TITLE: The works of the long-mournful and sorely-distressed Isaac Penington, whom the Lord, in his tender mercy, at length visited
and relieved by the ministry of that despised people called Quakers; and in the springings of that light, life, and holy power
in him, which they had truly and faithfully testified of, and directed his mind to, were these things written; and are now
published as a thankful testimony of the goodness of the Lord unto him, and for the benefit of others(Volume 1)
AUTHOR:
Penington, Isaac.
Fox, George.
Penn, William.
Table of Contents:
- (1) The Way Of Life And Death Made Manifest, And Set Before Men; Whereby The Many Paths Of Death Are Impleaded, And The One Path
Of Life Propounded, And Pleaded For; In Some Positions Concerning The Apostasy From The Christian Spirit And Life; With Some
Principles Guiding Out Of It; As Also An Answer To Some Objections, Whereby The Simplicity In Some May Be Entangled; Held
Forth In Tender Good-Will, Both To Papists And Protestants, Who Have Generally Erred From The Faith For These Many Generations,
Since The Days Of The Apostles; And With That Which They Have Erred From Are They Comprehended.
Author:
Penington, Isaac.
- EDITOR:
Penington, Isaac.
Fox, George.
Penn, William.
Contents
- (2) The Scattered Sheep Sought After. First, In A Lamentation Over The General Loss Of The Powerful Presence Of God In His People
Since The Days Of The Apostles; With A Particular Bewailing Of The Withering And Death Of Those Precious Buddings-Forth Of
Life, Which Appeared In Many At The Beginning Of The Late Troubles In These Nations; With The Proper Way Of Recovery For Such.
Secondly, In Some Propositions Concerning The Only Way Of Salvation; Where Is An Answer Given To That Great Objection, That
The Light Which Convinceth Of Sin, Is The Light Of A Natural Conscience; And A Brief Account Rendered Of The Ground Of Mens
Understanding Scriptures. Thirdly, In Exposing To View The Fundamental Principle Of The Gospel, Upon Which The Redeemed Spirit
Is Built. Fourthly, And In Some Questions And Answers (By Way Of Catechism, For The Sake Of The Simple-Hearted) Directing
To That Principle, And Fixing In It.
Author:
Penington, Isaac.
- EDITOR:
Penington, Isaac.
Fox, George.
Penn, William.
Contents
- (3) Babylon The Great Described, The City Of Confusion, In Every Part Whereof Antichrist Reigns; Which Knoweth Not The Order
And Unity Of The Spirit, But Striveth To Set Up An Order And Uniformity According To The Wisdom Of The Flesh, In All Her Territories
And Dominions. Her Sins, Her Judgments. With Some Plain Queries Further To Discover Her; And Some Considerations To Help
Out Of Her Suburbs, That Her Inward Building May Lie The More Open To The Breath And Spirit Of The Lord, From Which It Is
To Receive Its Consumption And Overthrow. Also An Exhortation To The Powers Of The Earth
Author:
Penington, Isaac.
- EDITOR:
Penington, Isaac.
Fox, George.
Penn, William.
Contents
- (4) The Jew Outward: Being A Glass For The Professors Of This Age. Wherein, If They Read With Meekness, And In The True Light,
Such Of Them As Have Not Overslipped The Day Of Their Visitation, May See Their Own Spirits, To Their Own Everlasting Advantage
And Comfort, By Learning Subjection To That Which Hath Power In It To Destroy The Evil Spirit In Them. Containing Some Exceptions
And Arguments Of The Jews Against Christ's Appearance In That Body Of Flesh In Their Days; Which The Present Professors May
View And Compare With Their Exceptions And Arguments Against His Appearance In Spirit In This Age; That They May See And Consider
Which Of Them Are The More Weighty.
Author:
Penington, Isaac.
- EDITOR:
Penington, Isaac.
Fox, George.
Penn, William.
Contents
- (5) The Axe Laid To The Root Of The Old Corrupt Tree; And The Spirit Of Deceit Struck At In Its Nature. From Whence All The Error
From The Life, Among Both Papists And Protestants, Hath Arisen, And By Which It Is Nourished And Fed At This Day. In A Distinction
Between The Faith Which Is Of Man, And The Faith Which Is Of God. And In Some Assertions Concerning True Faith; Its Nature,
Rise, &C. Its Receiving Of Christ, And Its Abiding And Growing In His Living Virtue. With A Warning Concerning Adding To
And Diminishing From The Scripture In General, And The Prophecies Of The Revelations In Particular. Discovering What It Is,
And The Great Danger Of It; With The Only Way Of Preservation From It. Whereto Is Added, A Short Touch About The Use Of Means.
As Also A Brief History Concerning The State Of The Church Since The Days Of The Apostles. With An Exhortation To The Present
Age. By The Movings Of The Life, In A Friend To The Living Truth Of The Most High God; But An Utter Enemy To The Spirit Of
Error And Blasphemy, Where-Ever It Is Found, As Well In The Strictest Of The Protestants, As Among The Grossest Of The Papists.
Author:
Penington, Isaac.
- EDITOR:
Penington, Isaac.
Fox, George.
Penn, William.
