To the Army

by Isaac Penington

  • Year 1659
  • Type Letter
  • Genre polemic
  • Tradition Quaker
  • Original language English

Length About 375 words, under an hour.

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0 of 5 not for the general reader
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2 of 5 useful
Difficulty
2 of 5 moderate

A very short address to the Army in 1659, reminding it how often its opportunities had been lost.

How it proceeds
  • Philosophic 0 of 5
  • Scriptural 1 of 5
  • Experiential 1 of 5
  • Sociological 3 of 5
  • Historical 3 of 5

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

A short address to the Army, reminding it how often its opportunities had been lost and calling it to humble itself before God.

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  • OTHER To the Army (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 To the Army (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.
    📄 View on Internet Archive (Works, 1863, vol. 1) ↗

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