]*Jiries o( nl.1ny cOflccrlllog him

~r.llly

br..ced !-lis oplltioos;

;¡:1

m.Led he

feull!

h~ve

lou(cd

1!le

pu~llc

miud as ml;ch

in)' indl\ Idllíl.l evc:r d,J in

thoCe cour.r ric!, for Ihe ti:ne

d Oel

unJ 'r (ul h

cir~ufTlrr.lnccs.

A m!ln

Ic..w bi rrh. \\ ¡thout J.l era¡UfC', !O<,'l"Ily by lhe

f,,;¡!tIl Y

I.is

Id~ ,

,he: fi m¡,; hcif)' of his

no(tl lll ('S,

whAve

c::lltél rd from til l prnf...

ffi('n~,

:\nd Olofl

r,m!~s ,

nH·n of

charatlt'r.

(orru ne.

and

ur:dcllt,.¡tJoing,

alld

ell1hodl~'J

1her.l as

íli

rdigicus Cu;iC: IY : 10 h.lve :nfl il ult'd une of lhe

bdl ct>on rtcd

pLH~S

c¡vll

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:to:.! nOI un wo'thy lhe d,(,

u.fi

lioos

(.If

¡he a.

phdc."foiJIJers.

The :1.:I:le

1...ua1 rr

Wíl:::t ffi '(cd ro rhis peoplc ('3d

by w:tv d (' prcJ.I '.h

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ha ppl n~¡J .

tl'at fom'': wt rc: fo

fl l1'C',

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n men)·

br;¡nc'~ oít h~ i r

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t.tl

ttnJ Q'11!«'d–

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t11 :ir :tllvelLn l s, "nJ perh;,ps InJc1lbly.

Tht.. follo\\" lIlg "b!l l;.t\

(10m

Ihe propttliulllIS of ou r

couoll yn¡¡4I1. the lnllOt.r.l B,' ld tlY,

WII\

perh.. ps cxhilJit

as c1etlr a ruml\luy of Ihe r oplnlons ...s can \Vd! b:: eom–

prileJ \\Iith o ¡he limits allowed

¡hls "nicle.

l . TI.e

hci.c.ht

of ,,11

h~pplners

is placcd

111

the. (rue

"-nowll'dge 01 <"'; uJ . 2. T he

~rúe

lnuwle.l)!e of G od is

alooe lO be obt,¡ined by the re:vc:l.uioll of lhe Splrie

G ud.

"h~

rt vel ....tion of th.: Srtrit of God tO lhe

(.. ln tS

11.1$

produccd the fcriplures of tru;h. 4,

FJolll

whencc it appl.'ars, thitt m:u,kl nd in

g~ncr;:l

is f:tlle n and

degenerated,

ThAt G od out of IlIs inGnite luve: h;uh

otfered unlve:

rf.tl

r~tll":OIpllOn

uy Ch riH, who t .. flt.u d: ath

(or.cvuy man o 6,

'r hal

d:cre ii

t"vilngelic.d and Ca_

vll1g

J¡g,l1

and gr¡¡ee in alJ , 7, T ha: as

lII.1.uy

as rc.:fiU

not this liglH, but rcceivc the famc. In tllem 3rc produ–

ced holinefs, righteournefs. purity, and the fruitS which

tl.r~

c~ept3bJc

1,)

G uJ :

tL Even fo as to arri,'c at a (late

of frcedom frü,nJ ;)étu 11 fiur ..ing anl! tr:\nfgrd ling the

la~v

of G od

Y C'{

wlth a r:J1;bdit y of finnl0ci

lO, Th:te

as all lnJe knowl(dge in tlHngs

(plfitn,d

¡,

lecC'ivcd by the

Sptrit

01 GoJ, (o

il cvcly tlUt: miniflcr of ¡he gofpel

is ordaln....d anJ

rrt pJ.l ~d

for (hc minifiry; arúl tn thcy

havl! {recly rcceivcd. fo are thcy fl ecly tO givl!.

1 1.

TIJat the truc WOlfllip

Gud is lO fplflt anJ

lruth ;

nOt

limit~ d

tO pldee or time,

fllbjt:8: to lhe ¡nlcnco.

lien of any perlon ; b.•r

lO be pcrfornJcJ unde:r thc mo.

ving of the Holy Spiril in our hClru , YCt wnhout dero·

gallllg Irom lhe n.:, effiIYand utililY ofpu bh..: united \Io'or–

thlp,

(in '\

hlch chcir fulfcnngo; C\nd conflancy hJ't'e beea

mol!

rcma,k.hlo)

T h.. b' pt ,(OI i,

?urt . nd fpi–

ritu~1

thl ng. the b:lpufm of lhe: frtrit anu (.rc.

13.

That

lhe cornrnunloo of (he botly and iJlood of Cf:":rift is inward

and fpiri u 11.

14' Th:\t ir ¡s not J.nvful ror any hum;! n

authority to force lhe

conrci~ncts

of odu?"IS

Oil

accoune

dl {fcreoc~

in \VOlnll p vr oplnluiI , exeept fu.::h ("pinions

tend to the prcjudice uf his nCI;..:hbour

11IS Jlfe or dl,u e,

or aro: ineon(j¡t':n¡ with II:':nl6n focit:IY . I

'rh.il

as (he

cnd

rdi~lon

is 10

n·.ie~m

11110 from thc fpirit of this

"orIJ, aod 10 Jo!

in!o ifW:.Ir.!

COI11.l1un.on

with Gúd ;

the:(cfure

<t1J

:l.in

eufloms .tnd habits at e to be rejeéted,

whu..:h {("ntl 10 dn't:rt

tlle

mind (rom a

!~ nre

tJf

the fl!.lr of

G od, and Ihl t

o ·1n

d l.::.d fp:ri t

wh~re -.l.'.th

ChtiOI:"..!1S

uu,.du tO

le¡,,,cnl'u,

S,¡dl .¡re tne! (eot¡íTlc,lt:: of

d~is p!orl~

:\s prop" rl.'d 10

the p" ·.Ji..: by thei r -,pu!oJi.1. who

¡, ..

¡"q;d y

,,:oOlOlC'nlcd

on Ih

IOplCS in a \VO ,!,

I h~t

h...s P;¡{fcJ

I hrtal';~\

n I..:rs

than C'ighl cJi tiom in Eoglil!l, anJ h..

~ b~::n

printed

11)1)0

of ¡ht:' r.lOdern I:.ngu,'gr!s...

The:ir

jl.tl

ti~nlilritjcs

ol íld\lrc(s. Iangu¡'cc. :1:1.1 bchavi–

our; their

dccl inin~

Ihe

u~r!

arlllS,

l!\'t.!n in thl!ir 0'.\ n

de:cnec : tlu.:ir

refufi'l~

1',1)'

tuhes , or contribute

Ihe

fllpp~Ht

ofnl lOlllers in :.ny

n'lp~ j

hk:wilc

lhe¡r rel u–

(in~!

ItI (

\Ve.lr

or ¡..ke

oalh on an)' 0\:C31'iOI\ \'\'h

Itcver;

h.I\'\·

f\lJ¡jl..:~led

tllcln 10 mueh obloC]IIY . ani nl1r.y gtievous

ff<." i

nf.!I' ,

wh::t principks, :tllll by ",Ilat ,a1 &lI'l:CntS.

'Y \

IwJu

'i4.te

thC01(cJ VC5 from thlo!

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rJifcd a.

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