he always held them in high estimation. He firmly believed in the Son of God-in the atoning efficacy of his sacrifice upon the cross, and in all his offices and works both for us, and in us; and, by obedience to the Light of Life, the illuminating, renovating power of the Holy Spirit-to Christ in his spiritual appearance, he realized in himself the benefits conferred upon mankind by the sufferings and death of the Saviour. By a variety of preparatory baptisms, he was, on the one hand, given to see the depths of Satan, and on the other, richly instructed in the mysteries of the everlasting kingdom of God. Thus trained and exercised he became abundantly furnished, and qualified to enter upon the arduous service, to which he believed himself Divinely called; and proved himself to be, as his Journal largely testifies, "a workman that needed not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the Word of Truth.”
Contemplating the character of George Fox in this twofold light, the Editor may, in conclusion, say with his predecessors, that he "indulges a hope that the history of the author's life, written by his own hand, unfolding the energy and operation of that grace by which he was what he was, will be found interesting to persons of every class, especially to the really religious of whatever denomination, and still more peculiarly so to those who profess to believe in the same doctrines he was engaged so strenuously in preaching. To the promulgation of these doctrines he steadily devoted upwards of forty years of his life-a life which exhibited throughout an example of suffering affliction, and of patience;' evincing him to be, both in principle and in practice, a genuine disciple of his crucified LORD-a real CHRISTIAN." W. A.
P. S.-The Editor is also desirous of directing the special attention of the reader to the admirable Preface to this work, by William Penn.