William Penn

William Penn
William Penn (1644–1718) was an English writer, Quaker leader, and founder of the Province of Pennsylvania. He is best known for his works promoting religious freedom, such as "No Cross, No Crown," which he wrote while imprisoned for his Quaker beliefs. Penn was instrumental in shaping Pennsylvania’s government based on democratic principles, advocating for fair treatment of Indigenous peoples and religious tolerance. His writings, including "Some Fruits of Solitude," reflect his philosophical and spiritual ideas, which had a lasting impact on American ideals of liberty and justice.

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SERMON. The great and blessed God that made heaven and earth, the seas and the great fountains of the deep, and rivers of water, the Almighty Jehovah, who is from everlasting to everlasting. He also made man and woman; and his design was to make them eternally happy and blessed. And therefore he made man in his own image; "in the image of God created he him, male and female created he them:" He... more...

CHAP. I. Containing a brief account of divers dispensations of God in the world, to the time he was pleased to raise this despised people, called Quakers. Divers have been the dispensations of God since the creation of the world, unto the sons of men; but the great end of all of them, has been the renown of his own excellent name in the creation and restoration of man: man, the emblem of himself, as a... more...