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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 preaches about the importance of judging all that is contrary to the Life and Power of God, including the root of all conflicts and strife that do not originate from God's life. He emphasizes the need to discern and judge foolishness, hastiness, and discord with the Spirit of Truth, guiding believers to seek God's Spirit for peace and unity. Fox urges listeners to focus solely on the Life and Power of the Lord God, as anything outside of it will ultimately be confounded.
Jars and Strife Judged
FRIENDS, I do Judge all that in all, which is contrary to the Life and Power of God, even the Ground and Root of all Jars and Strife, which is not of God, but is out of the Life of God; I Judge its Beginning and its Ending, Judged it is by the Light. And I do Judge with the Spirit of Truth all Foolishness, Hastiness and Strife, which is not of God. And all Friends, wait in the measure of the Spirit of God, to guide you up to God, and keep you all in Peace and Unity. P.S. Heed nothing, but the Life and Power of the Lord God; for all that is out of it, is and will be Confounded. G.F.
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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.