The ancient simplicity as it was once witnessed unto by George Fox. Fox, George, 1624-1691. This text is an enriched version of the TCP digital transcription A40113 of text R29857 in the English Short Title Catalog (Wing F1741). Textual changes and metadata enrichments aim at making the text more computationally tractable, easier to read, and suitable for network-based collaborative curation by amateur and professional end users from many walks of life. The text has been tokenized and linguistically annotated with MorphAdorner. The annotation includes standard spellings that support the display of a text in a standardized format that preserves archaic forms ('loveth', 'seekest'). Textual changes aim at restoring the text the author or stationer meant to publish. This text has not been fully proofread Approx. 2 KB of XML-encoded text transcribed from 1 1-bit group-IV TIFF page image. EarlyPrint Project Evanston,IL, Notre Dame, IN, St. Louis, MO 2018 A40113 Wing F1741 ESTC R29857 11213698 ocm 11213698 46834 2240918132

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Early English books online. (EEBO-TCP ; phase 1, no. A40113) Transcribed from: (Early English Books Online ; image set 46834) Images scanned from microfilm: (Early English books, 1641-1700 ; 1441:89) The ancient simplicity as it was once witnessed unto by George Fox. Fox, George, 1624-1691. 1 broadside. s.n., [London : 1661] At end: This letter was written to a Friend the 24 of the 7 moneth, 1661. Reproduction of the original in the British Library. eng Society of Friends -- Pastoral letters and charges. eebo The ancient simplicity, as it was once witnessed unto by George Fox. Fox, George 1661 1 271 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 A This text has no known defects that were recorded as gap elements at the time of transcription. 2007-12 Assigned for keying and markup 2008-01 Keyed and coded from ProQuest page images 2008-02 Sampled and proofread 2008-02 Text and markup reviewed and edited 2008-09 Batch review (QC) and XML conversion
The Ancient Simplicity , as it was once Witnessed unto by GEORGE FOX .

FRiend be wise and meek , and if any weakness thou shalt see in any , put on Comliness on the uncomly part ; and take heed of Judging rashly , but mind the Vniversal Spirit , and that which tends to Love and Edification : For Love Edifies , and there is no Edification , but in the Love which is out of the Strife : And bearing Grudge , against any one , take heed of that ; For that which doth overcome the Evil in any one , is Patience , Love , and Suffering ; And he that doth wrong , the Lord will repay it . It is Love that makes up Breaches , but striving about Words makes them wider ; Therefore take heed of Strife , least the Canker enter into thy Breast , and raise up an evil Eye , and eat out the good , and keep thy Spirit restless out of the Love of God . Therefore that Mind , and live in that which keeps thy Spirit in quietness , and peace with God and Friends ; Looking at the Witness of God in every one , and answering the Witness of God in every one , from a Lover of thy Soul .

This Letter was written to a Friend , the 24. of the 7. Moneth , 1661. and now stands a Witness against that Spirit of Enmity and Bitterness , which broke forth against JOHN PERROT . GEORGE FOX .