Author: Isaac PeningtonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781644760413
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Writings of Isaac Penington -- Volume 1 (updated)
Author: Isaac PeningtonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781644760413
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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The Writings of Isaac Penington
Author: Jason HendersonPublisher: CreateSpace
ISBN: 9781502356659
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 414
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Isaac Penington (1616-1679) was the son of a prominent English politician, and the father-in-law of William Penn, founder of Pennsylvania. He lived during what is often considered one of the most turbulent periods of England's history. Though born into a family of wealth and reputation, Penington's heart was set upon things above from his earliest days. Even as a child, he recognized that the accepted religion of his day stood in the will and understanding of man, in outward practices, duties, and scriptural truths that were professed but not truly possessed. Isaac Penington longed for more. Speaking of his early days he wrote, "That which I sought after was the resting place, the true Life of my soul, the power and presence of the Lord, the same demonstration of his Spirit that was witnessed in the days of the apostles. Yet, breathing after this and not meeting with it caused unutterable anguish, misery, and distress in my heart." But the Lord is found by those who seek Him, for it is the Father's good pleasure to reveal His Son. And as Penington, together with many in his day who shared his hunger for truth, turned their hearts to the living God, the veil was taken away, and they discovered and declared a Christianity that stood in, and flowed out from, the light and life of Jesus Christ reigning in the inner man. About This Edition Most readers find the original four volumes of Penington's works somewhat difficult to read. Though his writings are considered to be of the Early Modern English period, today's readers often find aspects of the language, punctuation, and syntax to be fairly distracting or burdensome. Because of this, many give up on this tremendous book rather than make the effort to wade through it. My desire in putting together this edition is twofold: First, I have tried to reduce the four volumes down to a more manageable two volumes by retaining the bulk of his spiritual writings and letters, while eliminating certain things I judged to be less weighty or relevant to our day. Some of Penington's writings were papers addressed to Parliament, the City of London, or the Army, having to do with specific laws, events, and persecutions of his time. Others were lengthy examinations and refutations of books or papers published against Quakers. Most of these, and other writings of this nature, were not included in this publication. My second goal in preparing this edition was to make the English somewhat more readable without changing Penington's meaning or over-modernizing his language. I struggled with this. I deeply appreciate Penington's carefulness with words, and I know that he was profoundly aware of both what and how he was communicating. Furthermore, I have no doubt but that the Spirit of God was the true Author behind much of his work. On account of this, I approached the task of editing and modernizing these writings with great care, and in a measure of the fear of the Lord. In my attempts to make his writings a bit more reader-friendly, I sought to never change his meaning, or even paraphrase his intent with my own words as much as that was possible. Sometimes, however, I found this to be unavoidable. And at other times, I felt obliged to clip out small portions so as to avoid wordiness or repetition. Still, the vast majority of the changes I made were to small things like punctuation, word order, and spelling. Some words from Penington's era simply do not carry the same meaning today. These words were replaced with the closest modern equivalent I could find. A few words and concepts warranted further explanation which can be found in footnotes. The reader will also notice that pronouns and other terms referring to deity (like seed or lamb) are usually not capitalized in this volume (though there are some exceptions). It was not customary to capitalize such words in Penington's era, and I have left them as he wrote them.
The Works of Isaac Penington
Author: Isaac PeningtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Society of Friends
Languages : en
Pages : 572
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Los Escritos de Isaac Penington -- Volumen 1 (updated)
Author: Isaac PeningtonPublisher:
ISBN: 9781644761632
Category :
Languages : en
Pages :
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Protestant Nonconformist Texts Volume 1
Author: R. Tudur JonesPublisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1498219152
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 437
Book Description
Like the other volumes in the four-volume series of which it is a part, this book breaks new ground in gathering and introducing texts relating to the origins of English and Welsh Dissent. Through contemporary writings it provides a lively insight into the life and thought of early Presbyterians, Congregationalists, Baptists, and Quakers, as well as of smaller groups no longer extant.
Memoirs of the Life of Isaac Penington
Author: Isaac PeningtonPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Quakers
Languages : en
Pages : 288
Book Description
A Descriptive Catalogue of Friends' Books
Author: Joseph SmithPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Society of Friends
Languages : en
Pages : 996
Book Description
Light as Experience and Imagination from Medieval to Modern Times
Author: David S. HerrstromPublisher: Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 1683933648
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 389
Book Description
In Light as Experience and Imagination from Medieval to Modern Times, David S. Herrstrom synthesizes and interprets the experience of light as revealed in a wide range of art and literature from medieval to modern times. The true subject of the book is making sense of the individual’s relationship with light, rather than the investigation of light’s essential nature, while telling the story of light “seducing” individuals from the Middle Ages to our modern times. Consequently, it is not concerned with the “progress” of scientific inquiries into the physical properties and behavior of light (optical science), but rather with subjective reactions as reflected in art, architecture, and literature. Instead of its evolution, this book celebrates the complexity of our relation to light’s character. No individual experience of light being “truer” than any other.
Memoirs of the Life of Isaac Penington
Author: Joseph Gurney BevanPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Quakers
Languages : en
Pages : 286
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