. American history:. TWc rHasBii»yai«ff xh«-kais.«r •» fcaKSBK av af i^oras waibwEM. iMiui Ae. i^ staroiB cf as Mik. ■ >^^ TaM-ip-i ia «tchisaRxi-: -w^. 312 APPENDIX TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY. [Book IL .. Character, and earlij preaching qf Fox. 2 Perms ac-count of him. 3. Farther account qf Fox. by Godwin. 4. Early ex-cesses of Fox. ANALYSIS. They wore a garb of peculiar plainness, and were the determinedenemies of the institution of priesthood. 101. Fox himself was a man of a fervent mind, and. thoughlittle indebted to the arts of education, had a copious flow of words,and great energy in en


. American history:. TWc rHasBii»yai«ff xh«-kais.«r •» fcaKSBK av af i^oras waibwEM. iMiui Ae. i^ staroiB cf as Mik. ■ >^^ TaM-ip-i ia «tchisaRxi-: -w^. 312 APPENDIX TO THE COLONIAL HISTORY. [Book IL .. Character, and earlij preaching qf Fox. 2 Perms ac-count of him. 3. Farther account qf Fox. by Godwin. 4. Early ex-cesses of Fox. ANALYSIS. They wore a garb of peculiar plainness, and were the determinedenemies of the institution of priesthood. 101. Fox himself was a man of a fervent mind, and. thoughlittle indebted to the arts of education, had a copious flow of words,and great energy in enforcing what he taught. His first discoui-seswere addressed to a small number of jjcrsons, who were probablyprepared to receive his instructions with deference. But, havingpassed through this ordeal, he, in the year 1647, declaimed beforenumerous meetings of religious persons, and people came from farand near to hear him. ^penn says, that the most awful, living,reverent frame of mind he ever s;iw in a human being, was that ofFox in prayer; and Fox, speaking of a prayer he poured forth inthe year 1648, informs us, that to all the persons present the


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