Piety Promoted, in a Collection of Dying Sayings of Many of the People Called Quakers: 2
The book Piety Promoted, in a Collection of Dying Sayings of Many of the People Called Quakers: 2 was written by author Evans, William, 1787-1867, Ed Here you can read free online of Piety Promoted, in a Collection of Dying Sayings of Many of the People Called Quakers: 2 book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Piety Promoted, in a Collection of Dying Sayings of Many of the People Called Quakers: 2 a good or bad book?
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[1729. conduct gave early indications of being under the operation of that power which prepares for the service of God. As his mind becarae more and more enlightened by the light of life, he grew dissatisfied with divers ceremonies, customs, and usages of the church of England, into which he had been initiated. Hence he was led, while an apprentice in London, to seek carefully after a people whose doctrines were purely apostolic, and whose lives, like the primitive Christians, were full of piet...y and good works. After having, with a religious, seeking mind, tried several other professions without finding among them the desired satisfaction, his unwearied and com- mendable search after truth at length led him to a meeting of the people called Quakers, where the testimonies delivered that day, co-operating with the spirit of God in himself, he embraced their doctrines with joy and gladness of heart, and soon became thoroughly convinced of the blessed truth, which broke in upon his understanding with demonstration and power, and dispelled the many doubts, fears and troubles that had heretofore surrounded his mind.
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