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Some Account Of The Persecutions And Sufferings Of The People Called Quakers, In The Seventeenth Century, Exemplified In The Memoirs Of The Life Of Jo

Some Account Of The Persecutions And Sufferings Of The People Called Quakers, In The Seventeenth Century, Exemplified In The Memoirs Of The Life Of Jo

Roberts, Daniel

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Religious BiographiesGeneral ReferenceGeneral Christianity

ISBN10: 9354509444
ISBN13: 9789354509445
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 20 2021
Pages: 76
Weight: 0.27
Height: 0.18 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
When conscience collides with power, lives are broken and remade. In seventeenth century England, the early Friends paid in fines, exile, and gaol. Truth has a cost here. Some Account Of The Persecutions And Sufferings Of The People Called Quakers gathers a vivid quaker memoir and religious persecution narrative centred on the memoirs of John Roberts, set against the pressures that shaped restoration era quakers. Written with the plain force of lived experience, it traces how a dissenting faith met the machinery of church and state, and how community, testimony, and endurance carried believers through. Readers drawn to prison sufferings of quakers will find an unvarnished record; those interested in religious liberty and dissent will recognise the wider struggle for freedom of worship and speech. Its significance is twofold: as a primary-text witness to early quaker persecution, and as a dependable quaker studies reference for church history research. Read alongside the George Fox journals and other early Friends writings collection material, it sharpens the picture of how Quaker identity formed under pressure, and why that history still matters. It suits casual readers who want a human story of courage and conviction, and collectors who prize foundational accounts from the period. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today - a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike.

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