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George Fox (1624 - 1691). English Dissenter, founder of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), born in Drayton-in-the-Clay, Leicestershire. Apprenticed as a shoemaker, he left home at 19, seeking spiritual truth amid Puritan and Anglican tensions. In 1647, after visions and direct experiences of God, he began preaching an “inner light” accessible to all, rejecting clergy and formal worship. By 1652, he gathered followers in northern England, forming the Quakers, known for pacifism and simplicity. Fox traveled across England, Ireland, the Netherlands, and America, enduring eight imprisonments for his beliefs, including at Lancaster Castle. He wrote Journal (1694) and numerous letters, shaping Quaker theology with calls for equality and justice. Married to Margaret Fell in 1669, a key Quaker leader, they had no children, but she had eight from her prior marriage. His 1660 Declaration rejected violence, influencing conscientious objection. Fox’s emphasis on personal revelation transformed Protestantism, and his writings remain central to Quaker thought.
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George Fox emphasizes the importance of dwelling in the Immortal Seed of God, which embodies Power, Wisdom, and Eternal Life. He encourages believers to live in the divine Love and Power of God, which sustains them above all worldly concerns. This Power fosters an everlasting fellowship among the saints, preserving them and nourishing their spiritual growth. Fox assures that in this divine connection, believers will truly know and see one another, ensuring their unity in Christ. He concludes with a heartfelt farewell, urging all to remain in this sacred fellowship.
Ever Together
FRIENDS, dwell all in the Immortal Seed of God. . . . In which Seed is Power, Wisdom and Life Eternal, that remains for ever and ever, which hath the Dominion in the Life and Power and unchangable Wisdom of God, which is pure and gentle from above . . .; in that live. . . . So live in Life, and the Love, and the Power of God . . . in that Power ye are kept over all outward things . . . the Power, in which is the Saints Everlasting Fellowship, that stands and remains, and is Everlasting, for ever and ever. In which Power the living Seed lives, and the living Babes are preserved; in which Power they have their Food from the God of Life, which is living, which nourishes the Immortal Babes up to the Immortal God, with the Immortal Food. . . . In that Power ye will know one another, and see one another, in which ye shall ever be together. . . . So Fare-well.
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George Fox (1624 - 1691). English Dissenter, founder of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), born in Drayton-in-the-Clay, Leicestershire. Apprenticed as a shoemaker, he left home at 19, seeking spiritual truth amid Puritan and Anglican tensions. In 1647, after visions and direct experiences of God, he began preaching an “inner light” accessible to all, rejecting clergy and formal worship. By 1652, he gathered followers in northern England, forming the Quakers, known for pacifism and simplicity. Fox traveled across England, Ireland, the Netherlands, and America, enduring eight imprisonments for his beliefs, including at Lancaster Castle. He wrote Journal (1694) and numerous letters, shaping Quaker theology with calls for equality and justice. Married to Margaret Fell in 1669, a key Quaker leader, they had no children, but she had eight from her prior marriage. His 1660 Declaration rejected violence, influencing conscientious objection. Fox’s emphasis on personal revelation transformed Protestantism, and his writings remain central to Quaker thought.