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Previously unpublished or uncollected papers, edited from the manuscripts with introduction and notes by Henry J. Cadbury.

Contains the Short Journal, the Itinerary Journal, and the Haistwell Diary,

Original ministry by George Fox.

George Fox’s written legacy is huge. After his death in 1691 they were assembled into three major titles: his two-volume Journal (published in 1694), his two-volume Epistles (1696) and finally is doctrinal writings in 1706. Since then, only his Journal has endured many reprints and editions.

Though Fox wrote over 400 epistles in his lifetime, there are many that simply duplicate his ideas and assertions. It therefore made little economic sense to repeatedly reprint the entirety of them in any future edition which explains their rarity. In consequence, they appear as selections—and selections involves choice. One such selection was published in 1825 by Samuel Tuke, a well-respected Quaker from York. And it was this edition that caught the eye of Lucy Hodgkin some twenty years earlier whilst researching for her book on Quaker Saints (available in our Library).

But though she was attracted to the format of Tuke’s edition, she realised if she was to publish a collection of epistles that was truly personal to her, she had to undertake a serious study of all four hundred or so of them published in the 1698 edition. It was to be a time-consuming though spiritually enriching task for, as shes writes in her Introduction 'I came to discover an almost an unworked mine containing rich veins of Truth full of strong counsel and bracing comfort that are increasingly needed in our modern world' (a prescient remark given the outbreak of the second world war was only two years away). But the result of her fruitful endeavors was the publication of her ‘Day-Book of Comfort and Counsel’

While George Fox’s Journal is familiar to Quakers, few know of his ‘Book of Miracles’. Fox was a healer as well as a minister and author, manifesting over 150 recorded instances of cures. The reports of these miracles played a significant part in the spread of Quakerism in the early years of the movement.
Although Fox left money for its publication after his death, the manuscript was lost. The first printing in 1948 was the result of years of work by Henry Cadbury, who painstakingly pieced together the text from clues and fragments contained in Fox’s Journals and letters.
This new edition, faithfully based on Cadbury’s work, includes new forewords by Jim Pym and Paul Anderson to help give the reader a fuller understanding of George Fox’s contribution to Quakerism.

Throughout his life Fox was a tireless traveller and preacher—journeying across Britain, Ireland, much of Europe and America. His Journal--in effect a spiritual autobiography--was first published in 1694 and is a recognized spiritual classic.

This edition, first published in 1952, is designed to replace for the general reader the text prepared by Thomas Ellwood first published in 1694 and which has been carried through in subsequent editions without substantial revisions until the 1892 American edition and the 1902 edition published in England. By reassessing the phrasings in these earlier editions and by realigning them more closely with the original manuscripts it is hoped much of the characteristic immediacy and vigour-of-phrase so typical of Fox has been restored.

The Introduction is by Geoffrey Nuttall and the epilogue by Henry J Cadbury.

Initially dictated to his step son-in-law when they were imprisoned in the mid 1670’s, Fox’s Journal combines burning rage against social injustice with a visionary sense of God ‘rising’ through all creation and a forthright account of his own persecution and suffering. Written in a style that anticipates the works of James Joyce and other modernists (ie-a challenging read) it is--as Smith writes in his Introduction--not only ‘a classic of spiritual and autobiographical writing, but an important literary achievement in its own right.

For this new edition, Nigel Smith has ‘tidied up’ a difficult text to enhance the coherence of the main narrative while retaining the immediacy and excitement of the original. The edition includes four interesting appendices: one being a copy of the Preface William Penn wrote for the first printed edition of the Journal.

The language is not always clear, due to the difference in 17th century English and 21st century English. Still gives a good idea of the concerns of Quakers about social justice of the time.

Fox was a powerful writers of letters to fellow Friends

Reprint of 1831 ed. 8 Vols.

Reprinted 2000.

Few people know of George Fox is "Book of Miracles". Fox was a healer as well as a minister and author, manifesting God's wondrous power in over 150 recorded instances of cures. These miracles were critical in spreading the word about Quakerism in the initial years. Fox's manuscript of his "Book of Miracles" was lost. The first printing in 1948 was the result of work by Henry Cadbury, piecing the text together from clues and fragments and Fox's journals and letters.

Few people know of George Fox is "Book of Miracles". Fox was a healer as well as a minister and author, manifesting God's wondrous power in over 150 recorded instances of cures. These miracles were critical in spreading the word about Quakerism in the initial years. Fox's manuscript of his "Book of Miracles" was lost. The first printing in 1948 was the result of work by Henry Cadbury, piecing the text together from clues and fragments and Fox's journals and letters.

