. What the world believes, the false and the true, embracing the people of all races and nations, their peculiar teachings, rites, ceremonies, from the earliest pagan times to the present, to which is added an account of what the world believes today, by countries. 1669 he was liberated from prison by order ofCharles II., and immediately commenced tb- tad< of organizing hisfollowers into a forma] and united society. In L669 be married the widow of Judge Pell, and Boon after went to America for the pur-pose of making proselytes. On his return h< in thrown into prison, but was soon release
. What the world believes, the false and the true, embracing the people of all races and nations, their peculiar teachings, rites, ceremonies, from the earliest pagan times to the present, to which is added an account of what the world believes today, by countries. 1669 he was liberated from prison by order ofCharles II., and immediately commenced tb- tad< of organizing hisfollowers into a forma] and united society. In L669 be married the widow of Judge Pell, and Boon after went to America for the pur-pose of making proselytes. On his return h< in thrown into prison, but was soon released and went t Betum-inLr to England and refusing to pay tithes, be « I in a suit for the recovery of them, and upon bis relet ted the Continent. lli> health bad now become impaired by the in< toil and Buttering be bad endured, and I. ted bis native land, living in a retired manner till his death in 1690. Thepreaching and life of Gh ox I i i | tieal proto I formalism in religion, world-worship, and spiritual slavery. Bp te of all obstacles, be at lead did see theinner truth and reality of things. Todothe will <»f God andpersuade men to do it—this was whai be lived for; and with thegreatest courage, pal inoiation be devoted him-. 52 BIOGRAPHIES OF IMPORTANT CHARACTERS self to his prophets task. His writings consist of his JournalsEpistles, and Doctrinal Pieces. William Penn, the founder and legislator of Pennsylvania, andthe son of Sir William Penn, an English admiral, was born inLondon in 1644. He was educated at Christ Church College,Oxford, and there imbibed the principles of Quakerism, which heafterward publicly professed. In the twenty-fourth year of hisage Penn first appeared as a minister and an author; and it wason account of his second essay, entitled the Sandy FoundationShaken, that he was imprisoned in the Tower for seven thaftime he wrote his most celebrated work, No Cross,no Crown, and finally obtained nis release from confinement
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