About This Book
A curated selection of a seventeenth-century Quaker leader’s writings combining autobiographical narrative, doctrinal testimonies, and practical counsel. Organized into narrative passages, thematic testimonies, and social guidance, the material addresses business conduct, the inward light, justice, meetings and ministry, oaths, equality, scripture, sin, slavery, war, and the role of women. Emphasis rests on plain speech, disciplined meeting procedure, mutual accountability, nonviolence, and spiritual inwardness over outward ritual, presented as concise exhortations, procedural rules, and moral reflections for communal and individual conduct.
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