General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1871 Notes: This is a black and white OCR reprint of the original. It has no illustrations and there may be typos or missing text. When you buy the General Books edition of this book you get free trial access to Million-Books.com where you can select from more than a million books for free. Excerpt: EDWARD BUEEOUGH. Edward Burrougii was born in the barony of Kendal, in Westmorland, about 1634. His parents were people of honest and virtuous life, and, in religion, Episcopalians. They gave their son the best education they could get for him in the barony, and though he was not skilful in languages, yet he
had the tongue of the learned, and in his public ministry was very fluent and elegant in speech, even according to the judgment of learned men. As a mere child he appears to have been precocious and grave beyond his years, averse to the ordinary pleasures of youth, and fond of religious conversation and society. He was remarkably well versed in Holy Scripture, and is said to have been
in youth endued with wisdom above his equals in years. He was, by his parents, brought up to the Episcopal worship, but at the early age of twelve he began to frequent the meetings of the Presbyterians, and shortly afterwards joined that body, although he was reviled for it by his friends and acquaintances. A Presbyterian he remained until he was seventeen, when he began to be troubled much with religious doubts. On one occasion, while praying, he seemed to hear a voice, saying
thou art ignorant of God, thou knowest not where He is, nor what He is; to what purpose is thy prayer ? From this time he grew more and more ascetic; he took upon him to rebuke others for vain conversation and wickedness, and grew weary of hearing the priests. While in this condition, he heard George Fox preach at Underbarrow or Crook, and afterwards conversed with him. The enthusiasm of that remarkable man communicated itself to Burr…