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Jegor Smith & English

SOME ACCOUNT

OF THE

LIFE OF JOSEPH PIKE

OF CORK, IN IRELAND, WHO DIED IN THE YEAR 1729,

WRITTEN BY HIMSELF:

ALSO,

A JOURNAL

OF THE LIFE AND GOSPEL LABOURS

OF

JOSEPH OXLEY

OF NORWICH, WHO DIED IN THE YEAR 1775;-TOGETHER WITH
LETTERS ADDRESSED TO THEIR FRIENDS.

Now first published from the original MSS.

With Preliminary Observations, by John Barclay.

"By humility and the fear of the Lord are riches, honour,
and life."-Prov. xxii. 4.

LONDON:

DARTON AND HARVEY,

GRACECHURCH-STREET.

1837.

CONTENTS.

PRELIMINARY OBSERVATIONS BY THE EDITOR

1

JOSEPH PIKE'S ACCOUNT OF HIS LIFE.
PART I. His Parentage-His Father's Convincement,
Career, and Closing Hours, 1668-Observations on
Marriage, and on the Duties of Parents, &c.

PART II. SECTION I. His Spiritual exercises of Soul—

Observations on Church Government, and his own

Engagements therein, in conjunction with Friends

-Journeys to Bristol, London, Holland, 1677, &c.

-Remarks on the Separatists, also on George Fox

-He is imprisoned at Bristol-His Account of the

Troubles in 1688, and of the Siege of Cork-His

Concern for the Revival of Church Discipline, 1692 20

PART II. SECTION II. Various Deviations from Chris-

tian Simplicity particularized, and the zealous Care

and Labour instituted in Ireland for Reformation,

agreeably to Scriptural precedent-The Procedure

of Meetings in regard to Visiting Families and the

Oversight of the Flock-George Keith's Heresy and

Schism, 1694-Joseph Pike attends the London

Yearly Meeting, with William Edmundson, &c.

1702, &c.-Account of Francis Randall-Joseph

Pike's Epistle on Covetousness, &c. 1722.

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