Babylon the Great Described

Year 1659
Type Treatise
Genre ecclesiology
Tradition Quaker
Original language English

Length About 26,300 words, about 2 hours.

Should I read this?

For the general reader: 1 of 5 specialist interest
For the researcher: 3 of 5 worth your time
Difficulty: 4 of 5 hard

A tract of 1659 describing 'Babylon the Great', the order and uniformity that human wisdom imposes in place of the unity of the Spirit, with queries to expose it and counsel for leaving it.

How it proceeds

Philosophic 2 of 5
Scriptural 4 of 5
Experiential 1 of 5
Sociological 4 of 5
Historical 2 of 5

Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.

A tract of 1659 describing 'Babylon the Great', the city of confusion that would set up uniformity by human wisdom rather than the unity of the Spirit, with its sins and judgments, queries to discover it, and counsel for leaving it.

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OTHER Babylon the Great Described (Quaker Heritage Press)
The Quaker Heritage Press online text, from volume 1 of their edition of Penington's Works, transcribed from the fourth edition of 1863 without modernizing its language; only some punctuation and the form of Scripture references were changed. Their print edition's page numbers are marked in the text. Free to read in the browser.
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PDF Babylon the Great Described (Internet Archive (Works, 1863, vol. 1)) PD
1863
Volume 1 of the fourth edition of the Works (four volumes, 1863), where this piece is printed among others. A Google scan of a library copy on the Internet Archive.
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