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George Fox was born in July 1624 in Fenny Drayton, Leicestershire, England; the son of Christopher Fox, a weaver and his wife, Mary née Lago.
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4 works of George Fox English Dissenter and a founder of the Religious Society of Friends (1624-1691) This ebook presents a collection of 4 works of George Fox. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: A Declaration From the Harmless and Innocent People of God, Called Quakers Fifty-nine Particulars Laid Down for the Regulating of Things Letter to the Governor of Barbados Something Further Concerning Silent Meetings
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"A mystic is one who has had the experience that the divine Ultimate and the essence of the individual Self are fundamentally one and the same." In his maturity George Fox dictated a vivid account of his profound mystical experience, which transformed him from an unhappy questing youth into a charismatic spiritual giant. Unlike some other mystics he resolved to share his experience with others. This became his lifes work, and resulted in establishing the community known today as the Religious Society of Friends or Quakers. He did this by travelling widely, addressing crowds, and by an amazing output of documents. Hugh McGregor Ross made an intensive study of these documents in the majestic Quaker Library in London. He there identified that Foxs record of his spiritual awakening, which involved what in the seventeenth century was regarded as a blasphemy, had been tampered with. Here it is restored to its original form. It is followed by a great number of the documents Fox created to guide and support his followers, all given in his own words but edited sensitively for the modern reader. This is a unique record of the awakening of a mystic in the Christian tradition, and of living out that experience in his way of life.
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"In this volume, T. Canby Jones joyfully presents what he has distilled of the essence of George Fox's pastoral teaching to the early Quakers. Filled as these pages are with spiritual counsel and practical wisdom in equal measure, Fox's love of God and care of His people shine steadily through them." Joseph Pickvance, London Yearly Meeting _____________________ The dynamic growth of the Society of Friends reflected the intensity of its early leaders. George Fox maintained a prodigious correspondence with groups of Friends---perhaps as many as 3,000 epistles. This collection draws today's readers into the power of the Lord, which was experienced by early Friends, immersing us in striking imagery and inspired praise, admonishment and exhortation. Anne Thomas, Canada Yearly Meeting
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George Fox (1624 - 1691) was the founder of the 'Society of Friends', known commonly as the 'Quakers' or 'Friends'. He was a traveling preacher whose anti-establishment stance against the church of England resulted in his being imprisoned numerous times, which eventually lead to his death. During his life his writings and preaching were highly successful, and his organization lives on today with approximate 350,000 adult Quakers worldwide. In this ebook over 400 of his articles and sermons have been collected together.
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George Fox's record of his life and ministry is a Christian classic. Its pages chroncile not only Fox's spiritual travial when he heard a voice that said, "There is one, even Christ Jesus, that can speak to thy condition," but his years of ministry and gathering a people for Christ who became known as the Society of Friends. Includes a glossary of words and phrases most commonly used by Fox.
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George Fox was born in July 1624 in Fenny Drayton, Leicestershire, England; the son of Christopher Fox, a weaver and his wife, Mary née Lago.
There is no record of any formal schooling but George Fox learned to read and write.
George Fox became a cobbler with a little book learning beyond the Bible. When he was 19, a voice told him to "forsake all"; so he became a dropout, wandering about England in a solitary quest for religious truth. Gradually he clarified his beliefs, convinced that he derived them from direct experiences of God's light within him, "without the help of any man, book, or writing. " Holding that every man and woman could be similarly enlightened by Christ, Fox began "declaring truth" in public and developed into a dynamic, fanatically sincere speaker. He preached in barns, houses, and fields and in churches "after the priest had done"; but because his zeal sometimes led him to interrupt services, he was imprisoned as a disturber of public order. Inspired by the "Inner Voice, " he became spiritual leader of some Nottinghamshire former Baptists but then went to the north of England, preaching, praying, and protesting at every opportunity. In 1652 he trudged about Yorkshire, a sturdy figure in leather breeches wearing a broadbrimmed hat over the ringlets of hair which fell to his shoulders. Though Fox denounced creeds, forms, rites, external sacraments, and a "man-made" ministry, he became something of a negative formalist, refusing to doff his hat to anyone or to call months and days by their pagan names; and he used "thee" and "thou" instead of "you. " Such flouting of conventions provoked intense opposition. Fox was repeatedly beaten by rowdies and persecuted by the pious, and the forces of law and order imprisoned him eight times for not conforming to the establishment. But his indomitable courage and his emphasis on the spirit rather than the letter of religion won him converts, even among his persecutors. Paradoxically, this opponent of institutional religion showed a genius for organizing fellowships of Friends complete with unpaid officers, regular meetings, and funding arrangements. In 1654 he organized a team of some 60 men and women as a mission to southern England. After converting many there, he extended his own preaching to Scotland (1657 - 1658), Wales (1657), Ireland (1669), the West Indies and America (1671 - 1673), the Netherlands (1677 and 1684), and Germany (1677). By 1660 he was issuing epistles to the Pope, the Turkish Sultan, and the Emperor of China. Fox composed hundreds of tracts for his times, defending principles of the Friends and exposing other men as sinners and ministers of the "Great Whore of Babylon; " but it is by his Journal, a record of his day-to-day activities and thoughts, that he is best remembered.
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George Fox was a strange mixture of fanaticism and common sense, selflessness and exhibitionism, liberalism and literalism.
George Fox was a strange mixture of fanaticism and common sense, selflessness and exhibitionism, liberalism and literalism.
In 1669 Fox married to the outstanding female leader in the Quaker movement, Margaret, widow of his friend and patron Thomas Fell. But God's service took priority over their partnership, which was interrupted by his missions, his imprisonments in 1673-1675, and his supervision of the movement.