The Way to the Kingdom
Stuart Masters begins a new series in which he considers some tracts and pamphlets from early Quaker history. The first is by George Fox: To All That Would Know the Way to the Kingdom.
George Fox (1624-1691) was perhaps the most important leader and organiser of the early Quaker movement. He wrote this tract in 1654 at a time when the early Quaker ministers known as the ‘Valiant Sixty’ were just beginning to unleash their vigorous preaching campaign all across England and beyond. It is an extremely important explanation of the message of early Friends and highlights a number of significant issues of dispute between Quakers and their opponents. In summary, Fox makes the following key points:
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