Contents
- (6) A Brief Account Of Some Reasons (Amongst Many That Might Be Given) Why Those People Called Quakers Cannot Do Some Things On
The One Hand, And Forbear Doing Of Some Things On The Other Hand; For Which They Have Suffered, And Do Still Suffer, So Much
Violence From The People, And Such Sore Persecution From The Teachers And Magistrates Of These Nations. Whereby It May Appear
To All, Who Are Willing To Take Any Fair Consideration Of Their Cause, That Their Sufferings Are For Righteousness Sake, Because
Of The Integrity Of Their Hearts Towards God, And Void Of Any Just Ground Of Offence Towards Man.
Author:
Penington, Isaac.
- EDITOR:
Penington, Isaac.
Fox, George.
Penn, William.
Contents
- (7) Some Considerations Proposed To The City Of London, And The Nation Of England, To Calm Their Spirits, And Prepare Them To
Wait For What The Lord Is Bringing About, That They May Not Run Headily Into Their Ruin And Destruction; And, By This Extraordinary
Heat Of Their Spirits, Kindle That Fire Which Will Soon Devour Them. With A Short Exhortation To Them Relating To Their True
Settlement, And The Removal Of That Which Hinders It.
Author:
Penington, Isaac.
- EDITOR:
Penington, Isaac.
Fox, George.
Penn, William.
Contents
- (8) A Question Propounded To The Rulers, Teachers, And People Of The Nation Of England, For Them Singly To Answer In Their Hearts
And Consciences, In The Fear And Dread Of The Mighty God Of Heaven And Earth; Whose Mighty Arm Of Power Is Stretched Out In
This Nation, First To Overturn What Stands In His Way, And Then To Establish (In The Place Thereof) What He Hath Purposed
In His Heart. And This Is The Thing Which The Lord Hath Determined To Do, Both Particularly In Persons, And Generally Throughout
The Earth; Namely, To Pull Down The Mighty From Their Seats, And To Exalt The Humble And Meek (Who Are Made Such By The Presence
And Power Of His Life In Them), That He Alone May Be Exalted In The Spirits Of His People, And Throughout The Earth. And This
Work Hath The Lord Begun Already; For His Great And Notable Day Hath Appeared, And Breaketh Forth Apace; Though The Eye Which
Is Closed Cannot See It, Nor The Benumbed Sense Feel It. But He That Hath An Ear, Let Him Hear The Sound Of The Lord's Trumpet,
Which Saith, In The Mighty Breath Of His Spirit Of Life, Awake! Ye Dead, And Stand Up To Judgment; For The Day Of Recompence
Is Come; The Day Of The Eternal Vengeance Of Our God, And The Day Of His Everlasting Mercy And Plentiful Redemption. The Question
Is As Followeth.
Author:
Penington, Isaac.
- EDITOR:
Penington, Isaac.
Fox, George.
Penn, William.
Contents
- (9) An Examination Of The Grounds Or Causes Which Are Said To Induce The Court Of Boston, In New-England, To Make That Order Or
Law Of Banishment, Upon Pain Of Death, Against The Quakers. As Also Of The Grounds And Considerations By Them Produced, To
Manifest The Warrantableness And Justness Both Of Their Making And Executing The Same; Which They Now Stand Deeply Engaged
To Defend, Having Already Thereupon Put Two Of Them To Death. As Also Of Some Further Grounds For Justifying Of The Same,
In An Appendix To John Norton's Book (Which Was Printed After The Book Itself, Yet As Part Thereof); Whereto He Is Said To
Be Appointed By The General Court. And Likewise Of The Arguments Briefly Hinted, In That Which Is Called, A True Relation
Of The Proceedings Against The Quakers, &C. Whereunto Somewhat Is Added About The Authority And Government Christ Excluded
Out Of His Church; Which Occasioneth Somewhat Concerning The True Church Government.
Author:
Penington, Isaac.
- EDITOR:
Penington, Isaac.
Fox, George.
Penn, William.
Contents
- (10) Some Considerations Concerning The State Of Things, Relating To What Hath Been, Now Is, And Shortly Is To Come To Pass; Warning
All People To Look About Them, And To Wait On The Lord For The Unerring Light Of His Spirit, That They May Know The Times
And Seasons, And The Work Which God Is Now About In The World, Which Is Great And Wonderful; And So May Not Be Found Fighters
Against God, His Truths, And The Witnesses Of This Age And Generation; More Particularly Lamenting Over And Exhorting England.
With A Faithful Testimony Concerning The Quakers.
Author:
Penington, Isaac.
- EDITOR:
Penington, Isaac.
Fox, George.
Penn, William.
Contents
- (11) A Warning Of Love, From The Bowels Of Life, To The Several Generations Of Professors Of This Age; That They May Awaken And
Turn Towards The Life, To Be Truly Cleansed And Saved By Its Powerful Living Virtue, Before The Storm Of Wrath Break Forth,
And The Overflowing Scourge Overtake Them, Which Will Sweep Away The Strongest And Most Well-Built Refuge Of Lies; And Sink
Those Souls Even Into The Pit Of Misery, Which Are There Found When The Storm Comes. Held Forth In Four Propositions, Assertions,
Or Considerations, Concerning Man In His Lost State, And His Recovery Out Of It.
Author:
Penington, Isaac.
- EDITOR:
Penington, Isaac.
Fox, George.
Penn, William.
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