RARE 1781 QUAKER PAMPHLET \'WHY QUAKERS DO NOT PAY TITHES\' SOCIETY OF FRIENDS
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RARE 1781 QUAKER PAMPHLET \'WHY QUAKERS DO NOT PAY TITHES\' SOCIETY OF FRIENDS:
$49.95
Printed and Sold by J. PHILIPS, George-Yard, Lombard-Street 1781.
RARE!! 1781 QUAKER PAMPHLET on \'TITHES\'
\'REASONS WHY THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS DO NOT PAY TITHES\'The Society of Friends, while always small in membership, has been influential in the history of reform. The state of Pennsylvania was founded by William Penn in 1682, as a safe place for Quakers to live and practice their faith. Quakers have been a significant part of the movements for the abolition of slavery, to promote equal rights for women, and peace. They have also promoted education and the humane treatment of prisoners and the mentally ill, through the founding or reforming of various institutions. Quaker entrepreneurs played a central role in forging the Industrial Revolution, especially in England and Pennsylvania.
During the English Civil Wars, George Fox pulled together groups of disparate Seekers that formed the Religious Society of Friends following 1647. This time of upheaval and social and political unrest called all institutions into question, so Fox and his leading disciples--James Nayler, Richard Hubberthorne, Margaret Fell, as well as numerous others—targeted \"scattered Baptists,\" disillusioned soldiers, and restless common folk as potential Quakers. Confrontations with the established churches and its leaders and those who held power at the local level assured those who spoke for the new sect a ready hearing as they insisted that God could speak to average people, through his risen son, without the need to heed churchmen, pay tithes, or engage in deceitful practices. They found fertile ground in northern England in 1651 and 1652, building a base there from which they moved south, first to London and then style=\"color: rgb(110, 110, 110);\">
ITEM DESCRIPTION: (Pamphlet) \'REASONS WHY THE PEOPLE CALLED QUAKERS DO NOT PAY TITHES\' by George Bewley INCLUDES: 83 Pages - (Complete to last page \'FINIS\') SIZE: approx. 7.25\" height X 4.75\" width TITLE PAGE: Original (as Issued) PRINT DATE: Original [London] 1781 (Printed by J. Phillips) CONDITION: fair to good condition for its age; light to moderate foxing throughout and a few corner tips folded COMMENTS: A nice early Quaker pamphlet about one of the original tenets of the Society of Friends i.e. the refusal to pay tithes. style=\"text-align: left;\" class=\"MsoNormal\">U.S. SHIPPING: **SPECIAL - (FREE SHIPPING / U.S. ONLY)
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RARE 1781 QUAKER PAMPHLET \'WHY QUAKERS DO NOT PAY TITHES\' SOCIETY OF FRIENDS:
$49.95