--historical view of these causes under James VI. Charles
I.--Cromwell-deplorable state of the clergy from the time of
Queen Elizabeth-their treatment-the depression of their
character by many untoward causes--their usefulness destroy-
ed-thousands of parishes left without a pastor-Brownism-
the manner in which the tenets of this sect operated on the
church, &c.-gifted brethren-extemporaneous harangues--
summit of extravagance in the days of Cromwell-officers-
soldiers-mechanics-females-give vent to their impulses-
the See kers--the Familists--the Behmenists.
Sect. 8. In this state of general confusion, and wide spread-
ing fanaticism, George Fox appeared-character of this won-
derful man-difficulty in drawing it-his character drawn by
his friends, Eccles, Ellwood, Audland, Coale-by his foes,
Dr. Henry More, &c.-the latest by Clarkson-superficial and
defective his character drawn from his journal and Sewel-
with other approved authors of the society-criticism of a very
unguarded apology for George Fox, by Clarkson, note-George
Fox's labours from the year 1644 to the close of his life-he
is indefatigable in health-and in sickness-in bonds, and in
imprisonments-his early associates-with the exception of
William Penn and Robert Barclay, they are illiterate-that,
however, no barrier in the way of a specific eloquence, or, in
the way of writing folios.