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Chap. iv, 6. The sense of the latter part appears to me to be this: That they might be found set aside by persons living after the flesh [in allusion to the evil speaking mentioned in ver. 4] but accepted of God, living to him in the spirit.

Ver. 12. 'Be not surprised, my beloved brethren, at the fire which is kindled among you for the trial of your faith.' Alluding to the dokimion, the gold refining mentioned in i, 7. The Vulgate has it; Charissimi nolite peregrinari [do not estrange yourselves by absence] in fervore qui ad tentationem vobis sit.

Ver. 13. Marcus' [why not Mark] my son' and probably the

scribe for this occasion.

2 Pet. i, 19. The fore part connects closely with ver. 18, ‘And this voice which came from heaven we heard, &c.' And thus we [the Apostles] have fully confirmed unto us the word of prophecy [the prophetical scriptures concerning Christ:] to which ye also do well to take heed, &c.'

The revelation by the voice on the mount, where Jesus was glorified, had sealed effectually, to the minds of his Apostles present, the several prophecies of the future kingdom and glory of their Lord. Peter, as one present testifies this; but still commends the letter to their attention, till they should receive the spirit, and know the day of clearer Gospel light to arise and shine in their hearts.

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Conclusion of Volume Third.

I have found it impracticable to comprehend, within the limits proposed at the beginning of this Volume, the matter which I considered suitable for publication at the present time. It is thought desirable that the Chronological Summary' should be continued, if not to our own days, at least to a further period in the History of the Society than that in which I had purposed to break off: and I should deem the work incomplete in a very important part, if I did not also present, from like authentic sources, some of the information we possess, of the concluding hours, and peaceful retrospects on a death-bed, of the remainder of the heroes of my story-of those who were enabled by the mercy and goodness of God to weather the storm 1; who outlived the fury of persecution, mostly to a good old age, and departed in peace with God and man; looking with joyful anticipation to the recompence reserved for the righteous in Heaven.

The state of the Religious body, here treated of, having become, by various Legislative provisions in its favour, that of a Toleration, in

comparative ease and quiet, the Reader is not now to expect so much of adventure (if I may so use the term) in the lives of its members; so much in the Narrative, of a kind that should interest the country at large, and stir the feelings of those who value their birthright as Englishmen. Still, the subject will not be without its interest, as connected with what has gone before. We have yet to do justice to the character of one man, the Founder of the Sect (would we had been, in a good sense of the term, more entirely his followers—) in derision called quakers. A man, than whom few have had to encounter more of the rage and malice of disappointed cruelty, vented in undeserved reproach: few have stood more conspicuously as in filthy garments before the Angel of the Lord,' with the Satan close at hand. Zech. iii.

Without pretending to exalt this really modest person to the first place in heaven, or picturing him as borne by the angels to his rest in Abraham's bosom, it may be worth while for the sake of suffering Truth, and in vindication of the insulted religion of Him in whom George Fox most firmly believed, to wipe off this dirt, and shew his honest face (which never needed to be, nor was, ashamed before his enemies), in that light in which it behoves posterity to view him; as the last of the real leaders of the PROTESTANT REFORMATION in this land. The space required for this undertaking, together with the Memorials of his fellow-labourers deceased in the early part of the 18th Century, will occupy several Numbers: and there is matter in reserve, beside, with which to keep up the diversified character of the Work. It may be six months before another Half-volume can appear. Ed.

ADVERTISEMENT.-Subscription for Joseph Lancaster and family: See Vol. II. pa. 31; and pages 96 and 192.

The Contributions to this National object have very little exceeded Eleven hundred pounds. The sum of £887. 2s. 6d. has been invested in a Government Annuity for the joint lives of Joseph Lancaster, and wife-the latter considerably younger than himself. The remaining balance is about to be invested immediately in a further Annuity, for the life of Lancaster himself.

The Trustees, engaged to receive and remit the money half-yearly to the family at Montreal (who have had sent them already £70 of the Principal) are Joseph Fletcher, Robert Forster and John Thompson Fletcher, all of Tottenham, and Luke Howard of Ackworth. They consider the Fund as still open to the liberality (if not also claiming further additions from the justice) of the BRITISH PUBLIC. Ed. Ackworth, Third Month, 1835.

ELCOCK, PRINTER, PONTEFRACT.

INDEX TO VOLUME THIRD.

ABUSE of terms in Indictments treated, 177.
ACCESSION of William and Mary, remarks on, 209.

ACTS of Parliament, and proceedings about, 69, 82, 114, 308, 310, 313.
ADDRESS of the Assembly to William Penn, 355.
ADDRESSES to the Throne, 137, 194, 337.
ADMINISTRATION of effects, persecution by, 89.
ADVICES, general, of the Society, 122.

AFFIRMATION Act passed, 305.

Thos. Story committed about, 248.

ALFRED, the times of; a fragment, 63.
ALGIERS, sufferers at, 348.

ALI BI proved, in favour of Friends, 87.
APOLOGY, Barclay's, when published, 53.
Remarks on, 4.

APPEAL of Geo. Keith to the Yearly Meeting, 293.
APPLICATIONS of Friends to Government, 113-16, 135-39, 227.

ARMORER, Sir William, persecuting, 50.

ARREST of Wm. Penn by the Council, 203.

by the Mayor of Wells, 291.

AUDIENCES of quakers at Court, 81, 115, 136, 198, 306.

AUTHOR, Compiler, &c. on the terms, 318.

BABYLON mystical, owned by quietists, not by quakers, 135.
BACON, Chr. minister, dec. 70.

Recorder of Norwich, persecuting, 83.

BARBADOES, 213, 275, 280.

BARCLAY, Robt. 4, 53, 54, 67, 69, 101, 136, 198.
deceased, 215.

