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The Project Gutenberg eBook, Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries, by Rufus M. Jones This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org Title: Spiritual Reformers in the 16th & 17th Centuries Author: Rufus M. Jones Release Date: March 28, 2008 [eBook #24934] Language: English Character set encoding: ISO-646-US (US-ASCII) ***START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK SPIRITUAL REFORMERS IN THE 16TH & 17TH CENTURIES*** E-text prepared by Al Haines Transcriber's note: Page numbers in this book are indicated by numbers enclosed in curly braces, e.g. {99}. They have been located where page breaks occurred in the original book. SPIRITUAL REFORMERS IN THE 16TH & 17TH CENTURIES by RUFUS M. JONES, M.A., D.Litt. Professor Of Philosophy, Haverford College, U.S.A. MacMillan and Co., Limited St. Martin's Street, London 1914 Copyright _OTHER VOLUMES IN THIS SERIES_ _EDITED By RUFUS M. JONES_ STUDIES IN MYSTICAL RELIGION. (1908.) By Rufus M. Jones. THE QUAKERS IN THE AMERICAN COLONIES. (1911). By Rufus M. Jones, assisted by Isaac Sharpless and Amelia M. Gummere. THE BEGINNINGS OF QUAKERISM. (1912.) By William Charles Braithwaite. THE SECOND PERIOD OF QUAKERISM. (_In preparation._) By William Charles Braithwaite. THE LATER PERIODS OF QUAKERISM. (_In preparation._) By Rufus M. Jones. {v} PREFACE In my _Quakers in the American Colonies_ I announced the preparation of a volume to be devoted mainly to Jacob Boehme and his influence. I soon found, however, as my work of research proceeded, that Boehme was no isolated prophet who discovered in solitude a fresh way of approach to the supreme problems of the soul. I came upon very clear evidence that he was an organic part of a far-reaching and significant historical movement--a movement which consciously aimed, throughout its long period of travail, to carry the Reformation to its legitimate terminus, the restoration of apostolic Christianity. The men who originated the movement, so far as anything historical can be said to be "originated," were often scornfully called "Spirituals" by their opponents, while they thought of themselves as div
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