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The best edition of George Fox's Journal - A must read for Quakers

I'm not actually big on the Quakers as a whole, but I think George Fox was sincere in his faith and probably had a genuine revelation and conversion experience. That being said, Quakerism had a tendency to go in the direction of what I would call "spiritual nihilism." I define "spiritual nihilism" as any ideology that puts all spiritual matters purely in the realm of subjective experience. In other words, everything that one experiences that is of a purely subjective nature (i.e. personal and unverifiable), and that could be construed as "revelation", is given the stamp of approval no matter how fanciful, delusional and stupid it truly is. This kind of pop spirituality is very common today with the notion of the "relativity of truth" and common among the "spiritual, not religious" class of people. In Fox's day it had not yet reached the kind of ridiculous extremes that we see in the modern world, but Quakerism does have some of this in seed form at least, while still being Christian for the most part at that point in time. Faith is indeed a personal thing, but the idea that all notions that pop into one's head qualify as genuine God inspired revelation is a recipe for gullible delusion at best and mental psychosis at worst. The asylums are full of people that talk to saints and believe that they are chosen for this, that and the other. St. Paul exhorted Christians to test the spirits and all revelations. Quakerism is an example of what happens when discernment takes a backseat to fantasy and objective truth is diminished. I say all of the above because the editor of this selection is an example of the kind of "spirituality" that Quakerism was to a degree the harbinger of. His opinions and introductions I could have done without.
George Fox was not to blame for all of the things that later became of the Quakers; his heart was in the right place and his was a mostly understandable reaction to the kind of statute based scholastic legalism that plagued England in the mid 17th century. The pendulum always swings the opposite way. Christian experience has always needed to balance subjective experience with objective checks and balances using the bible, other believers, learned common sense etc.
This book, as the title suggests, collects portions of Fox's writings that are of a more mystical variety, but even these, surprisingly enough, are fairly sober and not wholly unorthodox ideas. They do show the kind of rich inner experience of George Fox's faith and it comes across as genuine. Fox's writings I give 5 stars because they are all sincere and Christian for the most part. I also give 5 stars to the choice of texts the editor selected. I give 2 stars for his introductions that give plenty of evidence of the kind of purely subjective spirituality that holds that truth is subject to belief, rather than belief is subject to truth. We have way too much of the former in the world today. And that form of spirituality is simply nihilism in fancy dress.

Fox's account of the miracles he performed, now lost to history, is reconstructed and put in historical context by a brilliant Quaker scholar, Henry Cadbury. First published 1948.

A documentation of the practice of spiritually based physical healing by George Fox. A general tradition among seventeenth century British spiritual revolutionarles, the presently controversial practice was supsequently downplayed and documentation lost. This recreation of a lost manuscript by Henry Cadbury, a renowned Quaker scholar, provides a factual basis for reconsideration of this issue.½

A central documentation of George Fox's essential spiritual contributions to the early development of the Society of Friends. It also provides detailed documentation of early Quaker history.

Comprehensive collection. The nineteenth century typeface replicated here makes reading a bit difficult. Other modern editions (with some modernization of vocabulary) may be a better first introduction, but to be sure one is reading what Fox actually wrote, this is the source.

A respected and careful presentation of the most useful portions of George Fox's pastoral epistles, which are largely unknown and unavaiable. Never done so completely and carefully by anyone else, before or since. Now a relatively rare volume. So valued by a respected Quaker retreat leader that he retyped the entire manuscript to make it more completely available.

"This book contains selections from Fox's books and letters together with a few from his friends. John Lampen has arranged these in six sections covering such fundamental issues as Fox's own relationship to God, to other people and to his own inner life. Each section has an introduction relating Fox's ideas to twentieth-century thought.

A concise selection of Fox's epistles presented in a pocket format. "A fresh look at the preaching and teaching of George Fox to see what he conceived the Quaker movement to be," from an FUM perspective.

First, a head's up. This text is available from Project Gutenberg, including Jones' very informative notes.

I have given this five stars because it has really shaken me and affirmed my understanding of humanity. While I am not a Quaker, I do believe deeply in the ability of each and every person to communicate and be instructed by God. I highly recommend this book for both seekers and believers. Prepare to be impressed with the strength and the courage of this Saint.