David deceased, 190.

BARNARDISTON, Giles, minister, dec. 72.
BARROW, Robt. minister, dec. 329.

BATH and Wells signs a Mittimus, 157.
BATTLEDOOR, Geo. Fox's, 320.

BAYLEY, Will. minister, dec. 70.

BEAM in the eye' what, 90.

BILL to repeal 35 Eliz. lost or stolen, 114.

restrain the press, put aside by quakers, 339.

BIRTH and burial Notes, &c. forms of, 39.

BISHOP of London questions G. Whitehead before a Committee, 311.
BISHOPS visited in the Tower by Barclay, 196.

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BLACKHOUSE, Jas. dies a prisoner for Tithes, 339.

BLACKS and Indians, religious care for, 216, 347, 368, 379.

BLASPHEMY made out of Scripture, 146.

Books, seized, 295.

Bows and courtesies, treated by G. F. 287.

'Bread from Heaven,' text of treated, 140.

BRISTOL persecutors, 152, 156.

BURNET, Dr. (Bishop of Sarum) his conduct, 211.

BURNYEAT, John, minister, 189. Dec. 212.

BURYING in Woollen enforced: burial fees, &c. 44, 52, 85, 87, 157.
BYLLINGE Edward, a proprietor of New Jersey, 98, 101.

CALLOW, William, his sufferings and brave defence, 162.
CAMFIELD, Francis, aged minister, prays for Charles II. 115.

CAPTIVES in Barbary, Friends redeem their, 347.

CAPTIVITY led captive,' how to be understood, 301.

CARTER, Richard, grave-maker, presented, 87.

CASES of sufferings of the Society, laid before James II, 137, and

William III, 308.

CERTIFICATE of a discharged parson, 218.

needful to Emigrants, 77.

CHALKLEY, Thos. minister, visits America, 338.
CHANGES, modern, in quaker habits, Int. 3.
CHARACTERS of noted persecutors, 173, 189.
CHARLES II, his Charter to William Penn, 102.
six great persecutions under, 117.
his decease, 117.

CHARITY Sermon by Geo. Fox, 285.

CHILDREN hold a public Meeting, 80.

CHOIR GAUR, a poem, 33.

CHRIST, as Head of his church, what to the body, 302.

his second coming, texts of treated, 111.

CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY, Continued, 49-54, 65-73, 81-90, 97-110,
113-21, 129-39, 151-9, 116-7, 177-80, 189-91, 193-206,
209-20, 225-39, 241-8, 257-65, 273-85, 289–98, 305-13,
321-30, 337-52, 353-63, 369-75.

CHURCH, the, should not help the State in its wars, 139.
CHURCH-KATE and tithe Bill put by, 1689; 310.

CIVIL Government, argument on, of Rom. xiii, 252.

CLOWN, what by Geo. Fox's account, 288.

COALE, Will. minister, dec. 71.

COMFORTER, the, his offices treated, 171.

COMPTON, Bishop of London, his courage, 210.

CONFESSION of faith required, 226.

of Nayler to Christ as the Word, &c. 146.

CONGRESS of Nimeguen addressed, 69.

CONVENTION of 1688, how made a Parliament, 209.
CORBETT, W. his case and petition, 158.

CORNBURY, the Lord, 25, 26.

CORNELIUS, his case treated, 187.

CORONATION oath of William III, remarks on, 210.

COUNCIL of the whole Church, 185.

CRIME, on the term, 31.

CRISP, Stephen, minister, deceased, 257.

CRESSON, ELLIOTT, lines to, 64.

CROOK, JOHN, Ex-justice and minister, dec. 343.

DEAD, of baptism for the, 270.

DECEPTION, of various terms implying, 222.

DECLARATION of allegiance, quakers', 227.

DELAVALL, John, minister, dec. 282.

DENNIS, Isaac, gaoler, end and character of, 175.

DERBY, Earl of, persecuting, 162.

DERIVATIONS and meanings of words, 31, 221, 263, 318, 335, 351.

DEVIL; the having one in what sense imputed to Christ, 168.

DEWSBURY, William, minister, his last sermon and decease, 204.
Diopetes. Acts xix, 35, what, 206.

DICKENSON, James, minister, visits America, 273.

DISCIPLINE, advice of G. F. touching the, 377.

DISTRAINT, goods taken by, refused at markets, 51, 86.
DOCTRINALS, &c. Fox's, reviewed, 285, 314, 363, 375.
DREAM, remarkable, of T. Story, 253.

DRESSING and patching treated by G. F. 286.

DRUM and kettle-drum, whence, 240, 326.

EDICT of Nantz, &c. repealed, 197, note.

EDMUNDSON, William, minister, 229.
EGERTON, Sir Philip, persecuting, 83.
ELIOT, John, 4.

ELIZABETH, Princess Palatine, 67.

ENGLAND'S present Interest considered,' 66.
EPISCOPACY, how abolished in Scotland, 211.
EPISTLE of George Fox on marriages, 58.

on Ministry, a month before his decease, 216.
of Burlington Friends, to the Yearly Meeting, 76.
-from Friends in Pennsylvania, 94.

-of the Yearly Meeting 1700, 350.
EXCHEQUER fines, exorbitant, 82, 152.

FAITH should be used, not prayed for, 75.
FARNSWORTH, Richard, minister, dec. 70.

FELLOW, on the term, 351.

FENCING Confers no security ont the person, 242.
FENELON, Archbishop, his retractation, 134.

FIELD, John, Schoolmaster, tried, 154.

FIERY trial,' 1 Peter iv, 12. 383.

FINCH Batger and others tried, 227.

FIRST step of James II, towards liberty of Conscience, 138.

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