Incidents: Illustrating the Doctrines and History of the Society of Friends (Classic Reprint)Excerpt from Incidents: Illustrating the Doctrines and History of the Society of Friends Witchcraft Elizabeth Bathurst's explanation Witchcraft panic - Blasphemy - George Fox's trial at Lancaster - Anne Camm's trial - Refusing to swear - Oaths tendered as a snare - George Fox's defence of not swearing - Refusing to pay tithes - Cruelty of the priests - George Fox's reproof of a priest - Samuel Bownas' declining to receive pay for preaching - Extravagant seizures - Robert Barclay on tithes - History of tithes - The Ranters - Robert Jordan's trial in Virginia. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works. |